Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-29

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Lynne, Pa. About : o'clock Mrs.
Dougherty was awakened hy strange
noise MT one of the upstairs Wihtissws
aud before she could reach the place She
heard a tAud in the yard below. and then
everything was still Rushing down
stars, Mrs. Dougherty found her son
standing N an alley aud repeating the
words, We'll. well. Mrs. Dougherty
picked up the little fellow and carried
| nm into the house, when She discovered
| that he was still asleep When awak-
/ ened John said he did not remember
faihng but that he had dreamed some
| one was chasing him To get out of
the room it was necessary for hif.a to ui1-
| 'eck the shutters after raising the win
! dow. 1t was mt least an hour before he
| telt any pain from his injuries. which.
Whle they are severe, are not considered
| dangerous.
When John Wisehnosky. accused of
chicken stealing on an extensive scale.
hailed with delight a proposition to put
70 4 practical test the proverb that
Chickens come home 10 roost," in Mag
lStrate smiths court in Burlington. y
j., farmers who appeared us complain
ants objected too strenuouSly for the ex-
pertinent. They said their missing poul-
try was too likely TO return To the place
where last fed If set free Wischnosky
was held for further hearing after it
had been alleged that he helped himself
to Others chickens and had kept them
with his own flock before selling them
sylvester Wiley, n Bordentown road
farmer, was sure he had identified his
own fowls among some the defendant
had sold Burlington dealers.
Nathan Roberts, a retired sea captain.
90 years old Of South Norwalk. Conn,
walked two miles to the East Norwalk
polls and cast his vote for the seventy
fifth time in his home town. While Capt
Roberts has been around the Horn and
the Cape of Good Hope many times, he
has never missed a voting day at hoae
since he became a voter.
Where big snake came from
which made its appearance in the
pantry of the, British steamship
Perliviana as the vessel came M
the Delaware river to Philadelphia.
Pa, puzzles Capt Jones. master of the
PeruVlana, aud all the others on board.
The crew say that kissing sounds had
been heard in the vessels hold all of
the way across the Atlantic. but no one
could be induced to 20 below and invasti-
gate. The first tangible evidence that
there was a menageric below was Sc
cured Monday when the snake appeared
IN the galley and wanted things his
own way. The steward did not think
that there was any reason for having
two bosses IN the culinary department
and killed the snake. The Peruvianu
came to Philadelphia from Lulea, where
snakes are uncommon. Prior TO that
she was engaged i'm the Brazilian trade.
where ii is believed the snakes came on
board. The other reptiles are hid away
in remote places where it is impossible
to locate them.
Dreaming that he was erecting build
ing and was walking along narrow
sCaffolding, James Hamilton of Green
wood, Del, walked in his sleep through
n hallway and fell down ! fight of STATES
fracturng Il rib and breaking an arm.
Hamilton remembers the dream very
well, but had no idea what he was
doing until he fell and found himself
lying injured ut the bottom of the stairs.
Duke big shepherd dog. saved the
lives of Mrs. III. |. Herb, her daughter
Grace and her son Arthur when their
house caught fire in Wilkes Barre, PA.
Mrs. Herb was awakened 10y the dog
whining and scratching at her door She
commanded, Go away. Duke. aud lie
down. but he continued to scratch un-
TIL in evaporation. she arose to beat
him and opened the door. She found the
hallway full of smoke ana the first floor
ablaze and the flames had gained such
was cut off. Finally, half suffocated, she
made her way to rear window and,
with the children aud the dog got out
over an adjoining roof. There was no
time TO save anything but their night
clothes.
Vice Chancellor Walker has ordered
the Delaware River Quarry and Con
struction company of Trenton. \. j., to
set off a large dynamite blast in order
to test the nerves of Mrs. Eva L. Par
ent, who complains that the henvY blast
ing skaters her nerves ana makes her
Ife uncomfortable. The quarry people re-
taliate by saying that she lives in n
Itumhle.down shanty where the windows
and plaster are loose. they also claim
that she is representative. \ master ia
chancery together with the two experts,
viii witness the blasting and note the
effect on the woman and on her property.
This is considered one of the qucercst
decisions ever rendered by the court Of
chancery
\ lover of animals. George L. IIaller,
In music dealer and sportsman of Altoona.
Pa, who spent last winter in Florida
for his health brought home with him
three fine specimens Of small alligators
He built a tank in his back yard aud
watched the lively critters grow In
view of the fact that an effort 10 steal
one Of them in the dark is as dangerous
as reaching after trap set for n bear.
he did not make his pen secure against
attacks from the outside. The other
night a bold thief ran the risk Of losing
his hand and stole one Of the saw-tooth
pets.
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