The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
The Two Men from SiIvertOn.
"Now IN Silverton, New, we used

which attracted the attention of myself,
eating at different table.
The man latest from Silverton was q
short, stout, sandy-looking man, with
beard closely cropped, and scar, be-
ginning, as | supposed somewhere in
the hair of his head, thence running
down the forehead along to the right of
of the nose, making hicks in the lower
part of the nose and in the lips, then
disappearing in the beard of the chin.
1t looked as if some one had started to
skin him and gave it up on the offer of
better job. The other man was tall,
quickspoken, nervous and dirty-loOk-
ing, with beard stricken with gray; and
he would have been cross-eyed if he had
had two eyes; as it was, his one eye was
set crossing.
Well, how is Silverton now?" con-
tinued the dark-looking man.
"Oh, petered."
"Anybody therep'
Few old fellows sticking to claims
that they think there is something in.
They'll stay till Gabriers trump races
them out"
did you know Toni Slemmons?'
Eyes; killed himself drinking whis-
ky"
"What became of John Littlelield?''
"MoSe Lawler killed him in a fight
over the Sweetly Dreaming claim
"Reckon Sandy Jones amt there
now?"
Sold out of the Bet Your Boots for
$40, 900, went back to Pike, and is Gull
tivating a family"
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Yes; but he's dead-whisky got
him.
Ibid Harry Martin get rid of his
money!"
Yes; went to the Black Hills; got
killed by the Sioux"
Ibid his brother Thad go?''
g He went, made a big fortune out Of
the placers. Is member of Congress
from Nebraska now.'
Albert Sanders, that kept the Dew
of Heaven saloon, has left, l SUPPOSED"
proceeded the one-eyed man.
" Left for good. Got loaded with q
stray bullet while row was going on
in his saloon one night
Wonder what became of Pat Py-
burn, that run saloon there-the An
gelic?"
Hes banker in San Francisco"
John Blodgen had a bank in Silver
ton; where's he banking now?"
Hes herding sheep for Tommy
Pugmire on Mud Lake"
Tommy, the bootblack?n
The same; he got feet in the Sweet
By-and-By, and sold for $4,000.
Ibid you know the Sloper boys?"
"Well, Harry Sloper is the Co. in
| Blasdale q Co., mercantile firm in
Hong Kong, China. Luke Sloper killed
a Chinaman in Stagtown and got six
months in the Carson Penitentiary.
Long sentence Just for killing China
man. He'll be pardoned out, though.
Lige Sloper got into shootin scrim-
mage with Montana Jack and killed
him. Lige afterward went to the Ar
kansas Hot Springs; he was not very
we'll"
Where did Charley Madden go?'
dead"
"Why, he was stout, heaIthy-look-
ing man"
Whisky"
"Charley's wife and NINE" contin-
ued the tall stranger, "were great
cronies. My wife, somehow, never
liked my name; heard she changed her
| part of it soon as | left and in few
months married without divorce I'M
der her new name; married fellow
named Scraggs."
"ScraggsI'
" Scraggs.n
" Ahem-ah-waiter, another cup of
coffee. Suppose you know Charley's
brother-in-law, Dutch Louis, that busted
in the brewery business?" said the
sandy-looking man.
First rate; where's hep
"He's in Silverbrocbury, Arizona
Got big brewery there"
Remember ALT Sykes?n said the
stranger with one eye set crossing.
"Got twenty years at Carson for rob-
bling the mail"
Heard Ward Smithers had some
trouble?''
"Five years at Carson for robbing
Wells-Fargo. He did not play it fine
like they say Old Bllvens did; believe
that was his name-nickname, guess"
"Old Blivensr'
"Old Blivens. You see he robbed
Wells-Fargo just out of Silverton;
that was before | went there; heard of
it. The messenger was the only wit
ness against him, and on the morning
of the day of the trial the messenger
was found shot dead at the door of the
room in which he slept, and which
opened on narrow alley. 1t was not
known for certain who did it, but the
vigilants suggested to Old Biivens that
perhaps his health would be benefited
by change of climate"
Said the dark stranger with an ex-
preston of countenance which showed
that he thought he was looking the
short man square in the face:
"What might your name bep"
"Name-my name-is-is-Scraggs;
yours?"
'Old Blivens.h
Passing out of the door just at this
point, did not learn how they recon-
ciled their conflicting locations. N Y.
Mail.
CATHERINE HAYES, who recently died
in the Blackwelrs Island IN. W aims
house at the alleged age of 104, had an
eventful history in her youth. Her
lover was condemned to be hanged for
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