The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
WERE OUT FOR SPORT
Halloween Brings Out the Boy in All
All His Mischievousness.
ANOTHER BRIDGE BURNED
Cinnamon indulge In a Free-for-
All Head Smashing-The Death
Of Mr.. Gardeners Son
News Notes.

Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
Livingston. Nov. 2.-Hallowe'en was
celebrated In this city In a wild and
reckless manner. The boys played the
usual pranks of removing gates. chang
ing the signs of business houses,
stretching the niger rope" etc.
Sometime during the night a large
crowd of festive kids made a raid on
d. I. Donovan's freight wagons in Riv-
erside addition and had "a high old time
running the vehicles into the Yellow
stone river near by. While they were
in the midst OF their sport Mr.. Dono-
van appeared on the scene with 81
caliber revolver. He fired several shots
in the air to brighten the youthful
property destroyers away, but they
We're out for sport and didn't propose
to be bluffed so easily. Mr.. Donovan
became so enraged that he deliberately
fired into the crowd Of boys, with the
result that Frank Vaughn, aged 10,
was wounded. the bullet striking him
in the leg and Embedding itself in the
flesh. The bullet was extracted by DIR.
Alton and the injured lad appeared on
the street in the morning. the hero of
the occasion. The boys have sworn to
be avenged and IL they don't make life
miserable for Mr.. Donovan in the flu
tire 1t will be rather strange.
The Montana division of the North
ern Pacific suffered another loss by
fire Thursday night. when a 75-foot
bridge. about II miles east of this city.
went up dn smoke. The burning OF the
bridge delayed Friday mornings pas
senger trains over eight hours. This
makes five destructive fires on this div
ision recently. First came the Boze-
man tunnel fire. which ds still raging
furiously. next the Honest take trestle,
involving a loss OF over $4,000, was
destroyed. then a large material ware
house In the Livingston yards went up
in smoke. last week the wood ware
house In the Big Timber yards follow
ed suit and Thursday night the bridge
east Of this city was licked UP by
flames. In the language of the Boze-
man Chronicle. the Northern Pacific
seems to be hoodooed
The Chinese wash house on East
Park street was the scene of a free
for-all fight few days ago. During
the melee All TOT lost the end OF his
little finger and Wong Toi was badly
used UP by Sam Sing and One Lung
Wong Toi had Sam Sing arrested on a
charge OF assault and battery and JUS
tice Rose fined the accused $40 and
costs. At the conclusion of the trial
Wong Toi was asked IL he didn't want
to take an appeal. and created con-
siderable amusement by remarking:
mo; me pay fine; Judge Lose likee
Chinee boy; he my fiend."
The 5-year-old son of Engineer and
Mrs. Charles Gardner died at the
Windsor hotel Wednesday night from
scarlet fever and diphtheria. The fu-
neral occurred Thursday afternoon.
The board of health took immediate
measures to prevent the spread of the
contagion by placarding the hotel and
establishing a quarantine.
The county commissioners provided
transportation Thursday for c. Anna
long. a destitute and infirm veteran,
aged 20. and sent him to Milwaukee.
where he will enter the soldiers home.
Travelling Engineer G. Z. Sherwood
has resigned his position to accept a
regular run on the Minnesota division.
His successor is Z. c. Day Of the Mis-
souri, division.
Work on the new brick court house
is being vigorously prosecuted. The
stone foundation is now completed and
the laying Of the brick will be COM
menced the first of the week.
Switchman H. B. Ellis Of the Liv-
ingston yards of the Northern Pacific
has resigned his position and left to-
day for Cheyenne to accept a situation
on the Union Pacific.