Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-02-09
TIL NIw FIRM.
A View of the Angels Roost.

ihN ihiPNih- SiEh ''l9lf't., Nv
Roy d Co., attorney. al law. uiiic.
hours from 3p. IA. Ia IA. ni., adurn>
both the front and side doors of the
Board Of Trade rooms over the store
Of G.. W. Savage d sons. Al seeing
the sign tie JorR>AL man would
have passed il 10y. only giving men
ton Ia the fact that these distinguish
ed young m"n had stuck out their
single, but on "A close scrutiny al ia.
sign the scrihc'- ewes caught on Ia mo
reporters allowed" What means
this" Why are news al,cr men rx-
clude,l. L. this sign "a blind? What
j. going on Therein" were the ,eli.sug-
gcs,ing inquiries that flashed across
his niil,d aud ~ u piece Of news deter.
mined Ia Iaya visit To- thai office"
even al the nix of being lick LISTED.
He AT once started for the pl zee from
which ithe chances are, no wealthy
man relGrnetlI, arriving al the top al
the steps he net two gentlemen but
ton-holing each other and carrying on
"A conversation in inaudiblc WHISPERS.
This looked suspicious, hut the scribe
tarried not aud without Knocking
walked within the Spacious room.
There were two tables in the room,
one AN official looking one covered
with the conventional green cloth,"
and the other small table which
might do service in "a drawing room
or parlor The walls were here and
there olnani.nted with some Or Bier.
stadt's hest eiloils. but which no COLI
noisseur would ever have thought had
been done with u backing brush
much less with an artists. In two
places i'm the room were handsomely
Autographed placar,ls bearing the
inscription angels Roo.t." rules ! nd
reguIations--upon pcrusal the reporter
noted down the followlng-Mun-m is
the word: no ladies admitted; rink
talk don't 90: nor lad cigars: the
place for expectoratian is in the Vel.
lowstone: long stories must I've avoid
ed; wipe your feet; snuff not allowed
in this room; Isle sempre tyranni.:"
no snoring will lie tolerated; ''sleerrrs"
are everybody's property; all kicker,
will be suppressed And in large let
tiers reporters must he fred and
several other important rules. The
reporter had taken in the scene unob-
served aud then walked over to one Of
the tables where two gentlemen were
discussing the possibility of buying up
all the cattle In the Yellowstone val
ley and getting corner on beef. The
reporter passed On Ia the next table
where there were several groups; In
one they were conversing rs Ia the
best hair r,storer and what effect il
had an the brain. which could not he
| ~'tiit'i uuitSs "FblSt s-i'NNipui ''uhi
decide. The next crowd were arguing
the undulatory theory Of sound and
the next were discussing the rclativ,
meaning of luck and chance, which
they were handling without glove
and in n cleaver manner. In IA few
moments the "hok mark, IN regle'
arrived in costume. hearing u walter
upon which there WAS "A pitcher con
tanning "stope fence" which IL,
handed around TO nil the guests, not Il
single one refusing. On seeing III,
JOURNAL man he shouted "A reportcl
is in the house" whereupon nil head
were turned toward the unlucky mai
who at once made for the door The.
could find nothing 10 fire at him, M
even deck as they were In the ic,
box being cooled off, 20 they al
started In a body 10 give the new
man the bounce when he made goot
his escape bu, will pay them anoth,
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