Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-18

cresk. Lumber VIA him xIn-.
and the a dtsas. bringing 12Ss cent. uiiei ths
Eyerybodv eo lumber 10 cents per loot
scarcs mad money, but per loot.
was via, the reaction eatns Vac
;.iettr NJ I T placer ground hs,,. which
IL s;iv.1 VT; hady was heavily ;Ueean to
s oivef Bow, and as a r:.,, Interested
o1ced TO succumb to the insv;t saIt he sas
ane !u1ee can tell some verv aons
~ early days in Montana, s9m sood stories
border on the lndiclous. W Ems Of which
Ills office q few days ago ha nne seatedin
ABOUT two OF the old.timers A. STATED one
y. u. Darwin was one OF these o1ysr Bow.
Darwin keptra store. in one ma 1id.tinss.
vas Ihe postoffice, also pres;Jass OF which
Mr.. Darwin when he was in conS s;a over By
SO. he was a periodical dronS%lon 10 do
when tull OF whisky was inoExAaArd, and
mean. lG was a common thin. ned to b.
e in this condition, to noLa lor hin,
OF Celts 45 in the face OF q ns,s sne mozsls
Tor mail because that person .so1 calling
vertantly remark th.t he onoht oald mad.
letter from home. To the snrn.;. . oavsa
LED q charmed life, and, 90 far es seGi all be
did not die with his boots M Know,
a decided penchant for torman LAWN had
peculiar border style one "Poo. q J In hs
who, before coming to Monton. prarnsy,"
connected with Dan R;ce;, had been
Barney always tried to 49,, circus.
because he was afraid Of ~" him
On day Darwin loaded himself k0lHsd.
eye whisky, manufactured in y asfcs-
only at that time, buckled on b;s IIontans
o. I'VE gums and started out aita. Tattery
The two men met in the midJio barney.
street, and in less than five seconJ. Vi the
after Barney was looking down ths ensre.
III Darwin's guns. Barney took.tbo % mzles
~. coolly az possible under tbo matter
stances, and when Darwin saw SS,reun'
sight OF the artillery didn't lin Iast ns
laid them on the ground and oYaaI' DO
fight IN a go-as-you.please wav, TO
was all aid OF the guns, hovevsr barney
elm d the invitation. "nu DE-
An hour or two later the two
net IN q saloon, and Barney, thinking tSas
he would make O reputation for 3 'nst
walked up to Darwin and said . I aISeiI,
here, Mr.. Darwin, you've been CROWN, Ivy. LUZ
iong enough. You've insulted me nntsI
orDearance c. asses to be a virtue. Opiu !
little whlie ago you tackled me ont in h.
sGreet when L was sick and emaeiat.S
o'AS0 oh0o biWC uhN0 Doen to nv noLt
n eaten q mess Of t~urnips, and I am non
prepared to fight you at two, five ., ~"
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thumper from Thumpville, and DOM "a .
forget it," Then Barney Commences ou
dance around Darwin in a manner tbst " 70
tokened i'll to the latter, and he was Wv
mediately captured by the onlooksrs - =
Darwin was drunk. ~
In those days vegetables in this mart =,
Montana were scarce, and fortunate IN
iced, was the man who could oct Az
a month. A day or two before Paa
ney and Darwin had the last tronhIa
wagon load of turnips had arrived no.
The Bitter Root valley, and it was a mssa
Of these turnips that had given "Poor Ra.'
aey" courage to tackle Darwin.
Judge Eddy is nov a justice OF the nsooo
n and for Silver Bow county, he bav;Uo
been elected by the Democrats Oct =
1889, and d 'als out justice in a fair and
IMPARTIAL to all who are pnior.
innate enough to become entanglsd in ths
neshes OF such conduct as bee omes onlv
lorse-thi-f and a slugger.