Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-01
NOTES OF INTEREST

pflck maSaaS working on the new school
Quitting in Homer Ind. have struck
Tic contractors discharged The empiaye
Wha took 4 day oft 20 6Sh and the other
NEE, who all belong 10 the union. uHlt
When the employerS refused 10 genstate
their friend.
In order 30 demonstrate whether or not
men remain single because they are too
baShtul Ia associate with the fair sex
ana propose marriage. the Ladies' Bache-
Ion club of Drften. Pa. conducted Il
dance IN Cross Creek hall. 90 which ai-
the available bachelors ia the district
Were Invited, Over 100 responded aad
all received royal treatment. 4 tempting
menu WAS served during intermissiou and
the fair hosteSSeS selected their partners
ior the dance. Miss Frcda Braun, preSi-
dent of the club. stated that the question
of why Men DO Not We'd" has been
debated pro and con nj the meetings of
the society, and that the dance was The
hrSt of series of experimental Socials
To he held under the auspices of the ar
ganization, which bears the unique APP
peuuation of the LEFTOVER club.
fine of | cent was imposed, paid
10y the policeman who made the arrest,
and refused by the kind hearted court
officers who have charge of the collecting
OF lines, in Judge Forsaith'S court in
Boston. Mass Rose Wa sScrong had
been arrested by Putrolmau flaherty of
The East Dedhum street station. charged
with bedding without license The
officer told the judge that later he ascer-
tanned she went out peddlIng that day to
save her helpless father from starvation,
Judge ForSaith said; Il will impose a
fine Of cent. patrolman FlIherty
produced q penny Court Odicer Billy
RoWerns wouldn't take IT, Then Court
Officer Sid Brown refused it, The Wom-
an finally gave the cent to CLERK Ingalls,
and left the courtroom.
y Polish citizen of Newark, ~ j.,
appeared in court the Other day and
asked for warrant for the arrest Of
man who had thrown setter syphou
at The complainautS head With great
force and deadly accuracy. while the
aforesaid complainant was sereuad-
luE young woman The mucN-ahuSeu
Wuubadour whose head was handaged
60 twice its natural size, met with little
sympathy from the court After listen
ing TO the voice of the complaint for
while. the Judge asked him whether hiS
singing voice was better than his speak
ing voice. With modrsty unhcard of
from a tenor the unfortunate sercuadcr
admitted that such was not the case.
remark that iii that ease the assault
was iustitiabe But. to soothe the al
ready greatly ruftied feelings of the
bandaged trouhadour. the judge added
thar. Notwithstanding the admitted PROV
ocation he would issue the desired war
rant. should the complainant be able To
ascertain who had thrown the syphon.
Young IIoratio Bailey If Atlantic
HIGHLANDS vel t lppG alInaNf tltltr
from digging soft CLAIMS to rigging top
masiS on tall ttagpoles, NOW has the dis
tinction of being the first modern Jonah.
Naturally, when Il moving picture con
Germ constructed huge sea serpent, with
the aid of large launch and several big
barrels Bailey offered to get inside the
strange structure. which was about sew
cnty-fve feet long. and make the wheels
90 round. The sea serpent was quite
iifelike in appearance and looked good to
the picture show people. who had
planned to do all kinds Of stunts with
u while a camera was getting in its
work. Bailey griuned as he crawled
through the last hole in the canvas aud
few stitches had sealed the black hide
of the great creature,
All right Horatio. hit her M, .
yelled the foreman
The sea serpents siNty-horse power
engine began to crackle 1t kept rum
ming for about two minutes but the sea
serpent didn't move. The foreman he
came angry and called loudly at the mod
ern Jonah. but the latter did NOT reply
After a big hole had been torn in the
sea Serpcnts side Bailey was found uu-
conscious on the floor Of the hidden
launch. Then it dnwucd on the work
men that no outlet had heen left for the
exhaust of the engine HUratio had
fallen AZ his post, overcome by the poi
SOnouS yapor. Once in the open air he
was revived.
After making fortune in the saloon
business Herman Sandman of Green
port, l.. J., retired. For years hp has
had hanging in his saloon this sign: IF
your family needs your money | don't
want your trade. To strict adherence
to this rule Sandman attributed his Sic
cess, which has netted him $4,000.
Il put that sign in my place because
| meant just what | said, said Sand
man. Il have no hungry wives and chill
dren on my conscience.
The loss Of diamond bar pin valued
at $3.50 in the Susquehanna river above
Harrisburg, Pa, the payment in Provi-
dence, II. l., of the insurance on the article,
the finding of the missing ornament by a
lad who was bathing in the river ut Bal
liIlbitt It's ItttNtIA ny tlit ON B'l7 anu
the return Of the insurance money to the
insurers are the bare facts Of the most
remarkable incident that has come 10 the
attention of insurance men ia this city.
III many years,
Late in January salesman fot
Newark jewelers. had occasion to send TO
the home Office the valuable trinkct He
sent it by express from Pittsburg and on
the way east fire broke out in the ex-
press car in which was heavy trunk
containing the apparel, and to save the
contents Of the car from total loss trunks
of valuables were thrown into the river.
Many Of the packages IN the trunk with
the diamond were found after the fire
was extinguished. Although the most
careful search was made, no trace of
the jewel was discovered. Recently Il
Baltimore boy who was bathing ia the
river in that city found "A small parcel
floating in the water. He took it home
and found pin set with brilliant stones.
His mother realizing that the find was
valuable tried to sell to q jewelcr The
latter recognized the work aud notified
the Newark firm. Representatives Of
the firm identified the pin and rewarded
the boy. and the owner Of the PIN re
turned the $3.50 paid by the insurance
company at the time the loss was adj
iusted