The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-20

The Old Mania ReVIved-COffee and
Pistols again In FashiOn-AnOther
Duel at WeehRwken-A MiIliOnaIre's
Daughter the Cause-BIOOd Spilled and
"satisfaction" Afforded.
We undoubtedly live in a day of sensations
and mania. First it was prize fighting. Every
neWsboy or bootblack who considered him
self aggrieved by a juvenile rival forthwith
challenged him to meeting in the "magic
circleU Clerks, laborers, and artisans sought
The same methods of satisfaction in their
nuarrels or jealousy in love, and the result was
a nerpetuai round OF unscientihc encounters
and a sad discount OF personal beauty among
those classes. .,
as we'll as Improbable, and was abandoned by
the unprofessional. Then we were treated to
Sreary interregnum of suicides. Laudanum,
ooreenic razors and the rushing waters of the
rivers came into full play. There was presented
a horrid record of selfmurdersi In great number.
There were romantic suicides, and maniacal
suicides the drowning of lovers, the poisoning
IF The pecuniary unfortunates. and general
hitting of throats seemed imminent. But
ooGoIn This became an old story to the public,
and the sacrihcial numbers became small by
degrees and beautifully less" Then awoke
sSein the old lighting fever, but this time in
%7Sher circles than before, and with more "gen-
teeI1 and less sanguinary results. Two Will
STamsburg lovers quarrelled over fair damsel,
nnd met At Hoboken on Saturday, the 10th inst
20 settle the matter over coffee and pistols"
Three shots were exchanged. ana the challeng'
mo marty having been wounded, the affair was
declared at an honorable emu
vivai OF the old mania ior dnelliIng, for last
affajr with still more distinguished principals,
DuIing the week, II appears, two yodng men,
roside5ts of this city, James Wilson, aged
EIGHT o salesman, residing in West
TT%v1enfyeeIghth street, and Senior Francis di
Balio, a Cuban possessed as all Cuoans are
sirn and fabulous wealth, quarrelled and defed
tloh' n' other 10 mortal combat A woman was of
eaOn se at the bottom of the difficulty, q million
sires daughter, whose name need not trans
Sirs Roth parties claimed the "fatr one of
~ Pnn Golden locks " and plethoric money-bags,
a Dno ne Iady encouraging both with the CO.
io,rv ano neculiar to beautiful women when they
~" Il Feasy to get susceptible youth ION q
airing nothing was LETT Tor tne lovers but to
PySIS1 Encounter. A cause for this meeting
as soon found A day or two since the rivals
, wee Of Delmonico's. One, in passing, sneered at
.po Uother who In turn "crunched" q pet corn
on a pedal extremity OF the nrst pause and
oannarpation on ensued, and then came the usual
ssepa,1a of challenge, the selection of seconds,
Jatots coffee and all the mock heroics of the
Ptsn11o' on Saturday morning, at o'clock,
nrrvSn,cinals seconds, and surgeon proceeded
to a famous duelling ground near .sH, Weehaw;
As,ia,,tv h1n, " paces were measured OF, and the
a iMon| hlazed away. Nobody was hurt at the
Hst Are on the second however, Wilson lost
nlsL = Ina of his right ear. The seconds then pro.
nosed TO withdraw, since ploou nao peen spilled
PDSS1a POS ahonor" had been gratlhed in Its how.
The Cnban however, maintained that third
a,1 ano ,1as necessary to patch up his wounded
HNaI,uos This time, however, senior oil Ballo
Ieacoaiyed n bullet wound in the most heshy part
or MS ,tV thus offered but was forced TO retire
,thn1t having an opportunity OF treating his
~ IilkeWise SO the ludicrOus affair ter
dP{R|ated but IL is not likely that 1t will end
there'-N T. Evening Telegram lVt''