, 1890-09-16
NOVEL DEATH FIGHTS.
SOME QUEER WESTERN METHODS
OF SETTLING DISPUTES.


ling in a Gulsh FILLED ~..h RattIssnaks.
Fatal LArfat Throwing.
The RATA duel is not a new thing OF
the Mexican frontier. Indeed. there il
hardly a big cattle range anywhere thai
has not its stories Of hard fights with tn,
lasso. Such d1els are bound TO be fierce
But so skllful and quick do these rope
throwers become that such n duel not
unfrequently lasts for hours.
Probably the best remembered fight OF
this sort wa that between a Texan,
known rs Kid Long, and a little Mexi-
can who IVA only spoken of as "GabilanT
-hawk-on the great Lievre range. They
circled around each other, lodging the
rapid throws from 10 in the morning
until after sunset. When the horses had
almost given out the Texan threw at his
adversary. who threw back sc that his
moose passed right over the other mans
lAsso and hand and caught him fair
around the neck and under the armpit.
In almost no time Kid was out of his
saddle and being dragged over the ground
at a rate that knocked the life out Of him
before he had gone a hundred yards.
The west, during its wild and woody
days, and the Mexican frontier nave hal
many remarkable duels.
KIM OF TIL CANT
That between Farmer" Peel and a
soldier, near one of the forts in Utah. is
among the classics of the field Of honor
or what has answered for that in the
COW towns and mining camp. The
weapons were rifles, r~evolvers and bowie
knives. The men principals were placed
on opposite sides of "A hiiiock, around
which ran n road, and started to meet.
The curve of the hill prevented their see
ing one another until they were within
n hundred yards. As soon as they saw
n another both fired. Though part Of
the rim of Peel's hat was cat off, and
the soldiers sleeve was pierced, neither
was hurt. Then they pulled their PTS
tolls n advanced, firing. Both dropped
badly wounded when less than twenty
yards separated them. They lay there
squirming and shooting until both had
emptied their weapons. Peel was des-
perately hurt and his adversary had one
ball through the stomach ana several
Others distributed all over his anatomy.
When they could shoot no more they
lay for n short time swearing. Then
ANNlt WIN WIS % udulN nuTI lniE ne
could not advance even on his bands and
knees, began to wriggletoward the fallen
soldier. He pulled himself along with
his elbows, and with his one uninjured
hand finished the soldier with his bowie
knife.
Farmer Peel already had the biggest
private graveyard of any man in the
vicinity. This encounter spread his
fame all over the coast, and when he
went over to Nevada he received every
where the homage of lesser lights.
DuELINd IN coMsTocK MISE.
They have lots Of deadly encounters
up there ON the Comstock. There was
n n number Of years ago fought over
half a mile under ground. According to
the evidence given at the inquest by tho
survivor, the two miners were working
alone in a drift. They were rivals over
the affections Of a woman, and in a quar-,
rel n made a drive at the other with
his candlestick. a miners candlestick
consists of a metal socket attached 10 a
sharp steel spike, so that it can be stuck
in the face Of t&eaFiftanywhere The
s~eSaSazniner defended himself with his
candlestick, and there, thousands of feet
under the ground, they wrestled and
stabbed until ones life was gone. As
they did not come up when they should
nave gone of shift others went down in
search of them. They found one dead
and the other unconscious through loss
of blood. The jury. of course. had To
take the survivors story of the affair.
and he wa acquitted.
A strange duel was fought in a sparsely
settled part Of Sonora, Mexico, about
fifteen years ago. Capt. V%illenueva and
n lieutenant of a battery of light artil-
lery belonging to one of tho posts had
some trouble about who was the best
shot with the nountair howitzers.
They guzrrelof aud agrsen 20 settle it
with Tho howit7gs Et 50S yards. Tney
took % nor assistant gun
ners, BINS us,m tue top of small hillocks
they fr-4 e 'osive shells at one an.
o.ner. The captain was wounded by u
fragment OF a shell. but they fred ten
shots before either was disabled, though
each was covered with dust. Finally
the captain landed a shell fairly under
his adversary's gun and the explosion so
mangled the lieutenant that he died be-
fore they could remove him to the post,
An APACHE SNAKE FIGHT.
A little blind canyo in the Sierra
Madre used to furnish the Apaches with
the means Of formally settling tseir dis
putes- This gulch is fairly alive with
r-attlesrakes. When two bucks had a
quarrel that they did not wish to settle
of hand they repaired to this galley.
and while the remainder Of the tribe
stood around and watched from the
hills on either side the combatants went
together to where the serpents were
thickest. There stark naked and weap-
onless they would wrestle, This would
wake up every RATHER in the glen. The
aim of each wa to force the other on to
the angry snakes. 1t was not unusual
for both to be bitten while they strug-
gled and rolled around among the rocks.
Each was bound to remain and wrestle
as long as his adversary had life or
strength enough to struggle With him.
A most remarkable duel was Tough; at
Las Carnitas, n. NJ, mHny years ago.
An under sized stranger came to the
town and picked a quarrel with Hand
some Harry, =" a gambler renowned rs Il
dead shot. They got ont into the rurd
and both fell mortally wounded 1t was
discovered that the stranger was a WON
IN. and though she never spoke after
she fell the story became known that
she was a sister Of II girl whom Hand
some Harry" had wrunged years before.
San Francisco Etrpmirsr.
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.
Mrs. John Curtis of Peoria. H.. writes:
used one box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
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