Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29

During the past quarter of a century
James Mcclure, Ford River. Mich.
man, has Travelled distance of 100000
miles, aud all that by wagon road. This
unique record has been made in the ca
| paclty OF stage driver, Mcclure hay-
ing covered the Ford River Escana ba
/ run.
There ought to be a whipping post
for YOU, said Judge c. l.. Smith of
Minneapolis to J. L. Thompson, in the
police court. You ought to be ashamed
OF yoursef TO go home and mistreat your
wife and family. | will sentence Won
to thirty days in the work house but
stay the sentence foI one year pendino
good behaviour
James Nippon, Chicago electrician
4 employed in the Pullman car shons oh.
jected to a nightly explanation of his
ante-mldnlght whereabouts and TO snare
ms wlte the lonesOmeness she com
| plalheu OF When he left her alone even
| lngs ne mt upon the idea of taking her
with him. She said the experience was
Illuminating Mrs. Nippon alleges cruel
ty IN her complaint for divorce
| Andrew John, who carries commits
sion as ex-president of the Seneca In
| dams tribe, is in Columbus. O.. irving
to establish claim to two and half
square miles running into the heart Of
Marietta, o., that he claims was decided
TO his ancestor. Chief Cornplanter of
the Senecas. by President George Wash
lngton in 1888 A resident of Erie. Pa.
AR. John, has spent much time i'll Wash
lhgton, where he has been digging into
records over century old.
The Legislature of the Canton Of
Naud Switzerland accepted by n unon-
lmouS vote bill introduced subiecting
habltual drunkardS to Il confinement in
an Official institution to he established
for the scientific treatment of drunken
ness and retaining them there till def
nltely cured. CHASING such cases quite in
the category as that of insane persons
and subJecting them to obligatory treat
ment III the spirit of chastisement. but
with pathological end in view.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee.
who introduced Il bill proposing to take
$3.50 from congressmans paw for
each day absent, has learned that there
Is a law to hit the case. Section 40 of the
revised statutes provides that the secre-
tary OF the Senate and the sergeant-at-
arms OF the House shall deduct from the
pay OF each member his per diem for
each day of his absence for any excuse
other than sickness of himself or of a
member OF his family. This law was
passed in 1856.
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While shopping in a crowded store at
Philadelphia the other day, Mrs. Ella
Aober had her pocket picked of $1,000.
She had just received $1,000 from the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad for the killing of
her husband i'll the recent wreck at At
lant1c City and $1,000 for the sale of her
husbands junk business.
rearing to trust banks She nfaaaJ tho
money in a specially made pocket in
hef skirt, but clever thief got it by
cutting her dress. She screamed and
tainted upon discovering her loss.
Firemen hauled a fire engine into n
burning building at Tampa. H., recent
~ to thaw out its pipes, then pulled it
out and put out the fire. The engineer
was unable to get up steam and discov-
ered that the pipes We're clogged with
ice: The only place around was the in
terror of the burning barn. which had a
door wide enough to permit the entrance
or the engine. Ten minutes after the
steamer was drawn inside the pipes were
Tree. The engine was pulled out ard
started in time to prevent the total loss
of the building.
\ strange animal was killed on the
homestead of a settler named Hill on
Sugar island. near the 500. Nobody
knows what the animal is. although ev-
cry natural history has been searched.
The animal had a body something like
deer, with a ferocious looking head
and short stubby horn. with eyes set
deep under its base. The head looks
like n wolf.
The animal has been living ON the
island for several years. according to
Hill. who tried to kill ii before. The
head IS to be mounted.
After Il fierce battle with the night
mare Emmett Galley, a Morningside col
lege student ut Sioux City. Ia, awoke
TO find his arm broken.
Galley IS fond of mince pie. His moth
er sent him number from the farm
and after eating heartily at night Cal
icy Iell asleep IN window seat Immedi-
ateiy the animal appeared, tramping
Galley under his cruel hoofs and kicking
him viciously
The student awoke with a cry of pain
and found his arm hanging hepl,ssly M !
ms SIDE. 1t is supposed that ne got his |
arm twisted under him in the awful eff |
fort to escape the nightmare.
The theory that T. Kirby Heinsohn.
a wealthy man of Marion, Ind. inflicted |
a fatal wound while trying to shave him !
self III his sleep at Sylvester. Ga, sun |
day was advanced by members OF a com |
mittee of Elks who accompanied the /
body home. j. Ii. Westbcrry, cashier /
OF, bank at Sylvester in which Helm |
sohn was interested, says iieinsohn was I
taken i'll last Friday. He worried be- !
cause ne was unshaven and decided TO !
shave himself Sunday morning. Ii is |
surmised that he arose and went 10 the |
bathroom. half asleep. returned to bed |
with the razor and, the determination to /
shave being on his mind. drew the razor i
across his throat, cutting the jugular
vein. Too weak to speak. he wrote on a
paper that he did not know what he was
doing. as he was asleep when he cut
himself.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee
,oined new word the other day in the
House while correcting the record, in
which was printed collo,.uy
between himself and Mr.. Underwood
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