Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-08

| Mrs. James Madison Buchanan until
Irecently Miss Lillian NJ. Mcbride, an as
sistant librarian in the Philadelphia free
library. returning to her home, was
promptly forgiven for running away to
Reading to get married, because her
mother had done just the same thing
forty-five years ago.
| \ Stepney, Conn, farmer missed one
! OF his thoroughbred leghorn chicks near
| ~ every day Till ten mad mysteriously
vanished. Because of his abdominal
proportions large bullfrog which made
ITS nome in the potato patch was sus-
pected as the chicks disappeared when
| ever they wandered among the vines
The frog was killed. and post-mortcm
| examination disclosed the remains Of a
chick.
\ man down i'll st. Marys. W. Va.
| who desired to contribute to the Repub-
| llcan congressional campaign commit
| tees dollar fund, stuck postage stamp
ON the tace of standard silver dollar,
and addressed it with red ink to Con-
gresham james $. sherman, T. Q. Box
| 2063, New York. The silver dollar went
through the mail easily and has been
received at the headquarters at New
| York.
Surrounded by his wife and two small
children, Otto Radeck of st. Louis, stood
in front of 4 lairror and watched the
death pallor cover his face and the
movements of his muscles until he
dropped to the floor dead from the eff
fects of carbOlic acid he drank with sui
cidal intent.
He denied to his wife that he had
taken poison. She stood by his side. too
frightened to move, until after her hus-
band was dead.
Kate Zimmerman of Frazer street.
Trenton, o., WHO has been living alone
IN one room, refusing to have ANYTHING
to do with other persons for twenty
years, VIII be visited by the health Off
GERS. According to the police reports
the neighbors have complained
Charles Reighter takes her food in
basket, which she hauls up with Il rope
Il IS believed the woman is Il miser and
that this accounts for her secrecy and
strange manner of living.
The report that the Indiana state board
OF health Is going to prohibit kissing for
sanitary reasons has brought anxious let
ters from all sections of the state and
fhe state board at Richmond is consid
erably embarrassed as q result Secre-
tary. Hurry hewails the fact that the
kissing story was given such wide pub
lefty. he says the board will not be
harsh about the matter, and that he
personally. thinks kissing in moderation
will do no particular harm.
-Four Pittsburg boys. refusing to az
cept dare. jumped from the girders of
the junction railroad bridge into the
Allegheny river, 100 feet below. None
We're hurt
Ten thousand persons watched the
feat. The boys Were John Keenan,, II,
and DOnl R1lSi Epo17l- Eopupcgp
Albert Shortell, 10.
RuSk1 went first. and made clean
dive. The others jumped feet first. The
water was less than twelve feet deep
where they dived.
To relieve an attack of cramps vii.
liam Smiley of Philadelphia, ~ years,
drank Il quantity of hair tonic in mis-
take for whisky. lie died within fifteen
minutes. Smiley was awakened from
sleep by sharp pains. His wife recon-
mended that he take some whisky from
a bottle ON nearby shelf. Smiley
reached for it in the dark and had taken
q dose before discovering his error. With
his wife be ran to the residence of DIR.
II. w North. who administered anti
dotes, but without avail.
Because She had not screened finger
bowl Mrs. r. l.. Arnold. n New Orleans
a charge of violating the cistern screen
ing ordinance.
A. g. Young. an inspector for the
city board of health. made the affidavit
and an hour later Mrs. Arnold herself
appeared in court and exhibited the fin
ger bowl complained of. She uses the
bowl Tor washing paint brushes, and It
is nearly always filled with water.
The inspector states that on his visit
to the artists house he found several
wiggle tails. or baby mosquitoes, in the
unscreened bowl.
John Sullivan, a millionaire who died
some time ago, seems from the records
of the Seattle probate court to have
been well supplied with relatives. Six
tyfour persons in all parts of the Unit
ed States and Ireland feel sure that they
are entitled to share in the wealth left
by Sullivan and have filed their claims
in court The officials of King county
assert that Sullivan died without heirs
and that the entire estate should go to
the public school fund under the law. |
The county will second a commissioner
to Ireland to secure evidence to COntro- |
vert claims of the alleged heirs.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis. who came from
Washington to San Francisco with ere |
dentiaiS from the war department to aid |
in the relief work following the April
disaster. and was entertained by the
most exclusive families in San Fran
cisco society, is wife of n negro physi |
clan in the national capital, it has been
learned. When Mrs. Curtis left San
Francisco she was suffering from in |
iuries received in an automobile acct |
dent. and went To Washington to recu- |
perate She is to return soon. and So
ciety is in quandary. What win be |
her reception? Society doesn't know.
Gasoline is the latest addition to the |
long list of intoxicantS y number of |
young men in the vicinity Of Marcus and |
81. Louis avenues in St, Louis. Mo, |
have discovered the intoxicating ingre- |
dents of gasoline, according TO Deputy |
Collector John +. Mckenna. The gaso- |
line is not used as a beverage. but is in |
Lalel by the cnnSnmer until he has NC