Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-31
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA, MONTANA, July %, 1879.

| HELENA, MONTANA, July %, 1879.
Cool and pleasant.
The Odd Fellows temple is fast climb
ing skywarG.
An incipient fire was nippeG in the bud
in broadway shed on Saturday.
Floral Hall has been removed from with
in the Fair Grounds an built on the out
side.
The heaviest rain of the season soaked
the upper part Of the valley on Thursday
afternoon.
The receipts of the strawberry festival
given by the Episcopal ladies on Tuesday
amounted to 1925.
Cherries raised in garden three miles
from Helena have lately been sold on the
streets at extravagant prices.
Millions of tiny grasshoppers are nib
bling the vegetation in the valley Will.
waiting for their wings to grow.
Several hail storms have recently made
havoc in ga' dcns in the vicinity of Helena.
Hailstones as big as hens eggs are re-
ported.
A city charter will be voted upon to-mor-
row. Incorporation is opposed by the In
dependent, and favored by the Herald,
which is probably on the winning side.
The Heavens wept, and the artillery OF
the universe rOared, and the wild winds
played requiem last Tuesday night when
the truly extraordinary session expired.
The first residence ever built on Broad
way was torn down last week. 1t was oc-
cupied since 1865 by Col. Johnston, Dis
trict Attorney, and his family, and will be
replaced by brick house.
Disciples of Isaac Walton are wooine the
slippery trout with hook and line in all the
streams within 80 miles of Helena. There
is much consumption Of snake-bite medi-
cine.
Montana shipments by the railroad will
hereafter be billed at contract rates, thus
making unnecessary the inconvenient COL
lection of rebates under the past system of
billing at regular rates.
The Phono graph was on exhibition in
Helena last week. and talked and sung in
diabolically hoarse voice as though it had
a sore throat. The machine was in charge
OF c. A. d. Ha!verson.
An old citizen Of Helena who has lust
closed out the business which he has con-
Quoted here for many years, is in an envia-
bic condition. He says he has more money
than he knows what to do with. and is go
ing to Europe to get rid of some of the
surplus.
The ''home station" of the Utah and
Northern WAS on Tuesday last moved to
Camas Creek, forty miles this side of Eagle
Rock, and the Helena coach, leaving here
at ) a. III. (instead Of as heretotore) now
makes close connection with the trains, and
obviates the necessity Of travellers laying
over at the terminus.
The man John Bass, now in the hospital.
who was picked up in the mountains near
Unionville about ten days ago in starving
condition. had been wandering around for
three weeks, subsisting on roots and ber-
ries. He will recover. but would have per-
ished in a few hours had he not been
found.
Richard Evans, who knocked an Indians |
brains out with his gun stock when he and
Eagleson were attacked, and the latter kill
ell. by the Flatheads near Lincoln gulch.
was taken to Deer Lodge by Sheriff Nc |
Andrews on Tuesday. and is now in Jail |
awaiting the investigation which will take
place as soon as the necessary Indian and |
white witnesses can be obtained.
Your correspondent has before referred
to the uncertainty Of the safe transit OF
money letters from Helena to the East
The alleged mail robber in the person OF
John II. Flign, IN employee of the Ogden
was arrested by Special p. o.
Agent Furey. on the 18th, at Salt Lake. and
vas bound over in the sum of $500 to ap-
pear before the Grand Jury. May lie re-
ceive his deserts is the earnest wish Of the
Helenaites who were annoyed by his trans
actions.
The ncwly-discovcred pass through the
main range, about Is miles from Helena.
whose highest elevation is but !. 4s1 feet. is
the subject of much talk and exultation
among the Capital folks. The pass is not
exactly discovery, however, as your cor
has conversel with several par
les who have been through it at different
lines, but no one seems TO have thought OF
IS great value until Mr.. A. V. Priest.
whose name it will DOUBTLESS bear, emf
,loyed Prof. Marsh to survey it. A good
wagon road will at once be made, and traW
.lers to and from the West Side will hence
orti, have more enjoyable trip. This
asst found and best gap in the Rockies adds
lastly to Helena's railroad prospects, for
10 road could afford to overlook so favor
BILE a route across Montana's rugged back
zone.