The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-04
OF GENERAL INTEREST

OI GE,IS r. ItaIi LIN J. Lin EisS i
At the risk of his life riding on the
COWCatCher of Il fast passenger lOcom0-
tive, Frank Lutz. 40 years old, of Sun
bury, Pa, experienced what he termed
! "a delightful thrill Luz had crawled
on the front Of the engine at South Dan
vile and kept aboard till Sudbury was
reached. When he alightcd he was ar
rested for illegal riding. and when ar
raigned before "A justice he refused 10
pay his fine, although he had sufficient
money. ThereupOn IuH was sentenced
to twenty days in Jail, and when qucs-
toned concerning his precarious endeay
or he explained that he did it just to
show he had a stronger nerve than many
young fellows" He admitted that the
swaying of the locomotive at first fright
cued him. but as the speed increased he
became eXhilaratcd by the roaring wind.
and was sorry when the run was con
cluded.
BY a display of exceptional presence
of mind and unusual nerve Mrs. Will
| liam Taylor, living near Knob Noun
tain, Columbia county, Pa, frustrated
the attempt of two mghwaymcn to hold
her up along a lonely mountain road. TO
the right of which was a sheer preCipiCc.
At the most dangerous point in the road
she was commanded to halt by robbers.
| who appeared from either side of the
road, and no sooner did she do SO than
She was jerkcd from the seat and thrown
to the ground. IIer hand alighted on n
large stone, and this she seized, aud,
hurting il AT one Of the robbers, she re
gained her feet. The stone hit the man
/ fair in the eye, and as the blood
/ streamrd down his face his companion
rushed to his aid, atiordln" Mrs. Taylor
au opportunity to jump into the carriage.
! Whipping up her horse, she made her
! escape, still in possession Of her pocket
! book.
/ \ campaign of newspaper, magazine
| md billboard advertising to call the at
+ tcntion Of the American public to the i'm
! portance of remcdying certain pressing
| social, economic and religious problems
! is to be conducted, beginning
/ with the new year, by the combined
! Protestant churches Of the United States
/ The work is in charge of Rev. Charles
Stol2cD. superintendent of the presbyte-
/ riau churCh's department of church and
/ labor, and is sponsored by the home mis-
sion council representing Protestant
/ churches with 4 combined membership
/ of about 100000 persons.
Two women alightcd from an automo.
| bile that had stopped IN front of the
! postollice in MontcHir, \. j., leaving
1 bulldog on the seat one woman entered
! the puStoNicc, the other crossed the
/ street, As autos passed the dog jumped
! around, barking JoyouSly, MS If he loved
such machines Ills body struck the
/ clutch and started the machine. 1t was
running down hill when James II, Legg
ran out TO stop il. The dog disputed
| Lcgg's authority to board the car and
! jumped for the mans throat. Iegg
! lcaped off: but, seeing that n serious aC-
cidcnt might occur, he followed the auto
until he got II chance to pull out the
! spark-plug. That stopped the machine
! The dog growled. Plainly, he was dis
| appointed.
| Mrs. Henrietta McGrcw Of Trenton
| \. j.. insists that there is limit to all
things. even To- the kisses of her hus-
! band John T.. NcGrew, As n result of
! exceeding the limit she has sought the
divorce courts of Hitchcock county,
where she has applied for "a divorce, al
! leging that he has kissed aud insisted on
! kissing until the cruelty stage has been
! reached In her petition Mrs McGreW
says that for six months she stood the
! kissing without murmur, surprising
| that IN time the practice would be
| dropped 10 a certain extent, but instead
! Of becoming less they have become more
| il'ii'''' ''l'' "''i' 'l', "ht' Nv nus
! band has been spending his time kissing
! the weeds have grown higher than the
! wheat ana the nay ana things generally
! have gone to me hah.
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