The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-10-15
Silver is up to SO cents.
Heap railroad talk day


sion four days this term.
The County Commissioners
met in regular session yesterday. |
Assessment work on mining
claims must be recorded by JAN
uary 1st.
Leroy Hillman, of Bayhorse,
we are pleased to state is much |
improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman K9nin- |
ger, of Clayton, were in Challis
last week.
Col. N. J. Sharp departed yes
terday morning for Boise City.
Salt Lake City and Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
The ringing of the church bell
ateall times of the night is becom-
ing public nuisance.
Phil Shenon will test the legal
ity of the excessive tax levy in
Lemhi county. in the courts.
J.lO. Lawson was granted a |
change of venue, and his case
will be tried at HALEY at the next
term CT Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Steen depart
ed for Salt Lake City on We'd
nesday morning last, where they
viii spend the winter.
: w. S. Mccormick, of Salt Lake
City, one of the owners of the
Lucky Boy property at Custer,
was in that camp last week.
Commissioners Knapp and
johnson arrived in Challis Sat
arday evening and Commission
Ter Pitzer arrived on Sunday.
The Custer mill is a bullion
producer again. The first bar
turned out under the new man
agement was made last week.
The State wagon road viewers
Judge Elder, l. N. Andrews
and Jas. VanCamp, returned from
their tour of inspecting the road
on Saturday last.
The Fourth of July mill, near
Custer, under the management
of M. l.. Crafts and others, will
soon -esume operation on ore
from the Black mine.
Ben G. Irwin, of the blank
book firm of Irwin Hodson Co.,
Portland, Oregon, died in Muir
ray, Idaho, after three days
illness with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. O.E.Penwell and
Geo. B. Thompson departed for
Caldwell, Idaho, to attend the
Grand Lodge session which con-
vened at that place yesterday.
On Thursday evening, Oct. 10,
I at 8 o'clock p. M, John Dudley,
lof Challis, and Mrs. Eliza Schuy-
ler, of Blackfoot, were united in
marriage at the home of the
bride; Rev. Geo. G. Baker of the
Baptist church, officiating. The
wedding was attended by several
friends of the parties, who were
richly rewarded with the social
pleasantness of the hour
Blackfoot Neics.
A terrible crime against nature
was committed last Tuesday II
Challis, upon the person of little
! Thos. Jose, aged 4 years. by |
man As years old, by the name o
, Albert Randall. The little DO,
I was eIticed with candy by thi
, brute. Such an act is seldom
, heard of. The little boy wen
, home and told his parents, bu
; Randall by this time had prepar
ed to make his escape, but, how
ever, WAS seen over by the Gem
' etery, and a posse of citizen
at once pursued him-some OF
Q foot and some on horseback
t and he was captured in about
: three miles chase down towar
+ the river. He was brought bacl
h to town and lodged in Jail, an
5 on the following day he wa
/, brought before Judge Zeigle
4 and bound over to await the az
ton of the District Attorney
: District Court was in session
r and in this Court he was trie
n by jury as to whether he was iu
n sane or not. The jury decide
d he was sane. He then plea
y guilty, and Judge Stockslage
Q sentenced him to the State pen
l. tentiary for 90 years at har
o labor. Col. Sharp departed fo
y Boise City yesterday mornin
with the prisoner.