The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-11-14
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"Well you're the first man I've seen
from 5,ivertou III coon's age. left
there nearly six years ago left my wife
there"
81 went there nearly six years ago"
Such was the conversation going on
between two strangers taking meal in
a Utah restaurant, which attracted the
attention Of myself while eating at
different table.
The man latest from SiIYerton was
short, stout, sandy-looking man, with
scar beginning, ] suppose, somewhere
IN the hair Of bis head, thence running
down the forehead along to the right of
his nose, making nicks in the lower
part Of bis nose and in tire liI's, then
disappearing in the beard If the chin.
It 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,
quick spoken, nervous and dark-look-
ing, with beard streaked with gray he
would have been cross eyed if he had
had two eyes as it was, his one eye
was set crossing.
"Well, how is Silgerton nov E. con-
tinued the dark looking man.
"Ob, petered."
Anybody theref'
Few old fellows sticking to claims
that they think there's something in.
They'll stay there till Gs.briels trump
races them out"
"Do you know Tom Slenmons =
: Il
KY"
"What become of John Little6eldF"
"Mose Lawler killed him over the
Sweet Dreaming claim"
Reckon Sandy Jones amt there
now"
'Sold out the Bet Your Boots for
forty thousand doliars-went back to
Pike, and is cultivating a family"
"Dick Brannigan made money therel
'fYes; but he's dead. Whisky got
him"
"Did Martin get rid Of his money :"
"Yes; went to the Black Hills !; got
killed by the Sioux"
''Did his brother Thad 90 r
"He went; made big fortune out
of the placers Is member Of Congress
from Nebraska now"
calvin Sanders, that kept the Dew
of Heaven saloon, has left, | suppOsef'
proceeded the one-eyed man.
left for good. Got l-aded with a
stray bullet while a row was going on
in his saloon one night"
Wonder what became Of Pat Py-
burn, who ran saloon Ihere-tie AN
gelic = ,"
"He's banker in Frisco"
John Blodgen had hank IN Silver
ton where is he banking now4'
He's herding sheep FIR Tommy
Pugmire, on Mud Lake"
Tommy, the bootblack =
The same He got few feet In
the Sweet By-and-By.' and sold out for
twenty thousand"
"Did you know the Stopper boysf'
"Well, Harry is the Go. in Blasdale
& Co, mercantile firm of Hong
Kong, China Luke Stopper Killed
Chinaman in Slagton, and got SIX
months in the Carson peniteutial y
long sentence just for killin:; China
man; he'll be pardoned out, Though !;
Lige Stopper got into a shootin' scrim-
mage with Montana Jack and killed
him. Lige afterward went to Arkansas
Hot Springs. He wasn't very we'll =
"Where did Charley Madden gol"
dead"
"Why, he was stout, healthy look
ing man."
"Whisky."
''Charley's wife and mine, continued
the tall stranger, "were great cronies.
Ny wife, somehow, never liked nay
name heard she changed her part of it
I as soon as l left, and in few months
married without a divorce under her
! new name-marrled fellow named
Scraggs."
"Scrasgs 7"
|" 'Scraggs."
"Ahem-ah-waiter, another cup Of
coffee. Suppose you know Charley
4 brother-in-law, Dutch Lewis, that bust
!. ed in the brewery business r. said the
: sandy looking man.
, s'First-rate. Where is he
i "He's in Silverhrockbury, Arizona.
f Got big brewery there.
Remember Alf Sykes 7" said the
stranger, with one eye set crossing.
''Got twenty years at Carson City
for robbing the mail"
: "Heard Ward Smithers had some
!, troubles"
d Give years at Carson for robbins
l. Wells, Fargo. He didn't play it finC
l. like they say old Blivens did l believ,
<, that was his name-nickname,I 1 guess.
" "Old Blivensf'
g. tsOld Blivens. You see, he robbes
a Wells, Fargo just out of Slverton-
If that was before / went there heard o
it. The messenger was the only wit
ness against him, and on the mornin
of the day of the trial the messenge
was found shot dead at the door of tn
- room in which he had slept, and whic
= opened on narrow alley. It was nc
- : known for certain who did it, but tn
= = vigilantes suggested to old Blivens tbs
- perhaps his health would be benefitte
- by change of climate"
Said the dark stranger, with an e1
preston of countenance which Shove
that he thought he was looking Il
short man square in the face:
"What might our name be p
in Name-my name--is--Scragg
sh Yoursf"
ire "Old Blivens."
in Passing out of the door just at th
moment, / did not hear how they reco