Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19
CURIOUS MISTAKE IN IDAHO.
The Controversy That is Disturbing the
Quiet of Big Grasshopper.

From the New York Tribune.
The tribune, few days ago, spoke of pecu-
liar little incident Of the Fourth Of July cele-
bration at South Troy, Me. Vow comes the ac-
count of an accident, or rather of a misunder-
standing, somewhat out of the ordinary line, at
the quiet little village of Big Grasshopper, in
the new state of Idaho. We shall attempt to
lay a condensed but impartial account of the
case before the readers OF the Tribune as
gathered from the columns OF the two local
newspapers.
About IL o'clock on the morning of july
Henry Mosher, better known as "Big Hank"
foreman of the Flying A ranch. on the No
Water creek, was back of Jim butchers livery
stable with number of friends watching a
hight between Pete Mccoy. bar keeper at the
Last Chance saloon. and Steve Eames an en-
terprlslng young man who has not done any
work since the spring of 1884, at which time he
helped lynch Doc. Middleton, the weli-known
nocturnal horse dealer. There no quarrel
between these two worthy citizens of Big
Grasshopper. so far We can learnt was
simply a friendly little fight to see which was
the better man in the pugilistic line a prize of
a silver-mounted six-shooter having been
offered by II. L. tombstone, the oity marshal
Mr.. Henry Mosher, as we have
said, was watching this fight He
was also making deprecatory remarks about
that the combatants were fighting for the sill
yer-mounted pistol alone and not for blood.
III preferred fight for blood However, they
all agreed that il was great deal better than
no fight at ALL and decided to stay and see il
ont just at this point tremend ous noise was
heard, which seemed to proceed from a clump
of pines $50 yards distant on the outskirts Of
town. supposed great and important truth
instantly dawned on every man. There" ex-
claimed Mr.. Henry Mosher, there is a gen.
Ak e..
overF Mr.. Mosher and friends accordingly
started for the grove on a fast run, leaving
Messrs. Mccoy and Eames still INDUCING in
their artificial hostilities
Before proceeding further we should inform
tho reader of certain facts essential to a right
understanding Of the trouble which followed
The committee on speaking had arranged for
an Grafton in the grove at IL AIN. by the Hon.
Arson Fancher, member of the legislature
from the twenty-fourth district. The noise
which Mr.. Henry Mosher and friends not un-
naturally mistook for a fight for blood was
nothing but the Hon. Arson Francher dislocat-
ing the British lions tail. Just az Mosher came
up the honorable gentleman had, If we NAV
continue the figure, succeeded in wrenching
this tail from its natural position, and was en-
gagged In belaboring the remainder of the poor
beast with the bushy end Of it. Henry Mosher
and friends instantly saw that they had been
basely deceived. What they had taken for a
live fight was only uninterestiug public
speaking. Mosher and friends spoke out,
and expressed their opinion of the
whole fraudulent affair from beginning to
end. The crowd resented ii, and a general
fight followed. The Hon. Arson Fancher got
down off the platform and engaged Mr. Henry
Mosher of No Water creek, personally Alasl
1t were better that he had confined his attacks
to the British lion, formidable beast though he
be, for the honorable gentleman is still con-
fined to his house from the effects of the arcu-
ments employed by the able foreman of the
FLYING ranch. Thirty minutes after the
trouble was over III. l.. tombstone, the efficient
city marshal, arrived on the scene and picked
up two revolyers, one pair of brass knuckles,
one copy of the Declaration Of Independence
three slung-sbots, one American flag, twenty
four empty TASKS and four pages of MIR. |
Fanchers notes, all Of which he retained for
evidence.
Interviews with leading citizens on the |
trouble are published in the Big Grasshopper |
papers, from which we have drawn our facts. /
The cooler judgment of the people seems to /
sustain Mosher. As he himself points out in /
long interview, it was no way to treat people |
after inducing them to come to town and spend /
their money. He would be the last person to |
object to public speaking when il is put for
ward on its merits. There should have been
a sign on the outermost tree of the grove
reading, ''This is no fghtr' or "Ihis noise
amt nothing but Fourth of July CUFF" Then
if man had gone in he would have had no.
body but himself to blame. As il is, he does |
not consider that he has been squarely treated,
and unless the committee apologies he will |
transfer his custom to the rival town OF Cactus /
City. Thus matters stand at present, and we /
await with interest the arrival OF this weeks /
copies OF The ShosltOi.e County Graphic and |
The Big GrusshoDper CduiOpe TO see whether /
Or not the committee apologies.