, 1883-07-28
LOCAL.


on His Base.
Saturday last an individual boiling
over with gin and a bad disposition
came under the observation of
Marshal Hyde, and that eye-sore to
the toughened tough bounced the
offender to mOralityand law into the
town cooler. Toward night the vic
tim of 3 crooked appetite was per-
mitted to go out into the bright
world with the understanding that
he would shake the dust of the city
from his raiment, and waltz hence,
and stretch his legs over country
roads, and drink in the mountain
breezes, and sniff the dry fragrance
Of new hay, and make himself eX-
ceedingly scarce generally. Forget
ting his promise before leaving the
shadow of the jail, he scattered him
self around the. streets, and in the
evening walked into the law Office of
Hyde & Stoll, occupied a chair and
made himself at home. The Marshal
and Mr.. Stoll were present, but as
the intruder showed none Of his bad
traits at the time, no attention was
was paid to his presence. When it
came time to close the institution for
the night Mr.. S. intimated that his
absence just at the time would be
conducive of much pleasure than his
continued presence. The stranger
differed, and continued to fill the
chair with a continue that threaten
ed to last all night. Becoming tired
of the encroachment and not exactly
approaching the familiarity StOll
reached out ank gently laid his fin
upon the individuals shoulder, with
the intention Of fastening his exit.
The intention was very good but
poorly executed in this instance, for
the party bounced to his feet with
an agile bounce and seizing a chair
threatened to telescope Mr.. StOlPs
vertebre. The young man, some
what surprised, retreated in good or
der. At this junction the Marshal
arose to exercise his authority, but
the infuriated cuss faced the twink
ling of the star without a falter and
exhibited a disposition to reduce the
strength Of the officer by knocking
his joints together. Hyde unlim-
bered his artillery in the smallest
possible fraction of a moment, and
the annihilatOr found himself sud-
denly looking into the yawning
chasm of a self-cocking bulldog.
This broughthostilities to "A stand still,
and while the bruiser was trying to
makeup his mind whether to COM
init suicide by continuing, or take
the longer method of skipping out
and gradually drinking himself to
death, the Marshal rushed in and
grappled with the assailant, pistol in
hand. The brief exhibit of Greco
Roman wrestling was exceedingly
exciting. There was a medley of
legs, arms and body tangled tOgeth-
er while the glittering barrel of the
gun swung around to every point of
the compass. Seeing the officer en-
brace his prey, Mr.. Stoll rushed in to
the rescue, but just as he was about
to sit down upon the cause of all the
cOmmOtiOn his eye fell upon the pis-
tol, the muzzle of which startlingly
threatened to spoil his shape by
blowing his legs of, and the rescuer
hoped out Of the room with such an
intense desire to reach cover that he
almost knocked the door jamb off.
Succumbing to the inevitable the
stranger concluded to vamOOse, and
with many maledictiGns plOdded off.
He secured room in the California
House and retired, but "nature's
soft nurse" refused to come to time,
and becoming incensed with his luck
in woOing the drowsy god, he start
cd out for more adventures. In the
Office he made himself obnoxious,
and a massacre ensued. The clerk
was treated to a dish Of knuckles on
the half-shell and went down to
make close inspection Of the floor
ing, and the rooster turned himself
loose on the warpath. Night watch
man KOhlhOif and a relay of assist
ants buckle1 into the warrior, and
things pertaining to the wonderful
construction Of man filled the air for
a moment, when the stranger was
at last hand-cuffed and again stored
safely away in the Hotel de Hyde.
1t is evident that the fellow was la
boring under an attack Of jim jams,
the truth being that he has been but
recently discharged from the asy-
lum. Mr. Kohlhoff tells us that the
prisoner imagines that creatures of
his diseased mind were coming to
him, and talked in Il manner to make
a sane man wish he was locked in
his house and stored away safely un-
der blankets. 1t is probably that he
will again occupy rooms at StelicOom
at an early dpy.
LabOrIOus Labor.
When a man once sets himself to
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