The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
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covered by a law seldom invoked here.
Mrs. Mary Rupp of York. Pa, was given
a hearing before Aid. Jacob Stager the
other day. The testimony concerned pIac-
tees Of p~oW-wOWing and witchcraft Of
even mere remote origin. In her defense
Mrs. Rupp alleged that the prescription
of il poW-w0w doctor called in to treat
her sick child was the foundation of the
trouble. The doctor, she said, had warned
her that for nine days she should ac-
cept nothing from others, intended for
the child, as its sickness was caused
by a witch's spell. Her n~eighbors, she
said. had handed in d~elicacies for the
little invalid, which she was obliged to
decline, thereby arousing the arrest.
Taking fright at Il trolley car in
Shenandoah. Pa, Il horse hitched TO Il
cutter, i'll which were Frank Lockett-
and Miss Florence lehman, bolted and
ran away, dumping them into the street.
The runaway dashed toward IA long
trestle that spans a 50-foot ravine, over
which is passed in safety, notwithstand-
ing the ties are 2 feet apart. The sleigh
was wrecked, but the horse was unhurt.
II. A. Dey. Il reputable farmer living
near Franklin, Pa, says that the Lord
spoke to him the other night, command
ing him to rebuild the United Brethren
church, near his nome, and he started to-
day to raise $1,000, and succeeded in
getting $500. The building burned down
over Il year ago and Mr.. Dey says he
had not thought of it for six months
before his vision. In his sleep he voice
of the Lord commanded him to rebuild
the structure. He says he has received
other commands from the Lord, and his
0beyIng them has always been attended
by success.
As the result of an investigation in-
stituted by the Pastors union of San
Jose, Cal, Albert Nier of San Francisco
was arrested on a charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Nier was
captured by the officers of the German
Lutheran church and admitted that he
has been earning Il living by joining
churches and borrowing money from
pastors. The man has become a profess
slOnal at the game and boasts of having
affiliated himself with twenty churches
within the week. On the plea that he was
a newcomer in town and that his family
was Ill poor circumstances, Nier succeed
ed in obtaining small cash advances
everywhere. Nier is said to have been
arrested on a similar charge in San Fran
cisco two years ago. preachers are the
easiest game i'll the world" Nier confided
to the chief of police.
Edward MCGOWAN, a poultry breeder
near Montville, n. j., captured two foxes
which had been rObbing his cOOps for a
long time and also recovered from the
stomach of one of them an uncut dia-
mond, valued at 5000, lost by his daugh-
ter two weeks ago. Mr.. MCGOWAN had
tried for months to catch the thieves
who had been stealing his chickens, blu
was unsuccessful until he set a trap Of
hic nxt-n Inxnnf1nT 4 N nf tho nnAnC
1t is supposed one of the fowls picked
the diamond up when Miss McGowan
lost it, and was devoured by Sir Rey-
nard.
A mistake in the delivery of two bar
reIs of oil nearly caused fatal results in
Laurel. Md, when fifty persons were
made violently i'll by eating d%Oughnurs
served by a local bakery, which had
been prepared in machine oil by mistake
for cooking oil. In two instances two en-
tire families were on the dangerous list
and the physiyIans had hard work saving
them. 1t developed today that the ma
chine oil had been ordered by a hardware
dealer who received instead the barrel
intended for the baker.
Harris Levine of 80 Essex street, New
York. after living sixteen of his forty
years i'll the United States, thought that
it was time to become an American citi-
zen. and with several of his friends APP
peared before Justic Adams in the fed
eral court for citizenship papers. He
gave his age, business, the names of his
parents. his birthplace in Russia and
other details. Then he was asked:
What is the color of the American
fag?'
deeply. Finally he answered:
Green and white"
He will have to wait for awhile yet
before the papers are issued.
Becoming possessed of an idea that he
might make some remark for which he
would be sorry later, Vernon e. Bennett,
a retired missionary of Los Angeles,
Cal, closed his mouth with safety pins.
He had pushed three pins through his
lips and snapped them when found by
his wife, AT the receiving hospital Ben
nett would not give any explanation eX-
cept he thought this was a good method
to keep from talking. A certificate charg-
ing him with insanity was filed.
Disconnected over the thought that his
wife-s affections for him had been alien
ated. Edward Moore, "a years old, of ga
North Broadway, Yonkers, n. Z, last
night employed theatrical methods TO as
certain whether she still loved him. AT
$50 he kissed his children and then
bid his wife farewell and drank the con
tents of a two ounce phial bearing a car
bolic acid label. The screams of Mrs.
Moore attracted Eugene Briggs of the
address, who summoned the police
and an ambulance. When DR.. Doefer
examined the supposed dying man he
found that the "carbolic acid" he had
taken was glycerine. Realizing that his
ruse had been discovered, Moore ex-
MANNED his DurDOSe.
Il did it." he said, because | wished
to learn whether or not my wife still
loved me. And she does" W~hereupon
he folded his confused but happy help
meet to his bosom.
Miss Mary A. Good, 30 years old, who
lives with her brother, Louis Good, a
painter in Massillon, o., nearly was
frozen to death in a somnambulistic eX-
~cursion, in which, clad only In her night
garments, she waded through the deep
snow crying that her brother was dead.
Nicholas Myers was hOmeward bound
when he spied Miss Good and heard her
cries. Thinking the woman a ghost,
Myers ran for help to the police station,
several blocks distant. Patrolmen Jo-
seph Helline and August Seifert were de-
tailed to investigate. They found Miss
Good in her home, but suffering from eX-
posture. They found her brother Louis
alive in his bed. He did not know that
his sister had left the house. Miss Good
is said to nave suffered no serious eff
fects from her snow bath.
William Strong of OshtemO township,
Mich, has raised the most perfect ear of
corn ever grown, the ear scoring. 81
points. The highest score ever made pre-
yious to last season was recorded two
years ago at the Omaha corn. show. when
an ear of corn produced by a western