The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
LocHL cLEzNINGs.
District Court eonvenes In
Challis May 25th.

1. o. o. F. celebration at this
place next Monday.
Jas. w. Turnbull, of Bonanza,
was in Challis last week
o. E. and Miss Nellie Penwell
went to Salmon last Saturday.
Len. Peck departed for Black
foot last Wednesday after freight.
Mrs. Ed. Nickerson returned
from an extended visit to the east
last week.
Chas. Wilkinson return ed from
Blackfoot last Wednesday loaded
with freight
The dance held at Challis last
Friday night was not very large
ly attended. =.
DIR. L. P. Jacobson departed
for Salt Lake City on business
one day last week.
L. Greene was down from
Clayton on a business trip last
Saturday and Sunday.
When will Spring come with
its robins and flowers ? At pres
ent it appears to be lingering in
the frigid lap of January.
]. d. Wood, Hugh Wood, John
Galland. Young Abernathy, Joe
Bush and John Curran, of Pah-
simari, were in Challis last week.
The party at Bayhorse last
Wednesday night was said TO be
a decided success. A number
from Challis and Clayton were
in attendance.
A Kansas court has ruled that
"a man who calls upon a woman
regularly and takes her to dances
occasionally is legally engaged
to marry her."
J. P. Spalding has a little the
neatest store building in the
county since E. G. Headrick, the
artistic decorator, has complet-
ed his work
NOTICE To TEACHERS Notice
is hereby given that 1 will hold
a special public examination at
Houston, on Thursday, May 7th,
1896, for applicants who may de-
sire to teach in Custer county,
Idaho. A. K. ZEIGLER, Supt. OF
Public Instruction.
II. F. Powell sold his beautiful
fruit farm and residence on west
Main street, Challis, one day last
week to Henry Bradbury for the
sum of 81, 900. Mr.. Powell in
tends devoting more time from
now on in developing valuable
mining interests in which he is
interested in.
A case was before the Probate
Court yesterday J. d. Still o1
Pahsimari, being arrested On the
grounds that his sheep had g
disease known as ''scab." J. D.
WoodI aAso a prominent sheer
man of Pahsimari, entered com.
plant against Mr.. Still. The
case is on trial as we go to press
The 81, 500 school bonds of this
district were sold on Saturday
last to L. Greene, of Clayton.
There were three bids in, and
Mr.. Greene's was deemed the
best bid. The bonds were sold
at par, bearing 8 per cent. pei
annum; interest payable semi
annually. Said bonds and inter
est to be paid in lawful money Of
the United States. The other
two bids were the same, only
they designated gold bonds.
Anything for the Wattses?"
The polite postmaster replied
mo there is not"
Anything for Ida Watts?"
Nothing"
Anything for Ace Watts?"
mo-
Anything for Ike Watts?"
mo, nothing"
Anything for Fool Joe
Watts ?"
mo, nor Dick Watts, nor jim
Watts, nor Sweet Watts, nor any
other Watts, dead or living, un
born, native, foreign, civilized Oh
uncivilized, savage or barbarous
male or female, white or black
franchised or disfranchised, nat
uralized or otherwise. No, thers
is positively nothing for any o.
the Wattses, either Individually
severly, jointly, now and forever
one and inseperable."
The girl looked at the post
master, and said, please look i