Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-06
NOTES OF INTEREST.

yytt"At PhN 10 hIN. COMFY carver ar
Boylestown. Pa, by a whitt-haired man.
WHO seemed to be somewhat amused
when Mrs. Comfy replied that he had
the advantage Of her.
Why. I'm your bother William Ii.
SWartz. said the stranger Then there
was joyful reunion of the brother and
sister. who had not seen each other for
nfty-hye years. As a youth Mr.. Swartz
liNed IN this section. but hftN-fve years
age he left and had not seen his sister
until yesterday. He entered the Union
army. and after the war Went ON board
Il ship.
Since that time he has become captain
of vessel. and when his vessel reached
an Atlantic port Il few days ago he de-
eidcd to look up his sister.
\ common chicken snake about 4 feet
| long cut Tullahoma tTenn) off from tele-
| graphic communication with the outside
world for several hours, hut paid the
penalty with his life. The snake climbed
Il pole after birds that had locked there
and crawled out on the wires When he
had connected several of them with his
| body the current was strong enough 10
kill him. but HIS body lay across all
| the wires, cutting out service TO this
place for several hours while the line
men were locating the trouble
1 y
was removed from the arm of L. j. Mel
son. county auditor of Forest City la.
which he thinks has been in his body for
| some years For years he has been the
victim OF acute pains, SO sharp at times
that they caused n nervous collapse
which seemingly occurred mt intervals in
all parts of his body. For a couple of
! days the pain has ceptered in his arm.
and physician was called. who opened
| the flesh and removed the needle MIR
| Nelson was of the opinion he was the
/ cciving medical treatment for the past
| ten years for that trouble. How the
needle got into his body is a mystery to
! him
! The highest priced bull ever sold at
public auction was bought hy the pro
! prietorS of the Kinloch farm Of Kinks
! vile at the sale of T. :. Cooper & Sons.
at Coopprshurg. Pa. n few DAVIS ago.
| for SD 900 The bull is Jersey. )
| years old and weighs about 400 pounds
| He wears the euphonious name Of wi
oas Golden Jolly" winch is taken from
! the names of the parents ON both sides
! Eiota'S Golden ,Tolly has hppn in Amer
lea about year having been imported
| Sons.
! A new commoditv-crawfsb -hae m,d,
/ its appearance on the market nj OotL,nd
! City, Ind Those with big claws and
! guaranteed pinching qualities are rarp-
| fully avoided. Common crawfsb are sell
/ ing nj | cent each and those with long
| waving "whiSkers" and red eyes nj >
! cents each. The latter are of more value
! on account Of being more attractive to
| the bass that live in Water Works lake.
| where Oakland City'S poputauou is nov
! fish arc used as bait by the fishermen.
! Evidence to support the belief that n
/ York, Pa county land turtle will not
! It's captor engraves his or her initials
4 upon it's she'll is produced through a find
| made hv Mrs T.. -. Smith of Brilliant :
! station. Walking in field of grass.
/ she picked up healthy looking turtle,
/ upon which was inscribed II, H., June
! II, 1880" Mrs. Smith recalls distinctly
/ when John Ziegler did this biz of cary
| ing. twenty-uine years ago. and set the
! turtle free nj Il spot only about ffty feet
! from where she found it, When she
I-S8cked il m she SAYS, the turtle was
! heading for this spot. as il ashamed to
! be found SO far away from home.
Officer Harry Wier. with Frank Malah
! and Harvey Harbinson of Ridley Park,
| Pa. had n vigorous tussle with an ALI.
! gator which escaped from the residence
| of Clerk of Council Frank H. Kane. The
REPTILE was sent 70 Mr.. Kane by friend
/ in Florida. aud escaped from its pond
and was discovered 10y the three men
| halfway toward the lake. half a mile
| from the Kane residence. With the aid
| of baskets. clubs and ropes the alligator
i was captured and landed hack whence
| il escaped.
Buster is police dog. Buster walks
| his beat every night ut Goshen. Ind, like
/ 4 veteran and has rare sense of his
| Importance and a strong instinct for
/ duty. Buster is big tan bulldog weigh
ing 81 pounds and belonging to John Nc
| Mabop' That is he did belong 10 John
before he Joined the force. Now he ac-
companies the night officers on their
beats all night and seeks cool places dur
ing the day time. Buster knows the POI
on the uniform. 4 drunken man put mp
a fight one night and Buster had the fell
low on his back before an officer could
| move. When the police make search
of the railroad yards or any district of
the city at night they slip Busters muz-