Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-05
FROM DEADWOOD.


EDS. PRESS AND DAKorA1AN The long
continued sunshine which has been spread
ing it.elf over the Hills Is now shut out, and
he soft southern winds are gon too. A
northern blizzard came up the eulch this
morning, and getaway vita them. and now
all is dark and dreary.
The "Oldest inhnbitant" in these dipginrs
says we are now in for It until spring. LIS,
winter II enowed twen,>..isht c = nsecutive
DAYS in this section, and this oldps, iuhat.
TINT assured me that The present blizzard
betrayed evidences of better staying quail
ties than the n referred tn. But hope
he mry he wrong In bis predictions. A
large number Of people in the Hills are lily
fixed for q long siege Of cold and snow.
But Cbristmae was one IF the n'ces,
days that ever "la,d out Of DOORS" and
'veryhnny WAS in town. II was estimated
thai 5000 gold hunters were here looking
after n little fun. aud judging from the way
they pitched in, a great majority got it
O. nv! such a time. It was fun alive t,
stand on the outside and look on.
Tom and jerry. that old Christmas bever
age, gave out early in the day, and the fes-
tive crowd was comyplled to take it straight:
and straight 1t wert-straight to the heads
of maryland hundreds fell by the road.
side before the approach of night. Not
wiihstanding the demoralizinc condition Of
things, remarkable quiet was maintained
throughout. No fights or d%epredations Of
any moment occurred. The dance houses
and saloons we're crowded until daylight in
the morning, by miners. merchants, nil
lionaires and nauners, who mingled on q
common social level"
To give det,ils Of the various ways in
which this mixed throne enioved itself
would require too much space. The reader
can readily Imagine them when l sav"hudgr',
was the exhilerating element which i'm.
PEELED the celebraters in their search for
fun.
But upon the following morning there
was HI to pay all round. Nearly every.
body had a head on him." and all were
sick. and ugly. and ":ieht on the cut ans
shoot" A female sinner. known nv TIE
name of Trix. relieved her pent-lp nel:-
ness bv trying to " snuff out the light" Of
a loaing bully with her little gun. The
fellow still liveth, Tut l guess his earth.
horn turbulence will soon he over. The
hall entered just beneath the right eve. and
lodged in the back Of his neck, at the base
If the brsin, and If he pulls through under
the circumstances there must be lots Of
good leather in him.
This girl Trix is an old timer. She has
been in about everv mining camp between
here and the Pacific ocean. Yet she is
Young and notwithstanding her long dissipa-
tion her personal branty ia remarkably well
preserved. S,me time ago she declared that
abe mad been pounded for the last time, and
that the next man who attempted to pound
herwould die on the spot aud she made a
strong effort to keep her word.
This week is a big one for the boys who
are obliged TO put up their fingers" for
drinks. Many of the big guns, who carry
full sacks" got on it night before Christ
mas and some Of them are intending to make
a 'rk of it, and the impecunious bnmmers
keep an eve on them and never fail TO drop
into a drinking place where he sees one Of
these lucky full sack fellows enter. Thus
the strapped hand of bummers succeed in
filling up their kegs every day. And I
never have, during all my peregrinations
through life, looked upon 20 many whisky
disigured mugs as are seen here at present.
One Of this band-and by the way he is a
Yarkton man-got a little muldled las,
evening. He stationed himself in front Of
Billings place, and owing 10 his pervert.d
vision mistook a stranger for an acqnain-
ance and shook hands with him. Upon
learning the mistake he rushed back and ex-
claimed, "There, that's what a man gets for
the bari shook hands with the
wrong man." Thereafter he stuck close to
the bar until he got tired standing up when
he, took a seat near the door and went to
sleep. After %slumbering an hour or two he
become chilled, and half recovering from
his drowsiness be hitched his chair up to
a we'll known Sioux City man-mistaking
him for the stove, and placing his elbowa
Upon his knees-like you have seen drunk
en- men do-he began moving himself and
expressing his agony in a slobbering, in
coherent fashion. The Sioux City mar
to the utter surprise Of the Yankton man,
moved away. Whereupon the "old bum"
looked about him in . most foolish manner