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Show ed the philosopher of the bench as his eye swept over the array of debauchees who had been dragged into the guild. "Ninety per cent of these recruits are working men some of them getting in these flush times as much as $7 and $8 a day and yet I'll wager a confederate note that not one of them has money enough to settle the fine not to speak of the trimmings. Their services are in-dispensable in-dispensable to the completion of certain work before snow fall, however, and I'm forced to send an escort to their bosses." . With , this dessertation the harpoon was buried for $5 and costs in each of them and court went to lunch. FIATS 0FTIIE FORGE, The Bulletin Boards Must be Dragged in . . and Sidewalks Left to the Pedestrians. HACK DBIVEB3 0U THE LIST. - Judge Laney Has an Interesting Matinee With the Drunks and Sleepers. . The bulletin board with the motley legends of slaughtered prices and bargain bar-gain sales must go. The ordinance decrees de-crees it and as Marshal Young is running run-ning the machine with rigid and holy reverence for its teachings, its goose is cooked. The cheap merchant who has by misguided ideas of economy sought to advertiso his fall consignment with chalk and blackboard must now go the columns of his daily paper in which to eulogise his stock, or hold his peace. The dealer who arrogantly and superciliously super-ciliously lays claim to the "best live-cent live-cent cigar in tbwn," omitting the supplementary sup-plementary announcement that an insurance in-surance policy'rfgoes with each one, must resort to printer's ink or call in the death-dealing issue. In fact, bulletin boards of every variety must pull in their horns, and ' if the simple notice that is now being served is not sufficient evidence that the department means just what it says,' the matter may be referred' re-ferred' to his honor whose temple is open night and 'day. "If you tolerate violations of the ordinance or-dinance under one 'mantle," said Marshal Mar-shal Young speaking to the crusade on the bulletin board, "you must allow it under all. Discrimination won't do in any avenue of life, and you can't reconcile re-concile it to the ordinances." , The street stands, with their greasy romances of hara-and-egg sandwiches, are goue. The ordinance knocked them out, and all the livid torches that hissed and seethed in the night winds have crept indoors, save four that were left for various reasons strictly philanthropic philan-thropic and charitable. These are distributed dis-tributed among four unfortunate mortals, mor-tals, two of whom have lost their eyesight, eye-sight, another one of his legs, and the fourth is a helpless epileptic who does manage to help himself through a fruit stand. No one will object to the exceptions ex-ceptions that have been made in these cases, but slaughtered prices with their gory locks must go to the advertising columns or walk from the field ot tierce competition through which, with a stick of chalk and an atrocious band-write, they have so long deadheaded their way. 1 f ' The next move on the 'municipal checkerboard will be directed at the jehus and express men, who will be notified to confine their conveyances to a district that will be described at the next meeting of the committee on streets, etc. This is also dictated, by an ordinance, and, that the traveling public pub-lic may not be subjected to any inconvenience, incon-venience, due notice will be given of the quarter to which they are relegated. It will occasion some swearing on the part of the drivers, but the department has taught itself that abuse is essential to all well regulated cities. Out On a Fowl. W. M. Billings never played baseball in the league but he has caught many a squawking fowl as it dropped from some well preserved hen roost. This morning he appeared before Justice Laney on complaint of George F. Garrett Gar-rett who charged him with having vandalized van-dalized the Garrett chicken coop and departed with three tender and virgin pullets. In his testimony tho prosecuting prose-cuting witness stated that he had taken care of Billings during a reoent attack of illness and that the act had been reciprocated re-ciprocated through the fowl yard. The prisoner was given ninety days in the oity jail. Fines for Tresspass. Bob Patterson, a fellow with leaking whiskers and a dirty shirt, and George Merris, a nondescript whose hands were hooded in anthracite darkness, appeared before his honor on charges of trespass. Homeless and ragged they had helped themselves to lodgings in one of the old houses on the east side, when the landlord surprised them. Patterson claims to have recently gone to work, while Merris is reconnoitering for a job. "There is no excuse for labor being be-ing out of work in this era of prosperity," prosper-ity," chimed Jhe court, "and I'll fix your penalty at $10 and costs." - They were both committed. Drunks by lhe Dozen. "High wages are demoralizing," pip t |
