Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1883)
d) ym ? I Vol. XVHI. Astoria, Oregon, Sunday "Morning, March 25, 1883. So. 150. v A BAD MAN FROM THE HEADWATERS- Black Hills sporting men are a good deal interested just now in a new candidate for pugilistic glo ry, who hails from the headwaters of the Niobrara. He has been known by reputation here for a long time, but not until Saturday last would he consent to show him self in Deadwood. His name is John Zaccheus, but he calls him self the Niobrara Triplet, for rea sons which will appear further on. He is what is termed a cow-boy. His whole life has been spent on the cattle ranges. He was born near the site of old Julesburg in 1850, and is about thirty-three years old. His father, a hunter and trapper, was a man of pro digious size and strength, of En glish descent, it is believed. His mother was a large and powerful woman. Some said she was a Mexican, and others that she was an Indian, but it is probable that she was neither, purely. The best judges pronounced her a half breed. They lived for many years along the overland trail. Nobody knew much about them, and no one cared to question them much. The old woman had a pair of enormous hands, the flesh being as hard and rough as a bricklayer's. She was, perhaps, the uglier of the two, both in appearance and dis position. She was a great fighter herself. More than once at their ranch, on the Niobrara, when the cowboys became troublesome, she has been known to whip them into subjection. A blow from one of her iron-clad fists was not neces sarily fatal, but few of either sex who ever received one had an' de sire to continue the argument with her. She subdued the old man in the course of time, and during the last two or three years of his life she had no one to fhjbt with at home except her only son. The father.died very suddenly one day, and was quietly buried on the river bank. Travelers say that the old woman and John had ma ny a bout after this, in which first one and then the other would get the worst of it. The boy was growing, however, and his mother was getting old. The end had to come. She never rallied. She keeps the old man company in his cold and lonely grave. "When the old folks were both gone John went on the cattle ranges. He was then a mere boy in years, but a giant in size. He early established his reputa tion as a fighter. His strength in creased with great rapidity. The hardships which wreck the health of many men seemed only to give him new vigor and increased en durance. He became so powerful that his associates grew to like him. He had no enemies, for it did not pay to have his hostility. New men coining on the ranges sometimes had to be polished off, but, as a rule, fresh arrivals, after sizing him up, were willing to take . the word of the old settlers as to his prowess. He was the chief. He was willing, and even anxious, to prove his right to the title at all times. He would have traveled the whole length of the Niobrara valley to accommodate a man, and on one or two occasions he is known to have gone forty or fifty miles on horseback to meet some body who, report said, had spoken contemptuously of him. His fame spread to Deadwood, and many attempts were made to get him to come up to the mining regions to show himself. These were at length successful. He came into town early on Saturday morning, accompanied by an old herder who has been expatiating to the sports of Deadwood unceasingly almost on the merits of his man. This herder's name is Piggott. Last night in the bar-room of the Gold en varieties, a correspondent found Piggott in rather a sociable frame of mind. The mercury out side had gone down into the bulb, but the genial "warmth imparted by the cordwood stove and sundry glasses of ardent spirits was re flected on Piggott's weather-beaten faoe, and shown in,his little round "John Zaccheus," said Piggott, "is the best man in the world for money. He's a man killer, my son. He's done it afore, an' he kin do it again. You oughter been on the range and seen him paralyze a society for the preven tion of cattle stealing. That's how he kim bv the title of 'Triolet of the Niobrara.' Wonst ho was a modest sort of chap, but year arter year tvheft there was no one to fight as could fight going bv w w - kinder matle him egotistic. "When the anti-cattle stealing association held its meetings John got to thinking that he ortcr count for two among 'em, for he rather de spised the rest on 'em, ye see, an' he wanted to vote double on all big pints. The other fellers looked foolish, an' got off on one side and talked it over. Some wuz for giving him his way, while some others wuz dead sot agin it. Arter a long debate they tuk a vote on it, an' the majority sez Jack wuz only a man, an' that he should vote only ez one man, same ez all the rest. The fellers who wuz in favor of 'lowing Jack to double up knew there wuz trouble ahed. Well, ez I wuz saying, when it kim to the next vote Jack said he would vote twice so an' so. The chairman said that proposition had been ruled out an' defeated by the society. 'By which?' sez Jack. 'By the majority of the as sociation,' sez the chairman. 