Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-24


made his weekly, and sometimes daily.
rounds since Willie could remember
linen an idea came To him. He told the
ragman Ia come 10 his home next day.
Next day his mother left the house and
Willie was alone. He bundled up all the
hnen he could find, tahiecloths sheets
and pillow eases, various articles of
wearing apparel. ana after scraping to-
gether what he thought was a dimes
worth he threw in a pair of his fathers
old trousers for good measure. Soon
the ragman came and loaded the hrg
bundle in his wagon. He gave Willie
the dime and the lad hurried to the store
Presently his mother returned, and as Il
result of the investigation that followed
she reported the affair to the police
Detectives have been assigned to dis
cover the identity of the ragman and
recover the goods that he took away
from the boy.
In a terrific battle with an immense
blue heron in Burlington. n J.. three
men came off victorious. but not until
the big bird had with its powerful wings
and vicious bcak thrice driven off the
trio. But for the fact that a heavy
steel trap into which the bird 1ad
stepped while seeking dinner in the
ponds of the Koandak goldfish hatchery
llA8HntItu It's NOV tiItNlS, injuries lAt
more serious than torn clothes and
scratches would have been melted out To
its conquerors. Charles Parker, Bryan
O'Donnell and James O'Donnell thought
10 capture the bird alive when they saw
it ensnared in the trap, but quickly
changed their minds when the bird ac-
cepted their challenge Able even with
the dangling trap To spring several feet
in the air on its long legs aud deal vita
its great beak strokes that split the
sticks with which the men attacked II,
the heron put up a spectacular battle
uEts! Parker, arming himself with a ten
foot pole, was able to land two blows
which broke the birds long neck The
heron was found TO measure feet =
inches from tip to tip of its wings. the
largest specimen ever seen hereahoutS.
When killed it had eaten several big
japanese goldfish, the owners of which
say it satisfied its hunger at II cost of
500 a day
William Netters of Pittsburg, Pa, got
an idea that looked funny to him. 30
he proceeded to put it in execution II
landed him in jail in . few hours. lie
is there yet and three badly battered
are camping outside the jan,
each vowing To rend the humorous Vet
tiers limb from limb once he is freed
Netters idea was to tell the undertakers
in succession that his beloved wife had
died and that she must be laid out tor
the grave at once. Business was dull
among the undertakers visited by Vet
ters. aud each went with all speed to
the home of sorrow, Netters had timed
his call on the undertakers SO that they
arrived ut the Netters home to LAY
out" Mrs Netters about half an hour
apart They each found Mrs, Netters
the most lively corpse" they ever had
tried to lay out. Apparently she never
had been i'll day in her life, and the
way she slapped the undertakers around
was something for them 10 think about
later. After she had refused three times
TO be laid out for the grave and had put
each of the three undertakers TO flight
she swore out warrant for her hus-
bands arrest, charging him with being
a suspicious person.
Although past four-score years in age
Mrs. Evaiina Hall, who lives on ii farm
near Turtle creek. Pa, was married Il
Robert H. Wright, aged 81 years of l3T
Larimer avenue, Turtle Creek. Wright
is exactly thirty years younger than his
bride Mrs. Hall was us spry as any
of the younger couples who sought Ii
censes and gayly tripped over the floor
in the marriage license office TO show
that mere years did not cause one TO
grow old.
The wonderful power Of Isaac Her
zog. pow-wow expert aud second sight
man. was again revealed today at MAJ
areth. Pa. when he recovered lot of
stolen tools, through vision of their hid
ing place, coujured up by the man $
unique form of mental concentration.
The tools had been stolen from Il school
house where n carpenter gang employed
by Frank Hahn, II Nazareth contractor,
had left them the other night. and were
worth about 500. 1t required several
hours Of constant prayer and commun-
ion with the spirits before Herzog was
able to mpart the information. Then he
told the carpenters 10 go 10 stone pile
short distance from the scho0lhouse
and dig. They dug and found all the
missing tools except Ratchet aud saw
After coming all the way from Mon
tana to become the bride Of w. II. Phil
lips. IA years old, n railroad contractor
at Winchester, Ark, Miss Annie Shell
ton, a brunette, % years old, changed
her mind three times in one afternoon.
hut was finally induced to agree TO the
wedding ceremony. They were married
by Magistrate j. 4. Frazier IN Pine
Bluff. Ark. and even during the 5ere-
certainty Of the wedding. When he was
asked if he would rake his bride for
better or for worse" he replied II will.
if she will let me" The couple depart
ed after the wedding for their home in
Winchester
As wise ms solomon, or nearly SO.
Aid. Holt of the Tenth ward proved
himself to be at Chester. Pa, when he
gave Fred Eng, a West End man, a
hearing on complaint of Mrs. Ida
Keenan,. who accused Eng Of stealing
her chickens. Mrs. Keenan, told the al
derman that she found a dozen of her
chickens in the possession Of Eng.
How did you know they were your
fowls?" asked the alderman and she
told him that she had clipped the toes
of each fowl when it was young
How about that demanded the al.
derman.
why, | clipped the toes off some of
mine. too replied Eng
When asked why he did il Eng stated
that the toes were removed Ia keep the
chickens from climbing mp a wire fence
that surrounds the yard
And Why didn't you fix all If your
chickens that way queried the alder
man.
Eng replied that the others did not
display tendency TO climb. He was