, 1874-10-12

PERlOLAT ON THE WAR~rATH.
lilo political campaign In whtoh t],o people OF
ibis county aro now ougaged eas, 10 far, boea
moro rcuasAablo for its prod,Nsivonosa Of per.
sonnl encounters among tho so.ca,lcd "leadera y
than Tor anything olBo Nearly all Of those, from
Miller TO Comfort, layo had Tits with their own
party frsondB and with tho oncmics Of tito oppo-
sEtlon, ond thu frequency and fcrooity of these
encounters load to tho beliof tlat by tho day Of
election thero will not bo an unmatned cnu3l-
dato on either siio II indeed there bo auy
a'lve. Ever since. tho memorable War
Of tho Macs," which had suo1l IN ignominioua
ending tn tho Polico Court, tho promineus pol
itIolnns hare been, to uHe oonsI1on expression,
ION their m1lsole." Ono cannot enter their
fnvorisc hauuta without hearing tiiro threats
axaina1 the peace and happinezu Of some ahaent
foo, supposed to bo possessed Of infuonce with
teserbo se ss liz 1oys 5'e, e." unpsejniee; s,
et1angor, listening to tlio ordinary run OF co,,-
oua Saeoms N shl mp1sssa psssss pG,i @ m 5 s
moro malignant md llnscrup,iluus aot Of mon
than tho Aforesaid ''loadoss" mover ltvod, snl
GOULD be pardoned for tho wish that general
yentlotta should bo speedily s,rganizod among
Tho latest atlvicos from tho seat Of mar bring
ttdtngs OF an exciting Hktrnatsh between G. i.
por1olas. rho Will bo nnpleaaant1y remembered
II connection With TIC bribery md supply nyos
crs, End Tax Commissioner MoC.rath, Into an H.
dorman from tho Fifteenth Natl. Though
tho dlhpnto was confined 1ncrely 10 rol1lA, It
gives excellent promise Of q far more muscular
intal, and that, too, before long. Aid. Foloy's
bar was the 'cono,. and Z O'clock Saturday
uFenlDg tho time, Of tho encounter. It np1,epra
that perfont Ind boen In TIM place for aomo
tllno previous to- tho commissioners appear
Briar " suder hia ua!ch-chain than was warrant
otl etsher by prudence or tho 1awa OF health,
This, doubtless. n,ade him feel III beigcrout
1nood. Ar eoon ~ Mr Mc0rath entered tho
cora1l, pcriolat approschesl him by an unnntl1-
rnlly tircultouH route, md gavo expression to
the following elegant remark:
netitsth. yoa sre Sd d-tl airty dog, and
Tlio Commissioner said that nothing Int Peri
olat'a personal appearance could bring about tho
plyaical l1liahnp, md, aB crowd WIS rapiilly
gathering, attempted to pasH by. Periolat fol-
lowed hin, up, using tho most violent and dis
daring hin 70 .:taIso i up." ,fr ri stcaratn acnvs way
on the point Of chestisips him as 10 deserved
sovcsal timos, but hs own good scnse and tho
counHels Of his friends prevailed, md tho bean
anu hominy man was permitted to continue his
ab1Ho. Tho aspect Of nffairp was quito Interest,"
ing for o siiae Tho crowd WAS worry large, and
by mutual couHent it formed a ring,
n tho centre OF wllicl, Btoot thu
"leatera e aud Their friends. THO cold gry oyo
~ tH1 1HtG9Ih4 WITH Nla6ultA r1Hn1lef1 Tttll 8n
angry fire, and his thin hands worked uervously
~ tho voiubio periolat ponretl out hts abuse,
but hc kept llH temper dowu except in ono m
htoneo, whcu be remarked that Lo vas ready ut
ant tltne to antor 12-foot room with him
Qotio1at).
Ahont tAia limo Aid. Foloy put atop to tho
fun BY taking Commissioner Mcgrath CUT Of The
house, and sending him array III q carriage.
Having no enc to light with, rorioIat nlso loft,
but not beforo he Threatened to "iix" McGrati,.
as be said. Tho crowd then uuwilliuSly ly-.
porsc, all chance Of another row similar to tho
1:cDonall- hicQarry affair being removed. Every
effort wan nede to haRh up tho ron, but it loatcd
out yoo.ortlay afternoon.
It 10 understood TINT Toriolnt attributes to |
3lcGratll tho authorship OF aonao mock resolu-
tlous ted 1T a recent meeting Of tho Com
mon Council, wherein it was resolved that. being |
u body Ut raro honesty and yiltuo, tho Council |
could not tolerate in ita chamber tho pregeuco |
nf person who had boon guilty Of seiline u,usty
boans and hoininY to tho county, OF eot,,o- |
thing to that effect. periolat wau among tho |
audience ut the tin1o and, Of courEo, eyerybody |
in tho house lsneu that it waB llo who was ro- |
ferred to in tiie joke. Naturally enough, ilo felt
rathoE soro about tho unploasant pron,inouce
which 10 had boon given, and the injury has
ranklod IN Ills brcaBt ever since. Either gnossing
Or being informed that McGrath WAS tho porao1
'Sho wrote tho resolutions. he took tho incanB
explained nboro Of gotsulg even with him. 1t il /
diicr1t to predict how tho disturbance will re-
suit, but tho probability is there will ho Il FREQ
light.