The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-06-22
From the Neg Work Press
CONS FELL LIKE RAIN.

QUEER FREAK or A FLcRIDA HOTEL MAN WHO
orESed 4 COLD QUART
Ernest Pietzeh, the proprietor Of the
st. Nichoias hotel, AZ Nest Beighton,
and the Piazza hotel, at ST. Augustine,
Fla, who started out on spree Thurs
day night and made things lively in
the concert halls on the Coney Island
bowery by throwing silver coins ut the
performers, returned to the island last
night and started cut to repeat his
queer performance. Pietzeh has been
Running hotel at West Brighton for
eighteen years and never INDUCED in
iutoxic tting liquor before.
A party of friends from the south ON
Thursday came to join them in a '.coId
quart bottle" Pietzch called for sew
eral more bottles. The party left at
midnight in carriage, aud Pieizch
ordered his coachman to drive down
the bowery, place he had never
visited before.
SILVER DOLLARS FELL LIKE RAIN.
He took along theree large cigar boxes
full of silver coins ON Thursday night.
Finally he arrived ut Count vaccas'
West End Casino. More champagne
was called for. Pietzch shouted,
Three cheers for Florida The
Smilax sisters joined in the hurrah
three times with the hotel keeper.
As they did so shower of silver
fell upon their heads. 1t came from
the hands Of Pietzeh, and the first
cigar box had been emptiei. The girls
paid no attention whatever to the val
liable shower. Then Pietzch hurled
the contents of cigar box No. ? at
them. The girls picked up coin after
coin. Miss Florence French, vocal
ist, also received a shower of coin from
the last box, when she sung Away
Down in Dixie.n The news soon
spread that guy from the south was
at the Casino throwing boxes of money
around, and the hall was quickly
crowded 70 suffocation.
TREATED ALL HANDS.
When Ella Wessner, the old time
male impersonator, appeared on the
stage the hotel keeper had disposed of
al his silver. Miss Wesser immedia-
ly started IN to ''guy" the hotel
Keeper. ST am southener, old pal,
and a right-smart one, too. How is it
you didn't throw money at me?n she
shouted. This was more than the
hotel keeper could bear, and, rushing
out to the cashiers desk, he ex-
change a 800 bill for silver. Placing
the coins on a shovel, he walked down
the center aisle and threw them over
the orchestra ON the stage The male
impersonator picked up several pieces,
and, placing them in her neat brown
derby. staggered Off the stage, singing,
Hard times (hie), come again (hic) no
moreu
The hotel Keeper next treated all in
the hall. There were GOO people there.
Pietzeh after paying, left the Casino
and ordered his coaehman to drive him
to the bank Of New York city. AS the
vehicle moved down Surf avenue he
shouted to crowd that he would re-
turn with a keg Of silver and repeat
his performance on larger scale.
Pietzeh, true to his promise, drove
up to the West End Casino at 0 clock
last evening, aud had his footman
carry up small keg of silver to the
upper box, As each performer APP
peared he threw glittering pieces of
silver on the stage. Elch performer,
as she appeared on the stage, cast
her eyes upon the upper box, where
Pietzch was sitting. The stage man
ager had hard job getting the per-
Formers to leave the stage after they
had finished their tunes. Many of
them had prolonged acts so that the
manager was compelled to impose
heavy fines to get them off the stage.
There was a funny scene last night
when the Austin Sisters appeared on
the flying trapaze. Sever4l times
Pietzeh threw silver up to the girls,
but each time the money fell to the
floor and the spectators got it.
Pietzch's queer performance is the
talk OF the island.