Show A IT tie lil of SR harrisons sacramento kee elliott the forger who w as pardoned out of folcona prison A week or two ago the of mrs president hamson seems ward would designate as an ami oil cuifo among other exploits of his was a successful attempt boraie to raie the wind in melbourne beveral years ago lie had secured some gold dust and alien hid in the government dog a afoot bole in the ground and salted it with the dust the next day he staked out a claim on the ground and was ordered an ay by the barracks blacksmith when a fight ensued eiliot explained that he bad found good gold prospects and that the blacksmith was trying to his claim his story was eagerly taken ap and while he was fitall under arrest bome of the court dug into the ground and found the ld BO rich that they immediately lurked a pool and 1 ought bis claim pleaded guilty of assault on the blacksmith paid a small fine and skipped before the bubble burst some eight years ago tinned up in virginia city nev and wrote a number of sketches for the there describing bis wanderings aa a tramp in a facetious way that was greatly one evening alliott invited his employer stennis mearthy and the whole chronicle staff to an elaborate french dinner at a fashionable restaurant champagne Champa ene flowed freely and elliott himself proved to be a most entertaining host the dext day mccarthy was called on to pay an sa order on a prominent merchant and discovered that the order biad been forged by alliott Kl liott v ho was immediately arrested whilo in he wrote bin h a humorous account of how lie had committed the forgery and treated mccarthy and his on the proceeds proc eods eliat mccarthy published it in his paper and would not cuta the case and finally discharged prin san the members of the silver auke bluh held thi ir annual at the dallena dan lena Ilir hor view yesterday the of the day was a prize dance iu caty entered they put best toot aa the bund commenced ta play and went gracefully through the mazes of the waltz polka maz ourka and schottische al keizar to have the moot friends in the crowd and the first prize a silver medal was awarded to him J ilfrey B cond choice and received a scarf pin as his reward |