Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-11-09
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF WHISKY,
from the Idahoan. l

' az "ACoj, City MafSnal, VINO
had just retired, was aroused by a
wild, haggard-looking man, hatless
coatless, bootless, with hair DISNEY
eled and eyes rolling in mad frenzy.
de was armed with revolver, and
said that party Of four men and two
women had driven to his house in a
wagon, and had attempted to rob him;
and that in self-defense he killed one
of the men, when the others tumbled
the dead body into the wagon and
rapidly drove away. His object was,
he said, to give himself up to the au-
thoritieS for the killing. Paxton soon
dlscov red that the unfortunate man
was III the mental storm and suffering
the full torments Of that most terrible
"f all diseases, the delirium tremens;
and to pacify him went with him to
the scene OF the conflict to see the
tracks left by the wagon. 1t is al
most needless to say that the said
tracks were in the red-hot magma
ton Of the horror-racked man, and of
course the city Marshal failed to see
them. Paxton then went home, and
soon the man had another paroxysm
and went careering down Main street,
shouting murder at every leap, and
rushed into Bill James meat market
in mortal fear, with an unseen foe
close at his heels. Bob Handy, who
was attending shop, seeing the crazed
condition Of the man, very coolly and
properly disarmed HIM to prevent his
doing harm. Tie little cabin where
this man lived and whence he emerged
IN his deIrium, had contained two 9th
ers, also in the agonirs Of mania p0tu
Tie last seen of one Of these he was
running down the valley road bare
footed and hair on end the night pre-
vious, yelling like demon, with a
pack of srinning, kissing blue devils
close in his wake. A man gallopng
past on horse was hailed by the af-
tlIcted one, who requested to be al
lowed the privilege Of grasl ing the
horses tail, saying tnat ne coQld not
travel fast enough to get out of the
way Of the pursuing tiends. He is no
doubt lying dead somewhere down
the valley, if he did not find watery
grave in the Boise. Whilst hell was
thus holding back its lurid curtain TO
give these two itful glimpSes Of It's
horrid panorama, the third and last
remaining man in the house, too weak
to escape the frightful picture by
flight, struggled against the magma
Try pandemUnIum as he lay between
the blankets of his humble couch; and
as the candle tlickercd out in It's sock
let at about SIX O'Clock yesterday
morning, 50, too, went his life; for in
onc OF the many fearful convulsions
with which he had wrestled during
the night, he died. Died a victim to
an uncontroI; lie appetite for alcohol
And he died a most horrible death.
Meeting him on the street ten days
since, we asked him how long, should
he persist in his present course, he ex-
pected to live He replied that it
mattered not when the end came, that
he had no desire to live. We whis-
pered words Of cheer and hope; but
he was lost, utterly lost, III the depths
Of black despair; lost beyond reforna'
ton on this earth Thus persisted one
who possessed the warmest and most
: Generous of hearts, and who, but fol-
the one thing, was useful and res
{ pected member Of society.
Since writing the above we are in
: f,r,nad that the dead body Of Michael