Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
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Edward Lane, % years old, of Hazel
ton, Ind, kept his New Year resolution.
but died in doing SO. Lane had smoked
cigarettes for years, and so constant
had grown his use of them that he
determined To give up the habit before
it became too fixed. He was of nervous
temperament, and the lack of the mar
cote influence served to increase his
neurotc condition. He persisted in
denying himself of the tobacco, however
thinking that in time his system would
adjust itself to the change. BUT OH Sat
rdNy night his nerves went TO pieces
and death resulted, in spite of all thar
could be done for him,
After travelling over forty miles a
horse ana empty buggy belonging to l..
Long of Frankford, Del, was found
today at Snow Hill, Md. The horse. left
in front of a store. wandered away
while Long was inside The odd part
of the incident is that the only way
To Snow Hill is to so through the town
of Berlin, where il might he supposed
il would be noticed. But at no time IN
It's forty mile trip through Selbyvilla.
Bishop, Berlin and oth- small towns
was the stray horse noticed.
In a race between ire companies and
Mrs. y, NJ. Brode of Altoona Pa. 10
the latter's burning home the woman
won. She was in the business district
when fire alarm sounded from the box
on the corner of her home. Loaded with
purchases, she started to run, reaching
the foot of the hill at the same time
as the fire apparatus, when some une told
her her home was burning. She increased
her pace, while the iiremen were obliged
To stop at intervals and rest their horses,
When she reached the porch she col
lapsed from exhaustion, aud restoratives
were used to revive her. The fire proved
to be insignificant and had been ex-
nnguished with little loss.
After waiting twenty-one years, Mrs.
Ida l.. Sapper of High House. near
montown, Pa, is to have her divorce.
Attorney $. L. Boyd at JIniontown filed
a RECOMMENDATION that the decree be
granted. The action was instituted III
1883, when Sapper. n blacksmith, disap-
peared. 1t is said that Sapper remaf-
ried in Texas. went TO see his wife two
years ago and offered her $1,000 if she
would not sue him for higamy. Recently
however, Mrs. Sapper pushed the d.
vorce suit with the result stated
j. Moutefore Myers, held in the New
York Tennis on charge of forgery, fell
i'll and was sent 10y the prison physician
to Bellevue for IN operation for append-
citis. AS lie lay on the operating table
Myers refused 10 take an anesthetic. but
he was made ready for the operation,
and the surgeons knife was poised.
Hold on" cried the patient; I'm not
20 through this operation till | consult
my lawyer"
The Bellevue surgeons sent him back
to the rOmbs. where he is rapidly recov-
ering.
No more cosmopolitan crew ever sailed
vessel than the one which brought the
British steamer Heathdene into New
York harbor the other day The Heath
dene has been plying between ports in
the far east and now she comes from
Bombay with cargo of iute, Capt Tip
petit, her commander, thick set and bluff,
comes from Cardiff, Wales. IN the crew
are one Japanese. onc Scutchman, a New
Zealand Maori an Arab. Il Portuguese,
II SpGIard, n cockney, n man from the
Philippines, an Austrian, and twenty-five
IascaIs. In spite of confusion of
languages on this floating Babel, the best
or order prevails, The orders 10 the men
are passed to the serang, or bOatswain,
who passes them on TO the Lascars and
so they perColate to the Arab. the Span
lard, The New XenlandeF and the others
the Heathdene was in This port. and ii has
been fourteen months since she touched
at port in England. So her skipper,
his four officers, and the four English
engineers are wondering what her next
port will he. for she is here to discharge
cargo and await orders. An are longing
for the coming Of orders which will allow
them to spend at least few days in
England with wives and children left be-
hind more than Il year ago. Some are
not hopeful for the Heathdcuc has rec
ord Of Keeping away from England. The
Scotch engineer pointed out with sor-
roWful shake Of his head, that once the
Hcathdene sailed the seas for three years
and eleven months without going into an
English port
His gun flying over his shoulders as he
slipped, Henry Andre of Davis. W. Va
while hunting, was shot in the back
and was found in the woods in a serious
condition. As he fell the hammers struck
on rock and discharged the double load
into Andres back, making an ugly hole
Principal c. II. Bender of the North
ampton Heights public schools in Penn
Syiyania, while writing on the black
board in his schoolroom, suddenly ex-
claimed that the piece Of crayon did not
leave marks, and being informed other
~ lA' bE tHt 5tHbldiHY bi6tbNtIeu tilai nc
had been stricken blind. Specialists be-
hcve they can partly save his sight.
1t is not uncommon for hogs to catch
chickens and other fowls. but it is sell
dom hogs catch rabbits. William Steph
ems. o well-to-do farmer west Of Bel
mont Ind, while in his barnyard re
Gently noticed two rabbits going
through the fence into the bog pen.
where the hogs were eating Seeing D
chance for rabbit pie he got his shotgun
but when he returned to the yard ne
found the hogs tearing one rabbit to
pieces, The other had just been caught
as it was attempting to go through the
fence.
The firemen at South Norwak. Conn,
were called out the other afternoon TO
post a special delivery letter. Mary
Pedun, "a domestic in the employ Of
William White, the New York broker,
got "a mail box and firm alarm box
mixed. She pulled the lever Of the lat
ter. Fire Chief John y. Milne arrived
first aud MISS pcdau calmly handed
him th" letter and said, Special.
please.