Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-04-24
BY Our Regular Correspondent
HELENA LETTER.

> HELENA, MONTANA, April 90, 1879.
Cool and cloudy.
Strawberries ARE ripe-in Georgia.
Sixty arrivals from the States last week
Indian Summer promises to begin EARL
this year.
Some boys ont hunting started prairi,
fire which burned a cabin in the valley.
A Scott county, Iowa. newspaper mar
will probably stalt paper at Miles City.
The ira APPS are coming. Their carcass
es will make good fertilizers for the desert
lands.
The G. V. H.. II. S. c. B. and II. 0.
concert was scrumptious, and attracted a
large audience.
Fleecy clouds float in the clear, blue sky
like-lille fried potatoes in ham fat.
Oats are worth two cents if you want
them in hurry. but trey can he bought
TOR so if you take your time to it.
While-washing is good business in
Helena. An oti:coored white-washer who
has been here but IS months is building a
fine brick residence OH lower Rodney st.
The town will try for charter. if one
Of the Lord High Commissioners does not
succeed in maintaining lis supremacy to
the law.
Major Walsh, commander of the British
Mounted Police. in a private letter to a
Helena gentleman. declares that Sitting
Bnll shows no desire to cross the boun-
diry line.
Have we prophet in onr midst? "A
good rain would be great benefit 10
Montana says the Independent: and 10
on the same day it raineth muchly.
Forty-eight hours is the time in which !
the stage company expects to make the
PSI miles between Helena and the railroad
after May lst. That will be lively staging.
y History and Business Directory of
Montana. which has been in preparation
for some time. will be ready in May.
The dolelul murinur OF hard times is
heard no more. save from the lips of Iabit-
:al croakerS, who wait for something to
turn up till their toes turn up to the daiscs.
The difficulty regarding the size of the
ot having been satisfactorily settled. the
Odd Fellows Temple will be erected on
Main street below the Overland Hotel. as
vas originally designed.
1t is understood that the residence of one
If the most prominent of Moptanl's LEGAL ,
nmina!ies is for sale, and that the said T..
-.Who has stood by the Territory since 'G2.
nd who did much to put an end to the q
way OF flnm!ner's outlaws. will seek
fresh woods, and pastures new"
The coach from the railroad comes in Y
very day loaded down with passengers
nj express matters. and the inquring Il
OF pilgrims are to be OBJ t;
'rved anXiously scanning our suburban p
reefs as they roll through them. and won
ering what kind of town This is-any- Ia
ow. The emigrants are mostly mcclan- %
:. and very desirable acquisitions. )
One of the Commissioners appointed by
e Legislature to order an election for u, !.
ty charter, won't sign the or,ler.thougl, II
'tIiion for it has received l25 Signatures.
''lble the number required. The town ~
KS but the two papers. which are
opposed to represent or lead public opin 10
n. are mute rs the sphynx. and while
ey give space to telegrauis with the in
'esting information that Archbishop I'D
offers to resign his seat to 4
'ilitate negotiations between Germany A
Il he Vatican. question of so much i'm II
rtance to the community as that OF a
y charter is entirely beneath their notice.
charter is either desirable or undesirable. II
editors are supposed to have opinions
'ariing niatters concerning the public
cti it is their duty to express wiz
re is need for doing so. In this case 4.
: man endeavors to obstruct the will of j.,
ndreds. and the Helena ''prcss," appar-
~, take no interest in the mat.er-or is 40
nd to say what if thinks about it, =
lie Capital of Montana still nestles in tan
bosom of the mountains, where hidden Re,
ls'lres lie buried beneath the sands O. -:
re. MONTANA.
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