Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-04
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA, MoST., Sept. l, 1879

A heavy frost injured vegetables in val
ley gardens on Friday.
Archbishop Seghers vii! administer con
firnIton at the Catholic church in Helen
on the 2lst inst.
! Judge Hedges was elected school trus
tee, and D. II. Cuthbert reelected clerk o.
the board at the school election on Satur.
day.
The pupils and teachers of the Prcsby-
terrain Sunday school spent Saturday al
the Flower Garden, enjoying themselves
picnic fashion.
Donald Mclean. the unfortunate man
injured by the coach accident on Broad
way. shows no signs of Improvement, and
his ease is deemed critical.
The rains OF Thursday and Friday set
tied the dust, but was much to the det'i-
nrnt OF fishing and hunting parties, sew
eral Of which were badly soaked.
1.-The States" must be horrible places.
IIelenaites who have lately returned from
them rniye, sally complain of rad health,
and wish they had stayed at home.
Youngsters with hooks Under their arms
were converg;ng to tie school house from
all parts OF the city this morning. The
fall term of school has commenced.
The Odd Fellows Temple Association
will give grand ball in the new Temple
early in October. This will he the first of
the coming festive seasons innumerable
dances.
There were services yesterday at the
I rpsbyterian. Catholic and Episcopalian
churches, and at the Court House, where
G. A. Hoffman. Evangelist. otliciated. No
Methodist minister is now in Helena.
Sawtelle. the well-knOwn theatrical man.
ager. has returned to the capital, having
disbanded his company at Benton on Aug.
23d He will probably open ont the Hell
emu theatre. with another and Il better
company. some time this month.
The governments purchase of the Hell
ena and Bozeman telegraph line is good
news. The line in its present condition
serves ordinarily as a roost for hawks and
the poles make good enough wood tor
camp fires, but it would be preferable to
have things little different.
At II p. nj. OH tuesday the wo ,den
buildings ar1ltnd the Magnolia Hotel at
the lower end Of Main street had a narrow
escape from destruction by fire. The no.
tel became fille;! with smoke. and investi-
cation disclosed the kitchen floor in a
blaze. The flames were quenched before
much damage was done.
Barclay j. Smith says that detective
Rue. who arrested and took him East on
trltmped-up charge Of embezzlemsnt.
will be sued for perjury. conspiracy and
alse arrest, if lie ever strikes Helena again.
t Rue fails to return here it will perhaps
prevent further developments in "a eele- .
rated case" that agitatetl the capital some ,
months since. and in which the testimony /
f the detective is alEinportant.
D. G. CSrbin writes to the "Pioneer
Daily" regarding the Manhattan Beach, /
ew question. and prOnoiinces the N. Y.
leratd's article purpOrting to comprise
he substance of Herald reporters inter-
Jew with the COrbin brothers to be, with
he exception OF about five lines, "a gross i
OF what was actually said"
he Manhattan Beach company get lots A
t free advertising. anyway.
Edison. the inventor. requires large
mount of platinum in his system of elec' 4
lie lighting. which cannot under the most 9
lvorable circumstances come into general q
SC unless extensive mines Of the metal {
re discovered. It is frequently tound in .
nall quantities intermingled With gold in P
LAGER mines. but large deposits are rare, s.
al Montana miners who know Of or r
link they can find, such. will perhaps o
make IL stake" by communicating their
FORMATION TO the interchangeable toiler Of N
enIo Park. ''
PERSONAL. u
Bishop Futile has gone to Neagher !"
,inty. =
S. S. Huntley arrived from Fort Benton
Mrs. Martin Aiagsnnis is summering at .
rkney springs, Virginia. ),
Gen. Brisbin and wife were III Helena a 10
W days last week, leaving for Ellis on b,
,tur.ay. a
Delegate Maginnis and z. L. White. of
e n. Y. Tibishc,- Visited the Silver creek Z:
ines on Friday. D
Jameson, the wealthy Irishhlan, WHO II
r several years has spent his snnnrrs y
GIting in Montxna. soon leaves for San q
where be takes passage for .