The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-30

IN the Longest-DistAnced Daei i've
Fought.
lFrom the st. Louis Evening POST
IN Shannon county, Mo-, lives n MAJ
VINO is greater adept with the rifle, an
has performed more real and marvelou
leafs OF Workmanship than even thos
with which DIR. Carver has of late beel
astonishing the world. The name o
this wonderful handler of the rifle i
Adam Goldie.
Some of the feats which he has per
formed seem impossible. He ha
broken 299 glass balls out of 300 IL
twelve minutes with a forty-four calibe
Winchester rifle. He can break Ion
glass balls five times out of six, without
miss, in three minutes. These featl
are unparalleled, and surpass DR.
Caryer's wonderful shooting. A seem
ingty-incredible feat that he performs il
as follows: A soda-water bottle IL
thrown into the air in certain manner
and before it falls Goldie will send 9
bullet down the neck of bottle and
make hole in the bottom. There are
other feats that he performs with bot
ties. At fifty yards distance bottle il
placed ON a forked tong, and Goldie
Will send six bullets in rapid succession
down the neck and through the bottom,
only perforatipg the latter in one place.
at long distances this marvellous
marksman performs just as marvellous
feats.
At 1000 yards he will hit the center
of the bull s-eye, aud then send six bull
letsS one after the other, hitting the
very indent made by the first. A potato
thrown in the air Goldie will perforate
with six bullet-holes before it reaches
the ground. Perhaps the most aston
ishing feat is his breaking two balls at
once. This is done in the following
manner: Two balls are thrown cross
wise, and as they pass each other on
their course, with quick, unerring aim
and hghtning-like rapidity, Goldie will
speed bullet through both.
Some five years ago Goldie left his
native county of Shannon, where he is
engaged in cattle-raising, for North
western Texas, where he passed two
years, and there one of the most excit-
ing incidents of his career happened.
His fame as a marksman among the
Texans soon became notorious. In the
vicinity of Goldie's rancho lived one
William Darrell, or, as he was more ia
miliarly termed, Bloody Bill. This
Bloody Bill was noted ruffian and des-
perado, reckless daredevil. His feats
In craftsmanship were likewise astound-
ing, and probably no man in the Lone
Star State excelled him in handling the
rifle. Bloody Bill had been engaged in
many deeds of daring, and was nearly
always mixed up in some row or squab-
L. To koI olr 1xv .a,a,
and his numerous acts of ruffianism had
made him the terror of the frontier. Few
cared to cross his path, as his dangerous
character and dexterity with "a rifle were
we'll known. Goldie had met Bill on
several occasions, but had never been
involved in any difficulty with him.
Knowing his turbulent disposition, he
always sought to avoid him. On one
Sunday, however, Goldie was sitting in
company with score of Texans, who
were spending convivial hour in mild
carouse, when Bill rode mp and joined
the party. OF late he lad become quite
jealous of Goldie's notoriety as marks
man, and had frequently spoken dispar-
agingly of the latter. For some time
the party passed the time convivially |
enough, without anything happening
to mar the harmony OF the sociability. |
At last the Texans began to relate some
of their "reminiscences, and Goldie COM
menced relating, narrating an incident |
that had occurred to him. Bill, who |
had drunk heavily of the whisky, and |
became rather moody in the midst of |
the narration, suddenly jumped to his
feet and exclaimed, "Goldie, you are a |
liar. and =" at the same |
time striking blow at him. All was
instantly commotion. The whole party
were on their feet, and revolvers were
drawn. Goldie demanded satisfaction
for the insult, and Bloody Bill, with
scorpful laugh, suggested that they had i
better make it trial of their respective |
skill with the rifle. The idea was caught |
up by the Texans, and after short con-
sultation they decided that duel should
be fought, but, in consequence of the
extraordinary skill of the parties, at a
long distance. On the open prairies,
about two miles distant, grew two post
oak trees. They were 400 yards apart,
and were the only trees on that spot.
All around was open. timberless prairie.
should both take their rifles and each
take up pOslLlOu DcIluu Iuc IesptCtlNe
treeS, and then blaze away at each
other. The Texans hoped by these
means to prevent bloodshed, or at least
to prevent fatal termination to the duel.
The preliminaries being settled, the
whole party mounted their horses and
rode out on the prairie to the selected
spot. Goldie took up his position be-
hind one of the trees, and Bill ensconsed
himself behind the other. The remain
ing party of the crowd then rode to slight |
undulating eminence to the right, where
thew we're to remain as spectators. One
of them was to give the signal for the
beginning of the combat by firing his
rifein the air, and the report was to be
the Signal to the duelists to begin with
their bloody work. Goldie waited anx-
iously the detonation of the rifle, which
suddenly sounded on the air.
Then commenced the duel at the long
est range ever recorded. Goldie adj
vanced from behind the tree in hneel-
ING posture, when, whiz his sombrero
was perforated by ball from Bloody
Bill's rife. Quick as lightning he
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