The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
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len and iBgaaNerBr at tIssy Black HliIa,
Yesterday afsrnoo.,n, says the Vifeinia
tHevada) Clgroh;cIc, thhsoiike uas,yiaitad
by Harry Williams, an old EomstockeF,
yhc has for some popths past been trying
hia' luck at tue Black Hills With good ra.
suits. B7r. Williams Is d keeti observer
of events, and. qdocaesne afeouifs aoz hs
pumped TO be- iindpqHa, testsll what hs
%FYFs % .'bRkDwSooBI,!e q BI,e' 30 iife~ y
s'sTellus ait taseouE Deadtsotd9 HSi.. VIII
liamsgYind'i sEw eGlT 4n!lc1so i,uoc
yfftDeatlmQod ,mey,be ssqsidereGe . piH3tsti
lIysly ,t9Yhl that is, lively iyF q ttyf 81
| 1900 ,ihhhbitahta. >.Of Course, it's tue
uehtfa. camp, swhere ali theH gambling,
| Sighting and abWsinezs is donor Every
! thing Sesa olda arana ,.sish might snd
day. There ~ NO regularity abq9t .apyf
thing. A man opens place Of businoss
and makes lots OF tnofey !; then he gets
theps6spcbtihg Ssverr etartsAf5n shogoi!
ches and ehuts up his shehang. ,dNhen q
Ip!aGe is closed Up # tmeags.thet eqwper
is cut digging, has been Killed in a fight,
or 4 OF On sbfes t,,l we } heEs @ nS %lIc
ihS p mSyVk VI SnC kUWn. EScs QUCe III
a. While The" boyS 4eaif7 u yhiass, TmsesfSg,
incorporate fEe town and'haSg aboard oa
ATdef,ntn !. .ibGt DIT the end de the WeaE
npbod9 sSibwS what ha5' Tstohie' of shv
resoIat:cAs ~ the Afdetfoen.' ? We staft d
new city government every %,s~3 weeks
and and bust 3si.s os every weekif N ,t4he there is
= ''H6W AMOUR THE THEkrRE7",ap
'"'Yea, we've got q. little theatre there,
not nearly. as well fitted up as, your cock
pit. The orchestrs 'chR1fa are made of
stakes driven into, the ground, With a
ro;nd piece. OF board about the size, Of
yS your haud nailed ON typ. Admission,
S2.y0; reserved seats, s5, They, run. =
jokes and stage business as broad as pos
time until the boys got tired ofit aud
clean out the place. We want something
female sentimental vocalist, at big ex-
pense, to appease the patrons. She sung.
Sweet Spirit Hear flyy Prayer 1Consideerr
the Lilies and other high toned music.
and ] thought that the boys would go,
crazy with delight. But they got tired
Of it IN about o week. Fanny Garrison
was the singer. I believe she used to be
here" ~ ''''TT
H., "MANY SALOONS THERE 2"
SALOONS sll over the place, and whis-
key fous bita drink. fhey nut two bar.
rels up on end, mai! board across for q
tar, and deal it out. A miner who wants
to treat pours some gold dust on the bar
rt,l head and says, Set 'em up.' They
never weigh the dust. Sometimes q man
won't put down enough dust, but they
never say word; and if he's a little
tight and por.5 out ten or fifteen dollars'
worth, they never. mention it,, They
have three faro banks running all the
while They don't use checks for, the
boys;' when they won pile of checks
| they threw them all over the place, and
come we're too drunk to handle 'er. So,
the checks got played out. Now q man
puts a4ittle gold dust inia dollar green.
back and it goes for two dollars. Ten
| dollars worth Of dust in ia ten dollar
geeenback goes for twenty dollars, and 30
on. They never weigh dust at all. but
gueas the amount" r
,id"HAvE YOU A DAILY PAPER?";A
Eyes, sometimes ie's daily, end then
UACu siiC SSmpNoitCt0 ReC UIunE 10 Qnn' I
come out Tor several days. = Eff a man
wants gun waddibg he goes and pays
four bits for paper. Whenever they
start new city government they print q
lot Of or finances then tilere'S q grand
rush for the paper. Sometimes it comes
out twice a week and sometimes twice q
day" ~ efef ~ 81 . 2
: ~ "MUcH sHooTINd?" la'H,a 9
s'Oh, yes the boys are all good on tie
| shoot. Every man carries about fourteen
pounds Of the firearms hitched to his belt,
and they never pass eny words. The fell
low that gets his grn o:. frat ID the best
man, and they lug of the, other fellows
body. Our grave yard is a big institu-
tion, and a growing one. Sometimes,
however, the place is right quiet. I've
known times when man wasn't killed
for, tssnty-fonr hours. Then perhaps
they'd lay cut FIVE or six o day. When
man gets toe handy with his ehootin'
irons and kills 'fivo or six. they think be
pIace Of him. Fhey do dop't ai.i / him IN tt5s ios
what he has done, but for what he's llia!:
sie 70 do. suppose that the. average
| deaths amount 70 ) about: loo monte ;
but the Indians kill some."