The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-26
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
A Tramp Thrown OFT q Train at
Helena Falls From q Trestie
and 10 Seriously Injured
Unattended for Hours.
MONTANA.

A gang Of pickpockets and thieves, at
the head OF which In Boston Charley, a
notorious thief and confidence maj, 10
said 70 be following the Montana racing
circuit.
Six years ago James Gallop, of Gallop,
purchased eight head OF sheep. He esti-
mates his profit of these eight animals at
5000 cash besides all the mutton he has
consumed. He hns sold wool each year
and last week sold the band for $500.
Three years ago a dog killed AZ head dur
ing one night, and still The little band
made their owner big money.
County Commissions Grant was In
town Wednesday. Mr.. Grant says the
hail injured his crops to a considerable
extent. To illustrate the power OF the
storm he said q hail ton struck q win
dow shivering the glass to atoms, n
then had sufficient force to continue its
course across n 16-foot room and broke
the glass in the window there. Crops in
the course of the storm were swept clean,
in some cases totally Observation-Disclosures
Independent.
The gentlemen composing the medical
profession of Bozeman have organized the
.'Gallatin Valley Medical society,"" lincor-
porated) for mutual improvement and
protection. The society has also estab-
lished n list of names of those persons
who are able but do not pay their doctors
bills. The following are the officers for
the ensuing year: President, X. M. White
foot; secretary, +. NJ. Higgins; treasurer,
J. NJ. Waters; trustees, G. L. Hogan, C..
NJ. Chambliss. H. NJ. Gragg.
The youngsters of Boxeman gave a
home made circus performance last week
and took in 81. This amount will be g n
through DIR. Sauderson to the Fresh Air
fund of New York, and more a n lit
tie girl or boy Of the crowded, filthy and
disease breeding streets of New York, will
be privileged To enjoy u day among the
green grass and flowers OF the country,
through the generosity of Bozeman boys.
On Tuesday, Charles Marion, Patrick
II. Miles, James Filkins and Charles Sui
Ivan, who nave been running a gambling
game at the Deer Lodge race track called
the figure race game, but similar to the
wheel of fortune game, were placed under
arrest and taken before Justice OF the
Peace Hartwell. They each waived ex-
animation and were held TO await the ac-
ton of the grand jury, Marion in the sum
of 81. 100 and the others each in the sum of
$3O.-NeW Northwest.
Wednesday evening the Helena police
notified a vagrant named Henry Brown
that he had better leave the city. Brown
attempted to steal n ride on q west-bound
Northern Pacific train and was thrown
of by a brakeman while the train was
crossing a ~trestle. Without stopping to
see whether he was injured or not, the
train pulled out, leaving him lying In the
3ilch beside the track. The man lay
there until some railroad men happened
to pass by. and hearing his groans picked
him up and carried him to the depot,
about three hundred yards distant. He
was placed on a truck n left there. His
arm was fractured N he received severe
internal injuries. The man remained on
the platform of the depot, unconscious
and covered with flies until 8 80 o'clock in
the afternoon. when a kind-hearted re-
porter ordered a hack and had him taken
TO the police station. The Journal says
Assistant Superintendent Dickinson, OF
the Northern Pacific railway, was asked
what should be done with the man, and
he replied that the railway would do moth
ing, as IL was the duty of the county to
care for such cases. The fact that the
man had been injured by the brutal
actions of one of the railway officials did
not seem to have cut any figure, as the
man was left alone in his pain, IN the hot
sun, over IL hours. under the very nose
Of officials of the road, without q han
being raised to relieve his sufferings or
alleviate his pain. The man was event.
ually aiken to the poor farm.
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