The Montana post., 1867-11-09
PEN AND SCISSORS.
The West.


The Colorada Miner thus chronicles fis
tiana in Colorado: Out of mere curiosi
ty, and led by that instinct that carries
local journalist into all sorts of places
in search of items, we on Monday last
attended the first prize fight that has ever
blessed CD our visuals. The mill came
off two and half miles above Denver
on the Golden City road. and the parties
were Pony" Ward of Georgetown and
Shanessy of Denver. The Pony" was
much more than a match for his antag-
onist in wind, endurance and activity
but the latter could put in the biggest
kind oflicks and would soon have knock
ed the Pony" out of time had il not
been for his alert dodging. The Pony"
was first to tap the clarRt and would
have worn out his man by his superior
endurance and activity had is not been
for a foul which caused the referee
TO decide the battle in favor of Sha-
messy. Neither party was very much
punished but the Pony" had decided
advantage in this respect. Another
match between the same parties is on
the tapis and Georgetown is spoken of
as the place for the fight.
Col. Heine and Professor Simonin are
visiting and lecturing in Colorado. Mr.
Whitney is also delivering lectures on
the Paris Exposition. The Register has
the following from his Introductory re
marks: Col. Heine said it was mis-
taken impression that he was foreign
er. When he first landed at the foot of
Chambers street he went to the city
Hall without changing his shirt and
took the first steps 20 secure citizenship.
For the last eighteen years he has been
attached to the Typographical Engin-
eer corps. When the war broke out he !
was in Yeddo, Japan, but in fifty-four
days had returned home and was at his |
post. He served with distinction during |
the war, commanding a regiment, then !
brigade, and in Sheridan's campaign |
in the Virginia valley acted as General |
OF division. At present he is attached |
to the Legation at Paris, from which |
he got leave of absence for ninety DAYS |
to visit Colorado. The idea only struck |
him and Prof Simonin to come here
about the middle of August, and they
have certainly lost no time.
A dispatch to the San Franciso Bee |
says: Thomas Byrne, who shot and |
killed Michael Gibbon, alias Welsh, in a |
saloon three weeks ago, was sent before |
the Grand Jury this morning on charge |
of murder. The suicide of A. NJ Chap |
pelle, the real estate agent, has created |
quite n sensation. He wrote letter to |
Geo. Y. Knox in which he declared that |
he felt that he was going insane, and
that he felt that he must kill himself or
become an inmate of the Insane Asylum.
He crossed to Oakland on Saturday
night on the 6f boat and when opposite
Goat Island jumped overheard and was
drowned. This morning Richard Rich
ardson, while serving a writ on a negro
at Oakland, was shot and instantly kill
ed. Richardson is a policeman, and the
negro had squatted on a piece of land
and refused to give it up. The Oak
landers have taken the negro and are
trying him by lynch law. Rumor has
Just come that he is to be hung at 2
o'clock
The following is from the San Fran
cisco Dispatch of Oct. 10: A dispatch
from Healdsburg says that fearful
drama occurred on the day of the cleo
.ion at Little Lake. Mendocino county.
The particulars of which have been given
BY gentleman who has returned from
.here. II appears that a feud has long
existed between two families of the
names of Coats and Frost. On the day
both families came to the
own armed, and when they met, Coats
Immediately fired at and killed Frost.
The firing at once became general be-
ween the families, during which five of
he Coats family were killed and three !
wounded dangerously. while on the
ther hand Frost was killed and his SON
a law, Duncan, was mortaIly wounded.
Tot a word was spoken by either party '
uring the affray. :,
Ex-Gov. Evans and Messrs. Griffey and c
'hever, the committee appointed by the I
K soldiers to represent them at the lay Q
lg of the corner stone of the monument Q
bout TO be erected in honor of the dead
eroes. left Denver Oct. 18th by the S
puthern coach for Santa Fe.