Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-19

Ho"tf. oetlc justice uecreed that Jack,
one of the horses, who gave Stub his
name some years ago by inadvertently
,famplng off his tail, rescued the cat as
he was sinking for the last time. Stub
was trying to get a drink when he fell
INTO the trough, and he could not get
Ioothold on its smooth sides. Spot and
Nell. two Dalmatian hounds. saw his
phght, but could do nothing but bark
furloGsly. Their clamor attracted Jack,
VINO put his head in the trough and
presently hauled out Stub. wet. bedrag-
gled and nearly drowned, but otherwise
intact
An i'll matched couple appeared before
Judge Aundenried in Quarter Sessions
court in Philadelphia, when 27-year-old
James Murphy was arraigned on a
charge of deserving his 69-year-old
wife, Fannie. Murphy told a court Of
ticer that he thought the old woman had
lots OF money, but, too late, lie learned
to his sorrow that she was Il spoor as
he was. When put on the witness stand
the young man frankly admitted the
charge of desertion. Il left this wom-
an he said, because she would not
let any friends visit me. and wouldn't
even let me go out of the house at
nights to see my mother. | was intoxi-
Gated at the time | married her. any
how, and did not know what | was do
ing
We'll, if you marry an old woman like
this you must expect to stay in the
house, and you must support her." Judge
Aundenried told Murphy.
Il married him out of charity said
the woman in a high. shrill voice. He
was thrown out of his home and visiting
bad places and spending his money. Yes,
| just married him out of charity"
1t is like marrying a child out of the
cradle" was Judge Aundenrieds final
comment, as he ordered Murphy. who is
a railroad brakeman, to contribute the
sum of $3.50 Il week for his wife's sup
port.
According to an opinion handed down
by Judge Robert S. Frazer of Pittsburg
Pa, township authorities have no right
to deprive licensed motor cars or auto
mobiles of the privilege of being run
along any legally opened public high
ways. This decision was caused through
a suit entered by Thomas Walker
against the commonwealth. The town
ship authorities passed an ordinance re-
straining motor cars from being run
along the Little Sewickley road.
Thomas Handy of Helena, Mont,
former South Carolinian, was made the
recipient, in the federal court here, of
what is regarded as the most remark
able sentence on record. Handy, con
victed on bigamy charge, was only
fined 500 and sent to jail for six
months. but was also sentenced to mar
~ an Indian woman. Hanby's first
Mary LaBreCh, a Blackfoot maiden, Sc
cured his Indictment and then Il legal
separation for herself
Fifty members of the James T. Boyd
council, Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics, had pie eating contest
in the lodge rooms in Bloomfield, \. Y,
the other night. Seventy-ive pies, CON
sisting of six varieties, and ten gallons
of cider were consumed i'll one hour
AS result, every member of the lodge
is under the care of physician. suffer
ing with acute indigestion and tenn
porary insomnia. The first prize went
to Sylvester Poitt, who consumed ten
pies of the 5-cent size; William Eaton,
second prize, with eight pies to his cred
it: George A. Elton, third prize, with six
pies. Archibald NJ. Heath, son of
Postmaster Heath, received the consola-
ton prize He had three pies to his
credit Polit, the winner, said he could
have eaten more, but saw it was no
use trying to test his real capacity when
others could not reach his record.
In deciding that there is no law in
Kansas at the present time which pro-
hibits the playing of baseball on Sunday,
the Kansas supreme court deVoteS sew
eral pages of a learned decision regard
ing the history of baseball. The case
was decided by Justice Porter on the
appeal of Ernest Prather from Johnson
county. Prather was convicted and hned
for playing baseball on Sunday and APP
pealed to the supreme court. In It's de
cisiOn the court says that baseball can
not be classed as Il gamblers game and
~, Of tho In nd T.
aged by teachers and parents to become
proficient in it as an athletic sport help
full to the mind and body. Its freedom
from all immoral tendencies has made 1t
the acknowledged national sport, game
the popular interest in which continues
unyarying. leveling all class distinc-
tons" The opinion further says that
the Legislature can stop the playing OF
Sunday ball, but to do so it must pass a
law on the subject and not make it a
mart of a law which prohibits horse
racing, cock fighting or card playing.
4 torch operated by oxygen and acete
lyme, radiating Il heat Of $500 degrees,
said to be the most terrific known to
science has just been invented in Cleve-
land. 0. By means of this torch, it is
POSSIBLE, it is declared, to weld alumni
mum, heretofore regarded as an impos-
sibility. The torch makes a flame that
will cut through two inches OF solid steel
in less than minute. and pierce a
twelve inch piece of the hardest steel
in less than ten minutes. 1t would take
saw almost twenty hours to do this
work.
David Meyers of Mount Vernon. H.,
afraid Of banks, kept his money hidden
\ bout his home. and when he went to
one of his strong boxes the whereabouts
of which he supposed no one but himself
knew. to deposit some more money. the
box. which contained from $4,000 to
$40 600. was missing. Suspicion point |
ed to a member of the family. Meyers
nut a detective on the case and $4,000
was recovered. the money being found
by son. Christian Meyers, in a cellar, |
buried 4 feet in the earth. Meyers is |
a wealthy farmer and since the robbery
has deposited large sums in the banks.
Search for the rest of the missing !
money, over $4,000, has been aban- !
dOned.
Punishment such as will make most
women shudder has been prescribed by !
Criminal Judge Jesse Miller of Polk