Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-04-10
by Our Regular Correspondent
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONTANA. April G, 1879.

HELENA. MONTANA, April 6, 1879.
Folks are moving. t~e'
Dwelling houses for rent 60 like hot
cakes. =.
The most beautiful weather! (Shakspear-
ian style excusable on account Of spring.)
Helena hasn't got pedestrianism yet, but
is likely to catch it.
Only two April showers, but lots of sun
shine and Italian skies.
Governor Potts has gone East and will
probably bring back some fine bloOded
horses.
The Auditor sold $500 in Territorial
warrants at par and IL and per cent. pre-
MUM on the LIST inst. %r s.
The Flathead Indians in town last week
were strangely insoleat and went out un-
der Cavalry escort.
The Little Jennie mine Il wish it was
mine) at Ten Mile is again developing rich
ly. and &. b. Vaughn. its owner is the OBJ
ject of the enyiOus regard of less fortunate
min rs.
Mr.. Charles Lehman will build a brick
dwelling house at the West Side to rent.
His example should be followed by others.
tor Helena is getting crowded.
Its very unreasonable for telegraph wires
to be down ut this time Of year. but the
Bozenmn and Eastern lines both took a
drop too much last week.
The first Montana book bindery is now
in operation in Helena tho enterprising
Fisk Bros. have added it to the Heralds
mammoth establishment.
a tract Of ground 800 feet square having
been secured tor 5000, the new West Side
school house. which will be large enough
for hundred children, is to be speedily
erected.
The latest bonanza is the Gloster lode.
up in the Penobscot neighbOrhOOd. in
which body of ore apparently rs rich as
Vestal's original strike has been discover
ed fifteen feet below the surface.
The County Commissioners opened bids
yesterday for grading road in Prickly
Pear Canyon and awarded the contract to
G. W. Keller. who agrees to do the work
for 5000. They also purcl ased for the
county the toll road which runs through
upper Prickly Pear Canyon.
The rattle of intellectual musketry will
be heard at the Broadway church on Tues
day evening when Messrs. Hedges and
Voolfolk will maintain that the Pulpit
offers a better opportunity for the cultiva-
ton and display of e!oquence than the
Bar" against the Reverends Armstrong
and Gilbert.
Town is getting lively as mud turtle.
The streets are filled with wagons; the
sidewalks echo to the tread of u multitude:
the men of business smile and are in Il h,,r-
ry; the country is buying its spring sup
plies in the metropolis; business is rush
ing; the 1T of the 'ammer is card on the |
'ouse-in fact, everything lis lively and
the goose hangs in an elevated and per-
pindicklar posishun."
George w. Fox's attorneys, last Thurs
day. moved to quash the seven indictments
found against him on the ground that
witness was allowed in the room with the
jury while other witnesses were oeing ex-
amined, and that the granaejury itself was
not elnpanelled according to tie provisions
Of the latest law, though the usual Mon
tana custom in such eases was followed
The witness referred to was Granville
Stuart, Re eiver Of the Peoples National
Bank of Helena. whose acquaintance with
b. hon H. |
to the jury invaluable, and this fact, and
the consideration that the regular method
was pursued in empanclling the jury, de-
ided Judge Wade to override the mo-
ton. Court adjourned yesterday, and
Fox's trial will be delayed until the fall
term. In the meantime. no bondsmen ap-
pearing. he will remain in confinement.
The special Grand Jury summoned to
nvestig;Ae the Ingcrsoll affair found a
true bill'' against him. 1t is alleged that =,
abstra:ted the gold by means of !.
l rubber key. and the detective is said to
nave discovered that the dust was buried !.
n DIR. G. $. Ingersoll's yard for over
year. or until a week before young lnger-
soils departure tor Chicago. when he I'M
,arthed it and sent it by express, in his
runk. to that city. He spent the winter
II "a and 70 in Chicago or further East. I
md some time in the latter year is report {
d to have sold $4,000 in gold dust to c
Philadelphia bank. Another rlmor is |
hat the accused unavailngly endeavored '
o implicatc worthy citizen of Helena t
When his Efforts to account for various u
nspicions circumstances. brought to light y
" Detective Rue. We're unsuccessful. The q
oily Of dishonesty could not be more eff Il
eciively Illustrated than by lngersolls "
'laintive statement (if such was ma,le) 0
rhen incontrOvertible evidence of his v
uilt stared him in the face. that he knew v
OF where the money had gone; it had II
Tipped through his fingers and done him n
o earthly good. The inclination of the Il
'orld to kick a man when he is down is. n
eri,aps. responsible for such town talk as 0
he above, and it is to be hoped Ingersoll's Il
can be established.
MONTANA.