'Where's that majority?' hollered Jack. "Well, then, about seven or eight of 'em sez, 'we iz the major ity, Jack Zaccheus, right here.' I hope to die, sonny, if I kin give any straight account of what hap pened in the next four minits, but I'll try. The meetin' wuz in a log house with one door an' two win dows. The men as wuz friends to Jack, an' some others, too, clim' out the winders, but there wuz six on 'em we staid in. No six itrss. s& ever lived had quite such an ex citing time, my boy. Jack you, know, is almighty tall. Well, before the six could collect their ideas, so to speak, Jack had driv two on 'em into the ground, pretty nigh, by a hitting of 'em on the top of the head. Oh, that's a man killing blow, it kinder shatters 'em; it drives their scalps down over their eyes, sets their jaws:dislocates their necks, curves their spines and makes them bowlegged for life. Well, as I wuz saying, he gave two on 'em that kind of a pre scription, and the other four were hollerin' for their lives before he hit 'em. He didn't let up though two or three on 'em drew their knives, but he never touched his'n. He just reach out and reached for 'em two at a time. Jack hez arms longer'n a lasso. No man kin git near enuff to Jack when he's movin' to break his skin with a knife. No, sir-ec, they can't. Well, my son, there wuz nobody in that cabin to fight in less time than it takes to tell - it. Jack picked 'em up and corded 'em up in one corner of the ranch, one atop o' the other, and then he steps smiliu to the door, and sez to the gentlemen outen the snew: 'Will the majority kim in an' resume business?' Well, you betcher life they kim in. 'Hold on' sez Jack, as they were about to per ceed to business, 'hold on, you fel lers. Arter this I votes three in the association. Dyhear?' They all said, kinder agreeable like, that it is perfectly proper that lie should count three. An', sonny, count three he duz on the Nio brara. That's why he called him self the 'triplet.' D'ye see the p'int? But you orter see him put that pile driver of hiz on top o' rBeefer Ben's nut. The Beefer had been licked wonst by the man killer's old mother, but he never knew what trouble wuz until he met the boy. Jack didn't wau't ter fight. He never duz. But the Beefer kept lookin' at him ugly when they met, and Jack got tired. Hfe gets tired o' somo things awful easy, my son. Well, one time, when the boys wuz together, down near the Bad Lands, Beefer and Jack had a little falling out, and Ben squared off for a fight. Some one in the crowd hollered to Ben that he was committing suicide, but Ben never heard it. He made a kind of a lunge and jump at Jack, but Jack's left stopped him so quick he saw all the stars at onst. The worst was to come. Before the Beefer could think what hit him, Jack got in his man killer on top o' the head. Ben was as hand some a man as ever you see afore that. He was nigh six feet high, an' had a fine face. As the boys rushed in to pick him up, soaie one sings out, 'I thought the Beefer wuz a fighting' Jack.' 'It wuz the Beefer,' sez the crowd. It didn't seem so though. His feechers were all changed. His forehead had shrunk. His face had kinder broadened out, and his nose was not the s&me nose at all. His liead seemed set down in his coat too much, and he looked kinder irreg'lar somehow. Well he hez always stayed just so. He's the quietest man in the valley now, witn no more lun in him than there is in a graveyard. Oh, but" Piggott was about to relate another anecdote, when in walked the Niobrara Triplet himself, ac companied by a host of admiring friends. He had on a bear-skin cap, a buffalo robe coat, and a pair of enormous high-topped boots. lie towered head and shoul ders above evcr3T man in the room. He good naturedh' answered questions and permitted the first citizens of the hills to inspect his hands and muscles. Zaccheus stands six feet seven inches in his stockings and weighs 290 pounds. His arms are of remarkable length, even for a man of his size, and his hands are as big and heavy as granite paving stones, and about a hard. He is full-chested, but his body is short when his height is taken into consideration. His legs arc long and solid as adamant. His face is round and rather pleas ant, but there is a hard look about the mouth when in tepose. He says he has never had any training as a fighter, except that given him by his mother, who, he declared with a show of filial pride, had a good deal of science, lie has never been away from home be fore, and is anxious to return to his ranch. He will be kept here a few da3'S, however, if possible, until negotiations now in progress for his appearance in the east are brought to a close. He is not particularly anxious to go into the prize-ring, but, as he said last night, he didn't like to hear about the prize-fighters of the states without finding out what manner of men they are. In all his talk thus far he has not once suggested a fight with less than two of them at a time. Prominent miners who have seen him offer to bet any sum from 1000 to $10,000 that he can kill auy bruiser in the states with one blow. One thing is certain, if