The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-25
THE DAYS DoINGs.
Poor Outlook for the Sure.
Thing Men and Thieves,
TIMELY WARNINGS
ialk About the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Watch Proposed Between Two
Known Athletes.

Ever since the grand wrestling tourna.
ment, which wa conducted under the di.
rectlon OF the proprietors of the Milwar.
kee beer hall, was brought to a close. A
large portion OF Butte's citizens have beer
af1lcted with what is called in sporting cir.
cles "Wrestlemania." This disease has
been assisted in it's ravages very materially
by the arrival in this city of Tom Cannon,
the famous Yorkshire wrestler. People can
talk as they please, about the brutality Of
the ring. but there is nothing that pleases
the average mountain town business man
or iaborer more than witnessing a good,
square prize fight, or a wrestling match. A
good many persons endeavOr to show a
contempt for such exhibitions and pretend
to look upon them, and the persons inter
ested with ridicule n scOrn, but when the
affair comes oil, everybody goes to see it,
and those who amt attend catch hold oil
the morning paper, in an eager n in
order to read the full account OF the affair.
This principle Of real life was illustrated in
a Main street store yesterday morning.
Three persons were present and the follow
ing conversation tool place.: o.
A.. 81 am getting very sick OF the way
the newspapers fill their columns with
stories of wrestlers and the like"
B. Yes, this morbid desire for such
things is perfectly disgusting"
d. "By the way, there goes Tom Cannon
up the street."
Both A. and B. excitedly shout, "where,"
and rush into the street to gaze on the
great catch as-catch-can campion.
This craze in the wrestling direction has
reached all classes of people. If one enters
n barber shop, and seats himself in a chair,
it often happens that the tonsorial artist,
after filling his customers mouth with soap,
will in a vicious manner grab a razor and
hiss in the ear OF the sufferer. "Catch-as-
catch-can or Cornish STYLE" A dry goods
store is visited by a worthy woman,
who modestly requests that soroe gingham
be shown her. and she is startled by the in
quiry from the lovely saleswoman: "Greco-
Roman, OR side-hold." A hungry traveller
visits a restaurant, and is accosted by the
dudish waiter, who, in the grimest manner
possible, says: "Collar-and-elbow or Jap
anese?" And so it goes. In every walk OF
life we are met by evidences. Of this same
craze until it looks as if onr bankers are
taken for time-keepers, and the knights OF
the quill are mistaken for a common
referee. This disease has even found it's
way into the sacred precincts OF the sanct-
uary. 1t is said that on last Sunday a
Butte City minister, after his sermon had
beeen delivered. startled his hearers by
shouting out: 1.-The stickler will please take
up the collection
The next thing iu order will be for our
new Judges to decide points OF law, in con-
troversy between opposing counsel, by
ordering a ring made and commanding the
disciples OF Blackstone to doff their broad
cloth, don the wrestling jacket and wrestle
it out to a finish. 1t would be great fun to
see Lawyers Thompson, Campbell and City
Attorney Smith engaged in a catch-as-
catch-can encounter, with Judge French as
,,ofaran and NoccrS nuYfv and Walsh on
the outside OF the ring all dressed for a
tussle, Cornish style.
During the past twenty-four hours there
has been more wrestling talk INDUCED in
than can be lone in a lifetime. The respect
i've friends of Dick Thomas, the Lake Su-
perior champion, and "Sailor'' Martin,
the Centerville wonder, have been endeavor-
ing to arrange a match between these two
worthless. Whether or not they will be
successful remains to be seen. There is
talk of several other matches about to be
made, but the coming contest between
Cannon and Pascoe has put a quietus on
the ardor" Of many Of the parties con
cerned, and they are going to wait until the
great match between Cannon and PascOe is
decided before they to twist
their fellows all out of shape.
Since the above was written We have re-
ceived the following challenge for publica-
ton:
BUTTE Cry, NJ. T.. July %, 1885.
To Samuel Martini:
The undersigned hereby challenges Sam
Martin to a wrestling match, Cornish style.
two falls out of three, for $50 or 500 a
side. Man and money to be found at Har-
iris & Luckey's saloon, West Broadway.
JOSEPH LUCKEY.
Mr.. Luckey is a young man OF scarcely
20 years, and during the recent wrestling
tournament, conducted by Messrs, Rey-
nolds & Job, made a favorable showing.
He wrestled with Mr.. Martin at that time
and, much to the surprise OF his friends,
managed to evade a fall for some time:
MI. Martin is a ~well-known wrestler and
will, undoubtedly, accept Mr.. Luckey's
challenge.