Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20

T. y. BurriS living north of Jason.
Ville. Ind, Is the owner of Il freak fowI
which Is now almost years old. The
head and feet have the appearance of
those OF a guinea and the body is that
OF ehlcken The fowl is perfectly
formed and is as lively as any Of the
other fowls on the place. Large prices
have been offered Mr.. Burris by show
companies Tor the freak, but all have
been refused.
George Parker of Lenox. Mass. dis
covered white swallow in an unused
oats box IN his barn. Mr.. Parker saw,
| the box had not been opened in two
years he thinks the bird entered the
box before the lid was turned down in
| I3Of, SuhslStng on the oats in the box,
ana that the confinement turned its
feathers white.
1--we pots of gold found in the cellar
OF William Taylor of Rock River. Wyo..
have caused legal complications Taylor
hired Reuben St1ckwell and J. w.
| White 20 enlarge his cellar two weeks
ago. While digging the men uncovered
a pot containing $500 in gold. They di-
vlded the money and began painting the
town red. While drunk they revealed
Their secret and Taylor, claiming his
father had buried the gold, had them
arrested They We're put under heavy
| bono and dozen of the richest men i'm
the county bailed them cut. Now they
have begun suit against Taylor for re-
coyery OF the money. Taylor dug up
another pot containing $4,000 in gold
and will keep on digging.
Three boys Charles Todd. Raymond
Moss and Harry Connell, started out
from Hanover, \. j.. to gather wild
cherrles and cattails to take home with
them to Philadelphia. While walking
across farm they saw a bird fly from
the ground just ahead of them, Think
ing there was a birds nest there, the
| boys investigated and not only found
a nest with five young birds, but $3.50
worth OF silverware. Over the silver
ware was pair of old overallS Some
OF the plate was covered with mold half
an inch thick, The boys Frightened up
halt a dozen spoons and discovered the
letter -. The silver is supposed to
have been hidden by burglars, who after
ward failed to find the place.
There has been discovered giant
petrlfed redwood tree in the mountain
forests, one and one-haf miles from
L !orlssant Colo, with its trunks covered
with the volcanic dust of centuries, lying
PROSTATE on the mountain side, and it's
extreme length measuring more than 300
feet. How many centuries have passed
since this proud monarch of the woods
died can only be conjectured. Vast
changes in climatic conditions have been
accomplished in the meantime, for the
redwood is now found only in attitudes
where a much milder winter is expert
enced, and so far as can be learned this
Is the only relic of the kind ever found in
Colorado. Lee Haney of the Colorado
Midland railroad is very much elated
nf
and proposes to take steps to have the
stump brought to Denver and placed on
exhibition in City park. The stump
measures 81 feet in diameter at the base
and reaches to height of . feet and >
inches from the ground. The plan is to
cut the root or s feet below the surface,
SO that the petritied stump will be 10 or
16 feet high.
An artesian we'll near San Antonio,
Tex, is indulging in a rather queer
prank. After the well had been sunk il
was found that the flow was not suf-
ficient to meet the demands of it's own
ers, and pumping plant was installed.
10 the surprise of everybody after the
pump had worked for about three hours
| the well began to develop into a regular
gusher After flowing a little while the
well seemed to gradually lose the press
IRE that was forcing the water up, and
! the pump had to be cut in again. Pump
ing the well again started the flow, and
since then it has repeated its first per
Torrance over and over again. The eX-
act cause of the phenomenon has as yet
not been ascertained. Engineers are OF
the opinion that the action of the well is
due to the presence of a subterrauean
river ut a depth Of 1S5 feet.
A hari-headed swimmer in diving
struck George n. McMinn, a Richmond,
\. j., visitor, and smashed his leg bone.
Life guards just managed to rescue the
unfortunate man alive Thousands of
bathers and strollers saw the accident
came up and found that McMinn had
Disappeared under the water McMinu
will spend the remainder of his vacation
in the hospital
While Mrs j. NJ. Chamberlain was
alone in her home, in Irish Valley, Pa,
she heard a great cOmmotiOn in the
chicken yard, caused by the appearance
of a big blacksnake, which was trying
to steal a young chicken Afraid to at
tack the reptile with a club or stones,
Mrs. Chamberlain rushed to a closet
where her husband kept a shotgun She
found a loaded shell in it, and hurrying
TO the coop, steadied the gun against
her shoulder and, pointing it ut the
snake, which was about to swallow the
chicken, shot the reptile in half
\ Washington, u. G.. judge has
mounted a searchlight upon his desk to
clearly showing the effect of the light