Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

having come well provided with
fishing tackle Tor all who wished to
cast a line.
The Changers made every effort
to entertain their guests in a hand
some and hospitable manner, and
they certainly succeeded.
FURTHER CONCERNING THE HOOPS.
The "Ko-ops,n after having been
outwitted, made up their minds to
amuse themselves rs best they could.
Some took advantage of the Occa-
sion to make the acquaintance of
many of the Changers. General
Strickland was introduced to one
Granger, who complimented him
very highly on his celebrated glory
speech. Chaplain Balconies prayer
was praised by another. Hascail
was asked what kind of q squash
he was; while Pratt was hauled
yer the Goals for being q Grand
Island and Niobrara railroad monop>
olist ; and Dudley and Johnson, as
grand national officers of the "KO-
ops" were introduced considerably,
if not more so, but they all felt SO
dow& in the mouth, that it could be
plainly seen that they were far from
being at ease.
The BEE reporter, in conversation
with several prominent Changers,
learned thut the "KO-ops" had no
more to do with that excursion train
than the Changers had, as the Union
Pacific had put it on, and charged
SO much per head. This knocks the
underp lning from the "Ko-ops'n
statement that they had exclusive
control of the train. The "KO-ops"
had been invited only as other
guests, and not to take any leading
part in the exercises. The leaders
! of these protectors Of Industry"
were regarded with suspicion by the
Changers generally, who have got
their eyes open, and are not to be
hoodwinked. The only conclusion
to be arrived at is that the "Ko-ops"
J have seen their best days, and that
the "FOurth of July" collapse of
their air-castle balloon will wind up
their career.
P~UGILISTIC.
Dcring the afternoon too much
beer was the means of raising sew
eral fights, which caused considers
BILE excitement AS well as amuse-
ment. The first fight occurred at a
beer stand between some city boys,
who are known as hard cases, and a
broad-shouldered Granger. A dis
pute arose between them over some
trivial matter, when he applied to
one of them an opprobrious epithet.
One city boy grabbed up a beer glass
and hit him on the upper lip, while
another struck him on the back of
the head with a slung shot. This
fight was the cause of several other
lows between the ''tOwnies" and
the Granger and his friends, and
Dave Hurley, deputy sheriff, and
Constable Kelly, were kept busy all
the afternoon in trying to quell dis
turbances. The same Granger
pitched into a fellow on the dancing
platform and knocked him from the
center to the edge, Ornamenting
him with a most beautiful head.
But as this was Granger VS.. Granger,
the "townies" did --ot intermeddle
much.
A lvely engagement took place
between a couple Of men among a
lot Of grape vines, and the crowd
gathered around them so quickly,
and pushed this way and that, so
that everybody got tangled up in
the vines, and a general fight en-
sued for a few minutes.
An old man named Britton, liv-
ing near the grove, was Knocked
down by a man from Sarpy county,
whose name we could not learn,
and falling on a sharp stump cut his
head terribly. He vas taken into
the bushes and there had his head
packed in ice. The man Who knock
ed him down was arrested by one
of the marshals of the day, who
brought him before a justice of the
peace. This officer placed his bail
at $1,000 to appear before the Dis
trict Court. The man then walked
off without giving the required bail.
A young man was sitting under a
tree talking to a girl, when another
fellow anne up, club i'm hand, and
asking him why the HI he was
talking to his girl" knocked him
over and took possession of the lady.
We could go on and give accounts
of several similar affairs, but they
all were not of much Importance
as compared to the
GRAND PITCHED BATTLE
between the "tOwnles' and the
'granger boys" which had been
brewing all afternoon from the first
fight, and which terminated at the
conclusion of the picnic. An at
tempt was made to get up a single
handed fight between a "tOwnie"
and a granger" but this only re-
suited in separating the two ele-
ments, about fifty on a side, and
suddenly the Changers rallied, and
pushing hither and thither, they
raised the war-cry of ego for themD
and suiting the action to the word,
they raised their war-clubs, with