Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-06-12
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONTANA. June Q. 1879.

HELENA, MONTANA, June Q, 1879.
School has closed for the summer.
Assorted weather last week-colL enough
for snow Saturday and Sunday.
A company of the Third Infantry passed
town towards Fort Ellis on Thursday.
| mbibers Of too much tarantular juice
were never SO numerous in Helena as ut
present.
Belligerent blue coats and bull-whackers
have added liveiiness to the crowded streets
for several days.
The County Commissioners adjourned
Thursday, after attending to a variety OF
business in their four days session.
Marshal Alex. c. Botkin will deliver the
Grafton, and Rev. NJ. N. Gilbert fire patri-
otto hearts with the immortal Declaration,
on the Fourth.
The business streets were literally jam
med with freight trains on Thursday.
Stores are rapidly filling up with goods
and our merchants are fully prepare,ft to do
a big business-if they can.
"Toe String Joe" freighter, while wrap
ped in the arms of Morpheus in the classic
precincts of one of his wagons, on Thurs
day night, was the victim of thieves, who
got away with $50.
A herd of 600 cattle, in charge of f. H..
Brooke, of White Hall, passed through the
valley last week towards Sun River. there
to be delivered to John r. Drew who re-
Gently purchased them from Mr.. Brooke.
Melvin York, with an alias or two, de-
serter from Fort Shaw, stole gold watch,
Sl20. and horse from ii. II. Clarke, of
Prickly Pear valley, but was captured at
Fergus ranch by our alert Sheriff, and now.
in default of bail, langushes in the lock-
up. The capacity of the county Jail is al
ready strained to the utmost, vet not a few
candidates for admission to it are in town.
Genuine tramps. or. at any rate, many
individuals who have evidently omitted the
tide which taken at the flood leads on to
fortune, infest the Capital and collect the
living that they consider the world owes
them by petty theving. Their name is
legion, and if villainous, brutal, counten-
ances may be relied upon as evidences Of
character, there are men in town who
would cut Il throat for dollar bill-given
opportunity and reasonable chance of es-
Gaping detection.
The urbanc agents of the road who col
lect revenue for their own benefit are again
rampant on the overland route. A north
ern bound coach with three passengers and
three messengers, to look after.a quantity |
Of greenbacks in the treasurc-boX, was |
hailed one night last week. twelve miles be-
low Pleasant Valley, by four men. The
call was disregarded, the messengers
''turned loose with their shooting irons.
and the stage horses, frightened by the re-
port Of the fire arms, dashed away at rail-
road speed, soon leaving the hiShwaymen
far in the rear, doubtless much disappoint-
ed at their i'll luck.
Miss Henrietta Monroe, reader and i'm
oersonator who recalls wildly. to Lon
ton Times critic, Charlotte Cushman. as
hat great woman appeared in early life.
md whom the Chicago Times pronounces
superior to Mrs. Scott SiddOns tor dra-
matte effects, gave an entertainment in
Helena on Saturday evening. Miss Mon
'Oe's selections were between two extremes
Is widely different as the Potion scene
rom Romeo and Juliet and new leu
onic version of Mary and her little Ian.
md ut one moment she held her auCienc
n GREATNESS eXpectatiOn--at the next con-
'ulsed the house with laughter. She is a
reader-beyond comparison
With any ever before in Montana-,nd will
make great actress if she chooses to be-
ome one. Your correspondent hopes
sozeman will be favored with one of her
MONTANA.