Show UNCLAIMED PACKAGE SALE ALMOST AS FUNNY AS THE KANGAROO COURT A Few of tho Purchasers Get tha Worth of Their Money but There Are Others flUS almost as funny an the Kangaroo Kanga-roo court said everybody who took In the unclaimed express package sale on the llrst Iloor of the Aztec block on First South street yesterday Hey mister what did you get A Gentleman in working clothes had begun be-gun to untie a package purchased for 75 cents After tearing away several handstul of paper and pasteboard a bottle was revealed Old Men Made New was the Inscription on the label The speculator blushed and put the bottle In his pocket but not until the curious crowd had grasped the import of the situation Just look at this grip cried the auctioneer its so full the handles are coming off Heavy too I have an idea that it Is full of Jewelry samples sam-ples The bidders evidently thought there might be something in the idea for I they pushed the price up to 210 The lucky man carried his prize to the I front of the room and the people almost crushed each other as they crowded around him I The purchaser forced the lock and took out a dirty shirt some soiled socks a pair of wellworn shoes and a pair of overalls The crowd laughed goodnaturedly and rushed over to another an-other man who had paid S27 5 for a long wooden box He lookout singleshot Spencer rifle in goorlJconditlon That IK worth the money I guess said he as he brandished his new weapon The most unpopular man at the sale was a fellow who bought a heavy iron bound trunk after bidding It up to 510 and loaded ll 5h an express wagon wlthoutopenlng It The mean thing exclaimed an old lady Why didnt he I open it I would lIke to know what was in that trunk I Speaking of lotteries marriage is not in Jt with the unclaimed package ale There are prizes of course l11 the pub lic would refuse to inve tThe luckiest buyer heard of yesterday was a gen I tleman who bought a grip for J and foUnd 15 worth of greenbacks In the pocket of a vest Another Investor I gave 375 for a wooden case and took out a line Winchester magazine rille BIll the prizes were few and far be tween and the express company real ised several times as much for Its goods as it oUld have done if every thing had been exposed Most of the small packages were various kinds of I patent medicine and the grips as a j rule were filled with worklngmcns I wellworn clothing I All day long the auctioneers stand I was Burrounded by n crowd of a hun j dred peopl and the bidding was very spirited when the article offered ap II pealed to the Imagination I rThe sale ls being conducted by the Pacific Express company and the Pack ages come from all points along Its lints tributary to this city Several carloads of Bluff remain to be disposed I 1 of and tho auction wil probably con 1 tinue for two or three days I |