The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18
ROUND ABOUT THE
TOWN
ODD THINGS THAT HAPPEN
IN LIFE IN WINNEMUCCA
T. Hegler Shoots Chicken Hawks at
Night, Bush Hotel Guest Dreams !.
Of Fire.New Method Worked on
Slot Machine

Funny things happen in Winnie
mucca. They come and pass and are
forgotten. Sometimes they possess
news value enough to warrant pub
lication, and are grabbed up by The
reporter, who is always hungry for
netting OF interest.
Funny thing No. | happened at the
Bush hotel a few nights ago. About
II O'Clock at night the guests of that
aostelry were suddenly awakened by a
cry of "Fire, Firel! Firelli' Pro
prietor Gingery suddenly awakened
and called hack from the realms of
Morpheus, jumped from his bed and
~oi-ing patent fire extinguisher ran
about the building in his night clothes
diligently shifting for smoke, and
peering in all the rooms.
Many of the guests, startled by the
sudden alarm and noise of rushing
feet, arose as did the proprietor and,
clad in their nighties-some in
scarcely more than natures covering
hastily made their way to the lower
floor and assembled in the barroom
and parlors, where they awaited fur
ther developments. "Who yelled
fre?' asked one Of the refugees in
the barroom and another spoke up and
replied: st did; - but the CONVEX
sation was interrupted by the sudden
appearance of the propr etor. He
tinguisher still in his hands, his hair
disheveled and his pajamas gently un-
fulatino with the force OF his breath
ing exertions. "Where is the fire
who yelled fre?' he shouted. 81
did, again spoke up the man who
was interrupted, "and I could swear I
saw a fire through my window. If !
didn't I must have been dreaming
After further examination it became
evident that the fellow was in earnest
and really believed he had seen fire.
He was travelling man, evidently of
good character To see If fire could
be seen through his window, trip
was made to his room and the only
thing visible in the. nature of glim
was the electric light across the street.
He had had nightmare. had dreamed
of fire, and waking up and perceiv'ng
the bright light shining in his face,
Immediately concluded a great con-
fagration was raging.
Funny thing No. happened few
evenings ago. Chicken hawks have
been killing T. Hegler's chickens.
These hawks make a practice of roost-
ing in his trees at night and swooping
down upon his fowls when they come
from the roost in the morning. So Mr..
Hegler got a gun the other day and
when the shades of night gathered
round he hid himself beneath tree
and waited. The object of his
vengeance lit in the trees above.
He aimed at the bird and put
his finger on the trigger = just
at this time a man and maid
out strolling happened to pass
lust across the street. Mr.. Hegler
pulled the trigger. The hawk dropped
like lead, the maid screamed, "Oh,
heavens!' and the man said, "Don t
worry, I'm here. y
How two men attempted to bunco
slot machlne AT tne DuSh Hotti Is TIC
title of the third article of this series
They plugged up the hole in the
machine that allows the niekels to
escape into the pay cup, and then pro-
ceeaed to plav When the machine
failed to pay they called upon the
BARTENDER TO make the mount good.
He did so for several times until he
had paid out about So. Proprietor
Gingery happened to come in about
this time and his attention was called
TO the matter. He Immediately stop
ned play on the machine and started
to investigate. He soon found the
plug, and removing it, something like
a hundred nickels came tumbling out.
, The men playino sneaked. 1t had
been their intention, after having
been paid by the bartender, to slip
the plug out unobserved and thus OBJ
tain double winnings Their plan
failed to work.
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