The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-11

ment. I'm gQin to read q chapter out
of this here Testament, he says. i amt
maxim 10 claim for it cause it's part of
the game an accordin to Hoyle. II there
was a preacher here, he'd do it, but
there bein no sech on this range, l
makes it as a forced play myself
$50 he read us a chapter about the
sepulcher an Mary Magdalene All the
resurrection. III everybody took it in
mighty owly, for of course that was the
lead to make ali we knew it.
Then the postmaster said he'd like
TO hear from any IL under the head Of
good of the order.
Mr.. Undertaken and Chairman
says Jim Hamilton, this thing weighs
OF me heavily. OF course AS keeper of
the dance hall l saw "a heap of the
corpse, an knew him we'll. Ulster King
was my friend, an while his moods were
variable and unsertin IN it was clearly
worth while to wear your gun while he
lowered near, l loved him. He had
weaknesses as do we all. A disposition
to make new rules as he played along
for these games of chance which enjoyed
his notice was perhaps his greatest fault.
His glvln away to this habit yesterday
was primarily the cause Of his bein
gathered to his fathers. l hope he'll get
along thar an stand way up in G with
them people up thar, an if a word from
me could fix it Id put it in. l would
say further that after consultin with
Billy Burns, who keeps the other saloon,
we have, i'll honor of the dead an to
mark the occasion of his cashin in,
agreed upon a business departure Of in
terest to you all. This departure Mr..
Burns will state.
NH. Postmaster says Burns, L
knowed deceased. He was a good man
an a dead game sport from way back.
A prOtracted wrestle with the recklessly
compounded drinks of the frontier had
begun to tell O II him, an for a year or so
he was liable to have spells. That was
all. Referrin to the remarks of Mr..
Hamilton, l states that by agreement
between US an in honor to the departed
the price OF whisky III this camp from
now on will be two drinks for a quarter
instead OF one, as previous. We don't
want to disturb values nor unsettle
trade, All we don believe this will. We
makes it as a ray of light on the dark.
ness an gloom of the hour
after these remarks, which was we'll
received, we formed the procession.
Two buglers from Fort Cummings took
the lead, with Jack i'll one of the Silver
City stagecoaches comm next. The pail
bearers We're Oh horses next in line. an
the rest Of the town strung along per
miscus OF horseback an in wagons.
"'This is a great day for Deming.'
says the postmaster as he rode up and
down the line. There amt no camp
outside on this side of Albuquerque
could turn this trick. l only wish Jack
could see it for himself. It's more cal
culated to bring this town into favora-
BILE notice than a lynchin.'
"At the grave we turned in an gave
three cheers for King and three for the
postmaster, an last we gave three more
an a tiger for the town. The buglers
give us everything they knows, from the
water call TO the retreat IN while
the niggers was a-shovelin in the sand
we banged away with our six shooters
for general effect quite delightful. You
can gamble there amt no funeral like
it before or sitter. 1t was lovely.
"At last the postmaster pulls out Of
the stage we used for Jack a headboard.
When it was set up, it looked like if
Jack wasn't satisfied with that he'd be
hard to suit. On it in big letters was:
John KING.