The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-07
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raise Teeth Levied On.
A story comes from Australia Of the
United States ship Glacier. the re-
frigerating ship Of the navy. having
been seized for debt in the harbor Of
Sydney. A naval vessel is not often
seized for debt, and the legality Of the
seizure might be a matter Of interna-
tional inquiry The story is that when
the Glacier was at Sydney the officers
mess ran up several bills on shore.
When they came TO settle. before sail
ing, a bin was presented by a trades
man which the mess refused 70 pay.
on the reasonable ground that they did
not owe Il. Knowing that the vessel
was 20 sail shortly the lradesman got
a sharp lawyer who procured a judg
ment against the ship for the amount
Of the bin. A sheriff came on board
upon some pretext. and. drawing a
warrant for the ships seizure from his
pocket. affixed IL TO the mainmast
After that to sail away would have
brought on international complica-
tions, so the mess paid and tried to
look pleasant. The bin was for $3.50
Curious things have been seized for
debt. Some years ago there was a
foreigner Of rank in Chicago. who had
fallen on evil times. and so set up a
boarding house He was always in
debt. and az last his creditors discoy-
cred an ingenious way Of getting tSeir
bills paid. When the boarders We're at
dinner an officer Of the law appeared
and levied on the table. The guests
were indignant. and the foreign noble
man tore his hair. Finally. as the bill
was small. the boarders dubbed to-
gether and paid it after which they
resumed their evening meal. amid pro
fuse protesiatiOns Of gratitude on the
part Of their noble host. The amount
paid was. of course. deducted from
their board bill when they came 10 set
ne. After the table had been levied
on twice or three times 1t got m0noto-
nous and the boarding house ceased TO
flourish
Some dime back the proprietor Of a
travelling menagerie IN England re-
ceived a bin as he was leasing Var
mouth with bis aggregation. He
declared that the bill was exOrbitant
and refused 70 pay. AT his next stop
ping place he was served with sum
mons and final Judgment and execu-
tlon was obtained Tor the bill But by
the time the papers were made out the
menagerie was at a third town. and
there the officer Of the law went 10 ex-
ecute the writ. Now. a menagerle Is a
troublesome thing 20 levy on, but lt
was decided 20 seize a Malay orang-
0uiang as being the handiest article
Of value The officers had no idea
what 20 feed the animal on. and as IL
became hungry IL raved and fought so
that they sent it back TO menagerle.
which by this time had gone 20 a
fourth town All expenses fell upon
the people who had brought the suit
and they were glad 10 get on even at
that price.
A travelling theatrical company
which had left a bin behind at Bir-
mingham. England was caught mp"
at the next town with writ Of attach
meut upon its theatrical properties
when the officer came TO levy he found
nothing Of much value except the wigs
belonging 10 the show. These he
seized. and that night Richard III"
was played by actors with up-to-date
elose-cropped heads, making a most
ludicrous effect when combined with
medieval clothes.
Some time ago the London and
Northwestern Railway Company fell
victim 70 the notorious litigaus-
since declared insane Mrs. COrhett
The woman. who was always suing
something or somebody. brought suit
against the company. aud as the case
was not defended. she obtained judg-
menf. She got an order and actually
seized an engine attached TO a local
train. She held up that train for an
hour before the engine was bonded and
released.
In New York woman was taken TO
court charged with stealing a set Of
false teeth from one OF her boarders.
In her defense the accused woman
said that she had seized the teeth as
security for q hoard bin owed her by
the young lady who owned them
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