Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-03-25
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
A Bit Of Excitement in the Nevada
Desert.

DESERT
The town of Gait, in the middle of the
Nevada desert, contains IL houses, and you
step out of the First precinct of the First
ward into boundless alkali-covered space.
For two hours we had been lying on the
main track waiting for the engineer to find
out Just what was the trouble with his loco.
motive. and to remedy the disability, and
there was lit lie prospect OF resumption OF
the journey short of half day of lingering:
Every passenger had already investigated
the half-acre Of town at least six times, and
the delay was becoming So monotonous that
complaint rose and travelled in waves.
"For heavens sake!" cried a stout wine
ever happen in such a town as this? Can't
somebody. think of something to do to pass
the time? What interesting occurrences
have you here, anyway" The last question
was addressed to thin, lazy looking young
man, the only male adult resident in Gait
and children gathered at the railroad tracks;
said the local dweller. ''Blame it all, ev'ry
COINS on is up at Podiga, the county seat,
where there's as many. as II houses. They've
got trial up there this week, an all our
That's why Pm the only one here. I'd
a gone, too, but got sore knee, an the
shurref wouldn't take me. Always my
luck. Never see nothin' nor have no eX.
perience Them six men that went from
here'll come back an talk for two years
about bein on that jury. Plagued shame.
A man with a sore kneed make as good a
Teller for a jury as anyone else.
"Well, can't we get up fight or some
thing diyerting to pass time away?'
with Ben Hackbarth, fer, can lic5 him
easy. But Ben's on the jury He'll come
back an blow about it, too: Dog him.
9Th give a dollar if you'll wrestle or run
race or dance a jig or-or-or-by thunder
"Ain't never rassled with anybuddy but
Ben Hackbarth, cause can throw him; an
| don't care to run a race, either unless with
Ben, an he's on the jury. Wisht was up
there havin' experiences, too. -,
,'Well," desperately pursued the tlred.o9t
without Ben Hackbarth: Anything, Any
thing, l say I'll make up purse CT slo1or
any" ,
'Mster, did you say slo:" one of the
Younger of the Outstanding women interrupt
girl called the disappointed youth aside iii,d and
the two talked for few moments. Inc pro,
prietor of the lame knee then approached
the knot of passengers and said:
We've decided we'll take you up, mister.
That is # there's AIRY pte29her Wtth
got bishop" yelled the New York business
man of berth 7. And he rushed for the
sleeper, for he understood the purport of
the remark of the Gait man.
.'The Idly is this here, said the latter;
''Ben Hackbarth an me both been KIND o
tryin' around fer this young lady, to marry
u.s. an Ben bein kind O. travelled an ex;
perienced man seemed like it'd be natcherl
fer her to take him, as she told me IN our
"He'd been as fur as Elko once" said the
"But when YOU spoke of givin' $40 fer any
thing, from gittin' married to shoot'n at q
mark, just so it was done right here and
now. she took notion,
"Ten dollars is SlO," said the girl, sue
The bishop was not avcrse to uniting two
loving hearts, and the whole train turned
out to celebrate the occasion. The marriage
took place on the rear platform OF lhe sleep.
er. and some of the women passengers lent
effects to deck the bride out regardless. The
festivities continued up to the time when the
engineer announced that he had patched the
defect in the locomotive and was ready 10
proceed, and then the wine dealer TOOK up a
fund for the new family. The conductor
even agreed to carry the couple on to the
next station for bridal tour and the Pull
man conductor welcomed them to the tne
furnishings of his domain The two lett the
train at FL Boco, being IN sort OF Gaze 2 OF
delight. The last observation we heard from
the bridegroom was this prophetic remark
"I'll bet when them six fellers git back
from Podiga they'll be sorry fer th h, 2,
that nothin' ever happens at home. They II
be sorry they was ever called onto that Jury
Specially with a grim, smile, Ben Hack
barth. "-Chicago Record.
Quite q Kid.
Joseph Jefferson a few weeks ago was
walking in Boston with friend; Mr. jet
ferson met Judge Charles Levi Woodbury.
and was then and there introduced to Judge
Woodbury. nv the friend
~ am clad to meet you, Mr.. Jefferson,
said Judge Woodbury. "You are not so tall
man as your father was" Whereupon MIR
jefferson expressed his pleasure, at meet
ing a friend and contemporary of his father
"And you are not so large man si,y your on