The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-03
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

II see by the paper that Neil Gillis was
frozen to death near Livingston" said
James Gourley yesterday. ''There was a
man as brave and nervy as l ever knew.
Let me tell you what he once did. In our
adv%enturesome march to the Wolf Noun
tains in 1874 Gillis was one of the party.
We were fighting Indians night and day
and it was mighty dangerous work. We
had crossed Long creek and were moving
along ready to pull into corral. At this
time ] had command of the left flank.
-Four men were travelling about 600 yards
ahead of the train in a straight line, when
when suddenly $50 Cheyenne Indians
jumped out of the brush and charged
them. These men with the determine
ton that they would die right there
rather than retreat or surrender, dropped
down on their knees and fired into the saw
age horde which was advancing with all
speed. After firing they would get up and
advance a few steps and then drop down
and fire again. They did this until the In
dams were not more than forty yards away.
By this time the advance guard had reached
a ridge near by and commenced shooting
from an opposite direction. This broke up
the Indian, and they went back. The brave
work of these four men undoubtedly saved
the entire outfit. One of the men was Neil
Glllis."
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Thomas Joralemon, a rich man OF Hol-
ton, N. j., attained a great deal of notoriety
in the east last summer through his matri-
moniai endeavors. The other day he died
at the age of 81 years. One bright August
afternoon he picked a girl up on the street
and took her for a ride. He proposed and
was Immediately accepted. A long string
of silks, diamonds and other valuable pres
ents followed until finally the young lady
became tired of him. She WIS deaf to all
appeals, and then he went to the newspa-
pers and the case was made so public that
he received proposals from all parts of the
country. One from a Helena widow, who
declared that she would rather be an old
mans darling than a young mans slave.
Who knows the Widows name?
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The gossip of the New York World has
this to say of a prominent Montanian:
The authenticated Montanian and New
Yorker who would have been having fun
helping to kill the force bill in the senate
this week had the Montana legislature been
legally organized, seems to have concluded
to take up his residence in this city and tc
make 4 bid for social entree. Five or six
million dollars aren't enough nowadays tt
launch Il newcomer in Gotham's swan-pond
though they do help hin, to make Il small
ripple in duck-puddles. But William A
| (lorl- iSnft tho sort IF - :, -, ,,;,l tI,+
He was famous in Butte ten or fifteen years
ago as the only man in town who lived in
real BRICK house and burned real coal in hi
parlor CRATE. Coal cost about S25 a ton in
Bntte then, and there conldn't have been q
greater distinction than the ability to burr
it. Diamonds were much more plentiful il
that wonderful mining camp than Goals.
Mr.. Clark isn't an Adonis, and though he
loves polite society he hasn't forgotten how
he and his two brothers ven to Montana
generation ago poor boys with hearts ant
homes in the Ould Dart.
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II the Evening Starlight kept posted OF
the news of the day it would not ask in
formation as to the identity of "E. A
Street," the discoverer of the rich place
ground in Idaho. The INDEPENDENT pub,
lished n full account of the transactio,
about n week ago. 1t stated ttat the oper
ator, whose name is Sweet. was formerly
resident of Helena, and has been employe,
at different times in the Western Union of
flee.
IT.
Among the arrivals at The Helena las
evening were Colonel and Mrs. Il. G. lnper
soil, Nathaniel Myers and d. N. Carvalho
of New York, Mrs. j. q. Cornue and Mis-
Mary Cummings. of Springfield, Mass. AL
are interested in the Davis will case. Co
lngersoll and Mr.. Myers are counsel. M,
Carvalho is the handwriting expert VIII
pronounced the will a fraud, and Mrs. Co,
nue. and Miss Cummings are among III
contestants. MIR. Myers and Col. Ingersol