, 1881-01-26
A Little Village Up in Wisconsin
Suddenly Filled with 1.-The
Fancy"
Tho Good TOvnslncn Shocked by
the Character OF tho
Excursion.
The Visit, However, an Event Of
Financial Importance to the
Hamlet.
Two Specimens Of n Folmi Of Brutal
Amusement Which lIas Seen Its
ratmlcst UnJs.

FnASKsvIl1.E, Wis, Jan. 95-The ,noril-
Ing tral,s from CltcaEo aud from milwaukee,
brought to ILLS vilnge nl,nnt a00 sporting
,nen who llaye s0llgfIt tho retirement Of tho
country for tho ptlrpnsn Uf fighting chickens.
Such crowd wnntl lie Inst III the thrnfgs
of Il city. but III this QUILT p1ace they nlake ii
showing that Is somewhat startling. The III
habltants were tuke,l by surprise, and altl
int know rxactly what It was NIL about, hut
tho fire. display 0f lIo,lry soon reconcltcti
cage m!nlbcrs al,o,t ln5, anl includes the
| usual list vi snlno,Ilseeprrs. professional
spns.s. l,otel men. md grnerat business I,le1,.
who have embraced tile opportunity to see
| tte fun,
on THE ROAD.
The train WIS three l.,nrs getting here.
The time passed pleasantly cn0,g1i. )'0w-
ever, aid tho uarty fn,,nh lnnd for CONVERSE
tlon In tho several stations which were III the
| wny. II seems nv though there was scarcely
II town al i'lc read between Frankss}lc and
Chicago that had moi. ut ono time or anotf,cr
| III the past ten years, been tim scene Of
cock.fght. Tr.cstsell has see1l nb0ut q
dozen. md sta,nis ont very prominently in
III chicken history.
The marty sent mt twenty-five birds last
evening. uni fifty additional fighters were
brought nss4aa >s,4.Ny. They were MI raisetl
III Chicago, and have passed through scyern
training. The uvcrnga agu Of tllo birds Is >
! YEARS. Those mast relied 0li nre tie pylcs
ni,tl tto,,ltnl1les produced by the West S1de
TIL: MILWAUKEE, FATTY.
THE Milwaukee, party arrived 1T y o'clock.
They brought Il iAtf-ttozcn Immense cn0ps.
and ,,ropnse tn fight them afl ulf. Their
hlr.ts wrrc rnlsetl on iarms near Milwaukee,
a,ul arc sait' tn he very plnc'sy.
Tile contest Is Ia he n regular cooking
main. TlM number uf battles Ii fixed Mt tf~
teen only, although there nre hir.ls e,,ousll
to fight u hundred. The rcsutar pilrsn lnat
up by the par,!,.s holds aa3 for cacIl battln
md ss'o for tho odd one, making total of
After the maiu Is completed, there viii fol-
low u series Of silhkc-l>ag fights, which VIII
| continue I'LL ln!c tti-orrnW.
one nf t!ie most Interesting stnril1E events
wl,Ec., have occurred this wtnter. 'rl.a ar-
rnHgtnei>tH were completed nbOut n mouth
ago. mud nothing llns be:1l left '!itore tint
| could tll any wiz contribute to tho SUCCESS
! Ut the ntfHtI.
THE BATTLE-GROUND.
The tawr has about 500 inhabitants, anu Is
seven nllss f,t''n Sarnc. a'll With! twenty
iies MsrS ." !n {,,st sross lis
ruad from tlMs dciMr. II u known rs TIC
Frunksyllle ltonsr, nnlis prcsaletloyer by, !.
Sies, wl,o runs u salnnn Oii the ilEst
'rhe Mt's ~ tlsc cetlar, y tonbilit1 viace,
al.nut fnry ttct luhHn.nt tsllrty ffel III Width.
~ wutnt.stnyc NJ enormous prs'iMrt'Wos ~ ,o Mns
put IN Tor Tho frcuNttls. tnl nitlles,t o. seats
1,tl,Etns,Ia appearances thun 1t won'l other
| wise lave.
: \ rGEi.IMlSAHy FIulrr.
] At II n'c!ocIt the cellar way filled to tho
ns Il referee it'd tttirkrcper wis being trans
. "ri,a ri q M tiie iioor ;,fnyr. tie SOuiii Sid.
.. challenged the West Sl,te far prelimluasy
a% III; fas;t 1s}Gl1IE nn M TS 1t 9s t Sc w West
an, .he hFrtis were cllupct( mil EuttcI iur
t1. ' II, ~ am ,ne , h' s ! nv ~ tS n',a nt'1I ~
= his rnt}s ntO t(lc lift eye uf Ills antagonist,
. 'wi,IriI imme,InteIy retTeatcti. Ilu wtts not
cow t%sysr a'i w''sn ;at!s shS s,,s "Nax Mk
ihc hy Wyou,,,leI CHICKEN clinic to tllo front IL
:. though nnl,urs.. o.,
Tilcy mt nEain nlNt t!tls lime the bille retI
wa* ,lflSe 10 i!iS coylsr WITH t.; tsrrts @ Easl,
III hs throat. rlie be!t1ns, WHEN haH e9ne 3il
I faynr.. The four rounds tlMt followed werc .l
D wn, by the Snntll Sltte birl IN sptn of tn
hllnh rye. nial ut fIc c1Se 0t lel lillt,'ss !lo
fatally Mnupa tl'a plttt ~ Wtt , ut''i ~
% %n.uM' ntt" i ,'",,,ii,,r ~ ,rmt ~ hi., Tnr
plrG before ~ iMl!!.ar @ g"x - la .a,v Ut f.
i sIlNKt,nnE tt'' le"' ""' e"'''"1'e" '~'' 80
. tefeSt'ns' WIN, u,,x ,,rars,
" ! THE Mats hhuGH' ....
). Tho main was begun ut Noon; Tt!o Sol. ,
i testing W1rtics, CstGa1n nliu MltWa.9,tkee' .,t
. agreed upon t!ta1l trnsll S'et'hehs''le' M'c''
!, nsr.tctpt aud tilnekeel!er. ,.,,,,,,
!. | milwaukee, SliDWetl nH W!llte tyie, WHICH
. astrnctctl rn1'serl'tin Altvlitlul ~ NY Kn!tis'
a npi,carltre, lle Chlcntn ltol'le pto"sn
il out u red ryle, very tri!I'.ionalts Illft!;
l'nt cl,!ckells llpl,eti tle seaies w. ,o!'
It lnlliyiiua* lpgal, nv s!a,n ~ tle birds wcr'
" shown, arsi rnn from 40 t. Sn9. :, ,,.,. ~.
Ilr Miw"Kc' noasd ns sht ~ rnni,a, :" 'ye ~ ~
i a,Mnunta very hlgh.
i Thu CliIcngo p:np!e wero not alar'netl' n'''
~ y, nut lllGtN I'LL every bet* j., A..