Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-29
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONTANA, Nav 05 1875

HELENA. MONTANA. May Is. 1879.
The prodgal sun has returned.
Stages now run to Butte daily by Craw-
ford's new line.
Bank Examiner I.angfo,d will be in
town this week.
Rain every day last week. Nicc weather
for young ducks.
1t STRIKES a close and candid observer
that ''Ami-Fat' ought to be popular in
Helena hd.].
VIM. Rowe, of the Helena and Benton
stage line. has made contract to carry the
mail fr,m Benton to Fort Belknap, via
Fort Assinnaboin.
On Friday morning. at Jefferson City.
Staffala Freiler. aged 26, was burned to
death. Her dress caught fire while she
was working in Il smoke house.
PRECEDENT Wickes, of the Montana Com
pany is at Wickes. and will pay the COM
panys Indebtedness as soon rs a correct
understanding of the Claims is arrived ut.
Freight rates have dropped to l 1-2 cents
from Benton to Helena, and to cents
rom the L. 4 y. tcrminus-which will
soon be sixty miles this side of Eagle
Iisock.
The Sawtclle Company will this evening
lDloy the ..OctOroon," II dramatiZation of
Judge Hosmcr's story OF the same name.
and Tuesday morning will leave for Bis
marck. via Benton and the Big Muddy.
II, II, f,n1
SllO75 by Virginia City. ~lG.5O by Adobe
town and $500 by Granville Stuart. Casey
wiz viii e a millionaire before long. it there
is no abate1,e1t in Montana's liberality.
Guy Boodwell. Helena yoangs,er. on.
Saturday tried to make happy family
of a lighted match and can of coal oil.
An explosion followed. and Master Guy
was severely. but not dangerously. urncd.
The Episcopal Sociable at the Grand st.
church Friday evening ,oas sociable and
pleasant notwithstanding the humidity of
tie atmosphere and the probability of
shower, which prevented many from at
tending.
fnckly Pear Valley grangcrs are con-
stierably enlivenel by the continual
showers. The outlook for crops was pre-
vlously somewhat discourayinu. and AN
abundant supply of water was absolutely
necessary t? prosperous season.
-FOUR correspondent knows nothing
ABOUT IL ana has no authority for it. but it
is nevertheless said that Geo. W. Fox
Esq. inmate of the iron bound bricL no,
sion on Court Square. grimly chuckles
that he will make som. startling reveal
tons when his trial comes oft. Ou;.n
sabc.
In the case of Edward Jor,lon vs.. Jacob
and Henry Adams. involving the character
OF Il part OF the west side of town on
which the defendants have stone quarry
and desire to patent under the mining laws,
the Attorney-General has decided that the
plat in question is subject to sale us miner
al lands and that stone quarry may be
patented.
A wild cayuse attached to a light buggy
made dash for liberty or death on Satur-
day night. throwing the driver out, and
It's SUI Ill ICslT
of Clark. Conrad Il Curtin's hardware
store. The buggy was demolished. Il
stove smashed. the equlnimity Of Main
street considerably disturbed. and the
equine perpetrator of the mischief, as he
looked at his bleeding hind legs, probably
said to himself, Most lame and ilnpotent
conclusions.
The day of patriotic buncombe is to be
glOriously celebrated. A committee h s
been appointed to raise money which will
be expended in making large racket and
| big show. Besides. the Helena Social
Club will give ball in the evening. some
'acing at the Fair grounds is considered
imminent. and of course the usual number
If reforrncrs will swear off on sobriety to
i'd to the delectabillty of the occasion.
'Breathes there mar with soul SO dead"
tic. rire la Repub,ique.' 'Hurlah!
A private letter from Fort Mcleod states ;
hat a young English minister, a member
# the Society for the Propagation Of the
Gospel. is missing, and is believed to have
zen murdered by the Blackfeet Indians,
mOng whom he was labOring. Your cor
espondent met the young man in New
,ork last year, just after he had crossed
he ocean on his way to the far north. I
lie was very enthusiastic on the subject of (
is mission. and intended to translate the r
ible into the Blackfeet language. 1t is to a
c hoped that he will turn up all right. s