he shall enter the prize ring two-thirds of all the real and personal property in the Black Hills will be at his back. It is re ported that an eastern bruiser named Sullivan is the man with whom Zaccheus and his friends are negotiating. Ex. . STOMACH & 8ITTEBS Invalids who aro roeorerinir vital stamina, declare in cratcful tcrmB their appreciation of the merits as a tonic, of Hotctter's Stom ach Bitters. Not only does it impart strength to the weak, hut it also corrects an irregular acid state of the stomach, makes the- bowels act at proper intervals, gives ea?o to those who suffer from rheumatic and kidney troub les, and conquers as well as prevents fever and azse. For sale by all Draeitifta and Dealers geserally. if CELEBRATED T Ullffffl' iiaj: POK RHEUMATISM J Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbaqo, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ko Preparation on earth eqcals Sr. Jacobs Oil as a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Bemedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cent, and every ono maer ing with pain can bavo chep and pocdtlTe proof of its claims. Directions In Eleven Languages. SOLD 3Y ALLDBUGGISTB ABB DEALEE3 EJ HEDIOTHI!. A. VOG2LER & CO., JBalttmore, ZTd., V. S. A. Confession and aveidance: One correspondent ac Milledgeville, writing to me, says: "A negro tenant of the gentleman to whom the Honorable Mark Johnston proposed to give a postoflicc in his recent canvass for the legislature, asked Honorable Fleming Du Bignon'toJ'draw' a contract between himself and landlord, offering for said 'draw' fifty cents, where upon Mr. DuBignon indignantly remarked: "Do you take me for a fifty-cent lawyer?" "No, sir. Mars' Judge, but I takes myself for a fifty-cent nigger." A LETTER F&01VI GERMANY, M m.xx, Jauunry 9, 1S&L Very esteemed sirs: The praise your Liver Pills h:i e called forth here Is wonderful. After taking one and a hair boxes of your genuine IK. c. McLAXE'S LlVEU I'lLLS, I hao en tirely recovered from my fouryears'vujru--iiiR. All who k-ov me wonder how I, who, for ho many years, had no appetite, and could not bleep for backache, -lileh in my side, and general .stomach com plaints, could have recovered. An old lady In our city, who has m:Pi red for many years from kidney lisew. and the doctors had given her up, took two of your Pills, and got more relief than -lie has from nU the doctors. YourvlntK. J. VON DKK KCHG. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, The genuine arc never sugar-eonted. Every box has a red wax seal on the Hd, with the Impressien: McLanc's I.Kit Pill. The genuine SIcXANK'S r.XVKIt PILLS near the signature of C. IcI.nim and Fleming; Bros, on the wrapp'rs. Insist upon having the genuine I)K. C. McLANK'S LIVEIi PILLS, prepared bv Flemlng Bros., or Pittburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLnne, spelled differently, hut of same pronunciation. Ifyour storekecier does not have the genuine 1K. C. McLAfES CELE BRATED LIVER, PILLS, cnd us a.1 ccnts, and we will send you n box by mail, and a set of our advertising cards. FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strenpth and 'wuolesiimeness More economical than the ord nary kinds, and cannot oe sold in eomp tliion with tiic mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate owders. Sold only fn cmw, ItovAL Baking Pow dki: Co.. ice "Wall-st. N.Y. Cleaning Repairing. .NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK. BY GEORGE LOTETT, Main Street, opposite X. Lneb'd. 1Q AAA -TO LOAN IN SUMS to suit, flpy.VAV on real estate security. Apply to BOZORTH & JOHNS. OTTI ftfi HB, r.'S3 a ELS Aae LLKMAN REsiEU l POWOER C. II. STICKELS A. 21. JOHNSON & Co., Dealers In Ship Chanfllery ai Groceries CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Abo "Wholesale Dealers in Paints. Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Putty. Artists' Oil and "Water Colors. I'nint and Kalso- litlitc Srnslies. Constantly on hand a full and choice stock of Staple and Fanr Groceries Only tlio Best kepi. Our .stock of Crockery and Glass Wave l the linrcest and most Complete Stock ever opened In Astoria. Coasist Ingot . Tea and Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets. Glass, Fruit, und Water SeLs. Bar Fixtures. Ale Mugs, ronies, Uutlc Bottles Goblets, Tum blers Lemonade Cups, &c &c. Everything sold at Lowest living Rates. Quality Guaranteed. An Examination will more than repay you. LOEB & CO., JOBUKltS IN WINES. LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Housesland Eastern Distilleries. 82T"A!1 goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET, Opiwsite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. W. E. DEMENT & GO. