Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29
NOTES OF INTEREST.

We're auctioned of by government officials
~ the federal building in Atlanta, Ga.
I ne whisky was captured in recent raids
on illicit distillers Hundreds of People
attended the auction and the liquor
brought good prices, some selling for 81
4 gallon Ii was a startling scene. for
here was Sure-enOugh corn whisky being
| Sold IN the capital of a prohibition state.
Several wistfuleyed policemen paced
back and forth on the corner below, but
their presence booted nothing, for the
auction was proceeding on federal res
erFaton. Since the advent of prohibi-
ton revenue men report tremendous
increase i'll moonshining.
\ pheasant, chased by Il hawk. met
death in peculiar manner ut Freemans-
burg, I0, The bewildered bird few
against a costly memorial window in
TRINITY Reformed church. and broke the
glass TO pieces. One piece wounded the
pheasant SO badly it bled TO death.
His action in leaning over to tie his
shoelace saved the life of Walter Sails
bury while he was working out blast
IN Squire IlarriSon's quarry iii Darby,
Ia. As Salisbury was working below an
oYerhapging boulder weighing about 400
pounds II became looseued and crashed
down toward him, by a remarkable
streak of good fortune, just at the time
mat the huge ROCK began to fall, Sails
pury shoelace became ioosened and he
leaned over 10 tie it when the rock
crushed over the place where his head
had been only Il moment before. He was
slightly injured otherwise, however.
\ hustle used us bank insured tne
safety of $3.50 which the mother of Mrs.
y toilet Wolf of Pekin, H., gave her be-
fore the death of her parent She
flushed as she told how She had pro-
tected her little fortune. II could not
afford 10 lose the money, said she, and
| took no chance. For some time | kept
II buried in can under the house. but |
feared some one might see me put il
there. so | decided to sew the money in
my hustle, wearing il ON my person when
| left the premises. Later | gave the
money back to my mother To keep for
me- me Mrs. Wolf is suing her sister, Mrs.
Maggie Potter, for her share of this
money When the mother died her
trunk. in which she kept her yaluables,
was opened and only small sum was
found. The major portion of the $3.50
which Mrs. Wolf guarded so sedulously
was missing and she brought suit for an
accounting. When Mrs, Wolf told her
story i'll court she redeemed under the
gaze of the smiling spectators. The law
case was continued until October %.
Beating his way home ON the front end
OF an express car on n Pennsylvania
train, f. A. Pettinger of Harrisburg.
Pa, was almost drowned when the loco
motive took water on the fly at Sang
Hollow, Chilled TO the marrow he
climbed over the locomotive tender to get
warm. and the engineer thought he was
another train robber, until he learned the
truth. Pettinger got ten days.
Patrolman Hamilton Crisp returned
home to Trenton, n. j., from three
months trip abroad as the personal es-
cort of the Misses James. wealthy maid
en- ladies of that city, and Immediately
handed in his resignation from the police
department. Crisp stated that he in
tends going into business for himself. The
former patrolmAn came into the good
traces of the Misses james because of
his vigilance in watching their home ON
Greenwood avenue during a burglar
scare last winter When invited to ac-
company them abroad he obtained leave
of absence from duty. His resignation
has been accepted and a new man ap-
pointed in his place
Two sets Of triplets, three pairs OF
twins and two regular babies, total
of fourteen children, born to seven fam
lilies in the same neighh6rhood on the
same day, is the unprecedented record
of Scheduled. a suburb of Danville Va.
The stork came in the wake of the cir
Gus that visited the city, and he left
something Of a circus behind him. The
record is summed as follows:
To Mrs. John w. Yancey. triplets, two
of which are living; to Mrs Jacob G.
Brown, triplets, two of which are liy-
ing; to Mrs. ]. w. Barber, twins. girl
and boy, both healthy; to Mrs Jane An
derson, twins, both boys. both we'll: to
Mrs. +. +. Gridder, twins, boy and girl,
both lusty and sound; to two other WON
en- in the same neighborhood. daughters.
Residents of the village are looking
forward with interest to another circus
day on October IL. Mrs. Yancey is
bride Of a little more than a year. Mrs.
Brown has been previously blessed with
several children. Mrs Barber was al
ready the mother of a pair of twins. The
boy aud girl presented Mrs. Gridder are
her first children
The most remarkable man in Belleville,
Mo, Benjamin West, who is 81 years
old, straight as soldier and spry as a
kitten, has at last given the world the
secret of his longevity. Here it is: Pie.
l'cHHiAt Aie ldCl unit plbs III NOuDle
sense, is about the shortest thing there
is, it will make you live longest if you
stick to it-as steady diet, Mr.. West
says. Any kind of pie will do, from
Washington pie to lemon merngue. All
are equally stimulating and helpful, says
this wonderful old man. Mr. West was
formerly merchant in Belleville, but
he retired in 1884 and has since lived in
Minneapolis. Twice each year he comes
to Belleyille to visit his son, Robert.
I'm going to have "A centennial my
self in three years and / want to get
some pointers" he said Tuesday.
Rules of health? Well, / can't say
that ! have any. | have just lived u
prudent life.
Il never miss my three big meals
day. Next to pie | like vegetables best
as steady Diet ! am not vegetarian,
but / have proved in my own case al
least that vegetables are the healthiest
food. ! eat milk and eggs, but / like
cabbage beets, turnips, corn and po-
tatoes much better"
Mr. West says that he has not been
i'll a day for many years. As a young
man he was sickly and it was pre-
dicted he would die before he was 30.
Miss Alleue Shea has just been grad