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lawyer drawing at once a whip and a revolver struck the book-keeper and exclaimed, " You won't light, eh? Then take that! and that! " accompanying the first exclamation with a blow of the whip on the head, and the next with a pistol-shot which took effect in the side. The book-keeper staggered back for a moment, then drawing a pistol both fired simultaneously, the ball from the book-keeper's pistol entering the lawyer's brain. The book-keeper married the girl. This is a very common-place story; but its frame-work will answer for a hundred others.

Charles Anderson and a Mr Lewis, in January 1866, at Sinker creek, ten miles below the Ainsworth mill, in Owyhee county, Idaho, quarrelled about some hay, and fought with knives. Both were killed; one died immediately, and the other shortly afterward.

The Territorial Enterprise of the 31st of March, 1857, thus takes off a fight which occurred at Dayton between B. F. Leetingham and A. L. Buck, the combat being the ultimate appeal in the settlement of a dispute concerning a piece of sluicing-ground.

" The dispute between the parties was about a piece of sluicing ground, but no matter about that. The fight began about six o'clock in the morning, when Leetingham came into the ring smiling, and knocked a chip off Buck's shoulder. Buck in return gave Leeting^ham a look which cut him to the soul. First blood for Buck! The bottle-holders advanced, and sponged their mouths and nostrils. Time being called, the principals resumed their places. Till half-past eight o'clock the parties stood face to face, neither moving a muscle. Then it was thought by some of Buck's backers that Leetingham was observed to wink, and they called upon the referees to decide the dispute. On looking for the referees they were noAvhere to be seen. A committee started toward the town to find them, as some one said they had gone off in that direction nearly an hour before to get, as was supposed, a supply of blue-ruin whisky. About half