Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-09-08
6 RAYNILLE. La. SATURDAY. SEPIEMBER s. B1L

lust lore | ken away leadln' citizen
kept the biggest sloon IN town
L little matter at kecrds, b'lieve-
an they wanted to give him good
send off. So they got three or four
wagons. an some men an women-
no, they want 'zactly ladles-was
ridin' in 'em down the street In
procession like | was s,andin' lookln'
On, when a ftllcr beside me says TO
me, Hello, there's a picnic, amt it!
Cold meat in the fust wagon! DO
you know that kinder disgustcd me.
HIGH PRICES.
"Ycs, prices pretty high, too.
Nothin' less'n two bits, an 10 soft
money. Drinks is two bits. | went
into drug store to get dose O. salts
an they charged me foar bits (ifty
cents in siIver) | says Gum drops.
that's an awful price. In Gods
country you kin git dose for one bit
Well saws he, that's our plicc for
salts; but kin give you bits worth
o. anti-appetite pills, an they'll be
'nough to take the edge of u whole
family"
What did lie mean by anti-appetile
pills" | innocently asked the man
from Deadwood.
"Why, pizer, | s'pose," said he,
grimly.
ANY man willin' to work kin git
five or six dollars day in gold.
Workin' in the mines pays six dollars
day in dust reg'lar Some Of 'em
gets six dollars day and found
found dead in the mornin' -
lie uttered this ghastly witticism
in a tone even more solemn than usual.
He seemed utterly unconscious how
exquisitely funny it was, and wheE |
laughed he looked at me with an
injured expression.
NO. livin' amt go dear if you mess
together an cook for yerselves. You
kin live that way for about six dollars
: a week, | reckon. ef you don't gil
, killed off in the middle Of the week
, "No never worked in the mines
| preferred stage drivin' was wei
! paid. | got a bundred dollars a month
l 10 dust. | have been drivin' the sta gt
: between Custer City and Deadwood
have stuck at it for the past three
! months, but now I've stopped"
/ lie paused, but there had been sucl
: a singular emphasis on his last wore
= that felt sure there was something
j of interest to come, SO | prompt,
e asked him why he stopped driving.
5 We'll" said he, quietly and in
: differently, "I'd a been a dead man il
# a few hours cf hadn't"
e Something in his manner told M
n that be did not care to continue tba
e subject any further, so dropped i
z for the present, and asked, "Are lh
5 stages robbed very often 2"
e How Stages ARE ROBBED.
r "Ics, they are nearly always rol
bed " hen they carry treasure or whe
s Any Of the passengers have val'ble,
e The Stages have an iron box secure
If 10 the bottom of the inside of til
d coach, where gold dust and money
Of carried by express; when this box
IS full the road agents always know it.
C "How can they find out 2"
N "Why. this robbin' of the overlan
h stages is a regular business an is don
1t $, stematic It's managed in this wa,
The clerks in the banks an the store
an Offices in Deadwood or Custer ca
IS easily find out when there is none
n to go in the stage, an they notify ii
thieves. They are in with 'em a
le have reg'lar partnership Astonish,
u you, does it? Well, it'll surprise yo
ne still more when say I've even know
s the agents Of the stage companies
IS help rob the box. It's an extensi,
is conspiracy, an l could pint out
. dozen men on the streets Of DeadwO(
n any day, walkin' about as sassy
Ill you please. who probably robbed Il
IT stage the night before. The thiev
if are always posted an never make
mistake an stop stage wilho
money in the box. I've been stopp
tr good many times an never wb
); there wasn't somethin' worth takin
p: How do they stop youY WI
an they hail you in dark place on |
~ road, an they never ask a man
q. come down off his box but on,
do Did l always Gomez You bet.
rs would any man if he.Yasn't damn
~ fool. When a man sitarup there
N, target for maybe fifteen ortwenty m,
na be can't fight much with four hor.
hv to drive"
y AN "AMUsl:G" ROBBERY.
ey "The last time but one my sts
was robbed was amusin'. Their v
of two Jews inside who was aguin'
ar Deadwood to open a jewelry ste
~ These last words with a pecul
an JUNCTION, as though he enjoyed
hls joke. They he'd nice lot Of tbil
he with 'em, an one on 'em he'd a bu,
Ter of diamonds as big as yer fist, tied
n! in the corner of his shirt tail. II
ais the jew did beg for them damon
let The thieves never stopped to u,
;ut tue kJOt in his shirt I'm, mad. tho /