Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1902 — Two Curious Duels. [ARTICLE]

Two Curious Duels.

Two peasants quarreled at a game of cards in Budapest a few days ago, and one promptly the other. A duel was arranged, and when the combatants met on the field their eyes were bandaged, pistols were put in their hands and they were ordered to lire. As a result one was killed and the other was arrested, together with the witnesses and seconds, a proceeding which surprised them very much, as they claimed that men in society fought duels constantly and were never arrested. On the same day and near the same place two servant girls fought a duel with knives, their object being to determine which of them should become the wife of a handsome soldiyr. The duel was conducted according to orthodox rules, and it did not end until the two girls were So severely wounded that they could fight no longer.