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Show Bullets vs. Fists. Yeatirduy the festive bullet ngain brought Mooil in (hid city. Martin FloriiU and one Meliuire of lling-luun lling-luun hi! Ik on in the UniLXl Slaten land office, whoro a trial hud heon going on concerning iho OuUun ration?, wherein both claim to he interested. They lud nut Won kihkI friends for some time, and it luul come to Klorida'a ears that Mctiuiro had threatened to kill him. After tho adjournment of the tii.il about half-past 3 o'clock yostcruay, the two men ttlarted to come out of tho land office together, when McGuiru niado a remark about thoro being a ram-lio at Bingham that ho could steal, implying im-plying that Florida's transactions in iho Cotton rancho trouble had not been legitimate, or strictly on the square. Florida took up tho proffered insult, and akcil if the remark applied ap-plied to him. Some words passed between be-tween tho parties as they walked down tho stairs and proceeded ninny the sidewealk together. When they were in front of Phil Margettt' saloon, a few doors east of the hud office, McGuiro said he was not afraid oi Florida, when the latter told him to take his band out of his pocket. McG's baud had been his pocket during tho difficulty, aud as he was withdrawing it, Florida asserts that he sawaderringer in his hand, whereupon where-upon he Btruck McGuiro under the oar, staggering him. McGuirethou drew his pistol, aud as Florida sprang towards him, fired, the bullet bul-let going through tbe third finger of Florida's left hand, at tho last joint, and entering the Jeft leg. Florida then went after McGuire in geuuine wild cat style, and bad no ono interfered, inter-fered, in about a minute it would have ben necessary to sweep up tho shoot is t in order to get enough of him together to hold an inouest over. As it was he looked as if he bad gone through a threshing machine and afterwards rolled oft a three-story house on to a pile of rocks. The parties wero both arrested aud taken before Justice Pyper. Florid was placed on trial for assault aud battery, bat-tery, and was acquitted. There w:is a large number of witnesses in the cose. The trial of McGuire for shooting was postponed till this afternoon, after-noon, tbe defendant beiug held in $500 bonds for hia appearance. Tbe enmity between these parties I may yet lead to something mere serious seri-ous than a head-punching or a shot! through tbe finger. McGuire has' shown that he will shoot, and everybody every-body knows that while Florida does not bunt fights, he isn't apt to catch I anything in the back. The Ulosionists. Mr. J. H. Hunter, agent ol tbe Royal Illusionists, arrived from the west yesterday. Tbe troupe will appear ap-pear at the theatre here on the afternoon after-noon of July 4th; also tbe same evening, and on the evenings of the 5th And 6Lh. The Rnval illnsinnisU are at the head of the profession. In California, where they have been playing protracted engagements, they performed to full houses nightly, and tbe newspapers were all loud in their praise. Their feats are said to be wonderful, and most entertaining. We anticipate for them a brilliant success in Salt Lake. |