Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-04-22

an Arab exhibit at the bridewell he
fore the fair is over said one OF the
Columbian guards as he came out of
the Midway plaisance to-day dragging
lank Arab and man from tho
nellespont behind him
The A-abs are the most quarrelsome
set of beggars in the Midway plais-
ance. With their dirty turbans on
their heads and their dirty
skirts dragging over their dirty
ankles, they are continually on the
war path. The summary manner in
which, loaded with Milwaukee beer.
they punched the head of poor John
| Sugarioaf has made them extremely
cocIy, and last night they INDUCED in
a playful little riot which tresulted in
landing a lot of them in the Noodlawn
Police Station. All the Arabs in the
plaisance went over to the station
this morning to see Khassau
Mahmond, who licked the entire
settlement. bastinadoed. They were
seriously disappointed when the
Justice failed to hammer the soles of
khassln Mahmond's feet, and they I'M
dertoolz to drown their disappointment
in tie tidal wave of malt liquor that
rises every morning in the wet district
of Hyde Park. The result OF their en-
terprise was that when they returned
to their village three or four of them
were ripe for war again.
A Turk, wearing a waist that looked
like salad of Shrimps, was out in the
road peddling cigarettes to visitors.
Both the Arabs and the Turks brought
over huge supply of cigarettes to
sell and they have been cutting prices
like clothing dealers on Halstead
Street. The sight of the Turk with the
chromatic vest annoyed the tipsy
Arabs and one of them picked up a
scanuiug and made for the peddler.
The Turks are not fighters. Nearly
any one can lick a Turk. This one
cast a frightened look at the desert
man and then galloped for shelter
| Running is more in the line of Turkish
achievement than fighting and this
| Turk got away. But another one
coming out at the moment to give
| himself the usual morning shake
which C institutes a Turkish bath
| the Arab whacked him over the gal
lery Of hi, baggy pantaloons with the
utmost uncharitableness Half dozen
guards ran up at this moment and put
! the Arab lbs in corral. After that quiet
/ reigned in the village But more war
( is Liable to break out at any time The
Arabs are wilder than cowboys and it
Is their awkward habit to shoot up
town whenever they have an over
supply of liquor aboard.
Not long after that the guards had
to run down TO the plaisance again.
| There are four Xulus in the grounds.
They are here to guard the diamond
bearing clay which the diamond min
ers of Kimberly are sending up for the
mines building The Iulus are a gen
tlemanlv lot Of fellows and except for
some superfluous tattoo marks on their
persons and a feather or two in their
hats, they might be taken for dele
gates to a First Ward aldermanic con
vention They started TO do the
midway plaisance to-day and got into
trouble.
The men at work on the Irish village
have grudge against the colorei pop
ulation since one of them was stabbed
yesterday afternoon by a colored boy.
Some Of these lrishmen have just come
from Ireland and some are from the
/ County Waterford settlement, which
Alderman John Powers rules with
an iuaulgent hand in the Nine
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was from Tipperary, where
they learn to throw stones with
sufficient precision to knock a police
man out at fifty yards. This gentle
man picked up piece of staff from the
castle of Killarney and hit the Zulu
in the Jaw with It, The Xulus have
practiced throwing assegais and things
and are not unhandv with brick. one
of them deity delivered an inshoot on
the lrishrnan's waistcoat and bowled
the Iipperary man over like a ten-pin.
"A roar of "Will some mon hould me
coat?' arose from the sweet castle of
Killarney. The Zulus began to utter
war cries and lay in an ammunition of
clubs and rocks. Just then Captain
Horace Elliott charged down with
some secret service men and sepa-
rated the parties No arrests were
made, but after this the authorities
will take every man found lighting
in the plaisance to the station.
The wild stretch is getting to be a
place of terror for the peaceable for
eigners. I he Japanese won't go near
it since one of them returned the other
day with a black eye, and tho poor
japanese huddle in corners and are
afraid 20 go out after dark. The Off
Gals are waiting With some anxiety
for the King of Dahomev to come here
He is said TO be bad man in fight
and he may be expected to clean out
the Arabs, unless they are sent TO
Dwight in the meantime