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, MAGNUS G. (1R0SBY, Dealer in HARMS, IRON, STEEL, iron Pipe and Fittings, rLTJ M BERS AND STEAM FITTER5 Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IROH TIH AND COPPER, Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with t.eatness and dispatch. None but first class workmen employed. A lame assortment oR SCALE? Constantly on nand Fishermen Attention! Sutton. Genuine Cape Ann Oiled Clothing. Double Long Coats, Half Peas, Double suits. l'iMlierninii JnmpcrN, Fisherman Pant. Aprons, sSlecven, JKubbcr Boots, Blanket Shirts, -SockH, etc. At San Francisco Prices. A Liberal Discount to the Trade. Shin Masters Supplied. II. 1. CHADBOUKXE, Agent. Ou the Koad waynear "Water Street. ) Drugs and Chemicals i J. E. THOMAS, y DRUGGIST vr. iW Pharmacist, Z .o.. T'-'XAOlUrtlA, j) E7 W Prescriptions carefully compounded " Day or Sight. Administrator's Notice. 1VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JlI undersigned hastthLs day been appointed by the Honorable county court, ot the State of Oregon, county of Clatsop, administrator of the Estate of John Gustaf Fransen, de ceased, and ho was generally known by the name of Frank Brown. All persons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same, with proper vouchers duly verified, tome at the ofllce of Union Packing Company, at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. AH persons in debted to said estate will call and settlo the same with me at once. P. F. JOHNSON. Administrator. Astoria, February 27th, 18S3. dtw A 31 JOHNSON. WILLIAM HOWE -DEALER IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. au kinds of 8 ETCFXtSYXXrCS' OAK LUMBER, aMlte glass, :SKS Bracket Work Boat Material, Etc. SSli a specialty. j Boats of aH Kinds Made to Order. I : : g. .......... ..a... .. a eyOrders from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. S. ARNDT & FERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop JZ&rZ BLACKSMITH SHOP -AflSHMHR? AKD UpH- Boiler Shop AU kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. Aspeclalty madeof repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bentox Street, Neab Parker House, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS.' LANDiMARINB ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. Ofall Descriptions made to Order at Short A'otire. A. D. Wass, President. J. G. IIustlku, Secretary. I. W. Cask, Treasurer. Jonx Fox, Superintendent WH. EDGAR, ASTORIA. - - - OREGON. Dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, Stationery and Optical Goods, Joseph Rodgers and "Wostenliolm GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLER Revolvers and Cartridges. WAITIXAItt AWI JSSMJS Gold and Silver Yatches and Chain Fine and Coarse Liverpool SALT. Tin Plate.BlockTin, Caustic Soda, For sale ex "Warehouso at Portland or Astoria by B AliFOUK, GUT1IKIE & CO. dtf Portland, Or. ENLARGEMENT FOARD & STOKES, Our Rapidly Increasing Business Compels an Enlargement of Our Premises. A full line of choice GROCERIES and PROVISIONS. Sole Agents for the celebrated POTREKO COMPRESSED YEAST. Leinenweber & Co., C. LEIX ENWEBEK. H . BKOWN'. ESTABLISHED 1865. ASTOEIA. OREGON, TAMEBS AM CHEEEIES, Manufacturers and Importers of AU, KINDS OF AND FINDINGS Wholesale Dealers in OIL AND TALLOW. jOTnighest cash price paid for Hides and Tallow.- aBRawssfty -j.c n rff i cuaiiiuiiituaaiiii BUSINESS CARDS. "P C. KOLDEX, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. Q.EL.O P. PARKJ3R. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City or Astoria Office : Chenamus street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. Tjl D. AVIJiTOJf, Attorney and Counselor at Law. aa-Office in Pytldan Building. Rooms 11, 12. ASTORIA, -.- - OREGON. TAY TCTTXiE. M. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Roonu 1,2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. Residence Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. "CI P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. I Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LA"W. Chenamus Street, - ASTORIA, OREGO?. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part of Europe. I Ail AGENT FOR THE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lines: STATE LINE, RED STAR, IIAM BURG-AMERICAN. DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid Tickets to or from any European port. For fnll information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc., apply to I. W. CASE. I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IN GEEBAL MERCHANDISE Corner Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA ..-- OREGON North Pacific Furniture Emporium. Geo. A. Flcasancc, - Irop'r. Cor. 5th and Alder Sts. - - Portland, Or. Straw Beds, per doz. - - $10. Spring Beds, each, - $5. to $15. Lounges, In Raw Silk, Carpet, and other coverine;, From $10. to 515. Samples of cover and particulars by mail, if desired. HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock irvAstoria JSovelties ofall Kinds Fruits Both Foreign an A Doaaestle Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 R &ND0CK Dressmaking. Plain and Fancy Sewing. Suits inado in the best Style and Guaranteed to Fit- Mrs. T. S. Jeivetb. ROOMS OVER MRS. E. S. WARREN'S.l & G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSM1THING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cas and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoelne. Wagons made and repaired Good work guaranteed. x . , tt 1 JSO. .jj ;4&- 4 &'' S,jQr-?:w?L "- -fel - M .&r.l . rf in w i 1 1 m . - ' . "j " :L f& ji -- . - tf j- ? -&