Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-13
HELENA LETTER.
HELENA. MONT.. \ov. 10 Is.

HELENA. MONT.. Nov. 10. 1879.
Ike Young was badly bruised up by
runaway on Thursday.
The street commissioner is cleaning II,
some of Heiena's dirty streets.
The Bozeman wire was down on Satir
day. but was speedily repaired.
! Cows possessed of gate Opening Elc,il
ty are annoying Helena folks, and theil
suppression is demanded.
Parker. the smOoth-ton9ued pen man
gave the cre9nlous another opportunity to
get rid of THEN spare dollars last week.
Bonnie Leob. tcn-year-old Helena boy
fell from horse on Wednesday last and
was badly. though not dangerously, cut
in the head.
Rue. the Philadelphia detective whose
various operation in Helena caused consid-
cradle commotion here, returned from the
States last week
Night kilograms of ten words may now
be sent from Helena to any part of Amer
lea for 81. forty per cent. of ilie rate in ef-
feet two months ago.
Pinafore drew about S720 from the peo-
pies pockets last week. The school will
get about $500 and the library Sl30-very
acceptable i'll both cases.
Apples have lately retailed from wagons
on the streets OF Helena at 10 cents per
pound. or fitty-tye pounds tor five dol
lars. Cheap enough for Montana.
Batter strong enough to protect Mon
tana from all the redskins in the North
west sells in Helena at 30 cents per pound.
There is no good article in the market.
Seventeen cattle belonging to one of
Murphy, Neel Il Co.'S train, which was
bound for the mouth of Muscleshell We're
recently stampeded by Il herd OF buffalo.
The Pioneer Club has been recognized
for this season and viii give their first
dance on Friday, Nov. 81. The Gesang
Verein Harmonic give their 18th annual
ball. Nov. %.
Mr.. Hutchinson. a young man who has
lived in the vacinity of Helena for many
years. was found dead in his cabin at
Scratch Gravel Saturday morning, having
shot himself through the head.
While everyone was waiting anXiously
on Wednesday to hear how the iammany
split had effected the political contest in
Empire State, some scalawag cut the tele-
graph wire ten miles from town, and car
ried 20 feet of it away.
In his charge to the Territorial Grand
Jury. Judge Wade referred to the terrible
homicide record of Montana during the
past year and urged the Jurors TO make
every ciicrt to bring more s7ayers to JUS
tee. lie spoke Of the murder of John
DEM rs an unusually brutal. cold-blooded I
and atrocious crime.
f. &. Brooke, of Whitehall, who re-
Gently returned from Washington Terri
tory. says he is satisfied from the activity
displayed by the officers and employees of
the North Pacific Company, and Informs
lion that he gained fro n them. that the
-oad is to be built at once, and that the
ron horse will be in Mlssoula within two
,ears.
Ben. r; Dittes, pioneer Of Montana.
lied on Thursday. He was born in Sax
my in 1888. came to Montana in 1868. and
n FEBRUARY. 1864, on small press brought
o the Territory by F. N. Thompson. of
he printed the first scmblance of
Montana newspaper 1t was small
beet and contained war nsws and foreign
nd domestic intelligence. Later in 1864
e and d. w. Tilton purchased the Mon
ana Post (which was started in August of
hat year., and published it in Virginia !