Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-03
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The Virginia Chronicle IL responsi'
BILE for the following: A little civil suit
was called in Justice Knox's Court thii
afternoon. Colonel Bob Taylor wal
counsel for the defendant.
"What do you plesd!" inquired hii
Honor.
The DEPENDANT" said tho Colonel,
" pleads n0n 0ssxmpSit."
Hey" cried the Court.
"Plesds o d~ssxntpsit, your Honor
"Oh. you do, ehf Well, I want you
to understand, Mr.. Taylor, that this
Court IL not sitting here to have hog
Latin thrown at, and whom l ask you
for your plea, I want 1t in decent Ian
guage."
"Bls.s my soul, your Honor" pro.
tested the Colonel, the term Is perfcct-
~ legitimate"
"All right, all right-mebbe y is, but
I don't want anybody to CONF into this
Court and make fun Of me. / won't
put up with II, and I shall order the
Constable to take you In for contempt
II you repeat it,"
The SiIver State has the following:
Aleck Middleton. of Battle Mountain,
who has been on . visit to Paradise
Valley, arrived here last night, and is
enth usiastic in his praises of the garden
of Nevada. He says the grain is now
. deep green, and about sia inches
high, and to one accustomed to dusty
streeis and sagebrush surroundings,
~ he IL at Battle Mountain, 1t il really
delightful to look ut. He il interested
in the ranch OF O'Neal q Middleton in
that valley, which the owners intend to
make the model ranch Of Nevada.
They have 1880 acres inclosed with .
substantial fence, 100 acres Of which Is
sown to barley, and the balance to
clover, redtop and blue-joint grasses.
They have q number Of black berry,
gooseberry and cranberry bushes on
the place, which are literally loaded
with fruit, having sustained no injury
from the cold spell Of two weeks ago.
Among the people participating in
the ceremonies of Memorial Day yes
terday, says the Enterprise, were two
old timers who have Oorne their share
in fighting for and in perpetuating the
glory nf the Republic. WI refer to
Colonel Ross and Walter VIM. The
first named fought under tho stars and
stripes through the Florida war, ~
years ago, and also participated active
~ in the Texan and Mexican wars.
Walter VIM was private secretary of
Gen. Sam. Houston, President of the
Texas Government during the tronb.
lous times on the Rio Grande, and also
figured in the wal with Mexico. The
gentlemen named above belong to the
old school and are too modest to speak
Of their own achievements, although
they are familiar with the smell Of gun
powder.
Says Wednesdays Carson Tribune:
The United States District Court con-
vened this afternoon, when A. Waltz
was arraigued I plead 70 the indict-
ment preferred against him. Charley
De Long, counsel for defendant, filed
. demurrer to the indictment, holding
that the jury had not been properly
drawn, and that the indictment had
not been found by twelve jurors.
Judge Hillyer took the matter under
sdvisement, and will render q decision
on Tuesday next.
Wednesdays Enterprise says: Three
attachments, amounting to t546, we're
yesterday placed upon the material
used In the publication Of the Reporter
OF Silver City. 1t was attached for
wages due the mon who have been
working In the of1cs. 1t II said that
H. J. Norton, the publisher OF the pa
per, is at present in San Francisco, ac-
companied by his wife.
Tho Carson Tribune Of Wednesday
says: Deputy U. 8. Marshal McIain
leaves for San Francisco this evening
with authority to arrest and bring
hither Harry J. Norton, the author ol
that infamous lie published In the
Mining Reporter concerning the mint,
Norton will 6nd out to his grief that
the laws Of vhe land must be obeyed