Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-20
Our Regular Correspondents
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONTANA. March l6. lS1

HELENA, MONTANA, March 16, 1879
Services at all the churches to-day.
The Helena Graded school has $50 pupils
An insignificant hail storm one day last
week.
The Jail birds were shoveling Main stree.
mud on Tuesday.
A little sultry this morning at
zero.
Town is pretty lively. considering the
season and weather.
TIE old ladies' of Helena were delight
fully entertained by Mrs. Chas. Lehman on
Thursday afternoon.
| 1t is cOnsOlatOry to think that the Mon
tana peach crop cannot be injured by the
cold weather.
A number OF tramps. with their ele-
planiine hOofs turned MOntanaward. are
scattered along the Utah and Northern.
A lending Helena physician is to be sued
for malpractice by a man whose wife re-
Gently died under his treatment.
A mule-skinner on Rodney street want
ell to carve a citizen, but the exhibition Of
siX-shoOtcr brought him to more ANNA
BILE state of mind.
The court house was the favorite resort
of loungers while court (Which adjourned
yesterday until the 27th) was in session.
Grand ball tomorrow night in honor of
Ire!and's patron saint-he who. in his
4 4 n. -. g.. l.
countryinen.
The Silver Cornet Band and Gesany
Nerein Harmonic will unitedly give vocal
and instrumental concert in few weeks.
In the case Of Lizzie Clark, (colored).
who was indicted for inducing soldier to
desert. verdict of not guilty was returned.
EX-Marshal Wheeler conducted the de-
tense.
Some Helena men. whose Salmon River
and Deadwood experiences might have
taught them better sense. are preparing to
stampede TO Leadville. the new Colorado
mining camp. which is said to be the live
liest in America.
The loWiands We're putting on a spring
suit. but the mountains stuck their heads
in the clouds and pulled down another
garment ct snow eight inches thick.
An opium-slnoking establishment in
Chinatown is nearly every night filled with
white men. some of whom are already
slaves TO the deadly drug. \ wise China
man says OF the MCLEAN" smokers :
Heap no good: alice same clay men,
The ''culud folks" had II f,ndanyo the ,
other nig:.t which was pa licipated in by .
two of the most daslling young bachelors
in Helcft;i-one a pargoric-store man. the
other aa occupant of !. prominent building
OH Broadway.
\ PRESBYTERIAN minister will probably
be assigned, this summer. to missionary
work in the Yellowstone valley. with head
quarters at Miles City. He may have some
sheep in his flock, but to find them his
vooltish exteriors.
The bail of George W. Fox. against :
whom seven indictments were found by the ,
'rand Jury, was fixed at $4,000. but ,
'oX's strenuous efforts to obtain accept I
bic bonds for that :tihOunt were unavai- 7
ny, and he was committed to Jail. where
Re will probably remain until the day OF ,
is trial (the attn. The Grand .Jury's
cathins ccnsuic of the Directors of the
ef,hct Peoples National Bank and of
.argtor,! is generally considered about
hat the parties deserve. o
They alic sighed for railroad were &
lade exceedingly glad by the official an "
fiat the Utah and Northern is
} he pushed forward rs rapidly as posi-
e. and that the company expects to de- h
YER freight ia Red Rock valley, about $50 9
lies from Iieicna before next winter. =,