Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-02-28
Virginia City Letter.
The Prosperous Metropolis Of
foonfAern Montana.
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA,
- February 2lst, 1873.

0O03D8v0 M00t900e
n VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA,
IT, - February 2lst, 1873.
OF Editor Arant Courier:
That you may not be bshintl your ente
: prising neighbor, will constitute mysel
y with your permission, your corresponds
y from Virginia City, ard give you a few I
- the local happenings in this city, and TIN
- the readers Of the Times may not be lnislc
into the belief that correspondence trol
e this city to that journal emanates from
" respectable and reliable source, will te
who .'Janitor'' is.
= Virginia City is to-day what 1t has bee
= for the past six years. and will continue +
i be for many years to come. the cOmmercia
j. and business center of one of the mos
thrifty agricultural sections OF Montana
as, also, one Of the wealthiest gOld-pro
Z ducing sections in the mountains. Durin,
the past season abundant crops were har
vested on the Ruby. Beaverhead, Jefferson
Madison and Upper Willow Greek valleys
These large crops haze mostly been mark
eted ut ye.Alnerativc prices. and the results
are that our farmers are generally in easy
circumstances. are securing Government
titles to their farms, and making many val
uabls improvements in the way Of erecting
fine buildings, Increasing their facilities for
irrigation, and charging their inclos' yes
by substantial fencing. These cvidf Act 1
Of prosperity and permanence are to oe
seen on every hand. Another re ,ult is,
they have been enabled to pay up lheir in
debtelness to merchants which as placed
| credits Mt the banks in favor. j. ST ad of us
formerly, against our nercl,W rs and bust
ness men. The past year see MS to have
been singularly fortunate one for the
people Of Madison county. In addition to
bountiful crops, the pE cer mines have
yielded better than for ecv .r:il years past.
and our flumc men, VITO Lave been carry
ing heavy burdens of debt, ut ruinous rates
of Interest, have cam ell.d their indebted
ness, or the greater par of it, and Will start
In next Spring free frc m debt and with
reserve sufficient to AIRY them through
the ground-sl,licing season. The quartz.
too. has made larg'.i returns. The COM
plants of hard AMI lu!l times are no longer
heard.
The scarlet few r scourge has about dis-
appeared. no new cases having been re-
ported during tt e past week.
China New Years closed Il few days ago
to the great delight of the quietly disposed
portion OF the people 1T the lower end of
town. and the regret Of all the hoodlums
and lOafcr; of the entire city. with 4 grand /
anil hurry burly 'loings, down in
the neigh )orhood OF Central.
Our us, al social winter gatherings have
been serio' sly interrupted. may say en-
tirely stopI ed. on account of the many re-
rent deaths from scarlet fever. and will
probably 1t he resumed during the season.
However, :. grand ball is announced to
come off 2. Nevada on the 18th Of March.
IN honor If the man who has the credit Of
frogs and snakes from the EN-
.rald Isle.
Virgin boasts one of the best schools
Inc has ger had. Mr.. Hassall is winning
golden Unions for himself us Il teacher,
md is ally assisted by Miss Robertson and ,
Hrs. Barley in their respective depart
nents. '
We have regular services every Sunday
n the churches-Catholic. Episcopalian, =.
nd Methodist-which are fairly attended, -.
nd ably conducted by the respective d.
ines-kcllefer. Prout and Shipper. =
AS I promised 10 ten Who the Times cor
is, l will do so in few brief
mes. ''Janitor' is no greater parsonage =
han John Russell Wilson. the person who !!
nee disgraced the editorial chair of tie 8
iadisonian. Since Wilson was kicked out Il
the MaGisonian, by the proprietor of g :.
rat paper, at the demands of a majority of =, ~
&c people Of Virginia, and the implied re-
lest OF most Of its patrons all over the !"
erritOry, he has tried many times to get n
ito print, but could not find a publisher
Montana SO poor as to give him space,
j he fell in with that ancient and impec,l-
ous editor Oftile Times, who he claims
lys him the enormous sum of $500 each dc
r his readable and interesting letters. W
is strange how wonderfully kind adver- W
~ makes us all: and stranger still it is til
hat strange bed-felluws it does beget. A an
'uple Of years ago the Times editor took lc
light in calling Wilson '.B:.nnaclS sluice tn
bber,' .'CrOss-eyed barbarian" and APP tn
wing to him such like nice little cpitlets. oy
1t birds ola feather etc. you know. st;
L this is strange; much stranger than the 30
It tl,at ::Janitor" finds delight in cloth II
z his letters in gamblinS-housc slang. W;
r 1t is in these dens that he loves to tll
Iilc away his leisure hours-and all his nit
!lrs are leisure ones now and lie may TIL
most nightly be seen stuck up behind u ass
'ck 0fivory, and looking for ''two pairs err;
running over the deck TO see what he'd at
awetl if he .'stayed in" The boys about
Sn call him 1.-The professional ont of ST
H." Morally dcpraved and Intellectual 2ls
dwarfed, he wandcrs about town, ex- sci
lied from all good society. and jeered Iii
hoatal at by the children on the street G.:
q 6sss E.lles irto the general dislike of
ainst lam. 1 may ia future letter give thu
history ef IA anonymous postal card ee
is accused ct seHding to q pr@nli2ent thu
mber of the MaAoaic FrteEuity some Sta
&c 'go; why he disiilses Col. Demling m.
! George Todd; and Of the fine he was rle
older in York State; Of a little episode tha
I'D with nude China women few years arr
}. nd several other things that will the
w ca.ue why Virginia people dislike s.!
!. pet
W he
w. bel
TsaaAsfe1 Of the Indian bureau. Tn
n.s Coz
VAsHrNGr. ". February 22.-Secretary sen
urz and A ssist:nt Attorney General . Nv.
rble are before the House Committee f.,
Indian Affairs 'o-day giving their views VIII
The proposed tr:. ns.er Of the Indian Blu