Indian Chieftain, 1882-11-03

Fight for Three Hours, with Horse Horsewhips - whips Horsewhips as Weapoua - lloth Coiubataota Horribly Gashed, A bloody, cruet and uovel duel was fought this morning iu the lower edgo of Guilford be between - tween between Ralph John-ton and Stks n'lHlams, two young farmers of that section, and rivals for the affection of a young lady. Bad feelings hud exiatei between them for some time, endiug iu harsh words dHy before yostcrday. i-oou alter Jnhnstou send a friend to Wi b larnswith a letter demanding a retraction of certain language used. The latter decilued to withdraw h's remarks, and furthor corres correspondence, - pondence, correspondence, resulted in an agreement to m t In hostile comlmt, tbe time being fixed for this morning. The articles drawn up speci specified - fied specified aa the weapons horsewhips somelhlng nut heretofore rooogr lized by the code in Nrta Carolina. These weapons were chosen, it ia understood, in order tnat tha parties could thereby evade the penalties of the dueling law, which does net apwify asdoadly weapons horsewhips. Uuder tbe rules of the fight each man was reouired to stand up on a line traced upon tha ground, making the distanoa be between - tween between the combatants about throe feet. They wore nrmod ra Beavy horse WV us winaj'sl r selected for the fight and the second of each duelist was supplied with an extra whip to bo used by his principal in tbe event of the wearing out or breaking of the weapon. The combatants met this mnruing according to agreement The field eulected waa a hard and level spot about half a mile from the main road. The lines were mada up of rope fastened to the ground with long staples. Aftor a vain attempt hul been made by tho seconds to adjust the difficulty the men took places for the light Both were In their shirt shirtsleeves) - sleeves) shirtsleeves) the provisions of the fight being that no co;it vest or undershirt should be worn. At seven o'clock the question was askedt ''(jentlemen, are you readyr" Each man nod nodded - ded nodded hs head. Tho command "Strike!" waa then given and lie duelists fell to blows with vigor. Although the blows given were heavy and fast neither man flinched. Upon the bunds und faous of tbe combatants great welts soon rose, and tho shirts of the men soonguvn evidence that bluod was being drawn. At 1 limes they wielded tholr weapons with one and then with both hinds, and occasionally one or the othor vsi forced by tho des poriite assault of his adversary to fai Lock from his Una. After fighting half si hour time whi allied, sn i the men, near! breathless, were given brief resting time, i't fight oontluund for throe hours, with short I

Till; EAST. The business failures of the iast week were 131, of ahlch a, ven were In New York City. An explosion of fireworks In the park .1 Philadelphia ot the William Penn Anulversary celebration resulted iu the death of eight persons, and a large number wounded, sli of whom it was thought would die. The killed were .Mr.. Mary Ann Coaklcy, aged thirty; John Conning, sed seventy-five; Iaatiella rVuddrr, ( colored aged twenty-nine; Howard Pcudtler, aged throe; llysscs Thompson, (colored) aged nineteen; Dorothla L. Modicr, aged seven. William Summers, aged thirteen, died from heart disease. Wbi. V. Brown, assistant lawk -kreitcr of tbe Poughkeepslo (X. Y.) Xatlonal Hank, who pleaded guilty to making false etilrlca la tlie book, and defrauding the Institution of many thouand of dollar., has been sentenced to lire years Imprisonment. , Kowell, who r. vious to starting, offered to H't tJ"," 0 that he would iu tlie pedestrian race to New York, broke don aud was with withdrawn - drawn withdrawn aftor mak'i.g 377 miles. A Ire at East Brady, Pa., recently, destroyed ahu-ga iart of tb business portion ( the town; loss (7u,(IOJ. J. C. Tiffany, f.irmetly Indian .gent In Arizona, was arrested In Xew York, charged with conspiracy to defraud ihe (internment

night it had kept every one awake. ' That child must go to the dentist to tomorrow," - morrow," tomorrow," said papa one night ("hristio was a little girl, not quite live years old, but she was tired of be being - ing being a baby. It seemed to her that silica -allbig girls huve had teeth pulled, hav having - ing having a tooth out would make her a big girl. So she went down street beside mamma neit morning feeling very hsppv. Hallo," vailed out Cousin Tom, whom tbey met, where are you go going?" - ing?" going?" "I'm going to the dentist's to have a tooth pulled," replied Christie, proudly. 1 wouldn't be in your shoes for any anything!" - thing!" anything!" added Tom. Is it very bad, mamma?" asked Christie. Hut Mrs. Spencer told her not to be frightened, for Tom was only trying to tease. I th nk the little girl's mother onjht to have told her tbe whole truth. Don't you What a nice place that demi!' office wast There was a splendid great t-fii

" Can't I read a little?" he asked. "No, dear, it might make your head worse." ykae let me have my Chinese puzzle, mamma." "So, I want you to have a good rest" Poor Johnny tossed and' tossed, and thought that resting was the hardest work in the world as the long hours of the morning dragged on. lly the dim light he counted the flowers on the wall wallpapering, - papering, wallpapering, and watched the slow moving . of the little bar of sunshine which came through tho blinds. He said the multiplication-table as far as he knew it, counted a thousand, and said the alpha alphabet - bet alphabet backwards. After a while, he begged his mother to bring his two-year-old brother to him, but she was afraid it might disturb him. Koon-time came, and with it the merry troop - from school Johnny waited anxiously for his dinner, re remembering - membering remembering with horror that Dr. Tanner had fasted eishty times as Ions; as he

Mrs. Mary Googina. The lamp exploded, burning Hit Googins so badly that the died. Mra. Weymaa has been arrested. ' Abbev's Park Theater, Broadway and Twenty-second streets, New York, burned on the evening of the 30th, four hours before Mrs. Langtry was to make her debut The build build-lug, - lug, build-lug, with all its eoutenta was destroyed. The loss is estimated at (350,004). Score, of em employes - ployes employes were on tbe stage at the time of the fire. All escaped with the exception of Henry Clark and William F. Doran, who were driven to the upper windows by the fire, and In jump jumping - ing jumping out were badly Injured. John Leo, stage carpenter, was reported missing. It was thought be perished in the flames. Tbe fire started In the proseeulum box behind the private box, apparently In a partition wall, caused it was thought by tbe bursting of a gas pipe, The alarm refused to work and the flames were beyond con

Violins. Louis Blumenberg, the violoncello virtuoso, has been spending his between seasons here at his home. When the Sun correspondent dropped in he was coutcmplatiug his instrument with a dissatisfied air. The amber varnish on the violoncello shone with its wonted mellow luster, its long neck was firmly erect, its carved head thrown back in true Stradivarius poso, and the strings, as they were fretted by- the virtuoso's lingers!, emitted sonorous notes. What is the matter?" was asked. "I oan't tell exactly," was the reply. " It is tired and needs rest If I lay it aside for a week or so, it will regain its perfection of tone, without anything else being done to it Itis a hard thing to explain, and it is a fact familiar to every artist. If you use an instrument too much it loses its tone not enough,

thought would be grand to pla with. What a pleasant man Dr. Snow was! lie lilted her into the great chair, and asked so kindly which tooth had ached. 1 ben be took one of the lime tools ia his hand. And then soon a straining and tugging and wrenching and breaking- Christie didn't know that she creamed, but mamma told ber after afterwards - wards afterwards that her cries were frightful to hear. She only knew that tbe put both hands np to see if ber bead was still in place, before she bounded out of the cbarr. You're jnt as mean as yon cast he, and I U never come here again as long a I live! So there!" she cried. In aa inst tnt she was ia mankusa' arm. She wan told, between tears and