Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-13

of Linden are now 21a months old and
the Dodgeville Chronicle of last week
prints a photograph of these interest
| ing youngsters. The babies are all
bright and healthy, and the pride Of
that part of the country.
Phillip CuIkowski, a Milwaukee ma
chinist, tired of life and took a wine
glass full of carboIic acid as a means
toward getting rid of his troubles. At
ter taking the deadly fluid into his
mouth he recOnsidered the matter and
spat it out. His mouth and throat
were badly burned but the physicians
at the hospital where he was taken
think he will recover. Culkowski said
later that he changed his mind about
swallowing the acid because he
thought the dose was not heavy
enough to kill him.
Fred Nieman, a Milwaukee boy, aged
49, stole 95 cents and pair OF stock
ings from the home OF Mrs. Sophia
Horvath, where he was working. The
boy had carried in wood for his en-
ployer and seeing the money on the
dresser, put it in his pocket He told
the court that he took the stockings
because his own were wOrn out and
as his father had elected him from
lhome, he was without clothing. He adj
mitted fais guilt in such a manly fash
ION that the judge decided to- parole
film on good behavior
Mrs. ElWym Webb and Fred Deissing-
err Of Merrill, have received sentences
of eight years each on a charge
of having attempted to dispose
of Mrs. Webb's husband with a. dose
of s1rychnine2. Poisoned candy, sent
through the mail was used and the
unsuspecting Webb ate several sticks
becoming dangerously i'll as a result.
Letters, sent by Mrs. Webb to DeissTngz
er, asking him to purchase more OF
the deadly drug, got INTO the hands, of
the authorities and caused the down.
fall of the couples!
State Treasurer Henry Johnson, IN
his October statement announces the
total on hand of the state funds
amounting to $4,240, 3d5i65. The baE
Iances liz the principal funds are as fol-
lows:
General. fund 35372, 742. 40
School fund ingUme- 49, 22S, 031.3C'l
university fund income = SS9, STEPS
Normal school fund in
come ---------- 17,92O.47
Insurance. fund ------- T39,638.94
Teachers retirement fuHd 45,134.OS
In the same funds on, October 1, 1914
the balances wers-:
General fund $3,167 ,103.5S
School fund incomec us, 1898
University fund income 3G7 ,220.91
Normal fund income - 2T2 ,129, 21
Insurance. fund - 11S,650.31
Teachers retirement fund 15,723.87
The Same. bandits who fought run
ming figlrk. with three different squads
of train and police Officials, are
thought TO have, been the same gang
which held up the Olympian flyer on
the Milwaukee road at Glencoe, Mimi,
and after Kidding the observation car
with bullets; forced the passengers to-
disgorge. their jewcfry- and wallets.
The conductor was made to pass the
hat around and he was able to get it
filled with coin by the time he had
finished All the passengers were,
marched to the rear of the train and
the bandits jumped off into the dark
ness. They were prevented from gain
ing entrance to the other parts of the
train by the action of the cOlored pOr-
ter in locking tire doors of the cars.
Boys; under Is years may not hunt
animals; under the provisions of the
game law, but no penalty was attached
to the statute as means of punish
ing youthful viGlatOrs. AS result the
tow headed nimrods could take shots
at anything THAT pleased their fancy
from rabbits to- elephants, without re-
ceiving any other reprOof than harsh
language. The attorney general, how
ever, has furnished a solution to- the
tangle, by advising chief warden, r. S.
ScheibeI, of the conservation commits
sion, that boys found breaking, the
law may be sent to the industrial
school for boys at Waukesha. Boys
under fifteen can not be licensed TO
hunt, according to the law.
Iretus Gammons, a twenty-year-
elevator boy in a Milwaukee hotel
craved glory and a deathleSS name
His method of obtaining it was to drop
burning paper down the linen chute of
the hotel, hoping to set fire to the
soiled linen and while the smoke was
al
vey the guests to safety. After the
fire started three different times the
management became aroused and ques
toned each emplOye. Cannon broke
down and told the whole story. He
was arrested and placed on trial. The
specialists who examined the lad stat
ed that he possessed the mentality of
boy of ten years and that he might
repeat the performance at any time
the mood seized him. He was commit