Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-02-02
A YANKTON YARN.
How it Happens that Becker County
will Not be Organized.

will Not be Organized.
The Yankton correspondent of the
Grand Forks Herald tells the following
story OF the downfall of masher at the
capital:
The nearest approach 10 a job is the
proposed creation of Becker county,
whicl now is an object of derislon among
the members and a subject of jokes by
the local papers. The yet unborn county
is here represented by Judge Becker,
whose appearance has had a damaging ef-
feet on his project. He is an ambitious
young man ofsome size and is built Of q
style of architecture which is best repre-
seDted by a country school teacher on a
holiday. He sports the only plug hat IN
this corner of the territory, sails around
with bowsprit of a chin IN the air and
is on the mash bigger than Fourth OF
July procession. Had hestayed al home
his bill would doubtless have passed, but
IFS good night" with the measure, anu
all OF account uf the spectacular eXh,bi-
tion lac has been making ot himself. The
",ber evening he followed several re-
spectacle ladies. They took refuge in a
stairway until they managed 10 ma e
known their distress TO gen,leman friend.
As Becker was quite husky he was moi
attacked, but the ladies' were safely es-
corted home. This circumstance coming
IT, the ears of 4 number Of sports, they put
up II job ON the amorous young man.
John D. Cameron, Of scrip fame, who Is
snjourning here, wrote him letter pur.
porting t. come from 4 youn lady ofhigh
and noble birth, who had seen the 7erdant
ln,hario on the street and had become
victim 10 his manly beauty, ETC., etc, ad
intini,um, al nauseum. Becker Bit.
He had been racing around the whole
week after some such pick up. The let
Ter named an appointment. Becker Was
there a: The nominated time. by large
majority-plug hat, high-heeled "fine
boots,' hand-me-aown clothes and all.
Tile ~ ung lady" who had been em-
ployed for the occas on from a cunven-
lent house Of unsavory reputation, sailed
past tn, appointed Rendezvous, smiled on
ii,c shiverlny Don Juan in his prehistoric
plug hat. whereat he Immediately caught
Oh. She sleered him into her place of
business, with many modest bushes and
apparent Ii ar'-hu'terings. Kevs had
been removed fir, m the room which they
occupied, and at critical moment the
"outraged brother tore into the room iii
a furious rage, with derringer in each
boot leg and knife down his back. He
s,nrmcd and fumed aud 'swore, reproach-
ing his 'sister' for intidelity to her hus-
band who was over in Nebraska buying
ca1lle, and asserted that the news Of the
affair would Kill their old father, who was
on bed of sickness. The ''sister' burst
into tears, real genuine tears, and sobbed
out tha, she had f,rted with her ON the
street." At this, the bloodthirsty brother
drew his gun on Becker, who threw up
his hands and begged to settle at any
cost. He sniveled and cried so hard that
he was finally let off by turning over all
the money he had, amounting t. ten dol
lars. On being releas, d, he shot out Of
The house as from gun, aud went 10 his
hoiel. In few moments, alter gang of
about fifty conspirators had collected at
| tl,e hOlel bar. he vas waited ON by Il dele
gaze, wl1t) informed hum that the boys
wan1ed to see b'm down STARS. He went
aud was greeted with yell, and was III
formed Of ,Ae hoax for the first time.
Accounts wefe liquida'ed. This hap
peued this at:ern on. Becker leaves tor
home on the first train He is judge of
pr bate Of Dickey county, and lives at
Elendale. He was admitted to practice
in the supreme court to-day, but his bill
to name county after him, is cold,
stiff corpus.