The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-08

Rnds Of Freedom Adj New Laurels to
Reputation ar Entertainers.

the members of Esmeralda lodge of Ea-
giles, placed a new feather in their
~crests Hast Saturday night and added
further to their already well estab-
lished regulations as genial and hos
pitable hosts. On that evening their
aerie was ablaze with light and color
and vibrated to the strains of orehes-
trad music with which the nimble feet
%. happy dancers kept time in the mer-
Try measures Of waltz and two-step.
The entertainment was one of tho
most brilliant and successful socially
which has ever been given in Goldfeld,
and those fortunate enough TO receive
an invitation are enthusiastic in their
praise of the hosts. Although some
" hat informal in character the func-
Ftion was none the less diverting, and
many a hearty laugh greeted the luck
less Eagle who came under the ban of
the kangaroo court. sole" Elliott
was the presiding officer of the tribu-
nal, and as there was a crowded docket
and no appeal from its decisions, the
~kelerkl WAS kept busy gathering in the
fines. Judge Elliott presided with a
ldistinetion and dignity all his own
and adjudicated each ease with an i'm
Ipartiality which left the unfortunate
cuiprit much the lighter in pocket.
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While severe the Judge was eminently
L.just, q circumstance which appealed
$50 strongly to his conscience, that he
directed the Eailiffs to hail him before
the bar, md after expaeiating at
length on the reprehensihle practice,
fined himself heavily; a proceeding
which somewhat assuaged the injured
feelings of his fellow sufferers.
Some of the o~ffenses for which fines
were imposed were decidedly iniqui-
tous and mark the perpetrators as be-
ing not alone lacking in diseernment
batt decidedly deficient as epicrres.
Andy Fesler ERNIE under the ban for
devouring IA hale of hay under the
Impression that it was a head of young
lettuce; the fine in this instance was
severe, when the price of hay and let
tuce are taken into consideration Jo-
seph Smith paid tribute for being a.
riemI,r of the H. O. f.; and in this
ease the fine was none too large, for
to he an Eagle is a valuable asset
| ntr1E aua 40 .rapl1 aco,rh4 IL q On ,r;n,n
TO walk on your own feet, that is, if
your name happens to be George w.
EIkus; and therefore "A gentleman who
is so ehristened was forced to disgorge
e. portion of his wealth. TO shave a
man of that name is also a serious of
Tense, and for so doing Tom, the bar
Der, was forced to give up the price
of said shave, and then some. 1t is
not a good plan to open up a new
place of business during the session
of a ~"kangaroo'' court, if one is an
Eagle, and for so doing Jake Good
friend separated himself from a por-
ton of the receipts; he did so cheer
fully, however, and is sti.- Judge Eli
otis Goodfriend. One hundred years
in Jail was the alternative offered f..
w. Briggs in lieu of paying a heavy
fine for being late at the Eagles ball;
Briggs vas of the opinion that life
was too short to insure his serving
out the sentence SO antied literally
to the duress fund. Tt is universally
conceded that no more execrable crime
can be perpetrated than that of drink
ing a lemonade in mistake for a gin
Hickey, and ignorance of the law APP
plying to the practice is not consid-
cred an excuse in any intelligent com
nunity; MI. McFranqulein was the
desperate criminal who in q monument
of alteration SO shocked the members
Of the bar, and on pleading guilty to
the offense was not alone heavily fined,
but was gwen an indeterminate Jail
SENTENCE as well. Harry Coffee, a gen
tleman who should know better, wa
fined for appearing on Main street
after the curfew bell had rung. DR..
Turner has developed the habit of
talking to himself, and for having the
temefity to do SO during the session of
the court, after having been fined for
being a medico, again contributed to
the fresh air fund. Milton M. Detch
being without visible means of support
was hailed before his honor on a va
grancy charge; Mr.. Detch is a lawyer
and had the presumption to handle
his own case; for the latter offense he
was fined for ocontempt of court and
in the former instance paid the usual
tribute assessed in such g Q instances.
Tex Rieard, having fortified himself