The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-28

| WIN AtVDIUSy 0euSEdA JOuO (ltZ
gibbOn, the terms were that the \
ties might discharge their weapons
at will. and t:urran. who was quick
and active, got in the first fire, while
F,'zgibbon drew q most delihe!ase
aim, hut missed, at which Curran
eAclaimed: lit was not your fault,
MIR Attorney. who was surpassed to
SEE his antagonist still unhurt) for
you were deliberate enough" Some
line ago the New York Sun, in an
article Oh Irish duels. referred to
Curran's affair with Major Hobart,
which took place in 1870. Curran,
Icing affronted by q man named
iffOrd, declared be would submit to
| the greatest deprivation that could
hefail any man. and do without any
| fighting all his lite, rather than fight
such 4 fellow, but as the man was .
revenue officer. Curran maintained
that Major Hobart should disnl iss
him for impertinence or fight IN his
! stead. The Secretary demurred, tut
as Curran insisted, he referred the
matter to Lord Curhampton, the
con,mander-in chief, who decided
thus; "A Secretary Of State fighting
tor an exciseMan would be rather q
bad precedent, but q major in the
Kings service is pugnaclous by pro-
fesslcn, and must fight anybody who
asks him."
During the Revolutionary wal a
young captain of artillery became
aggrieved at scme expression OF Gen.
AFFAIR. and sent the veteran a chal-
lenge, who retuJ ned thesame without
comment. The American "Hotspur"
then wrote to Adalr that if he did
not give him satisfaction he would
disseminate the information through
the army that Gen. Adair was a
coward. The General replied that if
he did what he had threatened to do,
10 one would believe him; but that
he would be 10. ked upon as a liar or
a ~]unatIc, or perhaps both. J'be
belligerent young shoulder = straps
reflected, a. d saved himself, proba-
bly,, further shame.
some years ago Mr.. Lewis, N. c.,
from Virginia, and Gen. Thomas H.
Cushing fought a due. with pistols,
and the ball from MI. Lewis weapon
hit Mr.. Cushing's watch. The diff.
ferences BETWEEN the two gentlemen
were then amicably settled, and Mr..
Lewis, steppi g up to Gushing, said:
II congratulate you, General, on
having q watch which will keep time
from eternity"
BEACONsFIELD MADE RIDICULOUS.
The great D~'israeli once made HIM
self the laughing stock OF England bv
Morgan O'Donnell, son
of Daniel O'Donnell, for words
uttered by the latter in the House of
as follows; II cannot dts
vest myself of the belief that, if this
geneaI0gy were traced, it
would he found that he is the lineal
and heIr-at-law of the
thief. who atoned FIR his
crimes upon the cross" Still, the
name OF Benjamin Disraeli is to-day
me of the most brilliant and proml-
lent iu British history,
In England, in 1890, Iwo physi-
named Mead and Woodward,
net IN deadly combat with swords,
md after a while Woodward, while
to make a deadly lunge,
and fell. Mead at nee mad
lis antagonist III his power, and ex-
damned: Take your life-I not want
To which the FRUSTRATED Woods
ward replied: "I'll take anything but
our medicine Il can't take that"
After Johb Byrne was wounded, in
Ireland, by Lord Mountgarret, some
riend asked him how he felt when
he bullet struck him, aud he replied:
1 felt just as if 1 had been punched
" the mainmast of q man-uf-War."
5ynre was attorney for the crown in
rtlahd at the time of his duel with
dountgarret. When Francis Hey
hutchinson, collector of customs At
Iceland, fought and badly
Lord Mountmorris, he
up to where his PROSTATE foe
Vas lying and congratulated him
pom being no more seriously hur5
han he seemed, and the two shook
ands aud then conversed with each
Their f r some time.
In 1851, during an election on
rice Edwards Island, the Hon.
Palmer called the Hon. Geo.
'oIes a coward for declining to receive
challenge from a servant. "I'L
how you I'm no coward, even if 1
i'd decline to accept a cartel by the
and of a mental in his shirt sleeves,
[ now make good my word by
hallenglng you, sir" "And 1 ac-
replied Palmer. The next day !
1e duel took place, and Palmer fired =
'ithOut effect, while Coles threw his
;stol hign in the air, exclaiming; II ,
ID just coward enough and just =
Tristan enough, Palmer, to decline .
shoot a man, even after he has
led his best to dispatch me. l am
if you are." II am perfectly
sir, that you are a man of
and honor" responded Pal
and the two departed arm in
III, and shortly afterward dined to- s
-ther, and then returned to their
ONES filled with Affection for each S
her, or filied with Mumm-proba-
xOOdlV portions Of hOth-