Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-03-01

Seais, 20. lDeS run Il sort o, Va
,ie's show, and sling in the jokes
| and stage business as broad as
possible. The "can can W
danced for some time until the
! ints got tired of it, aud they sa u
t"Give rs some slngin' or WEI
clean out the place; we want some
thin e'evatln'." and the manager
had to Import o female sentimental
vocalist at big expense to app-a>,
the patrons. She sung "Sweet
Ipiril Hear Nv PRAYER" "Cousid-
er the Lilies" 81 Know that My
Redeemer Liveth.' and other
high-toned mnSic, and | thought
the boys would go crazy with dc
light. But they got tired of it in
about II weeh
There are saloons all oyer the
place, and whi>key four bits n
drink. They put two barrels up
on end, nail - board across for /,
bar, and deal it out. A miner whu
wants to treat, pou:s some gold
dust on tue barrel bead aud says,
"Set en- up. They never weigh
the dust. S ,metimeS q man won't
put down enough dust. but they
never say word; and if he's lit.
tie tight, and pours out ten or Il :
teen dollars worth. they neve
mention it. Thev have three faro
banks running AL the while The,
don't use checks for the boy;
When they Won pile of check
they threw EN- all over the place,
aud some were too drunk to hau-
lie EN-. So tue checks got played
OUT. Now II man puts Il litl,- gold
lust i'll Il dollar greenhack and it
goes for two dollars, Ten do!lnr>'
worth Of dust in ten dollar green
back goes for twenty d"liars, and
so GU. They never weigh dust al
all, but guess at the amount.
THE DEADWooD DAILY PAPER.
We have daily newspaper
that is sometimes it's d.ily-aua
men when the compositors gel,
'i,unk it don't come out for sever
'tl'days. Ii man wants gun.
| ~addlng he goes aud pays fnur
bits for paper. Whenever they
start Il new city government they
punt lot of ordinances; then
! there grand rush for the paper.
week. and sometimes twice IL day.
A GROWING GRAVE YARD.
Every mau i'll Deadwoud carries
about tourteeb pounds of fire al us
hltcned to his belt aud they neye.
pass any words. The fellow tha
| gers his gun cut first i the best
man, and they lug off the othe,
fellows body. Our grave yard l.
a big institution, aud g,owinp
one. Sometimes, however, the
place is right quiet. I've know
times when man WASH killed fni
twenty four hours. Then aRlin
perhaps they'd lay ont five or >lA
u day. When Il man gets TOO han
,iy with his shootiu''irons, AID kills
five or six. they think he isu't safe
and somebody pops him over t.,
rid the place of him. They dnn'l
kill him for what he has done, bu'
Tor what he's liable to d.. 1 sup
pose that the average deaths
amount TO about 100 II mnDth.
THE HOSTILE sAvAGEs.
The country swaImS with EN-
They swoop down on the smar
camps at nigh and kill whole pa.
ties. 1n one can p. few miles
from Deadw"ud, ffry-two met
were killed III Que night. Bu
never saw IA word auou it III aLy
newspaper. Tie Cheyenne pape +,
supp ess al such mems and II tn
Deaiwood papers pint them the,
are bought up at any price II
Cheyenne and destroyed | hav.
goue ont -everaI times to hnu,
for men who went ou. 10 prospect
and found them all dead. | one.
SAW ff cen mep iytng around Il
camp-h where they had b. .
shot down aud left. The Indians
take LESIC aIIuSs ClsiToICG, dul
coin, bu leave the gold-dust.
THE GOLD DIGGINGs RICH.
The diggings are immensely ricl:
[ have known five men to take t.IIl
81 900 day right along. OF cours,
every place isn't alike. Some mel
don't strike such ricn deposits. but !;
man who is thrifty, saving, ami indus.
crious can take away big stake al
the end of q yea,. The men %ho I, ONE
from there broke are shiitless fellows
who gamble and drink all the whii.
an,,, sqnander every cent they get.
have seen men put down a weeks au
OF dust on single cart There is nc
limit to bets, ,yand-I have seen 81 500
put down on the ace, and it was whal
i man had washed out f-the gnlches
4 in u week. or course the dealer took
/ IL. Board is Si6 week, and every.
thing else in proportion. The quartz
claims are also very rich.z 1 saw
lust before I left, piece of quartz
litera ly honey-combcd w /