Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1879 — A Life on a Wager. [ARTICLE]

A Life on a Wager.

The most foolish bet that we ever heard of was that made last Sunday morning in George Shaw’s saloon, on Florence avenue, by Michael Hall, that he could drink one quart of whisky within five minutes. He had been drinking a good deal during the morning, and was at the time of betting somewhat intoxicated. The sum bet was only $lO, which fact alone shows the condition of the man’s mind at the time. A quart measure was procured and filled to the brim with whisky, the quality of which, we suppose, was about the same as that generally served in mining towns in this State. Hall put the measure of liquor to his mouth, and without taking it from his lips drank it to the dregs. Before a minute had passed he fell to the floor, apparently dead, and in that condition was at once removed to his lodging house, on Helena avenue. Dr. Brierly was summoned and emetics were given, but without producing the desired result. A stomach-pump was then applied to the man, and more than a pint of the liquor was taken from him. For forty-eight hours he was unconscious of what was going on about him. Inflammation of the stomach set in, and his sufferings became intense. The ulcerations from the inflammation finally, it is believed, perforated his stomach, and Thursday night, about 11 o’clock, he died. Hall was a robust, hard-working young man, only 25 years of age. He drank the whisky in two and a half minutes.— Sutro (Nev.) Independent.

Baron Albert Grant, who failed in London for nearly $3,000,000, has a family of ten daughters and two sons. His wife is an unpretentious woman, she daughter of a London iweimt.