It is said that Casselman collapsed after the woman passed on, and had to be carried into the bank.

John Konkle can also remember when he first came to Scottsbuff, and was camped on First avenue, near the present Emery Annex. A bullet carelessly sent on its way passed through the top of his wagon cover. Whether or not this was the reason, John returned to his home in the south part of the state and remained there a couple years before he returned to make the city his permanent home.

For the most part the popping of guns within the city limits was entirely for amusement, and those who shot them did so just for exuberance, noise or marksmanship. The fellows who did the shooting were just "waking things up." For instance, when Herman Siingbaum came in off the range the town seemed a bit quiet, and he so remarked. A bystander handed him a gun and said "wake her up." Herman stepped out on the street, and fired three shots into the ground and three into the air, and then handed the gun back to the owner. The shooting occurred in front of the Harrison grocery. Mrs. Harrison used to sit

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in the front room of the grocery, and when a customer came in she would call Mr. Harrison who sometimes worked in the back room, counting eggs or checking in merchandise. Mrs. Harrison's eyesight was very poorly at the time, and she could not attend the wants of customers, but occupied a rocker. When the gun was discharged it so startled her that she went over back in the rocker, and Mr. Harrison fell over a crate of eggs in his haste. But Herman was out of sight, and it was a