The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-22

Eighth street, near Walnut street, Phila-
delphia. One Of the players was Arthur
>. Poulterer. Cards were dealt, and
Poulterer held up three fingers and re-
ceived three cards. He picked them up
one by one, his face gradually flushing
with excitement. AS he placed the last
card in his hand he laid them down and
slipped slowly from his chair to the floor
dead. His hand was four aces! He
was weli-known gam bier.
About fifteen years ago, when the ex-
treme western border OF Oak ta was colo
nized, there was a lively squabble about
what the new county should be called.
There were four Commissioners whose
duty 1t was to decide on the NAME and at
the board meetings the vote for the name
OF the county was always two and two,
and public feeling began to run high.
john VIM suggested that the four Com
| missioners should take 500 white chips
apiece and play game of poker to decide,
| the chips TO represent So each. This was
agreed to. and the game commenced with
the entire population on hand. For two
| hours little gain was made, and then a
Jack pot came around. for which seventy
three hands were dealt before it was
opened. Finally Commissioner Edwards
opened it for $500. He held three kings.
Judd La Moure held zigzag, and the
others dropped out. Edwards drew one
Q
and the betting commenced. Men with
revolvers kept the crowd from the table.
After several raises there was So, 600 in
the pool, private money, besides the
chips. Then the hand was called. Ed
wards held three kings, and La Moure
had drawn full. three fves and pair Of
tours. He rose to his feet and cried:
NAMING A COUNTY.
Gentlemen, this is Mckenzie County,
nd IL lul
lasted eighteen hours, and La Moure and
Winn were carried shoulder high round
the town, which saw no sleep that night.
The cards held by La Moure are to be
found among the archives OF the county,
Tabled '.La Moure's Eive-Card Draw"
On February 9th last there was little
game in progress at Butte, Mont, when
Miles Fenton and General G. 5. Warren
came together and commenced throwing
dice. General Warren had an option on
$4,000 mining claim near Centerville.
After little talk about it the two men
came to an understanding that they would
throw dice, and that if Fenton won he
should pay Warren $4,000 for the claim,
and that if Warren won he should pay
Fenton 900 for it. The town turned
out TO see the fun, and the result was that
Fenton paid $4,000, and the $4,000 claim
changed hands while the drinks were be-
ing called for.
1t is well known that the average gam
bier is somewhat superstitious as to how
ne carries his money, but Abe Slupsky OF
st. Louis broke the record some years
ago. He ran a second hand clothing store
at one time in st. Louis, and eventually
merged into politician. When the Re-
publican convention was held in Mime
apolis Abe went there with $1,000 to
wager on Harrison's nomination, and for
fear he should be robbed on the train he
had the money changed to the smallest
number of bills he could get and smoothly
placed them between the shoulder blades
in his back, pasting a porous plaster over
them to hide them and hold them secure.
The plan worked well, aud. although he
had hard time travelling, he was salts
tied when he put his money up, and bet
ter still when he cashed in.