Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-15
WORN AND TORN BILLS.
Singular Ways In Which Paprr Money
Hns Been Lost and Destroyed.

,. P ~. Va p" o"isOu os"'e"
note Is returned to the Treasury with sum.
, c'eh. PROOF That tue remalnderof 1t has gone
ou. OF existence, the Trea snry will give tho
Iuil value OF tho original note, says tho
washington Post Naturally tho greatest
destruction OF money Is wrought by hro, and
ols OF Diiis with charred edges arc con.
stantiy coming Ia for redemption.
put several Instances have occurred
where men, In thoir desperation at theirloss
nave SIMPLY boxed up lot Of ashes, In
wnich tnere was not the slightest trace OF
,"e Original mateflai, and demanded huu-
nreas anu thousands OF dollars for them.
.,ucn re9ueets are, OF course, refused, and
.ae sonoers are lnIormed tnat their only
''eoaiso Is 70 ASK congress py special oct
giuenih.iy tnem'
UeA' 70 nre .ne young oaoy Is put down
IN .ne department rs the most destructive
aeent Mhnheraole af1davits are received
~ winch .ohn Jones, or whatever his name
aar. ~ A.. osms =, auly sworn, aeposes ana
s,,,,,. ~ .' '... ,'',"e 'o'i oio chew up aha
So,ar Nm. "o n'e.ns imruons Oh certain hVe
t;ons ,,,a,. .,,...,,.. ' .uo oaiu n,ss,s Por.
a,., NV -, ,a,, s"oiiy ues'royeo ano
Tho sosh,o,, -, hoa.,..s, ~ .s'eno9
also been the can.a of ma,n sos .o,aO us' a, .%'
davits helm . aent % ,ha 49,. ..,,,.'. sot a.
nuo and vonr nood,o .ao,,, 20 .n~ ..,.l aou,
delight in n,a.fic,tin, W., ts,,;. aS .sposs '..s
Of the MANY day. =, sa,,a., 90, - - ~s.u
NJ tho housa 's'e'e 'o'' Va Sie "e'"
The fancy ~ ,,,oe to- a.. a,,,. I'm.
lining IN, ,ny,r,n,,. ..s.a ~" t W." oi' -
nra. sea u,v,r tho ..s."., o uoa iuI'
iong .ov,ae ~ ..,.s,s P.r"n oa'SAu W
400 several bnnd-aa pSI Ss,,.s. o'y & VOW es.s
bnino vss ,saao.,sa o.. .~..S =. a.s
v,ho nad r., mar. vso ~ .,-s- ~ I,sa ~.
of finding his missinu trc..u-e 1r.-.
Was eTQ0 Of Il In the Ara, rl,,,o rot1. ~
Almost the f,ret isaue mada bv the T,ova,r.
meut eorlv In war ti,nca. I, h.A -, MA.
den away in a aplax,e suts,osest n ~ ..c,,s.
and had disannaara, cu,,,.- ~
century later. In rousirin0 thu nrrch ~ ,hs
old house. tho nest of ths w,,nltbv r,o.s h.S
been discovered. and enough ~ m sr.y.
tnents rccoyorsd to secure mora than h.if
Of the original depoeit
Al.o from the po.,th co,no ma. - a..
moliy. WORN. .ca,an h,,,. wh,.h n",,s 80 10y
hadcn In hottlo. q, h.,,iad in ~. ...... 80
ra.ra Tbc.o 40 ~. =. 80. ..n..
banks In the South A Ia thriftv New IN.
gland. and hiding pl.ces ara uue6.
Rnt tho habit a, vain. ,no ,,,-,,,. a. .,....,
An etove :. . .afatv Sspo.;t vs,,,. !. -,
conAned "a .,iy opn sec,inn ~ ~ ro,,r,rv
Ne.ther n tina custxm ~ hu ,nin > m III.
,rca.ure nv soma osher s,a,,,hor ~ ~ s.,,.
uy who n All unaware of IL valua Yesr.
ago tho CLERKS In the rodemptlon bureau
ceased 70 deciajm upon the stupidi,v Of such
people. Il has become matter Of course
with them. and they expect about 40 manv
letters eyery weok from people who have
warmed two dollar palr of hnnds with Al 600
worth of silver certificates.
Tcviacnce of m family ro,, cro,. an, In .
queer way in the hnrean occasona,lv NJ
nInnk .cnd. ON the halt ~ ten dollar no,a
with torn edye and mn af,dav;t that tho
remainder of the pote bas hecn destrovea
PRESENTLY comcs the other half with n COZ.
reanond,nolv RAGGED o.,eo and nm aa,dov,t
80, A.. Ii,.ie ,ha, ,h', a., haI,ha t,oo,.
.,,s,rarod Thon ,ha roaau,,,;',,, h,,rsa,
ne.,,,,e kno,y ,ha, thor, has hesn N oye;,;ne
III, = o,,,r ,,,ona,, ~ tho T,on,- ,.r,;l,, IA
thars 10 hotoro tha,n a VIVID ,,ic,vse ~
Moni, o,,n.,,n, 10 ono cnd -, tho no,a snd
hi. ,,,;,a 40 ,h ,hor a,,1 ,,,,;, 4, 40 In th
,n,.,,,la
ovuusolio,. noney uo,nes .ronl esofy pSrs
os sAo -, .na.".o1 poosy W nc
,'s", WIN 'ioq.uese q,., .o' Ne ,eue".p.'on. ~
.n.o.o'y esAnpou S~u'o, io's
.,AN ~ .oVu.nv. ~ s',o sS'ie.. ,.''; souop
s,o" ou'e.," 20 NOV gu p'aeo io' suos,ns
wy au'ei o'on ~, ~ '"ss '"o"'',y oonu''o"
anefe IL iu the treasury vault Drown,
weoden oox eighteeh incoes long, WoS
wide ana eixht inches oeep, Wnicn contains
paper money OF tue nominal vniue Oh seVera
aonareu tnousaha collars ~ 10 aoe worm
adoiiar' Inc queer eh'ng aooutW the
manner IN when was coilected' Every
DIT OF II came from mo de'Id-ietter ONCE OF
the fost-oinco i'epartmene some portDa