The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-06-17

liquor sellers nor other offenders against
the law. and the judge remarked that
the county had apparently reached the
millennium stage
When application was made in the
court of chancery, in Camden. Pa for
alimony and counsel fee for Mrs. Anna
May Powell from her husband, Wallace
Powell, pending divorce proceedings. it
was shown through a number of ati-
davits, on behalf of the petitioner that
in dividing the household goods after
they decided to separate there was a
dispute over who was to get possession
of Il table, and in order 10 compromise
matters the table was sawed in two and
divided Mrs. Powell claimed that she
received little or no support from her
husband. and that when she started II
boarding house for the support If her
self aud two children her husbands con
duct became SO unhearahle that the
boarders left and she was compelled To-
20 To work in a field with ordinary la
horcrS. Married on October ~, 1897.
the pair separated ON May -, 1907
The parties are former residents of Penn
bcrtou. The matter went over So that
additional atlidayits can be taken.
The ambitious schoolboys dahblIng in
wireless, 10 the discontinue of the sure
enough wireless operators in the service
OF the commercial companies. have come
IN for much criticism recently for but
ting III where they have no business
10 NEEDLE. Now these boys have an OPP
portunity to do Il little growing. one of
them, boy of 10, proved the other day
that even meddlcSome amateur boy wire
less operators may he useful under-eer-
tain conditions. The regular operator on
the Mallory line steamer Mueces became
sick in Tampa and had il not been for a
hplpn a FRA NJ 4.
amateur wireless operators the steamer
would have been compelled to continue
its voyage to New York without anybody
III charge of the wireless outfit on board
While four prominent young women
were out for promenade in Shcnan-
doah, Pa, fresh young man, dressed
IN taultlcSS attire, rushed forward ana
commenced To hug one of them. The
four girls bounced upon and beat the fel-
low 50 badly that he will never forget it,
They refused 10 call an officer, saying
the hugger was punished enough.
Defending the divorce action Of his
wife. Marcus A. Pierce of Los Angeles.
Cal, stated TO Judge James Court that
Mrs. Lulu l.. Pierce never had given
him wite'S affection since their mar
rage, twcnty-siN years ago. He as
serted she never had kissed him during
[
was brought by Mrs. Pierce ON the
ground of desertion
Mrs. Laura Engel, who lives on the
| outskirts of Kittaning, Pa, and who
has for many years supported herself
by drcssmaking, has received word from
4 firm of attorneys in Cincinnati that +.
l.. Engel, an uncle, has recently died
there, and that her share of the estate
will be in the neighborhoOd of $1,000
Mrs. Engel on being assured that the
wealth was waiting for her, instructed
some of her friends to get the best
prices on automobiles, as she says she
long since decided that if she became
rich at any time in her life she would
have as good an auto as any one who
has ridden past her in days gone by,
when she was n poor working woman.
As the result Of an almost uuprece-
dcnted series of mishaps, five persons IN
one family-a father and four Sons-had
narrow escapes from death or serious in
jury in baltimore. Md The family is
that of Edward Il. Upton of Curtis Bay.
II suburb. Mr.. Upton, a carpenter. while
working on a dangerous projection over
| looking the water. lost his balance, but
managed to seize Il projecting Scantllng
and save himself from falling 100 feet
At almost the same hour one of his
sons. two miles away, was caught in a
belt while standing near some machinery.
and his clothes were torn into shreds.
1t is Il crime, punishable 10y fine. fer
servants to break the chuaware of an
employer. according to the ruling of a
justice of the peace in Beverly, y. j.
Mrs. Edward Elliott had caused the ar
rest of Jean Jones, her colored house
maid whom she accused of smashing
number of pieces of her best chinaware.
The squire weighed the evidence very
gravely and gave his decision, but as the
trembling culprit was unable 10 produce
the fine she was remanded to the custody
of Il home for colored girls.
Rev. Charles w. Savdgc. pastor of the
Peoples church of Omaha, is one Of the
strongest believers in the efficacy of
prayer. Knowing Of this faith, an inn
provement club, of which he is Il mem
Der. has invoked his prayerful aid in Sc
curing the removal of Il barn that for the
past fifteen years has been an eyesore.
Having exhausted all legal methods and
having been unsuccessful, tn Property
owners and the improvement club mem
bers have called Pastor Savidge in. and
he has promised 10 see what he can do
in the way of barn moving. The first
act has been performed. for at recent
meeting Of the club he offered up
prayer, hesceChiug the Lord to take
hand and see that the old red barn gets
down and out without further ado.
Returning to his home at WatSonville
from II visit he had paid To Salinas. Cal.
for the specific purpose of disproving IA
rumur that he had been killed in an acci-
dent. Percy Morse. young seed grower,
was killed 10y the Overturning of his an-
tomubile. lie persisted almost in the ex-
act manner that he was rumored 10 have
died twelve hours before
Driving at high speed TO save the life
of his servant girl, &. :. Sale of the
Bustleton pike made record breaking
run from his home 10 the Franklin hos
pital in fhila lelphia. Pa. distance Of
several miles. The young woman, whose
life apparently depended on such quick
action, is Elizabeth Nugent of BuStle-
ton. who met with a peculiar accident.
While at breakfast she "SwallOwed' her
false teeth. or. at least, thought she did.
1t was during choking spell that the
accident happened. After she managed
to recover her breath She told the folks
what had occurred and showed them
just where the teeth were located in her
stomach After hasty examination by
the physicians at the hospital il was
decided To put the Mays ON the woman
the teeth were Everything was in readi-
ness, and as the nurse was removing the
| clothes from Miss Nugent the ''Swal-
! lowed teeth fell to the floor. Instead of
/ swallowing them, as she thought, Ia
| coughing, they slipped out of her mouth
/ and lodged in her dress.
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