Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-23
A Hoggish Affair.

n uOS-uTONeI ldSt Tdll ielt u SICK
young pig in the streets of Eureka,
thinking it would soon die and be at
rest. But such las not the destiny of
poor Piggy. A good Samaritan, in the
person of Aunt Hannah, the excel
lent restaurant keeper, pitied Piggy's
woes, and took him, and housed him,
and nursed him, and fed him. and
petted him, until he grew to be a
great fat hog. Colonel Riley had fire.
quently passed that way, and OBJ
served his gradual growth, and the
Improvement in Piggy's appearance /;
and, as he had lost Il great many hogs,
young and old, conceived the idea
that this particular hog must be one
of. the lost ones. He accordingly
claimed it, and the good Samaritan
told him to take it away if it was his.
The Colonel neglected to do this, and
one day the drOver came back this
way, and seeing to what a beautiful
hog his Piggy had grown, at once
claimed it, and Aunt Hannah told
him also to take it way. He neg
lected to do so. After a few weeks of
SO gross and lazy that the restaurant
keeper thought he was only tit for
spare-ribs, hogs head cheese, and
picked pigs feet for the delectation
Of the palateS of her customers. She
therefore asked the assistance of Mr..
George Mccullough in sending Piggy
to pot. which the gallant gentleman
did with shotguns, pistols, cannon,
or other firearms. Now comes the
grand ~denOuen,ent. Col. Riley, becOm-
ing appraised of the ruthless murder
Of Piggy, asked for and obtained a
warrant for the arrest of the eXecu-
TONER and of the good Samarit IN, and
preferred a charge of piggy larceny
against them. All the facts came out
i'm the trial before Justice Gates last
evening, to the great amusement OF a
crowd of listeners, attracted to the
courtroom by the comicality of the
case. The Justice had several times
to check the disabilities of the specta-
| tors, but Col. Riley insisted that 1.-The
| bows" should have their fun at his eX'
pense-he didn't care. After a very
patient hearing, the case was dis
| missed, without cost to e Their party.
\ The good Samaritan retains posses
| sion, as she ought, of the remains OF
moor Piggy, whom she saved from be
ING prematurely buried in sausage
skins, and her epicurean customers
can now regale themselves upon
fresh pork, pork steak, corned pork,
or any other kind of pork, to the
qualification of their palates and their
hungry stOmachS' consolation.
ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE AJURY
The crime of embracery, or some"
thing very near to it, was attempted
by a man during the trial Of Wales
Yesterday, in Justice Gates court
This man passed liquor into the court
room through a window, for the use
of the Jury, and, while doing o haC
some conversation with them on the
ease then being tried. He was ar
rested by Constable Bell, at the in
stance of acting District Attorney Ed
wards, and the case will be inquired
into tomorrow by Justice Gates.
THE AMERICAN PRESS AT VIENNA
Having been requested by Mr.. Var
Buren,, the American Commissioner
through E. Steiger, agent at New
York, to forward a copy of the SEN'
TINEL, to he placed, with otnel
American newspapers, magazines aae
literary publications, in the EXPOSE
tIon at Vienna, we complied WITH th'
request, and to-day mailed a late copy
of this paper for that purpose. W.
presume n large portion OF h Amer
can press will be represented at VI
emma, through the eXertions OF Mr.
S.eiger in Obtaining specimens fol
. that purpose.