| Show dumn DUEL is TOE tim tho san Fran francisci Francis cisell cd 1 call of december ad relates tho the following wing s K an affair of honor as wo are informed inform edv 1 came off near tho the on wednesday edew in ing flast last between a german and a role pole bott boll i well mell known in this city and who are reputed al to be worth considerable money it appear j i s the iho german indulged himself and add a select i t audience and ienco in singing a song in which poland r and her present political oil condition were held bold u up to ridicule pah the e first intimation tho the sing cr had that a native of the unhappy y I 1 was a listener came in the form 0 of a challenge to pistols without coffee the challenge chul lengo was at accepted and the parties repaired to tho the rear y j of the the fight took place about 7 r so the combatants could scarcely dis f acm each other tho the weapons w ere revola ers distance twelve paces parties to advance 1 1 jt to a chair placed six paces from each firing f as they adIan advanced ced before tho the fight corn com fenced tho the german erpole or pole we c forget bordet which it made a will bequeathing all his property to fl g his wife he had but recently marri married cd an i eccentric feature of the duel was that all bu an i one chamber of each cylinder was loaded with 1 J poin der only but as luck would have it on I 1 the very first fire the single bullet in each roi j solver olver was discharged and tho the polish gentle if I 1 niang received his antagonists through h tho the v hat to 60 low down that it cut a channel through gli the luxuriant growth groth of his scalp hair the tc german escaped unhurt all tho the fiang there i after N was as ol of cour course bc harmless and by y the t time the pistols were ex hautea the d duelists were prepared to listen to the expostulation i of mutual friends too much rhine wine or an overdose of lager was we su suspect speet at the i i bottom of the quarrel tho the auseon ause of the fight d i was about as serious as that for which a span aard killed a cuban in new orleans somo 11 0 years cars ago the cuban asserted that queen I 1 te isabella isabella of spain used a mans saddle in anding j I 1 horseback homback he waa challenged and paid for the remark with his blood |
