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Show irCINlTSvMISnKt Ei Unwittingly Runs Into Uncle Sim and Delays the Mails for Ten Minutes- SUSPICIOUS GUESTS EUN IN- And Believed of a Collection of Burglar's Burg-lar's Tools Fighting Ovc-a Ovc-a Wash Bill- Oilicor Siegfus is at loggerheads with Uncle Sam, aud is again dragged before be-fore tho public. It appears thata short time ago Superintendent Welby of the Rio (irando Western issued -a" general order to keep all conveyances that were oi oer 10 Keep an conveyances that were not in direct communication with the business of the railway outside of a certain line. Tuesday the United States mail wagon rolled up to the depot, and as usual, drove over the danger lino. Recognizing in this a violat.on of orders, ord-ers, the officer at once ordered it out and 8i about to ei.force its retirement when an attache of the oflices admonished him to let the conveyance con-veyance alone. The driver had made no emphatic remonstrance as he felt secure behind the governmental mantle. Yesterday the mail wagon again undertook under-took to drive over tho "deadline," but Siegfus was again ou hand aud the wagon was stopped. The episode was promptly reported to Post; master Benton who proceeded to investigate and ascertained that the ! mails had been delayed full ten minutes. A postollice inspector who happened to be in the city at the timo joined Mr. Benton in the examination and there is a possibility that' complaint will be made. The officer's mistake was, no doubt, unintentional, but Uncle Sam will ask to lie convinced of this. Charles Hill and Charles Claire, two suspicious characters who have been haunting the byways of Zion for some days, were spotted by Captain Parker and Sergeant Donovan late yesterday yester-day afternoon and marched down to the oily jail, where they are now j conliued. On their way to headquarters Hill made an effort to dispose dis-pose of a key nipper, but was detected in the act. Upon being searched a large collection col-lection of keys were found including several perfect specimen ! of the skeleton skele-ton and an assortment that was oalcn- j iated to meet the requirements of every make of lock. They are held for having burglars' tools in their possession. G. W. Clay, who was arrested on complaint com-plaint of Laundryman Updegraff, -vho lodges a charge of petit larceny, appeared before Judge Lauey for examination exam-ination this afternoon at 2 p.m. The case is one of decidedly singular features fea-tures and involves the collection of n laundry bill. It would have tilted Uncivil Un-civil calendar, in all probability, better than the criminal. The examination is now iu progress. When purchasing Sam Levy's Fa-mous.see Fa-mous.see that the name is ou every box and take uo others. ' , . ' v ' .' ' - |