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Show Three transcients. John Harrington, George Harrington and Eugene Par-rott. Par-rott. appeared before Justice Tinnth this morning. After his honor heard both sides of the story of their difficulties diffi-culties he sentenced them to one day each in the city jail for vagrancy. It seems that the trouble which brought them to the city bastile occurred iast evening in the lunch house run in the basement of the Excelsior block by Wm. O'Neill, colorea. John Harrington Harring-ton says that he ordeied two meals, they were spread upon the table and he and his brother were about to sit down and eat them, Beiore doing so they asked O'Neill what ;his charge for the two meals wouid be. He answered, 4 65 cents," and then on second thought said, -Ou no, i'll have to charge y,u SO cents." He was told that the men could not afford that much, and they refused to eat or pay for the meals OJSeill Btepped to the door aud a scrap ensued in which more wind than blows was exchanged. Policeman Mc-Ewau Mc-Ewau came upon the scene. On the way to jail Pairott joined his pals and what gave every evidence of becoming a lively scrimmage occurred, but all quieted down. The fellows are those who haye been about the city the past tew days working the old old gold ring fake. |