The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-20

4 SpoSslng Match In With lem
Aaoe, - . lGiohisan Lam.
basmaa Whipped Roe.
coo OonkllnR.

The presenee ol JOhD l.. Svllivan,
soe chansptOo p0gjlist, 10 the eity
-: week Tevtves the nsemOgy q
peooab!y the only joke thst was eve,
ee'cces0DJy played on R0ocoe
ConkIt.g: Daring the Senatorial
term n the late Z.cl Chandler H.
occupied . handsome and eomnno6i
80 Fssidescs on H street. or r.
the rooms was fitted ~ for . Nm
nas1em, and hese allsr dinner Zach
aeoally spent an hear .wineine ~
e!uhs aud u.ing the du@b 6ells.
Frequently biz Senatorial ftieada
wOlId drop In upoa him. There
weTe masks and tolls Tor those who
found pleasure IN fencing, while
for thooo inclined to spar lhese ~
oo excellent assortment Of boxine-
gloves. Chandler was . BIZ, harry
man, With hard o. him lik0a hired
man. He delighted 10 rough sports,
aud vas never - happy - when
pounding some ooe, Or boing poond-
ed IN return, with tie g]ovss. Conk-
ling Wa almost . nj ghtly visitor.
he W. clever sparreS, ard in the
exciejng boats between himself and
Chandler usually came or victosjous.
On one oecasioo he punished Zach
% badly In the pgxselSee of . doeea
spectatos that the giant Niehi.
GnDdef foansed iuvard1y with ~.
and swore by sll the Rode On m a
Olyn,pus he would b aveneed III it
So0t h1u, fortune. The oe,n0rfumitv
came snooer than he expected. ~.
renee Barrett was :raveling that sea-
son with . company of his own selec-
tioo, impesuonatine . round Of Shak.
spearian ehaeaclers. When The coQ,-
nany vlnlted Washinxton. Chanil-
Ier Invited Nace 10 an ~ kia hoao.e.
where he unEolaeal IN him fhe dei.iE
Of . pjot 10 !" pot M . iob'' On Lord
llnpcoe. II .escces:fully carried oet.
Nace veull receive : s,.h.ta nlial re.
vvrrl. Nace coosented. That even
inr ConkIinr dronned In ri ~ his
oarssal v0nf' Ci,sndle.r intrndnee,l
ihe na,,eilist - or Of m eo,Deailmenis-
= lninll1 1ermn.n fIvnn Ni..hie1n. (,omk.
Iinr nnurn,urr,l hiv plrorare n nare1-
M INV fria.n1l e,1 Z.,s.h'. snal fl,em flhr
naazilirz ~. 1r.vslv nr,..,.nte,l IN
Senniors He.s.k Havsrxl. Norton and
aevernl other s,:mtl lc,,,,,,,. sn>a,aae then
|. veiEknown nevsan n;,r n,.n. Thev
ver,. III In nm. xa.s.rrf nm v..r.. tl,e.rs.
l,v (:l,as,,ilxr'. exprxss als..jrv. Z.a:h
hsd planned the affair with Lisl,oli-
IN rsnDlnxna. Not umjy .lkl he iml~nel
llnaf Narc ,l,e,,al,l . ,ls,st The l)sn,r''
vilh !" (;onk. > l,,at N. l,at inyi(e,l hh
frienll. tO wil n.,.s the oen..
r.iion vhia.h. tlroaxh The i,,,1rmalkat.
voeahl l,o md the next DIV with
loaDd outlaws by an already pssju-
liced peol,lic. Il reauirr,l hot u liz
unauevverjnx lO ARRANGE \ sel-tO h.
tween the New Yusk Bessaa0r and
he . lumslesn,an." The latter, with
l,lunt c1nalor ji.cisju,e,l sny k,owi-
vslge of arieace, but added that he
was fused 10 ruugh-antl tussl,le
fights, aud eo0)s) give and take ,H,ssSe
powerful l,lows." COmkDing xnsilesl
1eren ly. He was . loesnam wOrtDsy
u his steel, = vesilalDle lalGi)trlts. 0ia
uoDnd 10 the rsDngh. He would show
lie aane0bleal xpesAatOsH hs,w sa'iessce
rouDd conquer brute slresKth. He
his ss,at and vest and tied
m saaunenslerw sgv,uusl his waisl.
they tOsDk their plares, Chandler aa't-
|ux - referee. Mace's p0sitiOn was
D9e VI studied awkwarulmess. He
held l,s,(h hands im frOut Of him, and
|nsle,nal ~ Lr.ria,x himself up will,
pue le,x behind the other, l,olh feet
we're Wide apast and nearly on . par
lllel line. CUukllux's mOves,,em:s
were the per(ecliOn 0f grace. He
kH Gsts rapidDy for . mo-
n.rni a,r two l,el;,rv Nsee's fnce, and
ll,cm with \ I" lInok out for ysalrvelf,"
r. struck . blow slraikl,t frOssl the
Hut souse),OW Il fell short.
Tlhe lun,lxsm,sn In hk heavy. awk-
var,l fasl,is,n had), by Eood luck, It
leen,ed. iust moved heck far enough
|O ezcsne Il. Conkling laughed,
= s.,l .sid. In . lnir,nizinx iosr:
). You III that '. ~ cleverly.' A
tew D,a,s,seuts Of slnrrjmx fslDowed.
;,n klimx .aw y rsnnl s,ln..,ing and
,..al,. Gsr Il. l,ut the jumsl,eT,ssan
.Iunstly avoislssl II and cUssulesxtl 10
|,ravi)v that Cunklinx measured hts
..a,xth I'm the tl.n,r. lie came up
,m,ijimx. l,uwever, and .s,n,lpliss,~mtssi
Ii,e i,;r,l~r,s,an an hh extraosvli-
narv luck. Mt = x,s.l,iri"n entered
m mind. In the next rsn,md lUlsk-
inx s,sszx.x,issl In planting few
ixht l,).,ws ~ his OplnSssent's Chest,
,ul was knsn.ked down at the
with ~ much fosre that
~ v.s unable tO rise for IN instant.
IVhen he rs.e tO hhs feet Il wss plntn
~ Le seen he was very angry. but he
,lrnGglesi hars) To- es'nesOs hts e'!ne.-
Ions He was badly Used up. His
.)otl,es were torn, while greot
enIs of sweat rolled down bis
ace. The specaetOss were ready to