Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-12

DO you think a man can become in
toxlcated on beer, HenryI' Judge Walk
er asked the witness.
Well, | never nave done So" he re-
Piled Still, perhaps a man might-if
he made hog of himself. | can drink
a barrel of it day, all right"
Judge Walker granted Barckman a di-
yorce on allegations that Mrs Barckman
was infatuated with Otto Siedenbrott, an
aged man whom the complainant desig-
mated as Foxy Grandpa"
Captured at the home of his sweet
heart, William Rogers, who escaped from
the Cook county, ILL.,, Jail on September
- told the police a remarkable tale of
his adventures after he had run away
from the hospitality OF Sheriff Strass-
helm.
Within FIVE minutes after he had
sawed his way through the bars of the
Jail, with Stanley Wesolea. Rogers de-
clares, he attacked citizen and robbed
him of black hat and coat, which
served as his disguise Ten minutes lat
Ell. he drove past the county Jail, from
which he had just escaped, nonchalantly
smoking a cigar. and leaning out of the
window of his cab to watch the crowd
which his escape had called together
ST. Louis cemetery at New Orleans has
been used as a lottery shop, and cigar
cite papers for making out tickets. This
unique plan of operation, perhaps the
first of its kind to be brought to light
was developed. when Albert Vallon was
arrested on y eharge of selling and hav-
ing in his possession lottery tickets.
Many negro women have been seen
to enter the cemetery, ostenSibly to buy
lottery tickets from WALTON, but hereto
fore all attempts to hold Vallon have
proven vain, because he and those who
had dealings with him were prompt to
swallow the thin piece of paper that con-
tanned the sole evidence upon which con-
viction might be based. This time, how
ever, detectives caught WALTON unawares
with the tickets in his hand.
The justices of the peace of Missouri
are organizing to get more pay for their
work. The first meeting will be held at
Macon, and will be attended by represen-
tatives from the northeastern part of the
state.
There's no money in the business, .
declared w. ID. Roberts, justice of the
peace at New Cambria. whenever the
Legislature wants to he economical it
cuts off few dollars from the income
OF the justices and adds few hundred
to the salary of some official who does not
need it. We propose to make some laws
for ourselves"
A justice here recently worked on a
case for two days, when the defendant
was acquitted and under the state law
the justice did not receive enough money
to pay for the fuel and lights.
Councilman s. Ray shelby, Uniontown,
Pa, has gotten in wrong with a news
paper which quoted the proceedings of
the meeting verbatim at recent session
IF councils Cpnpnilrnap ilI,,s.
trate the bad condition of the street,
said:
"One evening / was walking along
North Gallatin avenue with a young
lady friend, and the mud was so deep
on the street she had to 90 home and
change her stockings"
The local newspaper published the ar
gument presented by Mr.. Shelby, at
which the IA. er took umbrage and
sought to bar the representative of the
publication from council meetings The
paper thereupon attacked the council
man editorially, and it would not be
surprising if Shelby would be forced to
resign.
South chicago has need for consterna
ton, for its Chinese laundrymen hay,
formed a trust. Willie the oriental loves
to copy the American, he differs from his
white brethren when he comes to tall
about his doings, for he doesn't talk.
After much detective work it has beer
learned that Sam Fling Lung was made
the recognized leader Of the trust. witt
Willie Moy and Hit Kee as officers also
Whea Sam Fling Lung was asked
about the new combine he said:
.Allee samee good Mclean blisness
man." alld he shook his pigtail with tht
air of an important parsonage.
Asked if his Mclean" name was no
John d. Lung and ms queue artificial
Magnate Lung signihed that the inter
view was at an end by singing some
heather words to the ragtime idyll I've
Got Mine"
Miss Kemper, president of the Mis-
sionary Training school in Cincinnati
having spent some years in India. knew
that elephants were trained by men us
ing the Hindoostanee language, and be-
ing familiar with it herself, it occurred
to her to test the memory of the elephant
at the Cincinnati zoo. Elephants never
leave India unframed or under 10 wears
Of age. When she said in Hindoostanee.
Move yourself" to the surprise and en-
ioyment of all standing near, the zoo
elephant Immediately began walking
about. Thinking this might be acci,
dental. she said: "Salaam.' He lifted
his trunk high in the air, then, bringing
it down again. made his best salute and
bow. Miss Kemper viii visit the zoo
again and take some of the young women
of the training school along to witness
the obedience of the beast
Cupid's funny antics have reached 4
climax at Asbury Park, y. j., in the
marriage of Elizabeth Sanford of that
city TO J. Ellingh Adams of Elizabeth
from whom she obtained divorce less
than year ago. Mrs. Adams obtained
a divorce from ]. Ellingh Adams last
December on the grounds of desertion.
The husband was at that time some
where in the west, and he could not be
located; consequently, he knew nothing
of the divorce until he returned to his
heme in Elizabeth in May. He was sor-
nv to hear that he no longer had a wife.
but instead of looking for a new one
he hurried down to Asbury Park and
has been there ever since paying court to
the wife h. lost but has won again.
Mrs. Adams said that she was happy
now. and that the divorce was all
through a misunderstanding
Some of four colonies, sixteen leuten
ant colonies, and forty majors whose
avoirdupois has been greatly enhanced
HufiaS are ll-ippr If ar,r..oI