Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-07-07

Aldermen: bat at the end of the week
rnbodv knows what in HI has become
of the resolutions or the Aldermen. We
start a new city government every two
weeks, and burst one every week-if there
j. any.
The TuEATER.
The orchestra chairs are mace Of stakes
4 iven into the ground, with round piece
Z" board bout the size Of your hand nailed
on top. Admission, s. so; reserved
seats, s.. Phey run sort of variety show
and sing in the jokes and stage business
a brund as possible. The ''can-can" was
danced for some time until the boys got
tired Of it. and they said, "Give us some
slngin', or we'll clean out the place we
want something eievatin' )" and the man
ager Ind TO import female sentimental
VOCALIST mt big expense to appease the
patrons. She surg Sweet Spirit, Hear
Ny Payer" "Gonsider the Lilies, -"
Know That My Redeemer Liyeth ;" and
ojher high toned music, and thought
the boys would 60 crazy with delight.
But they got tired of it IN about week
There are saloons all over the place,
and whisky four bits drink. They put
two barrels up on end, nail n board across
for bnr, ard deal it out. A miner who
wants To treat pOurs some gold dust on
the barrel head and says, set 'em up"
They never weigh the dust. Sometimes
IA mrD wou't put down enough dust, but
they never say a word and if he is lit
Tie tight and pours out fen or fifteen dol
lars worth they never mention It. They
have three faro banks running all the
whiic. They don't use checks; for the
boys, when they won pile of checks,
threw them all over the place, and some
were too drunk TO handle them. So the
checks 90 played out. Now ifa man puts
little dust in . dollar greenback it goes
for two dollars. Ten dollars worth OF
g'li dust in a ten dollar greenback goes
for twenty dollars, and 50 on. They never
weigh the dust at all, but guess the
amount.
We have n daily ncwspNper-that is,
sometimes it's daily, and then when the
eQmpqsitors get drunk it don't come out
for several days. If man wants gun
Wadding he goes and pays four bits for q
paper. Sometimes it comes out twice .
week and sometimes twice n day.
Every man IN Deadwo0d carries about
fourteen pounds of firearms hitched tC
his belt, and they never pass any words
TAe fellow that gets his gun out frstis the
best mnn, and they gg off the other le
lows body. Our graveyard is big in
stiiption aud growing one. Sometime
however, the place is right quiet. Ivt
known times when man wasn't killeC
i"r twenty four hours. Then again. per
hap-, they'd kill five orsix a day. Wher
II ~ IA gets too handy with his shootn,
irons and kills five or six, they think h,
i.n't safe, and somebody pops him owe
10 rid the place Of him. They don't xii
him tor What he has done, but for wha
hos liable to do. ! suppose that the av
rage deaths amount to about 100 month
The county swarms with hostile say
ages. They swoop down on the smal
camps at night and murder whole parties
IA the camp, II few miles from Deadwoo,
"ity.two men were killed one night. Bu
never saw a word about it in any news
Inper. The Cheyenne papers suppress
AL such items, and if the Deadwood pa
lers print them they are bought up a
any PRICE in Cheyenne ard destroyed.
have gone out several times to hunt fu
men vino went out to prospect and ioun
them all dad. The Indians take thei
arms, currency and coin, but leave III
gold dust.