The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
Men and Manners at the Black Hills.

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Men and Manners at the Black Hills.
Yesterday afternoon, says the'virginia
(Nevada) Chronicle, this Office was;yisited
by Harry Williams, an old Cor'stocker,
who has for some months. past bet .rying
bis luck at the Black Hills with good, re-
suits. Mr.. Williams is n keeh observer
of events,T and :doesonot, require to- be
pumped to be induced, to tell what he
knows, ~ r.,,.,;,.. ..s p; i,.. 7.., f,,.-r
'dTell'us 'alr about Deadwood,, Mr.. Will
liams2p;ud,; eGv adj an:ioTc9 ltuo~
,tItDeadwood may, y,be considered . pretty
lively town. that Is, lively. bE d town Of
1000 ihhhbitatts. -s:Of course, it's the
central camp; where alt Che gambling,
fighting, and sbusiness is done:a Every
thing goes on ia grand rush night snd
day: There is no regularity about any any;
thing. A man opens place Of business 81 I! !
and makes lots Of money /; then he gets
the. prospecting fevery startssfoq the gul-
'ches and shuts up his. .shebang. ,dWhen a
place is, closed up it means that theowner
i; I:It Io:Iutt digging, has been Killed in fight,
OF is off 81 a ,sppree. We have nc. .miinic.1
,ipal goyeernment atiall::f Every ymhh thinks
he's mayor Of the TOWN. iEYety 91ce in
IA While the boys cali d mass, meeting,
draw DIP resolutions, etc. and decide to
incorporate the town and have q aBoard Of
Aldermen .ibtt at the end Of The; week
NOBODY Knows what has Become of the
resolutions or the 'Afdermeh. We start a
new city government every two weeks
and bust one every weeE--if, there is
ony -cE5i,f1s T7I';t:.f-' i'''"i' III fr1a
"How ABOUT THE THEATRE pr
eyes, we've got a, little theatre there,
not nearly as we'll fitted up as your, cock
pit. The orchestra chaits are made of
stakes driven into, the ground, with a
round piece. of board about the size, Of
your hand nailed on top. Admission,
$3.50; reserved seats, SIS, They, run 3,
sort Of variety show, and, sling, in; the
Jokes and stage business as broad as pos
sible. The can-can was danced for some
time until, the boys got tired of:it and
they said: Give US some singin', or We'll
clean out the place. We want something
eleyatin',' and the manager had to import
female sentimental vocalist, at big ex-;
pense, to: appease the patrons. She sung,
Sweet Spirit Hear my Prayer Consider
the Lillies,' and other high-toned music,
and I thought that the boys would go
crazy with delight. But they got tired
of it in about week. Fanny Garrison
was the singer. /. believe she used to be
here" -;
"MANY SALOONS THERE ?"
-.stSaloons all over the place, and whis-
key four bits drink. They put two bar
rels up on end, nail board across for a
bar, and deal it out. A miner who wants
to treat pours some gold dust on the bar
rel head and says, Set 'em up They
never weigh the dust. Sometimes man
won't put down enough dust, but they
never say word; and if he's little
tight and pours 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
some were too drunk to handle 'em. So,.
the checks got played out. Now man
puts little gold dust ina dollar green
back and it goes for two dollars Ten
dollars worth of dust in a ten dollar
greenback goes for twenty dollars, and so
on. They never weigh dust at all, but
guess the amount"
u. "HAYE YOU A DAILY PAPER?"ia &
ayes, sometimes it's daily, and then
when the c0mpositors get drunk it don't
come out for several days. IF man
wants gun wadding he goes and pays
four bits for a paper. Whenever they
start a new city government they print a
lot of ordinances; then there's a grand
rush for the paper. Sometimes it comes
out twice week and sometimes twice
day." - 80. 20 w -
Il. "MUcH sHooTING?" ''iai4.
ooh, yes; the boys are all good on the
shoot. Every man carries ABOUT fourteen
pounds of the firearms hitched' to his belt,
and they never pass any words. The fel-,
low that gets his gun out first is the best
man, and they lug off the. other fellows
body. Our grave-yard is big institu-
ton, and a growing one. Sometimes,
however, the place is right quiet. I've
known times when man wasn't killed
for twenty-four hours. Then perhaps
they'd lay out FIVE or. six day. When
a man gets too handy with his shootin'
irons and kills FIVE or six, they think he
isn't safe, and pop him over. to rid the
place of him. They don't Kill him for
what he has done, but for what he's la.
Bile to do. 1 suppose that the. average
deaths amount to about 100 month;
but the Indians kill some" b.,