Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-27
BY Our Regular Correspondent
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA, MONTANA, March %, 1879.

e HELENA, MONTANA, March %, 1877
kstif breeze last night.
. Snow on the mountains; none in town
Much lumber is coming in the city.
Il Builders will have their hands full til
coming season.
!. The red brethren of the order of tn
. lnoccasin were represented for day O
. two last week.
Roads are muddy, but drying quickly.
a few fist fights on St. Patrick's Day
and one contribution to the school fund.
A number of Helena young men hav,
organized reading club in the st. Loui.
Hotel.
Examinations Mt the school will continue
this week, after which there is brief va
cation.
About seventy couple were present al
the ball on the evening of St. Patrick's
Day.
The observance Of Lent caused the at
tendance at the last Club party to be small.
Thomas Stewart aud Jc Davis. the lat
ter gent of ebony complexion. were SEN
fenced to years Imprisonment for grand
larceny, and Sheriff Jeffries took them to
Deer Lodge.
The small boys had a miniature carnival
yesterday, and presented quite formida-
bic appearance as they paraded en- nsasque
to the music of a coal oil can band.
At tie planning mill of Shaffer & Yergy.
Mr.. shafier. while feeding buzz saw. lost
two of the fingers of his left hand. From
time immemorial an antipathy has existed
between fingers and buzz saws.
The present contractor having failed. a
new contract is to be made with Levi l.. |
Blake. of Washington City. for carrying
The mail from Franklin. Idaho, to Helena
or three years and three months, begin
hing April lst.
A good deal Of sympathy is expressed
or Geo. w. Fox. WHO still looks on the
utter world through iron bars. Sympathy
good thing in its place. but it is well.
these degenerate days, that there are
ONE who demand justice - be done.
though the Heavens should Elll.'
The ''p;ntails, the zraat comiers of the
prng migration of ducks, have arrived.
nd the air near the slougbs in the valley .
meiodious with their whistle and the !;
nsing OF duck shot. The geese are also I,
b, and the supply of game in the iIele:.a :
arket exceeds the demand. :.
The proprietors of Main street store. Il
ON which various small articles have re-
n'ly vanished. have discovered the j,,ven-
pilterers who were responsible for their
and frightened the young
ers sufficiently, it is TO be hoped, to make d
EN- honest in the future. rs
It looks AS tho the Montana Navigation P
'mpany will fail 10 accomplish its object. in
ough its failure would be a severe com T
'ntary on Helena enterprise which nc
ght to hide its light under a wash tub if W
ant carry through scheme of so much vi
portance as that of Upper Missouri nayi- ia
ion. mi
:. n. McGrath, foreman Of the Whip WI
)r-Will mine.w severely hurt the other no
: by plank which fell ten or twelve WI
!, striking him on the head and knock VIZ
him sense,ees. TIE brain u-,s .f,.c,e, til.
the shock, but lie is expected to recover
rtly.
minister Of the Christian chIrch-the
who has preached in Helena for ten fir'
services at the presby- Clt
IN church this morning and evening. an
ister who has been here es N so yon,S; wi WI
?, what can be expected of the Helena lar!
me
hose present at a meeting of tie citi- WIZ
OF the West Side subscribed 81 600 Ito Una
repaid with 10 per cent. in rei'
ST. towards the erection of a primary lie
ol building in that part of town. TO was
amount the Trustees will add 81 200 rs'ie
the school house will bo hv;,f .s $500 Sew
suitable lot is secured. cd.
re Odd Fellows are going to erect a
pie in Helena, which will be one OF the
buildings in the mountains. It will =,
Gated on Main street below the Over :. =, |"
Hotel, and is to be two stories high. = =.
a nine foot basement, a hundred feet ~ :" :
and thirty feet wide, and the lodge 80
on the second floor will be 2oxlOO -
nd 20 feet in height with an arched ,:n
g. Excavations will commence at ~,
and the corner stone will be laid in -, :.
tier part of April. IA Ia
MONTANA. d"