Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-03-24
SPRING FIGHTS.
GEORGE CowAN ANB jim CHENEY CONE TO
BLowS-CoL. ELLIS VS.. SODERBERG-Two
wAsHoEs IN ROUGH AND TUMBLE
BLOOD ON THR MOON.

The Spring fights opened up yesterday.
The first was about IL o'clock in the mora
ing and took place in John Cheneys store
between Jim Cheney and George Cowan. 1t
appears that Cowan got into a political argu-
ment with Cheney and warmly endorsed
Grant. Cheney held that he was neither a
soldier nor statesman and finally alluded to
Cowan as a "rebel"
THE LIE PASSED.
| Immediately Cswan Called Cheney liar
and Cheney responded with his right. Cowan
countersd in due form and after few ex-
changes the two closed in a wrestling grip and
houndered about among the dried apple cases,
mackerel kits and sugar boxes for about five
minutes when it was quite evident to the spec
tators that the fight aust be stopped pretty
| quick or there would be 40 grocery store.
About ten men rushed in and succeeded in
separating the combataAts. 1t is described
by those who witnessed it as about the livelest
fight that has been seen in Carson for many a
day The friends of each say that the ''other
fellow" would have been whipped in three
minutes more No arrests.
COL. ELLIS ON ELS MUSCLE.
For the next two hours four hundred diff
ferent versions of the fight were flying about
the streets, when at 2:30 another fight oc-
CURED which furnished jaw waggers fresh
material for sidewalk conversation. 1t APP
pears that Col Ellis was harangaing the jury
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case of Rsinstein VS.. Price. Just as Ellis
was in one Of his loftlest flights Attorney
SoderDsrg rose and remarked
81 beg your pardon sir, but you forget an
important fact"
Here the Col. paused, glared savagely at
the spposing counsel for moment and then |
proceeded to soar as before. Presently |
Soderberg rose up again and said that the
speaker was trying to ''misrepresent facts.
TUMsLER FOR sopERBERG
As quick as lightning Ellis seized tumbler
from the table and let fly at Soderberg 1t
missed his temple by about half an inch and
striking chair few feet beyond, was
smashed into a thousand fragments, The
glass scattered over the startled spectators
and Soderberg sat down Immediately quite
pale. 1t happened that just at this moment
J Judge King had stepped into the County
Clerks room to speak with some one and was
lot CD the bench when the tumber was
brown. Hearing the crash, however, he
ushed back and there found Col Ellis con-
inuing his speech as if there had been DO
In fact the Court couldn't fer
he life of him tell who threw. the tumbler,
nd accordingly took no official cognzancs OF
he act.
WAR IN THE AIR.
The regular fighting epidemic having begun
t seemed to travel in the air, and about half
'ast in the afternoon two Washoe Indians
ot into a fight near Chinatown and one was
adly beaten about the head with a rock.
here seemed to be war in the air and blood c
n the moon and all that for the rest of the q
Ay. Men who were enemies got round to-
ether in the same saloons, each waiting for I
he ether to "make break" and things were +
such a sensitive state that every man who c
as looked at cross ways seemed to think it
lcumbent to make some sort of bluff | L
turing the next few days the usual spring c
mock downs may be looked for &