Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-10
A GOOD JOB.
Mr.. Norris Disposed OLA SpRrring
Match-ss Unusual mrs Etc.

Match Unusual IIeurs.'' Etc.
The Justice Courtroom yesterday was
the scene of considerable interest. "Red"
Norris was on trial for vagrancy. He was
the only one Of some twelve or fourteen
imprisoned on this charge that had been
able to obtain his liberty on bail. He had
been locked up once before on the same
charge, but managed to be acquitted by
the aid Of an influential friend who is not
at present in town. He was confident that
he would escape the second time, too, and
so expressed himself. He also spoke
freely enough about what he would do If
he we're convicted and sent to Jail.
He has now an oath registered in his
mind to put a head on every member of
the stalwart jury that sent him up for 80
days. How long he will be engaged on
this job can be calculated by a glance over
the names Of his IL victims: Ed. McSor-
ley, d. Nathan (the snatchers Of Nevada
birds eggs, Colonel Tom Taylor, G. b.
Ford, z. z. Canavan, G.. N. Fletcher, Jas.
Stevens, Adam Hall, Joe Vanina, e..
Troffatter, H. NJ. Levy and S. o. Wells.
There has hitherto been a great deal OF
maadlin sympathy manifested by juries
for petty criminals whom the public have
been inflicted with and who should have
been punished; the gentlemen Of the jury
named wasted no tears in this manner.
They did their duty according to the law.
They laid the ak at the root Of the nui-
sance that has grown up in Eureka and
has brought reproach to the town. Though
they knew they were to be thrashed for
doing their duty, they did it, and the SEN
TIsEL, in the name of all respectable and
law-loving citizens, thanks them for it.
They have set a wholesome example, which
will be followed. Sheriff Kyle will COM
plete the work, and the Migrants will be
made to earn their bread hereafter, at
least for a time, by the sweat Of their
brows-not browsing around, but by grad
ing the streets pro bono publtco.
DEPRAvED ASSOCIATES.
The Prosecuting Attorney made a tell
ing speech in favor OF maintaining the law
in all its majesty and dignity. He was
eloquent in stirring up the jury to the Sc
riousness of the trust confded to them.
He spoke in thrilling terms of the idle and
profigate habits of many Of the young
mon on the Range who are sowing the seed
Of early ~decrepitnde in their systems, who
hug the monster vice, who have contracted
thp hlOi " VI IN dANNos 4iO y ilO
to the dissolufe youth who turn night into
day and roam abroad at 'late and unusual
hours" seeking something to devour,
whether it be an inebriate or q cold lunch.
He was lifted by the occasion to a climax
Of rhetoric that paralyzed reckless "Red"
completely. With his right hand point
ing towards the criminal at the bar he
went right on in his invcctive; but he did
not reach the crash in his denunciation
until he had extended his left hand to-
ward a prominent and bashful young law
yer Of the Base Range. "But your Honor"
said the now thoroughly reused prose-
cutor, in deep and solemn tones, ''the
saddest feature in the whole case is the
fact hat the accused has persistently as
ISOLATED with the most reckless and aban-
doned characters in the community"
The jury thereupon instructed their fore
to say to the Prosecuting Attorney
that his last remark had settled it; he
might spare himself further trouble; they
had made up their minds to convict.
ARE UNUSUAL HouRs?"
This is not CUR eonundrnm. 1t belongs
to Alexander Wilson, Esq, attorney at
and counsel for the defense. He pro-
pounded it to Judge Davenport. No
doubt Mr.. Wilson would give a chrome to
anybody but to one Of the ~ jurymen for
the answer to it. The Judge gave 1t up.
4" But" said the counse for the defense,
a" il seems to me you are q little severe on
the young man, Judge. Have you never
heard that fashionable calls are permissi-
BILE here between the hours Of l and 2 A.
MI Unusual is o comparative term,
and gets its meaning from custom. You
find more people abroad at 8 o'clock in the
morning than at any other hour Of the
day. Is this, then, an unusual hour2
Suppose you, Judge, should be passing down
Main street at this matutinal hour;
that you should hear the sound OF sweet
voices and listen to the swell of volup-
tuous music-in other words, the sounds
OF revelry by night, or rather by morning,
would you not prospect for the divine
source Of that which hath charms to
the aboriginal breast? Is II not
a fact that everybody runs late on this
Would not a stranger think New
eve night perpetual in Eureka to
see men in every branch of business, mer-
mechanics, doctors, newspaper
men a base insinuation I, and even law
yers holding out as though home were the
last refuge Of the afflicted. L"
''Those days" broke in the prosecutor
.impetuously, "and their memory are be-
hind me. sir. I have buried them deeper
than plummet ever sounded. I have quit
and you have not-that's the difference"
THAT, sir" responded the junior men,
Der OF the bar, sis not at issue in this
case. II may come up hereafter as a mat
ter Of fact for a jury to consider"
And thus ended a days hard, hot work
under the serene jurisdiction Of Judge
Harmon.
FALSE PRETENSES.