New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-26
there is such an element, it is high time that
it asserted itself.
SELEPRUTECTfON 1T BIG HAT.

From a dispatch in q far Western exchange VIZ
learn OF recent novel occurrence ut an interest
| ing town named Big Hat, in Arizona. Big Hat
is not, apparently, OF those places which tries
| TO ape the effete ways Of the Fast. 1t Is not b
| place. we gather where the better hotels require
guest TO take of his spurs before he goee TO bed
Some latitude with respect to personal rights IL,
we fancy allowed by public opinion Mt Big Hat.
The dispatch in question: at least leads us to nfer
these things. 1t seems that two OF our proml-
| nent citizens had misunderstanding which
led to "rather snifty personal encounter on the
street yesterday To this point it might have
happened az far in the conservative East as Neil
tucky, since personal encounters on the street
which suspect are quite snifty take place there
with q GOOD deal of regularity. But the feature
which removes it far from Kentucky Is to come.
J Pulling their weapons, each principal seized
Chinaman by the pigtail, got behind him and,
holding him securely in position. blazed away.
dozen shots were exchanged, but neither COM
Blatant was injured.
This ends the Dispatch and though it covers
the ground so far a. the combatants concerncd,
it occurs to u.s. as it may TO some other people 10
inonire about the condition of the leadng hoh-
combatants at the close of hostit;cs. what OF
the Chin1men who were hell securely IN posi-
tion?- Perhaps il is intended that we shall I'M
derstand that they too escaped uninJured: W.
trust So But at this distance the incident u
chiefly valuable for the interesting glimpse OF HE
in Big Hat which il gives. We are CURIOUS u
know IL Cinnamon are 50 numerous on III" orN'''
of Biz Hat as always to ba within reach III case
friend or acquaintance suddenly begins hrlng al
one And 10 the Cinnamon fall in readily WIN
the local custom? The dcplorahle SITUATION OF a
large man unfortunate as to get holi OF SINH
Chnaman is apparent even at TINS dls'ahc'' !" :"
contest Of this kind in country where every 'N',
il GOOD shot. everything must drpnnd on t'ie o''
Gcation. An inviting field Of inquiry and expert
mept IL bintol nj in regard 10 the possible uS' OF
this STYLE of defence in war An army provided
with Celestial bullet proofs might be iorp' oioe
sort Of thing But we fancy that 'hIn imei
would not take to the idea on large scale H. IN
deed they grow enthusiastic over II on any SHIT
Perhaps in the dispatch there Is clew 10 'i''r
Wow. ON the subject II seems that'it was recess
sary 70 hold them securely in position, '"o"s"'
an IN, other hand. it is possible that these were
newly arrived Cinnamon not yet 1aEiliihr WIN
Pic Hat customs. They may have thought me
,rominnnt citizens meant something P'f'ohai
whcrras nothing was further from their minds
Nav there not, perhaps be a clew TO the seeming
Iv saucuinary character OF ths Arizona town IN
;,s napao Rio Hat has an ominous sound May
il nor be- settled after ALL by misant,lrop'S from
,he East who have been victims of tn" theatr
lilo hat , Here they may have formed SORT OF
colo,v named their town after the common ours"
which brought them low, and now ar" "n9igei III
irwin, 70 kill one another of. This vew W. AT
nit doesn't look very reasonable, nut II seems ~
If something OF the kind were necessary to account
for the peculiar state OF AFFAIRS winch see"'s u
exist there.