Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-22

Ouc anu oun was tOlu TO say good
night" He left the car and Immediately
became q hero in the eyes of q large
number of friends who had seen him
defy the two great fighters. He will be
long known in Charlotte as the man
who scared them both almost to death
by his enormous size.
The other Charlotte curiosity Is the
solicitor Of the town who hit upon the
great cxpedient of arresting Corbett and
the entire party on the charge Of vlolat.
ing the blue laws of North Carolina in
proceeding through the streets Of the
town at a gait fnster than walk on
Sunday. This offence was committed
when the pugilist took two mile run
in front Of his carriage for the benefit OF
his health Another count in the in
dictment was to be that Corbett wick
eddy and knowingly punched bag as
aforesaid" and lot of other arrant
twaddle, In order to prosper the cause
OF righteousness the solicitor thought it
would be proper to hold Corbett so that
the hight might not come off. Some
people think that this would not be
sound morals, as II good end-if it were
does not justify fraudulent means.
| Pcculiarities noticed about Charlotte
| ny the Corbett party were that the
| policemen patrol their beats with sun
shades over their heads; that druggist
refused 10 sell visitor cigars on Sun.
day, though he was dispensing soda
water TO the thirsty; that guest ut the
hotel who ilippantly sent message 10
the clerk that be would like some ice
cold beer had II Bible sent up 10 him on
Il silver tray as a reminder that he must
not yearn for things tlcshly and that
hackmen charge about "a an hour.
Look out for that New Orleans water,
my boys don't drink any Of it,"
You bet | won't"
This was the injunction that was
| served on nearly every traveller toward
the great fighting ground. Alcohol, the
orders OF the day read, could alone kill
the. germs Of yellow and typhoid fever
lurking in the drinking fluids.
Como down into the barroom and
take another slap at those germs. TN
sure can feel lot creeping all through
me. Hayl Produce the whiskey, won't
you"
The "germ proof cocktail" was in
vented on special train. 1t is Man
haitian cocktail, with the exception of
one thing-it is fatal TO germs Of every
kind, and instead of being taken as a
| beverage il is used as medicine. of
course this use of it depends entirely
upon the good faith Of the user.
/
why didn't you go down to New
| Orleans on steamer" was asked of a
man who annoyed every one by his com
slant complaint that lie couldn't have q
| whole train 10 himself.
steamer" he replied, disgustedly.
II went in steamer to the Sullivan
| kiirain fight and she ran on u mud
bank, and | reached the scene Of festivi-
tics two days after all was over"
There was the usual percentage of
men who were bound to get lost some
where or other. Many of these were left
| at way stations and they could be seen
| piling out over the ties after the vanish
ing train, destined never to catch it.
| There were the men who hadn't re-
served any sleeping space and had u sit
| up all night and keep awake those who
had, and there were large armies that
had made no provision in the way of
| getting tickets TO see the fight. A
| drunken man boarded train al Wash
ington bound for New Orleans. Another
man went up to him and said: "See
here, my friend, you're in the wrong
train. You go to New Orleans by waV
| of Philadelphia" and the drunkard
chased out Of the car and was irreYoc-
ably left.
New Orleans became Il city of bao
men several days before the fight. "Batr
Mgsterson was the first of the despera.
does to arrive. They were nearly all
mild hammered chaps, quietly dressed,
who looked as if they would walk a
mile to avoid the possibility of such a
thing as a fight. There were pistols
enough at the three great meetings to
supply an army and a sufficient number
Of cartridges to equip Pinkcrton man.
of-war for service on the Monongahela
river. The bad men were all exces,
Slvely polite and they required large
slabs of politeness from other people.
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With his face looking very much like n
potato that has been banged against tho
wall "Steve" Brodie haunted the St,
Charles Hotel doing ain immense amount
of "blowing." He told the New
Orleans reporters Of the many thousands
of dollars he had up on the fight
between Sullivan and Corbett. He con
WINGED them that his dive on the
Bowery is the leading hotel in New
York. have pretty reliable informa.
bic information that "Steve" really had
some money up on the fight. He iished
out a two dollar bill, and after some
| oil Int N
under the hotel and placed it on Sulli-
After making it he staggered into
Sullivans room and said, "Pve just put
up another thousand on you, john"
Sullivan looked at him savagely, with
a display Of "that tired feeling" and
simply replied:--
"You're id liar, Steve"
A New Orleans citizen told me O
story related at political meeting at
tho expense of the Farmers Alliance
party. The orator described how an
old colored woman was walking
through the streets of her village and a
small boy went up to her and inquired
where she was going. As it happened,
she was wandering aimlessly about
without any fixed destination, but she
didn't want to say so, and she replied:
Use a'gwine where Use a.gwine; that's
where Use a-gwine, honey" The orator
said that this answer was about what
the Farmers Alliance people would give
il they told all they know of their plans.
lie applied it to the loser of the Sulli-
van-Corbett match.
Alex 5. Thweatt, the New York pas
senger agent Of the Richmond dc Dan.