Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-18

HELENA. MONr.. Sept. IL. 1876

HELENA. MONT. sept. 10. 1879.
I Windy and cool fall weather.
Sawtelle's theatre will reopen on tn
Gath.
The coming social event is the Odd Eel
lows Ball.
Helena will present innumerable attrac
lions during fair week.
Two inches OF snow fell on the rang,
between Helena and Butte last week.
The meek-f,ced sheep has lately beer
sold in Helena at $3.50 per head. Pret,,
cheap mutton.
There is a demand for bull-whackers to
whoa! haw gee. to Cow Island and back
for late river frcigIts.
Freight continues to pour in from the
railroad and trains are making excellent
tlmc-tIanks TO good roads.
Major r. e. Walker. of Helena. il onc
OF three hundred heirs to Swedish estate
valued at upward of SSO.OOO.OOO.
Lewis and Clarke county has been thor
oughly assessed. The taxable valuation
Is said to be much greater than it was last
year.
Two daily coaches to Butte run ont and
in loaded down with passengers. Opposi.
ton has resulted in low rates for travel
and large increase in the passenger trait
fic.
Pedesfrianism has not diminished in
popularity. The chief justice Of Montana
and the Presbyterian minister of Helena
''foo ed it, nine miles into the valley, and
back. one day last week.
Houses a,e springing up everywhere.
Helena grows like Il mushroom. and the
improvements in her appearance since last
spring are simply pro-tIi-gi-ous, as DOM
Inie Sampson would say
IL have sold stock in many markets for
many years. and of all the markets ever
struck. Helena is now the worst SAWS an
Oregon man who recently brought a band
OF fine horses from the Pacific coast
a ride through TIE valley affords one an
opportunity to see any quantity of big
potatoes. and monster pumpkins. squash
49, y Wv ''''' iSs "ttCI illtlOUS. tlc.. winch |
proud farmers are saving tor the fair.
No one seems yearning to bore an arte-
sian well for the bonus Of 5. 900 offered hv
the legislature. 1t was false economy TO
offer SO little for an experiment which
might prove of inestinable value to the
Territory.
Prickly Pear valley grain OF the present
crop will not weigh so much to the acre rs
would have weighc;! had the weather
been cool and moist instead of hot and
Try. but the yield will nevertheless be very
Still the sheep are coming. Five thou
ana rom Oregon and twenty thousand
rom California are reported enfoute. TO
'ifset the gain in sheep population. dim
mutton of the number of cattle in the Sun
River country is said to have been caused
" recent large sales OF stock for other
markets.
The telegraph line which is to connect
ieena and .issinnboin will he completed! ;
y Wednesday. Buell.. the Fort Ellis :
pcrator. who is here with instructions to |
pen an Office. has placed the wire between |
lelena ana Ellis in such condition that
lele Is a prospect of uninterrupted COM :
in the future. a
Some of the colored people of Helena Il
link their chillr II are maltreated hy the
;hool trustees. who furnish log house
'r the lmps OF darkness, while white
p'lngSfcrs are taught in brick buildings. Il
onseqtieh'ly the black urchins are severe Il
kept at lone. their parents express
< iinfoundel fears as to the safety of the
ructurc provided Tor their accommodate u
on. l.,
"fhe city of hash honses" promises to
one OF llelena's distinctive nick-naups W
the near future. Boarding houses. no. l.
is ana eating houses are numbered by b.
e dozen. One establishment on lower n;
ain street is said to furnish board at in
ices ranging from 81 per month (proba- "
pine board at this price, to SO per- t.,
ck. The spacious dining room shares !, III
Dderate sized frame building with boot
shoe and carpenters shop, in the rear "
which is located the com,nolious to
chen. This arrangement is convenient ne
the utilization Of waste sole leather MS g.,
'iS'eak. The air in the yi.inity is not No
iny with Odors of Ar:,by the blest. but n,
proprietor (who is also ready to repair o;,
). III government sandals in an artistic 49,.
nner) is reported to be making money.
MONTANA.