, 1879-07-07
A TERRIFIC TUSSLE.
The drcatost Event In tho History OF
3onanzn City.

BonAnxn City.
F7rp,nid tSte.) CAronfch.
The Rfcstest ovcnt which has taken place In
bonanza City since the town was born was the
fight on Saturday last between scorpion and d
tarantula. An eyewitness Of tho affair, and an
cnthuslastlc adn,irer Of such important contests,
gava tho following description Of the great
strt,ggie 10 Chronicle reporter yesterday:
"f've seed a good many fights since struck
this section Of the country, hut yesterdays lay
wns the boas. For fun and excitement It
cqua1cd. 10 my opinion, the biz prlze-1ght down
tic canon that Tom Daily took hand In years
aRo. The ring was broken tip. md every feller
With six-shootcr pulled and turned loose On
everything ia sight.
"Wc put the two yarntnts into washbowl,
and whnn they both aid down to tho bottom
tlry had to fight and no mistake. There was a
little at plaee In ft,c t,ottom of the bowl where
they cuu!d stand about four inches apart. Well,
as soon, as tlIcy wcre put: In thay step-
each other OF Tie tarantn1.. see.ng the
scorp!on,. Just reared up on lts hind logs
md sttok his fist at him with his hair on end.
Now, there Is more Of the solid quntekseuce Of
bell n tarantula to the square eighth Of an
inch Than In anythnE else on earth. and, whom
saw the crster rear up aud give the scorp
the diff, laid down Eve $50 pieces on him,
mud tall fe!loH covered 'csn IN q
minute, knosed I had That money dead.
any Of the pic At first, but after spell Of think
in' he sortcr shook himself out and rot ready
for business. Tie arst thing NO knowcd, bin!
wet the 'su!a plum INTO the scorp, mud thea
the fun begun. rhs spider grabbed him By
sbc hack OF the neck, and va 'sposed for mo-
!ncbt he wsa gDln' to chaw his head right oil.
Ills teeth-tecth Is what sad-como out
Of bis mouth for aauarter Of al Inch, and
f0f tfIE Othnr fa1tAt hat I haI hn} srfth 7
Woultla,t been ~ That scoro's hoots for tho
Sierra Neyatla Mine. All Of q suddon, how
ever, the scorp bfaeed himself, And whack
wcnt hts tall into the 'tu!a 1 te1l You, tho
across the howl like mulo had kicked him.
thought hc was gone, but you bet he was
On deck quick enough. and he came to the
scratch agln With blood in hs eye. Then come
sparred aronnd spell for an opening The
spider WIS roskin' ills left misty fol biz at tho
tcorp's ear, but whenever he let loose the other
threw up his claw and counterel on hts stom-
The world. The. spider saw thera were no
c'lronos Tor HIN in stand.up fight, md so he
vent III rougll.a1hl-tumble. Itwoufd make your
hieosi rilu cold to see the way them felicrs
chaweo and clamcd each other for five minutes,
aud tho crowd round the bow; Glenn crazy
With excitement. I thrnv up another bun
tred on Tie spider, for could See nc had
ihe tturndest grip on the scorp that ever was.
Why. he had his head in chancesy in nine
places, and about sixteen grapevine locks On llis
legs. They wrestlcd all Inc styles ever heard
of,-Cornistl, Lancashire, GrR:o-Ro1uan, A1,d
collar-anl-cbow. II was regular Tournament
Fe's h,n11, n9 Sa' r. The tqs o mad he gro s Ind
Just as l was rcachin'. down tn my pocket iort
das, the SEQ seorp " srsaed II IT, 0a iat 's round md
nnd slammed It Into .the ,spidcr's belly
about quarter Of an inch, bold Il there awhile,
az 1St tnuOh n mad tltzt
bnring diamond drill Into a quartz ledge
Tho spider got pato asounu Tug gtils atfd looked
!iko ho wanted doctor, mid ! quietly let that
500 slide back wl'ere it belonged. Then the
down like he wanted rest. lie rested Tor
about . minute or SO itko little piece of wood
shrivelel up, aud tho scorD atruttod round
md round like Drum-Major on a trss-parade.
takers, an ot sudden up jumps Tie spider
aud goes for hin, again. 1t appeared to me like
tho beast bad only Just madc up bis mind to
6ght, ana thc waS hs vent for The scorp Was
like q Thousand o. bricks turnblin' onto a
child. When ! sav him ret down falr.
u to work ] bet tie third hundred, ard felt
somehow like whcn he Heard me chnk the
coin II would give him a little moral baclza
tn. You could hear the scorp's shell crack like
4, 4 achoolOoy cla~tn' peanuts at . church lair.
The spider Ind 1t oil his own way for q spell and
WAS getting III hls work flne whom the pesky
seorp hunted up the sasnn ho!e bis tail was iu bn
forc and got Il .hers agatu. He'd been licked IN
another minute Il he hadn't, bur that saved hls
b1con and the apdc. Rrtted his teeth few tEmcs
asld kce1ed over nlmt died. This don't shake
my faith III tarnntulas, however. i've got
two-ounco spider tl1at Ill match ogtn' anY
acorpion In Surrey County next Sunday for $500
n tl1eh
Hero tho man produced box and showed
taEantula tllAt looked Is It IL would ba able to
whip bulldog, Whun he left he assured tic
reportcr, conadentia'y, that betting Oh the
n ffn11 arr tktrr