The Nome nugget., 1901-08-23
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Hs3.3ssss333'ss3to,e83sss3sssN II President Mckinley only hears faint echo of the protest that has gone up against the retention of Judge Moves as judge of this judicial division, there will be small danger of that functiOnary ever warming seut on the bench here, or elsewhere for that mat ter. Tt is useless to speculate as to who Judge Moves successor may be-" said an attorney the other day. 'The attorneys of Nome don't care who is sent, so long as he is an honest and competent man. It is said that Judge WickerSham is not at all anxious to Brown, of the first division, has em- phatically stated that he would rather resign than be transferred to this division.
 F. J. Porter went into Gicse's hard ware store sometime ago and made in- quiries d, to the possibility of getting a moving machine. w hat in Sam Hill do you want of moving machine:" asked Ben Glidden, in his artles, way. "What do you suppose 1 want it for?" .retorted Porter. Do you think I'm going to use it as a pea nut roaster?''
 As a matter of fact, Mir. Porter has secured his moving machine and will harvest some 300 tons of hay, which grows luXuriantly on some parts of the vast tundra plains of the peninsula.
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 II. o. Flickinger tells good story on an inquiring cheechaco, who en- tered his store sometime ago and closely examined some fine Japanese crabs, which Mir. tlickinger had pre- served and mounted. The cheechaco was .Dutchman," and he asked: wat are dCse?'
 Japan crabs, said F'lickinger. "Nats dot:'
 He was told again, and then he an nounced his intention of buying one They were not for sale, he was told, and he wondered at that fact. You must be cheechaco," said t1ickinger, at length, as the man still closely examined the crustaceans.
 "Nein, nein, he said "I'm from Michigan"
 
 Manager A. l.. Valentine, of the Nome Trading Company, is the proud father of a bright youngster, or , years old. Recently he watched with great curiosity the process known as ''candling' eggs but made no remark A day or two afterward someone re- marked to the young man. Albert, you're a bad egg" ''How do you know" was the unexpected reply You haven't canded me- Once upon time when Volney T. Hoggatt, the tall sycamore of Nome. lived in New York he was the means of afording party of Georgans an eve ming of unlimited enjoyment. Everyone knows that Hoggatt is good natured and that he can himself furnish a whole lot of fun. It is said of him that he will drink nothing but mineral water and his degree of inebriety will keep strict pace with that of his companions How ever as to the GeOrgians. They went in- to Jim COrbett's saloon to see tOrbett. | The latter had sailed for England but the GeOrgians didn't know it. Hoygatt was in the saloon. however, and he was accosted as COrbett. He acted his part to perfection. The GeOrgians felt his | muscles and made him show how he de- livered his famous knockout blows. | HOgeatt knows as much about boxing as d Dawson sOubrette knows about the | Vegas of Ancient India, but he did his | best, and while some of his movements might have prompted cenSure from Corbett, they satisfied the Georgians
 Undertaken Hayner last fall received | the body of d man named Isaacs. He wrote l>aacs relatives in the States as to what disposition should be made of it, offering to embalm the body for &5O or freeze it for $3O. In due course he received the following ansMer: Freeze the body from the knees up for $2O, the feet were frozen last winter"
 The n-American Exposition.