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Show MIRING II HAVE -LIVELY LITTLE TILT J. P. Sweeney and Louis I). Gordon Mix on Main Street. Just, before noon Saturday, according lo Louis D. Gordon, whose homcjs af .USD First avenue, J. P. Sweeney of Goldlield, San Francisco and various olher cities, who, by the way, was standing in an en I ran co near tho P.os-lon P.os-lon building, mado a sudden attack on Mr. Gordon. According to those who seem to know something about tin; controversy, the immediate trouble wns ou account; of a disagreement regarding the method of operation of (ho St. Paul mine tit Gold Circle, Nov., though, according to old Is'evadans, Mr. Gordon and Mr. Sweeney were not on the best of terms preceding their partnership iu this property. Idolh of the principals are heavily interested in mining property in Nevada, and it is said that (lie mooting moot-ing Saturday morning was the direct result of a series of letters rogardiug tho Gold Circle property, the one maintaining main-taining that the mino iu a state of idleness was worse than a white elephant, ele-phant, and the other taking an entirely entire-ly different, view of the matter. As tho correspondence progressed. Iho letters exchanged grew warmer, though, according to Mr. Gordon, Mr. Sweeney not being at his hotel it was entirely a business matter, at. which no one, especially a partner directlv in-terestod, in-terestod, could take offense. Mr. Sweeney Swee-ney saw Mr. Gordon ou Saturday morning morn-ing on Main street, just, below the Judge building, aud, according to Mr. Gordon and a Mr. Porter and a Mr. Bedford, who wero near the scene of the encounter, en-counter, Mr. Sweeney approached Mr. Gordon from behind,' striking him over the head with his cane, ami then, without with-out -warning, grabbing him by the throat. Gordon broke away from the clinch, and a I, the next call of time found Gordon with the cano belaboring Sweeney. It is understood that Mr. Swconey J.ias left (own. aud is now on his ivay to San Francisco. |