.... It is to be hoped the people will all turn out to-morrow,
according to advertisement in another column. The men deserve hanging,
no end, but at the same time they are human, and entitled to some
respect; and we shall print the name of every adult male who does not
grace the occasion with his presence. We make this threat simply
because there have been some indications of apathy; and any man who
will stay away when Bob Bolton and Sam Buxter are to be hanged, is
probably either an accomplice or a relation. Old Blanket-Mouth Dick was
not the only blood relation these fellows have in this vicinity; and
the fate that befell _him_ when they could not be found ought to be a
warning to the rest.
We hope to see a full attendance. The bar is just in rear of the
gibbet, and will be run by a brother of ours. Gentlemen who shrink from
publicity will patronize that bar.—_San Louis Jones “Gazette.”_
.... A painful accident occurred in Frog Gulch yesterday which has cast
a good deal of gloom over a hitherto joyous and whisky loving
community. Dan Spigger—or as he was familiarly called, Murderer Dan—got
drunk at his usual hour yesterday, and as is his custom took down his
gun, and started after the fellow who went home with his girl the night
before. He found him at breakfast with his wife and thirteen children.
After killing them he started out to return, but being weary, stumbled
and broke his leg. Dr. Bill found him in that condition, and having no
waggon at hand to convey him to town, shot him to put him out of his
misery.
Dan was dearly loved by all who knew him, and his loss is a Democratic
gain. He seldom disagreed with any but Democrats, and would have
materially reduced the vote of that party had he not been so untimely
cut off.—_Jackass Gap “Bulletin.”_
.... The dance-house at the corner of Moll Duncan Street and Fish-trap
Avenue has been broken up. Our friend, the editor of the _Jamboree_,
succeeded in getting his cock-eyed sister in there as a beer-slinger,
and the hurdy-gurdy girls all swore they would not stand her society;
and they got up and got. The light fantastic is not tripped there any
more, except when the _Jamboree_ man sneaks in and dances a jig for his
morning pizen.—_Murderburg “Herald.”_
.... The Superintendent of the Mag Davis Mine requests us to state that
the custom of pitching Chinamen and Injins down the shaft will have to
be stopped, as he has resumed work in the mine. The old well, back of
Jo Bowman’s, is just as good, and is more centrally located.—_New
Jerusalem “Courier.”_
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