Grump

At Indianapolis, one Aaron Everett, 69, grump, quit his son's home because of the incessant radio. Searchers found him nestled in a hollow tree, grumbling over and over "A fellow can't sleep at all," and munching gingersnaps.

Mischief

At the East View Penitentiary, East View, N. Y., last week arrived Hugh Finn, 55, to begin a six-months' sentence after his 49th conviction. Convict Finn, no minatory criminal, has served sentences only for minor offenses like malicious mischief, petit larceny, abusive language, disorderly conduct.

Host

At South Ozone Park, near Manhattan, one August Zullo entertained a quarrelsome group until 3 a. m., a misty night last week. At that hour one guest shot another to death. Host Zullo, vexed, chased everyone outdoors. He meditated throwing the corpse after them. But he was tired and sleepy. So placidly he went to bed, leaving his murdered guest sprawled at the dining room table.

Cat

In Jackson, Tenn., Herbert Crane told his wife not to put the cat out. She did; he shot her.

Shopper

At Beloit, Wis., heirs of the late Mrs. Erne Gunderson found her large home packed with 50 house dresses, 30 pairs of shoes, unhung pictures, linen, scarfs, table and kitchenware, all unused. Explanation: Mrs. Gunderson, long poor and suddenly come into money, bought everything for which all her life she had wished to shop.

Jack

Chickasha, Okla., knew W. H. Draper as an eccentric homesteader with a mule called Jack. W. H. Draper was graduated from Harvard in 1896, got a job with the Calumet & Hecla Copper Co. Last week he died and willed everything he had-- $2,000 and a 27-acre tract--to his good friend, Mule Jack.

Artists

In Manhattan, Professor Huber, manager of a troupe of fleas, conducted his performers from a burning building to the street with the loss of only one, J. Caesar, who did the gladiatorial act. Said a bystander to Professor Huber: "You must treat them gently to make them so obedi- ent." Said he: "I treat 'em gentle or I treat 'em rough according to their nature and their needs. They're artists."