The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-20
FROM LEITERVILLE.
AN UNFORTUNATE KID WITH
A HANDLE.
Walter Moore, the Victim Of a Tpam-
way Acknowledgement Teal as
School Clerk, Vice Wall,r and -
Contest Probable,

As OPSSIo
Correspondence. EWalter Moore met
with a painful and serious accident at
the Letter mine on the 18th. resulting
in breaking his lower rib and severely
bruising his back and side. He was
putting a bucket of ore weighing with
the bucket about 1900 pounds on a
trolly out of the Sheridan mine to the
shaft when some slight obstruction on
the track caused the bucket to tip
forwards, the bale striking the unfor
tunate young nan on the back and
plnning him to the floor. DR.. Miller
was summoned and promptly respond
ed, arriving here three hours after the
accident, made the patient as comfort
able as possible and sen him to town
accompanied by his wife, who had
come up to look after him. With the
care and comfort of home treatment.
and the professional services of the
worthy Doctor, he will probably be out
in a couple of weeks and attending to
business at the old stand, but in future.
will push rather than pull the trolly
and stand from under in case of OBJ
structions on the track.
Mr.. Mike Dugan, the we'll known
Italian landlord of Dublin Gulch. Butte.
with his wife and daughter spent We'd
nesday in camp, the guest of T. Benton
Letter. Mr.. Dugan has a fine gold
property at the head of the Ramshorn
Gulch, but was BILE to visit it on ac-
count of the show.
DR.. Adam Briggerman is a surgeon
of no mean ability. He recently per-
formed a delicate surgical operation
with neatness and dispatch that is
worthy of being recorded in our .medi-
cal journals. He was coming out of
the mine last Monday when he acct
dentally fell over one of his feet, strik-
ing his knee on a sharp rock and pain
fully injuring that member which
shortly swelled up to the size of a mans
hat. With wonderful presence of mind
he repaired to his apartment in the
Combination, dug up his shaving case.
extracted a surgical instrument and
made a 3 inch incession in the wound
and Quilted it of two or three pounds of
stuff that did not belong in there. ban
daged it up with an old sock and pro-
nOunced the patient cured. At this
writing, the cure is permanent.
At a recent meeting of the school
trustees, our tenderfoot friend, Mr.. Jas.
Waller, the fat boy, was selected to
serve as school clerk for district No.
36. The last day for qualifying rolled
around, and instead of looking after the
honor and greatness that had been
thrust upon him, he was down town
pointing out the sights to our friend
Dugan, %whereupon Mr.. Teal was duly
appointed and qualified. Mr.. Waller
keenly resents the usurpation of his
Office and title by Mr.. Teal and no doubt
the county has lost a brilliant and
efficient officer: the emolument fees
and perquisits is also a matter of heat
ed discussions between the two gentle
men and no doubt serious trouble will
result.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. O. S.
Brooks on Wednesday morning. Mr..
Brooks informs me that he has named
him Benton Teal Waller Brooks. Now
if that kid don't make a mark for him
self or land in the ''pen.' it wont be
the fault of his name.
Messrs Adams, Grey & Co., have
leased the six stamp mill at the forks
of the Creek from Sarge Hall and are
running a small shipment of eight or
ten tons of high grade rock from their
mine on SkypHigh.
Bob Carpenter and Miss Topsy Lar
kin spent last week at Pipestone
Springs and Butte. Uncle Bob must
have been travelling at an uncommonly
swift gait as since his return he has
been laid up with a complication of
ailments at Sheridan.
The mill was closed the latter part of
last week and the first part of this week
owing to an accident of the tramway.
During the shut down numerous re-
pairs were made and a push start was
made on Tuesday. The electric light
plant works like a charm and the night
is as brilliant as the day. The bins are
nearly full of ore and unless another
accident occurs the mill will run
steadily.
Fnoch Chnrchin Sonk Thomas on1