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Show A Small Rumpus. Commercial Btreet is now one of the quietest streets in town, but yesterday, yes-terday, towards Second South street, there was trouble in its thoroughfare. Some young men with more mouth than brains, and with more of the "ardent" than ol common sense, proceeded pro-ceeded to sling filthy adjectives at each other, until one or two concluded conclud-ed th at a few passes, by way of pugilistic pug-ilistic exercise, was in order. The police appeared on the scene, and one of the young fellows, on horseback, horse-back, let drive at an officer and delivered de-livered a stunner on the oiliccr's head. The result km an effort to drag him o2 tho horse, resulting in tho bringing of horse and man to the ground; after which seven youths five whites and two indian personages were taken into custody. The Doc- or will have au interview with them. |