New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-04

and other treasure from the upper camps. THIS OF
course called forth spirited discussion as 10 inc
ability OF these particular guards, which was h''iiS
summed up by "Hcn-hawlT Smith, Of the flying y
ranch. with the remark that they want inc SUN
enough shotgun guards that they were cracked up
20 be.p Give mo- said Hen hawk, as he waved DIS
hand toward the horizon, give me one OF them t"o-
pipe scatter guns and forty four, ana you uc' 'nc
road agents win have 10 waiblc low when come
alongs The sentiment loudly approved o. anu
the wellsrareo Express Company strongly eon-
dcmned for not employing him.
Besides the throngs of stockncn and miners. there
were q great number Of frcghters, ana many Oh hcso
arrived during the day started out each WIN Ms
long train of wagons htched behind the other ana
drawn by half . dozen or more teams OF mules OF
horses or yoke OF oxen. Just before dark Ola Man
Henderson started out with his monster team OF eleven
woke twenty-five oxen, and five great White-'oppea
freight wagons. with wheels as hleh as man aod
tires five inches in width Tho old man had ioaa
fop sundance. wyoming Territory and pr1ded hifnse
ON benr able TO handle HIS alone rs well as
most men did outfits of half the size Trains con-
sisting of a number of separate outfits came ana went
The great Parrot traIn Of fourteen teams, each Of
ten mules and either three or four wagons, making
40 mules about fifty wagons, fourteen
men and two boys 10 round up the
| stock in the morning, came In from Lead
CITY, winding along almost mile in length The North
western Transportation Company started long train
| for Carbonate Camp and the Ruby Basin district
number of wagons arrived loaded with oasc metai'
great bars Of silver and lead from the Iron Hill m'ne
| A great iron shaft reaching across three wagons
and drawn by twelve mules passed through Tor Lead
| CITY to be used In some Of the gold stamp Mills VI
tn IIomcstake Company at that place.
u was a picturesque and cosmopolitan crowd "n'on
surecd I'D and down the streets and In ana OUT VI
the saloons The evcrprcscnt COWBOY pseoomiha'ou'
with French hceled boots and silver spurs, cather
xrda
hclt perhsps bright colored shirt, very likely
ray handkerchief about HIS neck and certainly
broad trimmed felt or buckskn hat With eathcr
h.nd around II and silver buclc There was sprink
ling OF placer miners most Of them with req or DUO
h,r.s nearly all gray and grizzed not few of them
veterans of California in the earliest eoueAol'eno"
DAYS There were few Mexicans, dark ana not aS
r,,Io nartcuarly inviting IN looks each with as nuch
~ dsnlav OF color in his dress az his means wouIu
| allow OF Cinnamon there were plenty, D'' 'hcs
kept for the part in their lsunor1cs a' NoiA'
| American electips had no charms for them' inoio
urre n dozen hiue-unforrncd soldiers waiting 10 TAKE
the stage for Fort Meade in the morning ana ouhghs
| about Freichtcrs dusty and usually decidedly uh
raehed were all around, dressed In any way IL nap
pcned There was a small party OF more or less opulcu
mine owners or spectators in front OF me leauihs
hotel also waiting for the stage, ana wearing SIN mas
and heavy gold watch chains. few hasmly u'''s''
gamblers we're visible in the afternoon waiting lor
| ,rh+ ur,.n hnsiness would be more brisk In 'h'lr
| Inc The Indian did not fail TO be represented >
| fhere was score of specimens OF Nun
| IN from the reservation, "earlnS us
head worked moccssins and brighter porcupi''
! Quill decorated bucksIin hunting shirts Men "crs
riding about with jnglng spurs and rafting rem anu
! 80. I.,rs and several pony races arranged on
hc hack streets The Sheriff Of Lawrence Count! h"A
come in on the last stage from Deadwood WIN wv
prsoners shackled and handcufed and chsihcu 'o
rether that he was conveying to the Terro1h pci'r
Tertiary at Sioux Falls. They had been sentenced iUr
p,ansl,uchter The sheriff allowed them 10 "aiA
ho, tho sreets for exercise only embarrassing them
nv kccnnc a few feet behind with shotgun: IL was
nronosed TO let them vote but Ii was found thai ORC
was Democrat and the other Republican, So a.
there would BE gain for either party me pan was
abandoned Judge Jake Rublce tried 10 VIII oFcI
the one opposed to him by giving him cigar ana
urh+,rc q for him the proposed voters hands being
somewhat encountered with the irons but the judge
WAS not successful and said he would not allow thei
! 10 make an affidavit anyhow.
II was the generally received opinion during the
day that Joe. Reynolds should be allowed to vote
hair dozen times He was an old hunter. and also
had a little ranch twenty miles west He had ar
rived in town the night before with the largest bear
ever killed in the hills 1t was 8 cinnamon, or silver
tip and as large grizzly. Indeed, The Eastern
hunter who Is fortunate as to Kill one irNaraoS
boasts during the rest of his life OF having slain
grizzly The grizzly old hunters say, is never found
bv his monster tracks had been carrying of hogs and
calves p the ncghb Jrh0od for three years lie had
killed one man a year before who had shot at him.
lie killed the man with one stroke OF his paw Key
nods shot him once, with no effect The bear rose
up and charged him. and only better shot saved hin
from the other mans fate. The carcass was brought
10 town I'm a wagon the scat being removed to MAXI
room for his heal and as IT lay its back a great
paw extended out over each wheel The proposition
10 vote the bear was frowned down; 1t was pointed
out that he dead
AS the hour for closing drew the crowd around
the polls grew larger, and denser. and noiser
last they closed. as 1t growing dark Five min
, utes later little redeycd man came hurriedly out o
the Health Officer saloon. and announced In as louc
a voice he could command that he had not voted
Instantly large, tall mamie must have been SIX Zee
four a. leasttook # Ip and began abuse the cleo
ton officers for not letting the small man vote IL
said the little fellow HIS friend. and entitled u
0 vote ss much as ten feet high. He got th
1 small firmly by the collar, and started through
? the surgng. yelling crowd for the voting place H
said he would show them that they couldn't dSfran
elise a friend Of his II be small This friend wa
| no "Ingln" nor Chinaman, and going 10 vote !
the big had 10 eat few judges of election Ill
usual diet was snakes but he wasn't afraid 10 tr'
| election clerks. When he got TO them polls thos
Judges would begin fly high. All this time he wa
dragging the little man, and the crowd was yeilih
and applauding the big mans action as being emil
ncntly fair and proper. If mans vote was going &
be rejected simply on account OF III
SIZE It was time there reform. Sew
cral other little announced that so far as the
could remember they had not voted either, whic
was probably true, memories were becoming DC
fective. The large reached the polling plac
at last with the small man still In tow. Here b
launched into an abuse Of the election officers ina
was cyclonic In its proportions. lie had caught then
in Iow-down trick, which he was going TO revenge
They had refused let his friend vote for no othe
reason except that he small and they coul
intimidate him. But there was somebody the
couldn't buldozc. II they didn't open the windo'
{ and let his friend vote, he would jump through
and drag the small man after him. II they didn