Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-29
and ran all the way into town. aud the
young Indies had to walk.


young ladies had to walk
\ unique skin grating operation wa.
performed upon two girls. Eleanore ant
Mamie Berger OF Charleston, :. C., NJ
the Union Protestant in6rmary in Bal
Imore, Md. by DIR. j. NJ T. Finnev
The sole of one foot of the elder girl
| Mamie aged 10. was attached to a
pace on the leg of her little sister,
Eleanore, aged 1, aud supports were
placed 10 keen the girls in position ul-
I'll the skin had grated on the little
gUls leg. This ROW has taken place
and the two girls have been cut apart.
In former attempts To remedy the
condition Of the little girls leg. which
was caused by ear accident. there We're veS, :,
grated III square inches Of skin, which
the elder sirster sacrificed.
| \ 0-year-old son of Charles Baker of
! Goods Mill. Va, is suffering from a Sc
rlous injury sustained in peculiar man
| ner. In feeding apples to u pet horse
! he held one apple near his own mouth
and the horse, in seizing it, reached too
far and caught the child's lip between
us teeth. Nine stitches were needed
to close the wounds.
Although a city of 1000 peopIe. few
citizens of Jusonvile Ind. know of the
origin of the name JaSonyille There
IS no other Jasouville in the United
| states. and this name was given to this
settlement before il had its birth Ii
was named in honor of a Greene county
man, Jason Rogers. In 1913, Mr.. ROg-
ers employed William l.. Buckalaw, who
was thirty years later member of the
Clay county board of commissioners. to
remove a log building across the Clay
county line to where Jasonville now is
located, Mr.. Buckalaw, not dreaming
Of the history he was making, wrote
"JaSonvilie' on the log house with n
stick of red chalk. The suggestion
took and when the town was later
plated II was given the name Jason
vile.
Wilson Il. Steinmetz a lay preacher
OF Allentown. Pa, started suit TO upset
the will of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Steinmetz. She bequeathed him life
interest in only 81, giving the residue of
her $4,000 estate 10 her boarding mis-
tress, Mrs, Mary Voorhees,. after V. Il.
hohier, who drew the will got 5000
Mrs Stenmetz left twelve wills. each
IN favor of some relative or friend who
at the time met her fancy. on her
deathbed at the Voorhees, home she he
came reconciled to her son and promised
to make new will in his favor. but in
the sons presence she sank into coma
dying without regaining consciousness.
lie alleges undue influence on the part
Of strangers in inducing his mother to
ignore him. The dollar she gave him
was to be invested in Easton, SO he
would be forced to spend 60 cents to cob
lect his yearly income of 3 cents
Because he complained that the his
cults were heavy, Emily Meynard Of st,
George, Staten island. a pretty French
servant girl, opcned fire on her employer,
Frank Ducasse, while he sat at break
fast She fired two shots. Neither
struck Ducasse, who promptly ducked
under the table, but one Of them pierced
biscuit and one went through the syrup
pitcher Ducassc. who hired the girl a
few months ago. boasted to all his
friends that he had the best cook on
Staten island. But he scoIded her, aud
the rights of the long suffering servant
girl came nearly being yindicated at her
hands.
Il am sorry l did not kill him" said
the girl. He insulted me"
In the New Brighton police court
Emily was so violent that Magistrate
Handy sent her to the county aims.
house.
iiram Blackmar, a tinsmith of Win,
sted. Conn. has a large aquarium in
which, until quite recently were a score
of goldfish. About two weeks ago. how
ever, all of the fish except one sickeued
and died The sole survivor of the pisca-
torial pets is a very large Japanese gold
hSll. which Mr.. Blackmar has owned for
SIX years and which has become So tame
that il rises 10 the surface Of the water
Wien any of the family call it's name
Dick. About a week ago Mr. Black
mar noticed his pet kitten sitting on
the edge Of the aquarium, gazing steadily
info the water. IN "A few minutes he was
adonished 10 see Dick, the goldfish.
swim 10 The surface with Il bit of milk
weed ia its mouth. The kitten renched
down aud with her tiny paw took the
milkweed and ate it. The performances
was repeated a number of times. and
now the kitten goes TO the aquarium
every morning Tor ITS breakfast.
\ parrot with the instincts Of society
person Is owned by Abraham Riker IL
Alton. Ill. The bird is a great stickler
TOR formaluy and is unhappy when the
little niceties Of life are overlooked. Tie
parrot always rings a little silver he'll
TO call itself TO dinner when food h
served to H. If food isn't served ON time
then tho parrot rings the bell 60 call the
food to 1T. Rker lis an upholsterer and
lives ut 600 East Eighth street. When
not uphoistering he spends a great deal
OF time cuiuyatug the fine Altouesuue
qualities Of his remarkable bird. Polls
always takes coifee-not ordinary coffee.
but cafe noir--for breakfast IN the
evening it was ten, Its food consists
OF crackers, apples and cake. The par.
rot observed very knowingly that th,.
Kiker family always responded 10 the
dinner bell by assembling nj the table.
II was given a small bell and permitted
- ring IL. Then food was given it.
Since then Polly will not eat without
first ringing the bell
Arc Lights and the Insects.
This undoubtedly is the electric age.