Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-17

he proposes TO publish here.
Miles City, July 8, 1879.
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONTANA, July IA, 1879.
Hot enough to fry an iceberg.
The pilgrim tide is. no longer flowing
into Helena.
i There will be term of the Supreme
Court in August. Il,
VERY dull, very dull" is the usual re-
ply to SLOWS business ?'s = &.
Ripe cherries are to be seen on thrifty
young cherry tree in a Helena yard.
Strawberries in quantities of two OF
more gallons are sold tor eighty cents per
gallon.
The end OF the extraordinary session is
thought to be drawing near. The sooner
the better.
The strawberry festival on Friday eve
ming netted about So for the Library.
More new books.
A Christian minister has been secured
to the members OF that Church, and will
reach Helena in August.
The ladies' of the Presbyterian Church
will give the last strawberry festival of the
season on Wednesday evening.
Postmaster Crounse and John Motif,
one of the popular clerks in the Helena
Office, have purchased 1900 head of sheep
from John Potter. The price paid was So
per head.
The electric wire now connects Butte
and Helena. Tclegraphic greetings were
on the 10th exchanged for the first time
between the Mayor OF Butte and A. J..
Davidson, President of the Helena Board
of Trade.
On Wednesday Of last week 5000 head
Of cattle, owned by Sands and Taylor, and
in charge of seventeen men, were driven
through Prickly Pear Valley. The ami
mails were purchased in Madison County,
and will range on the Teton.
A writ OF ha:eas corpus, granted by
Judge Knowles in the case of Barclay j.
Smith, the Pennsylvania bank president
charged with embezzlement, was sent to
Benton, but arrived two hours alter the
departure of the steamer on which Smith
and the detective who arrested him had
taken passage.
The grassioppcrs are coming, billion
strong, from the plains of Dakota Deep
Greek grain is now suffering from their
ravages, and Prickly Pear Valley farmers,
when they rise in the morning. cast an
anxious glance toward the eastern horizon
in expectation of the cloud of desolation,
whose appearance means ruin to .rops,
and consequently depleted excheqners.
Councilmcn Hayes, Hickman, Ives, Bar
rett and Sedman mystcriously disappeared
on Friday morning, thus destroying a
quorum in the Council and obstructiny
legislation. The absent members may
think their action good joke but peo-
pie generally consider it Il reprel'ensible
piece OF t0oishness, unworthy Of men
gifted with responsible position.
The compromise railroad hill of the
Third House," which, if introduced.
would probably be unanimously approved
by the 18th Legislative Assembly, pro-
vides for the extension of the Utah and
Northern to Helena by a direct route via
Bannack, Virginia, Salisbury, Glendale,
Deer Lodge. Blackfoot, Missoula, Benton.
Fort Shaw, Diamond, Fort Logan. Crow
Agency, Fort Ellis, Bozeman, Gallatin,
Radersburg and Butte.
For eight successive nights the Nelly
Boyd Theatrical Troupe has played in
Helena to crowded houses, and this ex-
cellent company would doubtless do well
here for month. Fanchon the Cricket,
lin which Miss Boyd's conception of the
lady's character is equal to that of Maggie
though by no means copy If
it). A Celebrated Case. Rose Michel, and
Frou Frou are among the dramas which
have been admirably presented
On the 9Th inst. John Eagleson, of Lin
,oln Gulch, was shot and killed by Flat
head Indian. According to the statements
Of Richard Evans, who was with Eagleson
md received several wounds himself, the
flair should be called an Indian outrage,
'ut the Indian version is, OF course, radi-
ally different, and represents the killing
IS an act of summary retaliation for the /,
previous murder by the whites OF one of ,
he Fhtheads. Evans says Eagleson and :,
'e were attacked while riding pcaceably i,
long by three Indians, one of whom he :,
Tiled in selfdefense and fled for his life, !;
alling upon his companion to do likewise. 9
The latter attempted to- escape, but was :,
hot down before he got out OF rafge. =
he unfortunate occurrence will be investi- =
ated by the proper authorities.
PERSONAL.
Judge Wade will be home early in Au- :
nst.
General Rueger is expected here in a q
Nv days. In
Geo. B. johnson, editor Of the Butte II
liner. is in town.
A. E. Pound, of the much written of o
colony" recsEtly located on Il
le Muscleshell, was in Helena last week.
JEFF. Sharp, who was wounded in the ?
te Mcagher county fight with the red ~
Tins, is in tho hospital and recovering ~
pidly. MONTANA. g