The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

myself IN half N hour or less, and | hope
shall mot have to look for you long.
Yours, &C., GEO. D. PRENTICE.
We con6ded this noteto Capt Silas r.
Miller = soon q We received Nj. Durrett's
note, and Capt. Miller used all diligence to
find Nj. Darrett. The following = Capt.
Miller's statement:
At half past II O'Clock called at the
Courier Office, where had met Mr.. Durrett
ON two previous occasions in the morning,
and failed to meet him. was assured that
he would be in in Eve minutes, WAITED one
hour and he did not come. then went to
his house in company with his brother, and
failed to find him ut home. Twas told pre-
viously BY his brother, that he would be at
| the Courier Office at 3 o'clock. After going to
the house at 2 o'clok, and failing to find him
there, went again to the Courier Office, and,
until 3 O'Clock to meet him at the Courier
Office; and Just as started from Jefferson
street, at the Club House, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, heard pistol shots, and,
coming out found crowd collected in front
of Andrew Monroe's ofiee-Mr. Prentice on
the pavement and Mr. Durret not to be seen.
S.mce .ne ~ amsaNy .. menroeys once, nave
rett,s residence onca md AT" At 1ai H;nLls,.
Office next door to Monroe's Office, where the
street difficulty occurred, for the purpose of
delivering note from George D. Prentice,
requesting another meeting. This meeting
was requested by Mr.. Prentice to be at 4
| 1-2 O'Clock, and the note was written at l-2
O'Clock. But. as l before stated. / could
not find Mr.. Durrett.
SILAS F. MILLER.
Tho rote wh;eh NO. on.-.s.oa - Cant
Ar;Ilar ard which ha .o,ld not fnd az, X.
nortmn;tv of del;ver;ns was a. follows
w." -
| RI. DrpRrrr Eso.-S;r-From vo,,r
deno,tr,ent this afternoon I have No aouht
vol, are coward. i home Won are not. bnt
INV bona = ANAL IL Won arc 4 man meet
me Mt 6af. mast four this evening at the cor.
ner of Third and Jefferson. Yours. &c.
GEO n. PRENTICE.
JULY q. 1871
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as ouf ioaa'i' afe aware tAe par'ios mo',
and several shots were exchanged, without
damage to either party. The parties were
subsequently arrested and nlaced undar
asnoo 80. - q
9'ooo' oono' ea'n ~ Aeep 'no pe"oe' w
the morning OF the 23d, the Journal contain
ed this additional account of the affray:
Having been placed under bonds to keep
the neace- we choose To be esnec;allv carefn
in What we saw ahont the Az; cujtv in which
we were engaged ON Tuesday,. We feel
constrained to saw. however. that esV >, the
author of telecranh desnatch from this
c;tv to The Cinc;nnat; Gazette ia Vino
scoundrel. and that the editor Of that naner'
| if he read the despatch before nubl;shfnr H.
| is no hetter. In the FIRST Mace we did not
wavlav Mr.. Durrett, lint stood onen,v mon
the sidewalk in the second Mace. We did
not shoot until we had beep shot Mt and in
the third Mace. were not surrounded NV a
o.o .nla ~ p f,.aSs Nv. NJ su suara. N.Y. ~
Wv ,r,S Tho ouIv narsor ,rosa-. ,.hon -.
6r;r" commencsd l
A TS. stntn,mon. :. ~. Dooor,. 81 rs.o
4. sEo.n;.a = 80 49, .Lo"ah ~ ~.
49, that = ;n.ou.;anai I , foiss v" NJ ~,
n;st", d;d not as stated. IN hin af,or tis
Pisa o.o. u aSot. - A :. LII sr n,, Nv
Tine ha sn,rned + at "s The onIv nerso y
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W. "ao aa w. p.GIn .n' s iv,,y%s
So 81 Put far H. NV bnsn crcnIat;on oS
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III '"' '''i s, J,,r ., 1897
Gro n p.r.D,rs Es1 fn1 ~ tho
Journ., nf The morn;na q nubl;cat;on Of the
oo.na ~ ho,uaen r. nn rostord.v
no 70 tbat nuhl;cot;on arc added two notes ~.
toud Ia fp pu' hut not da1;raroJ and 90
Which,, wbch d, did nut enow tba contcnts until this
,nrn;na e'' No' A"0" VIA ''N''1'' "'''i
T. - ev;aen. from those notes that 20, do
sire to take nv life. am perfectly wiling
to afford YOU an opportunity to do it at
such time and place as will insure a fair
meeting between US without interference on
the part of Others. Nv friends advise me
that in their oninion snch n meeting oucht
not to he had mon the streets If louisville
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