The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-30

Well, he lost. There were many who
thought he would back out, and conpro-
mise by giving the winner a big farm, or
something or that kind. But he didn't
He made application for membership in
the church. 1t so happened, however,
that the deaconS knew the terms of the
pet and MS application was blackballed.
Iimrock thought this released him, but
the. man who held the other end Of the
wager insisted that ne had not paid up.
Timrock considered that he was insulted.
match. Both were equally quick on the
trigger, and both were equally good
shots; and the result was the death of
both parties: The coroner summoned a
jury, and when the inquest was over a
verdict holding the church responsible,
because 1t had rejected Timrock's apph-
cation. was returned The coroner de-
clared his intention Of setting aside the
verdict and in the ensuing quarrel with
the foreman Of the jury both men were
killed. Then the citizens took hand In
the matter. They declared that as all
the principals were dead, everyb body had
been punished; and as there was chance
that a further investigation into the case
would cause other deaths and perhaps
ment, no mere inQueStS should be he'd
Therefore the matter was allowed to
drop.
In the campaign of 1884 an enthusiastic
Republican merchant Of Omaha was SO
firmly Of the opinion that Blaine would
be elected that he bet his building, stock
" against
$4,000 cash put up by a Democrat AS
soon as the question Of who had been
elected was settled the winner went
around to collect. He found the loser
ready to pay up, and the transfer of the
property was made without further ado.
Then the winner, in a spirit of generosity,
invited the loser to go out with him and
have drink. The loser did SO, and they
had a jelly time for fully half an hour,
when the winner had to hurry back to
take charge of his store. The loser, who
cheerily to his home, found comfortable
place in the garrett and hanged h1mself
to rafter
In 1886 New York man made wager
of $50 900 on the election of Mckinley.
He won, of course. AS he had no par
ticular need of the money, he invited a
crowd of friends, including the loser, to
help him spend it. When the guests
gathered, he usfered them into a stable,
where he invited them to sit down at a
long table spread among the stalls. And
then such sumptuous dinner as was
served! The host had spent the whole
$4,000 on the dinner. One Of the courses
was huge pie, which, when opened. rec
vealed four-and-twenty live canary birds.
1t is not recorded that the birds began
to sing-but the guests did.
A man who has made study of such
things, and is of statistical turn of mind,
estimates that the champagne that was
bet on he election of 1886 was sufficient
i'll quantity to fill both basins of Compton
Hill Reservoir; that the beer would have
furnished a key to every man, woman
and child in St. Louis, East St Louis and
Bellevllle; that there were enough silk
hats to give one top piece to every actor
in the world enough derby hats to adorn
all the denizens Of the Bowery; enough
gloves to equip the entire population of
Kansas City; enough umbrellas to cover
the whole watershed of the Meramec
river, and enough canes to cover the top
floor of the Eads bridge He also esti-
mates that the energy wasted In wheel
ing winners in wheelbarrows would run
thirty-two 700-horse-power engines for
six days, nine hours, forty-four minutes
and seven seconds.