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30 us the P.O. we passed along a few squares saw some nice stores, and came to Bradfords Corner an immense? large building in which which the P.O. was temporarly located the sidewalks in front were thronged with people eagerly looking for news from home I got in the string about one hundred back and had to wait patiently for my turn it came at last and I found three letters from home I had to pay twenty five cents postage on each that went to the express company they carry the mail from Kearney which is the which is as far west as the government carries it. Just as I was emerging from the crowd and found my friend Collyer I heard an altercation in a saloon across the street there was only a few words when I heard the simultaneous report of two pistols. I got very much excited and was rushing to see what was the difficulty when my friend Collyer caught me by the shoulder and very cooly told me I must not go near them I asked him what it was and he said he guessed it was only a man shot and that we had better get out of the way as very probably there would be more shooting. I asked him with astonishment if that was the way they done thing here he said that was nothing unusual that scarcely a day passed without a murder being committed I asked him if there was no punishment for crimes there he said yes and that they would probably hang that fellow that killed the other just now we found on enquiring that was an affray between two gamblers and that one of them was dead. Mr Collyer said that if it was between two decent men that the fight occurred and they drew on each other and one fell that the surviver would not be interfered with, but strikeout? public opinion was very strongly opposed to gamblers they were sure to be punished if caught in the least unlawful act. He asked me to be present tonight at the trial by Lynch Law of the