Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST

IOF GENERAL INTEREST
4 Take this and do what you can for
me. said Mrs. Helen FeSsler a wealthy
woman Of Montclair, \. j.. to Judge
Henry l.. Gost, when she was arraigned
before him GA a charge of diSorderly
conduct. In her hand was a thick roll
Iof gfeenbacks. Judge Yost expressed
surprise ut the woman'S offer. aud said
| ne would order her locked up but for
the fact that she is the mother of sew
era children. Mrs FeSsler was charged
VIII throwing stones through the barn
Iof nelghbor. She was held in 5000
bau for the grand jury and offered that
amount in cash. This was refused and
real estate belonging TO her was ac-
cepled a. security.
Frank T. Grey of ia AShmore ave
nue.. Trenton. y. j.. has four kittens
which lodge" in the hen coop under
the watchful eye and warm feathers of
n "chickeSS' hen. and board" where
nature designed they should. Grey first
noticed the peculiar inclination of the
Kittens when he saw the mother cat loi-
terlng in an interested manner in the
vicinity of the chicken coop. At first
| he thought she was looking for nice
| tender chicks. but. hearing unchiCkenlike
4
an investigation and found the four kit
| tens Snugly ensConced under the wings
Iot hen. The mother cat visits the
Icoop regularly at meal time, but in the
Intervals the little felines seem perfectly
content with the hen,
Mrs. John HoIstein of Addingham. Pa.
who died last week. was buried in the
clothes which she made herself more
than thirty-tive years ago. The aged
/ woman, who was known throughout Up
Ipcr Darby township, had each year dur
ling her life washed these clothes and
then placed them carefully in box.
/ Shortly before she expired she called Ia
one Of her daughters and told here where
to find the burial clothes, with instruc-
tlons to see that they were placed ON
her body.
/ Following the statement he made dur
| ing his sermon last Sunday that society
! in Charlottesville. Ind, is rotten, Rev,
/ j. Frederick Rake. pastor of the First
| Baptist church of Crawfordsville. in
| signed interview says the ballroom Is
/ Irresponsible for much that is deplorable
| in society. Girls go to the ballroom be-
4 cause they like to be Rugged. he de-
Icares Announce a dance for girls only
land how many would he there lac
/ asks. The dance is all public Stiffness,
IRE in their head they try to develop
their feet The ballroom is silly and
| dancing is simply hugging to music.
/ During a heavy storm in Guthrie, Ok,
lightning struck the home of G. A. Mari
and both Mari and his wife were criti-
4 cally injured. At the time of the acci-
4 dent Mars daughter and young man
/ were sitting on a sofa in the parlor.
| The lightning connected with the steel
springs of the sofa and the young man
was hurled against the parlor ceiling.
severely injuring him. The young lady
| escaped uninjured.
John Budd occupying the Albert Fogg
farm, near Woodbury., \. j., had an eX-
citing chase after couple of horse
thieves early the other morning The
men got one of the horses from the sta
BILE and hitched it in the orchard while
they went back after Il wagon While
the thieves were at the barn the horse
broke loose and began capering about
the yard. which awakened Budd. He
looked out of the window just MS one
man was pulling n wagon from under
! cover and the other chasing the horse.
Budd got his gun and came down stairs,
4 bat the men had canght the cue and es-
capped.
After two years spent in locating the
heirs at law of Samuel Shaw the probate
court of Pittsfeld, Mass, has been pc
titioned by the administrator to allow
the distribution of the estate among for
ty-seven heirs scattered throughout the
world. many in England others on the
Isle of Man, while a great number live
in the United States. The documents
in the case are among the most compi-
Gated ever presented in "A probate court.
Among them rs a large chronological
chart, containing about seveuty-five
names and Il mass of other explanatory
matter. Shaw left an estate of $1,000,
but expenses incurred in tracing the
heirs has dwindled it down to 1920.
Two next in kin in this city will each
receive an eleventh part of the estate,
while the smallest portion TO be distrib-
uted is a three hundred and eighty-fifth
part. which will be given to the grand
nephews and grand-nieces.
Bids. laces and Kisses flew. and when
is was all over the government had
realized S63S4 80 from the auction il
held in the custom house in New York
for the sale Of the 3S2 items of feminine
apparel packed deity into one trunk and
less skillfully smuggled hither on the
steamship Gothland. Ten o'clock struck
and across the threshold there was
rush which nearly bore United States
Marshal Henkei off his feet and caused
the customs inspectors on duty to quail
Charles Shongood Injured to auctions in
the Bowery. was swayed back and forth
in his chair. Professional bidders Sc
cured most of the lot.
The timely arrival Of a passing auto
mobile saved William Lindop, "A well
known landscape painter from San Fran
cisco. from an embarrassing situation in
San Rafael, Cal. The artist was en-
gagged in sketching Mount Tamalpais
from a spot near Greenbrae. when a bull
charged upon him, becoming Infatuated
at his paraphernalia. Lindop, realizing
his danger. took to his heels, deserving
his easel, and sought refuge in nearby
tree. just then an automobile appeared,
and Lindop's cries for help attracted the
passengers, who went to his rescue, put
ting the animal 10 fight by the footing
of the horn Oh the car.