Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-04-23
NOTES OF INTEREST.

NOTES OF INTEREST.
In discussing the automobile ut the
eSteFn Massachusetts grange rally I'm
SprihG2eid, Mass, George :. Iadd. for
mer stale master. sand:
De automobile has eliminated dis
uncu"n among pedestrians and there are
nov n0t two ciasSes-the quick and the
dead.
Arraj@ned before Justice of the Peace
Barr IN Camden, Pa. on a charge of as
sauIt and battery on his Wife, Henry
Schmidt of BOZ North Twelfth street.
declared that the domestic unhappiness
was caused by his wife insisting upon
teedlnS aim on huckwheat cakes at
Ievery meal
Its huckwheat cakes in the morning
ana buekwheat cakes ut night" said
| SehmoL and when | ask for little
| lunch get buckwheat cakes, buckwheat
cakes.
Schmidt is also alleged To have threat
ened his wife'S life the last time she
served him with buCkwheat cakes, and
he was committed To Jail in default of
bail for court
Mrs. John W. Fenner died in Sellers
| vile. Pa. after five days suffering from
an attack of CHAMBERS, contracted by
| coming in contact with a colt having the
disease. All the animals on the premjses
| We're killed and the place quarantined.
| With her husband Mrs. Fenner had
moved from Philadelphia to farm
which they recently purchased, and she
became very fond of one of the horses
which it was later discovered was suf-
fering with CHAMBERS. She became i'll.
but the nature of her illness was not dis
/ nor I,
| sym toms became very alarming. Rep.
resen ativeS of the live stock sanitary
board al the state health department
| visited the place to prevent the spread
of the disease. -Four horses were killed.
Mrs. Frank Sager of Bellwood ceie-
brated her ifty-seyenth birthday in AL
toona. Pa, by gathering around her the
members of her immediate family and
their children. Mrs, Sager is a great
grandmother $780, one of the youngest on
record - and among the guests was her
-grandchild, Marie Harvey. aged 1
months. All lembers of the Sager fam
lily married young.
Use of a railroad torpedo as a target
cane near resulting seriously for Elmer
Neasey, aged II years, in vii
mington. Del. He found the
torpedo on the street and, not
knowing what it was, placed it in
the year in the rear of his home and be
gar to throw stones at it. His aim was
good, there was loud explosion and tbs
boy was knocked unconscious. When
picked up his hand and face were cut
and bruised in several places. Carried
to o neighboring drug store his wounds
were dressed and he was revived
In the will of G. c. Mellor. an init
mate friend of Andrew Carnegie, wht
died recently leaving an estate valued al
S1,5OO0O0, is peculiar endowment
fund Request. 1t gives $1,000 for the
purchase of books relating to " yuan.
considered physically, Intellectually ant
historically, to what has been er posi-
ton from the most primitive times {
the present; to her work and influence il
the evolution and development of til,
race aud of it's Industries, arts and his
tory; to what she is now doing on The
same lines and what she could ant
would do if allowed by men and a por
ton of her own sex; TO the promotion OF
her educational, industrial, legal and pc
Utica equality, especially to her RICH
Of suffrage"
Swung by unseen hands the churcl
bell in the Methodist Protestant churcl
in Georgetown, Del. tolled as PHILLIP
Hastings. an old respected member o
the church, died at that place The bel
was distinctly heard by people ali ore
the town and occurred just ten minute,
after the death of Mr.. Hastings, al
though the church was closed. no on,
was there and the doors were locked
Mr. Hastings was one of the most ar
dent supporters of the movement 10 re
bell some years ago and is said I,
have contributed nearly half Of the need
ed money. 1t was thought that som,
one was ringing the bell, but the uu
usual sound at that time of night tool
several persons to the church, who founc
the doors locked and no one near tn,
bell.
Farmers Of Dayton county, Wash.
are alarmed over the threatened destruc
ton of the grain crop by gray squirrels
Never in the history Of farming hav,
there been so many squirrels. o. Scot
Of smith Hollow says that the ground i
literally honeycOmbed with holes an,
the growing grain already has been mucl
damaged by the pests. Relief is sough
from the state experiment station n
Pullman. A quantity Of virus has BEEF
ordered and several squirrels in each 10
calty will be inOcuiated with the disease
This is thought to be the only methot
OF eAleFUllnatlDB the animals. SQUIRE
poison, say the farmers, has ceased I,
be effective because it is avoided. Par
ticularly in the southern and western
parts of the county are the condition
alarming In the foothills and in tn
Covelo district there are few squirrels
The startling increase in the numbe
Of gray squirrels this spring cannot b
accounted for by the farmers.
Because she kept twelve cats namer
after the twelve apostles. including on
drab colored favorte named st. Judas
an effort is being made to have the will
Of the late Miss Anna A. Burnet Of Hill
ton, \. J., who left an estate valued a
$4,000. set aside on the ground tina
she was incompetent, Her nearest rela
tiye>, who are cousins, have begun tn,
action. One-third of the estate wal
left to charity aud the remainder to rela
tiye> and friends.
Paul Plesek of Cameron, Tex, whC
was charged with assault with intent tC
murder his wife pleaded guilty 10 az