Iron County register., 1881-12-15
Lively Incidents That lOccnr in Min.
ing Camp.

of Haley, Idaho, the chief village of that
promising oIe- producing region, and, in
addition to Sme important facts rela-
tive to the material resources of the
young towl, was told number of an
ecdotes ilNstrative of life in booming
mining GIMP.
We life so fast in this age that we
have almost forgotten the wild days of
Julesbtrg, Cheyenne and other points,
whicbgrew up and vanished or settled
dowrto sober life, along the line of the
UniSn Pacific Railway while it was be.
ingconstructed. Indeed, our memories
arr so treacherous that we recall with
difficulty the wicked life of Deadwood
shd Leadville. We have heard the story
bf SEA man for breakfast" and that ludi-
Icrous one told of Deadwood's early days,
when Federal officer, clothed with the
assumed dignity of his appointment,
calling for a hot toddy with an egg in it,
was met with the response from the
barkeeper:
"Judge, you don't want no toddy."
s'But do. / reckon l know what l
want,' retorted the gentleman address
ed as 'sJudge."
No, Judge, you are very much mis-
taken. know what you want, and it
ain { no COQQy.
Fellow, prepare for me the drink
ordered, and don't give me any more of
your lip" replied the now irate officer
of the Government.
His companion picked up his revolver
at this juncture, and with all that grim
humor which characterizes the genuine
frontiersman retorted.
'Judge, what you want is whisky
,k srphk hn<f Sc A,I- -
in a tin cup. Sabep''
The Judge glanced nervously at the
murderous weapon, and meekly respond
ed that he guessed the barkeeper was
about right, and took it straight, and in
the plebeian vessel aforenamed.
My friend told me of an incident in
his own experience almost a counter
part of the above story: "Crazy
Hank, was friend of his, and the two
met in the Idaho saloon at Haley.
"Crazy Hank" was very much ut sea,
and invited the gentleman to drink with
him. The request was declined with
thanks, when the frontiersman with the
insane sobriquet insisted, and upon be-
ing second time refused, drew dirk,
and throwing his arm about my friend
brought the weapon oppressively near
illS tlId1 pLl 10. LOOhill2 bO
ing blade moment, total abstinence,
seemed as inexpedient as prohibitory
liquor law in Omaha, and the drinks
indicating his preference for whisky
straight and g mighty strong"
Every mining camp has its bullies.
ards, and are universally despised by
the hardy frontiersmen. HALEY is no
exception, and one of the class, who oc-
casionally (two Or three times week, if
any flush prcspector will treaty takes in
an overdose of benzine, is known as
+" Rattlesnake Jack" He dresses in
buckskin, goes armed to the teeth,
wears long hair, and covers his head
with slouched hat of buckskin, and
calls himself s'bad man to handle.'
When he gets especially jolly he walks
through the town, harmlessly firing his
pistol and yelling for blood. One day
Jack took in the town in his usual style,
and proclaimed that he was spelling for
a fight and could lick any seven men in
Haley. He said he must have blood,
and wanted the town to shell out its
.big Injuns--seven of 'em at a time.'
Finally, a wiry, determined little gam
DIOI UCCC1luO ulSSuSGCo Will GuO 1CIOW
insolence, and, addressing him in lam
guage more cogent than polite, dealt
him several hard blows, closing up both
his eyes and drawing the claret from his
proboscis. The cowardly bully was
thoroughly whipped, and a few minutes
later was marched off to jail, where he
remained ten days. He is not so bad
now as he was.
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name is 'sGrizzly Bill rode into HALEY
upon fleet footed white pony and leap
ing from the saddle, without hitching
the well-trained animal, he walked into
the nearest saloon and fired his zeal and
stirred up his soul by throwing in few
drinks. Returning to the pony, he de-
iberately rode to the end of the street
and, wheeling about, rode at a gallop
through its entire length, firing his two
revolvers into the ground on either side
Of his pony. When he reached the north
end of the street he reloaded and re-
Ipeated his feat while going in the oppo-
site direction, yelling, "Bring on your
man; bring on your man. am here to
clean out this town. A bystander in a
|crowd called out, sHere's your man,"
and the bully drew near. Deputy Sher-
iff Steele stepped from the crowd and
covering him with his pistol, quietly re-
marked, 81 am your man. Get down,
am the Sheriff. Turning his head
toward the Sheriff Grizzly Bill smelled
the unburnt powder in big navy re-
volver. Seeking his spurs in the fanks
Of the pony, the animal leaped forward
and the daring deputy was sprawling on
the earth and his prisoner out of sight
in flash. But it was too much for the
temper of Steele, and fastening to his
barn he quickly mounted horse and
started in pursuit. Later in the evening
he returned leading the white pony,
astride of which sat 'tGrizzly Bill,'' his
legs tied together underneath the ami
NAL, his hands behind him in irons, and
his revolvers in the pockets of his cap
tor. The sentence of the magistrate
completed the ruffian's humiliation, and
he says HALEY is no good.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
When the Supreme Court OF the
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