Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-30
LEADvlLLE.
The Beauty and chIvaIry Of The
Net at Select Evening" Pary-AFsw LII.
tie Things Which interrupted the
Prompter-nesting Of the
Mining Engineer.
.AvERYINIeReSTiNG DUEL.

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AvERYINIeReSTiNG DUEL.
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sound of outlswry BY night and the beauty
and chivalry Of the cop we're there; the
police rushed away in atsrribls fright and
the ball went on with the utmost care.
All OF which refers 10 the big dance
which took place at the variety theatsr last
Sunday night after the show wa over.
The festivities were interrupted before day:
break BY one Of those oId.fashioned border
bravls which usually create such nd havoc
among the participants. II seems that
brace OF misguided gentlemen, named
Charcoal Joe" and strawberry Charley"
entered the hall with . pretty fair
load OF whisky on board. and insisted on
gliding through the may walts with two
OF Leadville's fairest daughters To this
rude proceeding the elite Of the camp very
properly objected, and, Is natural result,
hostilities Immediately began. "Strawber.
~ Charley" and Charcoal Joe" pulled out
their six. shooters and began to blaze away
In different directions in . very uncou.
cerned manner. II they expected thereby
to cause q general decentralization, they
were muchly mistaken. The dancing was
now at its height, and some difficult waltIes
were to be executed, and the master OF cer-
emonies was not to be discouraged by such
q uitiing interruption. The waltz OF death
-. - ~ Ao~p nm thu nYoOPa I'M ma and
the festivities continued. The fighting In.
creased, and many OF the guests were nov
in the melee, but high above the din and
uproar could be heard the stentorian voice
OF the prompter. "On with the dance!'
he exclaimed, with Byronic imPetuosity,
followed by swing 20 pardners' and
"allemand left, then steer TO the right
ladies and gentlemen, and keep clar' OF tho
bullets"
II was Q wild. weird scene.
The only way OF making an exit WAS
firmly barred. and cold beads Of sweat be.
gan to roll down my corrugated brow.
could do no more than TO remain IN un.
willing spectator while the bullets feW
thick and fast, and youth and beauty
chased the glowing hours with flying hoois.
Mining EaGtneers.
The American Society OF Mining Engi-
neers met here In convention last week.
and among other subjects that came up Was
the genesis OF the Leaaville carbonate
fields. Although the discussion Was car
ried on with closed doors, l managed from
q secure cogn OF vantage. TO CLEAN afeW
grains OF golden wisdom from the rich har'
vest Of thought. According to one speak.
er's idea "the carboniferous period was .
similitude to the glacier epoch which re-
suited in the asphy1ia Of the tellurian
planatides. and therefore gold and silver
bearing carbonates were discovered" This
viii be interesting information tofthe hard
working miner who spends twelve hours
every day delving into the bowels oi the
earth.
Another speaker, m eminent professor
BY the way, begged 10 differ with the pre-
ceding one, and proved peradventure that
a secondary alluvial action, and this In tnrn
became . tertiary segra,ion In itself,'
which Is highly important II true.
IL cropped out during the debate that
one OF the members had discovered an i'm
pOrtant geological formation some 200 fest
below the earth, TO which point he had
sunk q shaft, aud at that point met with .
sul5terranean cave which showed indispu.
tably that some person or persons unknown
were having access to It. There wsl ven
de fined stratum OF q dark colored. plisble
substance, WHICH resembled leather and
could be extracted in strips: In fact, II bore
a strong resemblance 10 modern boarding
house steak, and when boiled Was fair.
ly palatabie. Thus is smother dark and
mighty mystery cleared away. know nov
what has been the matter with the meat Of
my hash hsuse, and ! propose TO have the
genuin article after this. even u my land
lady has to get marked copy OF this paper.
A peculiar soapstone formation lay be-
Al =. Il nj 4. n nj
and wa1y texture, and, the speaker said,
could he masticated like the osdinary chew.
ing gum, which explains, at last, the con
tents OF numerous largo boxes which have
been shipped, at vavious times, " Nsssar
college st Poughkeepsie.
A Dsei.
That was very interesting duel that
took place Q few weeks ago, and - u
marked one Of the mOst brilliant events In
tb. society annals OF our city. II deserves .
notice from my pen. II 10 the old story.
Two " ung bloods, sons of rich mine own.
ers, got enraptured with the charms OF Q
fair siren on Capitol Hill, y and concluded
to cecide which was entitled 70 Q monsp'
oily oi her smiles by having recourns 70 the
ready revolver. Sill they should Be given
credit for going about Il IN businesslike
wsy. As II wss to be o strictly recherche
occssion, neat little cards Of invitation,
gotten up In the highest style OF the art.
Wfre printed and sent 10 the most Intimate
friends OF the duelists. The Invitations
read:
Compliments OF - and - with
invitations 10 elect shooting soiree, 4. ~,
March Is. Gents sre requested not 70
bring their guns along.
The girl, Madeline, by name, waa the
only daughter Of wealthy BONANZA king,
and. barring the fact that she hsd big fact,
was Q real sweet thing. for she wss hsirs.s
to at least 500. OO0-when the old man died.
Newspaper correspondents are, - . rule.
poverty stricken, bot then they always
have high hopes. The shooting match
came of ss per promi,e, and ] VS. selscssd
o. o second 70 one OF the principals. and
was on hand. Notwithstanding the warning
on the invitation cards, With . gstling gun
to see that there wss fsir play. After eK-
changing few shots both felt simnitsos'
ously, one expiring few MINUTES
afterwards. and the other. though no mos'
dillon on the 6eid Of honor. vsrious
remedies we're adopted 10 bring him 10. but
without avail. Fortunately he'd hsst
Of whisky In my coat tail pocket and pour.
ed little down the poor fellows throat
and held the mouth Of the 6ssk 20 bis poss.
This vas the infallible test Inside of
thirty seconds he wss on bis feet, asking,
in dszsd sort Of way. who KNOCKED him
down.
when the girl heard Of the unpleasant
| incident she drowned her sorroWs By msf-
rying red hesded stoker st tbs 60 woke.
and nov the surviving lover don't nn?0
xhstber 10 get himself kicked 70 dsesb ~
. Jsckns or kindly ask bis friends 70 sse9
| him to the Missouri J<gtslstufs.
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