Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-12


pioslon of match which he carried be-
hind his ear.
How fast did you say?''
hickory"
That is the way a witness in the cir
cult court of st. Louis, Mo-, described
the speed at which a train was travel
ing. The expression, which was record
ed in Judge w. o. Thomas division.
puzzled the city lawyers, but it was per
fectly intelligible to the attorneys Who
We're raised on Missouri farms. For the
of the farmers of future
speed ordinances it must be set down
that a good hickory" is 'going some"
The testimony relating to speed was
given in a damage suit against a rail
road company.
Oscar kraus has been in Sayre. Pa.
for several days in a final effort, so he
by the fact that he is only p inch less
than { feet tall, ana he has found that
the proposals he has made are all re-
fused on account of his height and Slen-
derness. He is now advertising for
soul mate and offers a good home on his
we'll conducted farm. He tried advertis-
ing some time ago, but while he CORE
baked when they either learned how tall
he was or saw him. IF he doesn't win
out this time he says ne will give up
trying.
Volunteers OF Youngstown. O.. who of
fered their blood in response to an ad
vertisement by surgeons offering remu-
neration are criticiSing the surgeons.
From the group of twenty volunteers who
off N Of
Tony Triollet, YOungstown's strong man,
whose only hope Of life lay in a transfu
sion operation, Leonard Marsh. IS years
old. was selected. The operation failed
of success. Marsh is in bed, after hav-
ing lost a quart of blood. He is 10 stay
in bed a fortnight and pay physicians
bill of something under $40 and lose two
weeks of his time, for which he was re-
ceiving So a week. The surgeons paid
him So for the quart of blood, Other
volunteers, from the list of whom sur
geons have endeavOred to select another
sacrifice for the necessary second opera
ton to save Triolet, now balk Not
one of the nineteen would renew the of
fer.
Too much of a loss, with nothing
gained for our time, let alone the risk,
they answer.
The body of George Frederick Thorn
as, who lived alone for years on Wolf
hill, near Gettysburg, Pa, was found
s s from the ceiling of his cabin,
life having been extinct for several days.
He told a friend he believed he was be-
ing hypnotized by an imaginary enemy;
and that this is supposed to have caused
him TO commit suicide. Thomas came
to this country from Germany, forty
years ago. He had no known relatives,
and left a will bequeathing all his be
I ~ n
burial.
The first Louisiana catfish that ever
considered it necessary to carry hsh-
mo license around with MN has been
found. and. incidentally, he has been re
lieyed of his license because it was MADE
ont in the name of another lndlVldual.
The catfish in question was taken from
the waters of Upper Grand lake, ana
was so large that the fisherman VINO
cauoht him thought he had shark on
his line until he drew the big fellow up
and saw his fiat head and characterlsIlc
fms After a fierce battle with the
monster he was captured and sold to
K thermometers fish dock at Morgan CITY;
There the huge cat was BENG prepdIeu
for shipment, when the hshing license
was discovered. 1t was lncloseu ~ =: a
water fight tin box, and along with 1t
1 w hunters license, properly drawn
and signed by the parish officials he
licenses showed that they had been Is
sned TO Deople of this parish. and pore
tbe signatnre of the sheriff. They We're
not damaged from being swallowed ana
carried around, and were returned 10 70
their owners after being taken IRON Tue
Gsh The tin box containing the IL
n llan had been accidentally dropped
oTnrhoard fen days before 1t was found;
and the owners of the licenses H"u
obtained duplicates.
Driving Miss Jennie Neibour to her
home at Johnson City after ca nEiie
ride TO Shamokin, Pa, John "A. Oh M ne
of Williamsport later dlscoNgleu -
ha had lost a $3.50 diamond s1irt Ia 1u ~
He called on Miss Neloour aiiu to ,,;,b+
- 1oSS She said she dreamed last nlgnt
i i,l' I'D lost the stud on a street blfkle
i iv n to town, and. aided by seVera5
i llu,i bnean searching at the deslghaIeu
nnnt where George Lessig klch 1 on5i
epo:ii f leaves and found the dlamoilu'
On tha south side of San Clel h a o 19
lond off the California coast; john Ion
i 3r;oISnn killed a remarkable sea Ilun
q qTJyinlso had been on the lslanu
f1 1iAt a week with Robert, Howlanu.
n1rino a storm they saw tne na aonned
f,th+;ne its way to shore. As II H4ppII4 +
~ sn,, t5a rocks Hendrickson snol IT. go.
~ ;ot black in color ana WelS Iieu
", / 500 pounds. Great tushs tho name
~ ~, III it's laws and the HAIR OF 'he AA''
vas eight inches long.
The japanese census nno OF h INC been ap-
soon be begun, $lo'OoU Ia, Gov. Gil