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Show FiRht at Ecno. Just before the arrival of the East-em East-em bound U. P. train at Echo, Sunday Sun-day morning, a little "oupleasant-ness" "oupleasant-ness" occurred between some Coalville Coal-ville boys and the A. fc P. telegraph operator at Echo, which at one time threatened somewhat serious results, as pistols were drawn, loud threats made, and a general fight between Coalville and Edio boys seemed imminent. im-minent. Fortunately cool heads on both sides interfered, the pistols were withdrawn, and nothing more dangerous than the "little hands" of tbe combatants were' permitted to be used in the melee which followed. The dtficLilty originated on Sat unlay night, at a dance given by the cricketers crick-eters of Coalville and Evanston, who had been playing a match ou the Coalville grounds. Among the guests present were three brothers by tbe name of Ball, who reside at Coalville aud are said to be a little wild and somowhat given, especially on holiday occasions, to quenching their thirst with fluids stronger than water, and the telejmph operator from Echo, who has heretofore ap peared to be a quiet, gentlemanly, young man. Pome trilling misunderstanding mis-understanding in forming a dance was construed into an iusult by one of the Ball brothers, who there and then wanted to fight with the operator, opera-tor, a pleasure which the latter declined, de-clined, as he had ladies present and did not wish any difficulty. There the matter rested until Sunday, when upon the return home of the Evan-ston Evan-ston cricket party, quite a number of the Coalville boys accompanied them to Echo, and among the rest the Ball brothers. The yuuug lightning-striker lightning-striker of Echo soon met the ollend-ingBallof ollend-ingBallof the- previous night, and asked, what, was .meant j by his conduct at -the dance, 1 and was promptly answered that "tnjht" was what was meant. ...The telegrapher informed Ball that if that was his game he proposed to accommodate accom-modate him', then and there, and fight it out on that line the A. and P. line if it took all Summer, and at it they went, pounding and pummcl-ing pummcl-ing each other hr true, fisticuff styic. It soon became apparent that the lightning-striker was Silso'ii "shoulder-striker," and that youue Rail win getting more than he bargained for. It was then that the danger of a general fight became j .imminent, ai other parties tried to interfere. One of the Ball boys drew a revolver, which he cocka,-! and ! flourished hi a very dangerous manner, . and if was with a good deal of difficulty that he was disarmed. The fight went .on. until young Ball, exhaustel and bleeding profusely, was taken 'away by" 'his friends a somewhat thuuaged uuxj disfigured dis-figured young gentleman, and the disciple of Joye was declared the winner. win-ner. This, however, did nut end tha matter. Tne blood .of the Balls was thoroughly . aroused,, .and another brother -stepped inkf'thc ring and chftllci.gl lliu uluiiiipioaltjicriuim.-d to bo eveiiged fur hid brother's defeat. de-feat. The man of lightning, though somewhM c tuckered, . was full "of pluck, accepted the-challenge "h;Yct again enUred the' arena; but this time he in turn suffered deleat: the second Ball was too much for him,' and he was soon forced to .retire demoralised, but not dishonored-' .'Thus, ended, without very twrious 'result, what at oue time threatened to bo -a- aenfVal fight between the ruilrond. .employes at Echo aiid the Coalville boy.s, which had - it taken' place must have resulted most disastrously .to boll parties; for when the pistols were drawn, the firing of one, shot accidental acciden-tal or otherwise would havo bceu the sigu-il for a general onslaught, fol; lowed by bloodshed and probable loss oflife. ." Wheu will voting; men learn to . stop the use ol liquors at their festive gatherings, putting an enemy .in their mouths that straps away their braies, marring the pleasure qf their friends, inciting quarrels and endangering endang-ering life. ' " |
