Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-27
HELENA LETTER.

HELENA, MONTANA, Feb. %, 1879.
Slush is king.
A chinook wind breathed on the snow
banks, and they are not.
"Muc! adjeur about nothing" while tn
legislators were here, us well rs when the,
were leaving.
Green grass is already making its ap
pcarance on the southern slopes of tn
hills: and week since the snow was TWEEN
ty inches deep.
Everything beautiful and lovely on eartl
must pass away; even the Eleventh Lcgis
lative Assembly has merged into tile ocean
of the past.
Unfortunate beggars caused considera
BILE annoyance before the legislators salar
les We're raised to 5000 per demand sc
| they do still. for that matter. but it aids tht
memory to chronicle these minor events il
iuXtaposition to the great landmarks o
history.
George Ro(iimer's cabin, on lower Mair
stree; was one night last week entered BY
thieves. who forced an entrance and carried
away everything they could lay their hands
on. There are several individuals in town
who have no Ostensible means of liyeli
hood. and are believed to be thievishly in
clined. May their shadows grow less. OF
they shall die the death of Il dog!
The charming solicitude tor the welfare
of this county exhibited by the rest of the
Territory is the source of much unallOyed
qualification to the citizens of Helena. II
is difficult to say, however, what Lewis
and Clarke has done to merit the affection
ate guardianship bestowed. upon her by
other counties. whose Representatives in
the Council wisely prohibited her from
throwing away her money fora railroad,
which might have injured the vast bull
whacking interests of the Territory. 1t is
suggested that the Council was piqied into
disagreeing with the House on he railroad
question because the latter body was the
tavorite of the Helena ladies'. But how
could the ladies take any interest in an as
sembly of which the stove was the most
influential member, and the only one who
infused warmth into the proceedings:
The Fire Department benefit. at Saw
telle's theatre, last night drew a good house
and Noted the Department fair amount
Prairie chickens are suffering 4 little from
sportsmen who like to get their feet wet
but the game law will soon give them a
rest.
Most of the legislators who didn't start
home on Saturday mornings coaches had
their photographs taken yesterday.
The mails come in on runners. which are
considered little better than wheels Just
now, Balloons would be best adapted to
the state Of the roads, however.
The Assistant General Freight Agent Of
the Union Pacific Railroad has gone back
home without contracting to deliver freight
the year round. as he was authorized to do
in case the exemption bill passed.
A donation sociable. for the benefit of
Rev. John Armstrong, pastor of the NJ E.
Church. will be held at Taylor's hall on
Wednesday,.
The congregation Of the Presbyterian
Church in Helena will henceforth have to
pay its pastor without assistance from the
Board of Home Missions. A s'call'' has
been made to Rev. John 3. WorraIl, for
whose services $4,000 per annum will have
to be paid.
The masquerade ball was participated in
by monarchs, princesses, princes, army
and navy officers. clowns, flower girls, and
every other imaginable class. 1t was big
success.
The ladies' of the Episcopal Church, who
prepared supper for the masqueraders, did
not do so well as they expected, many OF
the masquers eating at town restaurant
which charged less.
Third-class service has been drawn off
the mail route from here to the Utah and
Northern terminus.
MONTANA.