The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07
"WHoOPEE UP HELLEE."
Chinese Ears and Cues Promlscuously
Carved.

There has been a war In the Celes-
tial kingdom, we don't mean the old
original Celestial empire, nor that
ETHEREAL kingdom which Is oftentime s
mentioned by some as representing the
place where we, or q few OF us at least,
shall be provided for after we get
through with the trials and troubles of
this life; but we mean that little king
dom here in Cheyenne, where "washee
for two-blttee" is the main employ
ment Of the jewellers.
Yesterday Judge Lee had two Chin
amen up before him on the charge of
creating a disturbance and breach Of
the peace. One was Hong Kee, and
he and his partner, Sing Hang, ran a
''washee house" on Sixteenth street.
On account of the fact that no one was
present but the parties charged and an
other Chinaman, who has since skip
ped, no evidence was available upon
which the parties could be convicted.
Others knew something about the mat
ter, but either lied about it or could
not be understood when they attempt
ed to relate the circumstances of the
case. Therefore, we were compelled to
rely on the story as told by a disinter-
ested Chinaman, who speaks some
English, in order to obtain the facts.
Day before yesterday an old China
man stopped off here in Cheyenne to
see his nephew Sing Hung. The old
fellows name was Lee Waugh, and he
was right from the Howe ry kingdom on
his way to Omaha. He was the bearer
of a letter from the old mother of Sing
Hung to her promising son. Accord
ingly the old man hunted up Sings
place of ''washee" and told the moon
eyed Celestial that he had the letter.
But it seems that before either of them
came to this country, they had a fall
ling out and we're not on very good
terms. However, Sing forgot all about
that for the time being; they procured
a pint and a half Of ''pink tea"-real
old forty rod stuff-and set about get
ting drunk, as most true born Ameri-
a citizens would do under like cir
cumstances, especially, as Mark Twain
says, il they have any respect for them
selves.
1t did not take long to get pretty
fully when Sing Hung happened TO re-
member that he had paid for the fluid
that was making the occasion a joyous
one, and that the venerable relative
had moi as yet shown the letter. Ar
idea flashed through the dark mind of
the Celestial. Hadn't the old fraud
been playing it on HIM about that let
ter in order to get some free drinks.
Suddenly he demanded the letter,
%whereupon the old man told him to go
to the "deylee." Sing couldn't stand
that, grasping a knife he tackled the
old man and cut off his cue. Selling
the cue that he had just been deprived
of. the old man belabored his promis-
ing nephew until he dropped the knife.
pus pAhB ioPPicu WIN him anu plO-
ceeded to mop the floor with him until
the old man got hold of the knife,
when he gobbled on to Sings ear and
commenced to saw away. Sing releas-
ed his hold and setting up a most dis
NAL howl, rushed out of the front
door of the wash house and took ref
uge in a butcher shop near by. When
asked what had happened he exclaim-
ed, "Whoopee up, hellee, all same Mel
lean nan when he gettee dunk"
With some assistance, having in the
meantime shown his bleeding ear. he
rushed back to the wash house, but his
venerable relative had gone with his
severed cue. The one who had been a
witness to the transaction was gone
also, but soon returned. 1t subse-
quently transferred that the old fellow
as he expressed it himself had taken a
a "skippee." The fellow who was a
witness to the whole transaction with
Sing Hung was arrested for the
''whoopee up, hellee" affair, but with
the result already stated.