Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-07
HELENA LETTER.

-Arlee's band of Flatheads went through
; Helena last week on their way westward.
Sawtelle's theatrical troupe is returning
to Helena, it is said, with some new act
ors.
Bishop futile conducted the services at
the Grand street church yesterday morn
ing and evening. -
Judge Galbraith. Judge Knowles sue
cessor to the Second Judicial Circuit, ar
rived on Friday.
A part OF the new guard stand to be
terected on the. Fair Grounds will be re-
served for the ladies.
Rev. c. L. Richards, of Bozcman,
preached at the Presbyterian church yes
tcrlay morning.
Miss Ellen Banks, a recitationist and
vocalist, will give an entertainment here
on Saturday night.
w. w. Wickes, president OF the Mon
tana Company, has returned with funds to
pay the Company's Indebtedness.
Guy Boodwell, a ten-year-old boy, who
was the victim Of coal oil can explosion
soIac time since, had on Saturday a mar
row escape from drowning, and was res
cucd by a playmate.
The Directors of the Montana Agricul-
tural, Mineral and Mechanical Association
have increased the stallion trotting purse
from $3.50 to $500. The next Fair PROM
Uses to be the most successful one ever held
in Montana.
The Trustees of He1era School District
sold $1,000 OF school bonds ut one per cent.
premium on Friday. On the same day the
Auditor disposed of $2lOO in Territorial
warrants at 1885, IA higher price than the
warrants ever before brought.
Burglars went through the residence of
N. d. Flowers during the absence of the
family on Thursday, and got away with
about $40 in greenbacks, besides other ar
ticles, too numerous to mention. Helena
ties have to keep their doors locked and
their windows closed nowadays, and may
well think that they have gotten among
thieves.
S. Il. Hauser, President of the First
National Bank, rendered Henry Filing, the
Virginia City banker who was robbed on
Thursday, the use of all the currency re-
quircd to continue his business, but Mr..
Filings loss was not so serious as to cause
him to take advantage Of the friendly Of
fer.
John I. Murphy, of the firm of Muir
ply, Neel & Co., and his wife, were badly
burned on Friday by the explosion OF a
Winchester rifle cartridge which MIR. Mur-
ply was endeavoring to extract from his
gun. The injuries sustained are not seri-
Gus, thorgh it was feared for time that
MIR. Mmp ply would lose his eyesight. /,
The llysticwork of the vigilantees is
soon expected to appear on the sidewalks },
and houses of Helena. and the disappear
snce o. a score or more of hard cases will
follow unless said h. c.'s display unwise
lemerity and linger longer than a proper
regard for health permits. ~ \
''Everybody's business is nobody's bust ;;
residence the advocates of a city char :
er allowed the election on Tuesday to 60
~ default, while the anti-charter men :
Tired teams, draggal voters to the polls,
md made every exertion to bring out their
,ntire strength. The result was 80 ballots
or charter and $50 against. So ''the IL
'ity Of Helena" is only what might have C
'een. Better luck next time.
Thos. Dowse. an eX-secretary of the St. =
PAUL Chamber Of Commerce, has made Il
to ''wrile up'' Helena for the
purpose of inducing immigration, which
las bee approved by the Board of Trade,
nd will be accepted if citizens furnish the
nancial support required by the scheme.
he proposed letter is to appear in the
'hicago Commercial Adcertiser, and to be - :,
epublsfed in pamphlet form tor more Iii
eneral circulation. "a
One more blk has struck town. He is
one-armed man, who, according to his
wn unimpeachable testimony, took up
rms at the call for the first 5000, and -
'ught his courtry's battles, until at the :
'iltlerness fight cannon ball took off his tn
m, and on the strength OF this affecting ia
le he begs for money wherewitli to sup t sa
y the wants II his stomach. But he o.
,tteth it not, for he is lover of tangle- X, X,
OF. and his ways are the ways of the til,
licked. Bozeman must look out for him,
in the course OF his peregrination he
kes in that burgh. /
In the Probate Court on Friday, Willie Dc!
el.ey. aged ten, was sentenced to ten be
vs. IN the county Jail for breaking into a to =
bin on lower Main street and stealing col
erefrom several pieces of jewelry and e ,a
her articles. The youngster seems to be enc
unfortunate specimen of juvenile de- for for
avity. with little idea OF right and for
ong, and manipulated huge quil of 1T Il
'acco with the dexterity of veteran
ever. expectorating occasionally in a ;
entifc manner while his trial was in :
)gress. His chance for reform is but
yht when thrown into contact for ten r.
IS with the present inmates Of the jail. App
MONTANA. ACE
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