The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-06-21

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.Athsia, g., Nay 3l.-This { iY vas ex'
cited yesterday oyes lhe satsnpssd sh0oeial
OF one ediies ~ ssGshes. and TIE arrest .ol
she aasailaDs, Who was AIex. ~ Clail
Abrams. II he Aslas,s Hsrsk The sdi.
tor whom 10 selected for bic target was Coi
Carey ". Styles. of the Albany Nsse Il
u said thess has bees bed blOod beswesa
the two for sOnae tine. bat The affair u
yesterday was prsdptsatsd b. f1ssh provo
cssion from S.ylsA t " as 81 Ga}a.r2sa.1
The AsrsA hss bssn charging ex.0ov.
Joseph z Bs0wn, President Of ,hs 0eoseis
Railruad, with violating his trust. Ths
0ovesus, IN Imeetiog the change sgsipsl
him. ssselia,ed severely On The Rsnalk
WINCH led to the psblicaiton of cards from
its three ed,tSn. Abn Z. Grady and Alsson
The former enid hs he'd nothing but pover.
" 70 defend bic psssonsl iotegn,y. and
boassed Of tracing he snes,oss back fou.
huadrsd ysass without . stain upon The
eharacssIof one Of them. But Bruwn 70
toeted that for aught hs knew Abrams
might have descended from sossills q q
mosksy. t. Z aa-zaa4 Fl. sr'-aa
~ This correspoadence D saturally cassed
much comment, ssd Styles. in ssfess,ng u
Abr~ms' ancestry, p reported 70 have said
that hs was the s0a Of mulstto woman,
and illexiiimste u thas. This rs0ask soon
reached Abrams, who. dispatched his part.
nes, Co,. r q. Alsson, to Styles With .
hostile neasaGs. esylss refused % receive
The communicatsoo % the grUaud that
Abrams was nos . gsstleman. Col. Aston
then said II vas bic painfsl duty 70 inform
the challenged pasty thss be wouId be shot
down On sight, probably within half On
hours time, end sdviseh him soarm himself.
Ibis Styles d,d not d., s,,d li,,ls lsses, q
be was standing 10 crowd ot Delegates II
front Ut The Kia''sll Houss. Absaas ap
pruachrd. srnei with . dosbIe'bsreled
shot gun. azh auoaz E.%fl.Ua .e H9
Styles, Who wss anasmed, did not finch
II this formidable dsn0nsaraaioo, but coully
remarked. ''Thsss cvsnes shss ---
scouudrsl." Before Absa,ns could take atm.
however, ~ vss ssssstsd and taken In .
highly excited ceedisios before the Asyos's
CpasG whils shsrs - ssstppsd up his cont
and shin slssves snd drswisg bis knife
inflicted severe cash scsOss The lsfs ws,ss,
eassing The blo0j u Gov freely. rhsu,
holding sp bic woundS N the gass Of shs
sps-c.a,0ss. ~ sxclaimsds 0slodramssicsl,y.
:..Dsss u,a louk iiks sssro btspd :" He
was . ouos tsksn swsy t'lavs his woond
dressed. .ymrE 2a5 Il
The l'apers have nothing to sav of the Of
fair this morning, bot II p understood The
Grand Jury hsve f0aad . true hill sgsinss
Abr.aas end osed his bail u e9o.Ooo He
ieys hs II dssesminsd 70 shout Styles. bonds
" no b.s6s. md shat sSy one who gocs %
bic bossda, will DO % h his peril Il k,oks,
therefore, - " the ,HtsssS editorials, ~ 10
be writes 10 the ousaiy jail hssvsfser
/, SsAss Of ~ hssaasdess who esW Abmpe
opicuous . Weap0o - . dOuole.oasseSed
shot gus say The Herald editor cosld hardly
hsve assns bssinsss; but IN this thsy sfs
mistaken, ~ these 10 no doubt Absaas wss
ID earnest He k,a aa,ivs Of 1'uisians,
abort ssd slight 10 saassrs, dask eo.pi6z.
iuned and u very n.rvsss stsnperHo0t
Styles, On he 0iher hand, 10 asbssly stx.
fuotss, blue eyed and red v,ssssd, vho has
had many stree. fight and dael a His pri
vaas csnesssy contsins two graves. and y y
supposed b win planl Ahsams there pr q
nndar himaelf t,sft,ffae nlanv days are Oves.