Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-08-12

Browns static on 9TH street an
nounced an impending Gu ssiropbe,
which few seconds lat-r was made
evident IN the sojourner- as Nsio
street by the appearance of UncIe
C'le's team, 'urning out If Z u street
into Main on the keen jump, swinging
the big truck behind in-m as IL IL was
a asulky. At this hour IT, the morning
the sidewalk IN Main street was well
filled with people engaged n market.
ing, shopping "r iounglng about. and
to this crowd thu alarm was : are "
given before 'h- runaway team was
upon them. In tuning T. ih. left
out of 7tl street the imp tus
wss 50 great NJ to carry the
team onto the sidewalk at Rl-y's
restaurant. from which po it
dashed along regardless of oh.truc.
tions In the shape Of electric light
poles and sign posts, nut the -"n.tsnt
y
imp.dlments 10 travel finally brought
the rlDaways Ia ~ d,sd stop IN front
of McIntire's baz uar. Will l. seemed
in the nid-t of the cun,noti n at Q
nnmbpr Of sever. II Dot fatal s,,rid-nts
must rnsu., We ARE glsd 10 h. 4t'a TO
state thst slth u h there ser. n mum.
ber Of narrow -s'ane- there W. but
one ca-uslty that promises to ~ fs,al.
OF the close shav-s. Mrs. Ber' Rob.rt-
son probably had the cl ..-'. she
WAS on hOr-eb-ck and had stopped in
front Of Brsnder burg'- mprkst. With
teams bitcbed or standing .rguua her
when the crash of the ",c,ming
runaway team WAS heard. Hnmmsd
In ~ she WAS. aud dire"tly 10 he
track Of the runawsy.. IL 'ohked f,- .
second as II she would b. ran down.
but by keeping h-r head che -ucreed.
ed In getting her horse to sn opening,
through which smart cut o' the
whip sent HIM half way across The
street and out Of danger. NJ. Rob
ertaon owes her safety entirely I, ner.
self, ss however willing IN. bys'aud-
ers migfft have beeD, tbpr- Wa no op-
porturity for anyone To interfere In
her behalf Eph Dsvi. puled ole It
tie 3-yesr-ol boy almost from under
the horses feet, and Johuuy Telling,
In endesvoring 20 restrain the rnbi-
tion OF Jackson's war horse gos UPSET
and badly bruised. The most severs
and possibly fatal result wss exper-
enced by an IrdiaD who ws- standing
on the side walk gazing in n euntrm-
plaiive mood st the trees tia fringe
the further bank Of Tongue river. Ar
rsyed In all the bravery OF savage art
he stocd with arms folded, p picture
such ~ Fennimore Coop.r loved to
write about. True to his s'oicsl na-
ture, he refused TO notice the tumule
made by the runaway tesm, sud be.
fore anyone could in'erpo-e for his
safety the horses were upon him, over
him, past him, and In the cloud 81
dust that was left In rh.ir raj, his
ms ngled form was fn be seen |, ing in-
ert and motiople>-. KIND hands
som raised him ui', when II ws- found
that both legs were broken shor' of,
the fracture of thu right leg being Of
the compound comminu-d variety,
while that Of the left leg was simple.
One OF the mo- singuar features Of
the accident 10 that both ieet remained
firmly fixed to the p-d'sa al on which
the unfortunate brave Wa. -tsndiug
when struck by the team. There was
no preceptible bemhorrage, and the
doctors think they will rull him
through, as his bodily health IL -
good rs usual. II may be many days,
however, before he IL seen In his ac-
customed place in front Of Kostelak's
cigar store.