The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-22
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That the turtle fought gallantly FOR its
life and gave the rats more than their
share of the battle there is no doubt.
The fact that the turtle was almost i'm,
pregnable in his shell. but finally sue,
cumbed before their onslaught indicates
that the battle was n long one and that
the rodents waited their opportunity each
time it cautiously stuck out its leather
like head. The fact that three Clearly
severed front legs OF the rodents We're
| found beside the dead turtle III the cellar
proves that the victim manned many of
its enemies before il was killed itself.
Singleton had kept the turtle in his cell
lar to drive away the rats, and believes
that this was concerted attack To rid
themselves of their enemy. After kill
ing the turtle the rats ate off its head.
While walking across a vacant lot in
East Trenton. y. j.. Charles Faricro,
- years old, suddenly sank To his hips
in the earth. rlaymatcs who responded
to his cries were unable to pull HIM out,
and some men working near 10y were
| summoned. When they finally got the
boy out they found that ne was severely
| burned about the feet and legs 10y
subterraneah ire. For some time the
lot has been used rs II dumping ground
for rubbish. aud ii is thought that the
fire had been smoldering beneath the
ground for several days.
Rev. Mr.. Lehr, pastor of the German
Lutheran church of Macon, Ga, did an
almost perfect job of umpiring in the
baseball game here between the Macon
club and the team from Mexico. He was
congratulated on all sides for the fair.
ness of his decisions. Mexico won the
game 10y to /. Many of the business
places closed in the afternoon SO the en-.
at m ha
band was chartered for the event.
Although he has been shaved only half
dozen times and has a slight growth
of fur on his upper lip, Edward out
ton, aged % years, of Darby, Pa, has
wagerpd SD with William Whitaker of
53i2 Stiles street, Philadelphia, to grow
a fnll beard within year, and heavier
! than Whitaker can grow within that
| time although the latter is several years
older Like many hcardlcsS youths, Just
| beginning to annoy BARRIERS, Button was
hoaSting of his heavy beard, which Is
/ hardly pcrceptibIC, when Whitaker took
| him up. The money has been placed III
! the hands of Richard Furdy.
| About forty years ago ynuugster
! left OsWego, y. y, to make his HON"
/ in Chicago. That yuungStcr is now one
of the leading business men of the
! Windy city. When the man in queS-
! tiuu left Dswego he had already start
| ed to save money and he had Il little
over 50 ou deposit III the Oswcgo City
| Savings bank. Recently he sent on his
bank book with request for the mon
ey. II was the first time that the bank
officials had heard from him since he
| left. hut the money was still waiting
| for him and with the accumulated in
! tcrcSt, amounting in all to about IS, 1t
| was sent on To him.
If there are any red headed crooks in
the country who wish to ply their ne
| fnriOus vocation without fear of the law
they should 20 to Kansas City, Mo. Mn
! nicipal Judge Harry g. Kyle has dis
| missed prisoner charged with robbery,
declaring that his red hair alone was re
sponsblc for his acquittal. Fred Jones
/ was arraigned the other day, charged
with having robbed his roommate. There
was no evidence excepting the state
mcntS of the acCuser and the defendant.
Il believe your story, though you're
the only one to tell it, said Judge Kyle,
after Jones had made his statement.
Your red hair is your salvation. Dur
ing the three years that | have presided
over this court | have had only six red
haired men before me-. None was found
guilty. You may GO"
Two hundred prisoners week is a
low estimate of the number of persons
brought before Judge Kyle, the number
frequently exceeding 800.
After Il romantic courtship. which was
conducted over the telephone. Miss
Frank +. Nenable. n pretty hello girl
at the Winchester Va, exchange Of the
Bel Telephone company, and John T..
Finders, telegraph operator of Berry
Nll", Clarke county. were married at
l E4tst ll.. l..H ~
Of the Baptist church. Miss Ncnablc is
| the fifth girl to marry ont of the ex-
clhhg" there III rs many years. The
| courl" VIII make their home in Berry
Vile,
As the result of an experiment with a
convicted bootlegger, Fred Forsha,
owner OF the FOrsha tract of land near
hutchinson, Kan, has made arrange
! nehts with X \. Campbell, police Judge,
mat all convicted men in the police court
VINO have net the money to pay their
mes shall he sent to the harvest field
| Mr. TorSha has agreed to pay the fines
! oi all such men provided they are turned
over Ia MIN on the condition that they
work thcl" fines out in his wheat field
at the rate OF 81 per day. John Cunning
nam, negro, yesterday was fined 500
ana sentenced to six months in jal for
naotlegglng. In answer to the numerous
demands for harvest hands Judge
Cam pbell decided to parole Cunningham
ana allow him to work his fine out In the
harvest fields. II shall adopt the same
tactics with other prisoners" said Judge
| Campbell 1T is better system than
HE rock pile and it helps the eity's
finances. besides accommodating the
wheat raiscrs."
Thirty five million Holsters have been
! liberated IA the !dst two days in the
waters off the coast of Maine and New
| Hampshire. The greater number were
| placed off this port aud the remainder
near Portsmouth and Little Uarbor.
| THIS work was done by the United States
fish commission steamship Cannot.
The decrease of song birds on the
/ plains is said to be due 10 the raids of
! the increasing bands of coyotes which
prey on the young birds, says the Den
yer Republican. Coyotes nre said 10 de-
/ stroy thousands Of the birds which nest
| on the plains each spring. and farmers
declare that this is menace 10 their
crops. because of the insects which must
result from lack Of birds to destroy
] them.
t Coyotes have been driven in of the
/ plains by hunger this winter in large
| numbers and have become 80 bold that
| they have entered the farmhouse yards
| and gone TO the back porches and drunk
milk from the pals.
A. $. Specie. widower. aged GS. OF
4 Ia Pa al