The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-08-18

were to adopt a silver basis to-
morrow British trade would be
ruined before the year was out.
Every American would be pro-
tected, not only at home, but in
every other market OF course
the United States would suffer to
a certain extent through having
TO pay her obligations abroad in
gold, but the loss of exchange
under this head would be mere
drop in the bucket as compared
to the profit to be reaped from
the markets of South America
and Asia, to say nothing of
Europe. The marvel is that the
United States have not long ago
seized the opportunity. 1t has
been a piece of luck that it has
never occurred to the Americans
TO scoop US out of the worlds
markets by going on a silver
basis, and it might serve us right
if, irritated by the contemplate
apathy of our Government to-
ward the silver problem, the
Americans retaliated by freezing
out the gold 1t could be done"
1t has been several months
since Dick Thomas and his wife
disappeared from their farm at
Silver creek. Owyhee county, and
no trace of them has yet been
discovered. They disappeared
as completely as though the
earth had opened and swallowed
them, and whether one or both
were murdered and their bodies
cached In some inaccessible place
is as much of a mystery as it
was last spring Immediately after
the disappearance became known
Instead of clearing, the mystery
deepened, and a recent attempt
at murder on the Thomas ranch
has placed another snarl in the
already woefully tangled skein-
According to story, an attempt
was made few days pgo to muir
der Mrs Murphy, a sister of
Mrs Thomas, who has been liv-
ing on the Thomas farm since
the disappearance of Thomas
and his wife. Mrs Murphy was
hanging clothes on the line when
some one concealed in a bunch
of willows near by threw a rock.
striking Mrs. Murphy in the
forehead, infiicting a frightful
cash. Mrs. Murphy fell to the
ground as though dead. When
found, some time afterward, she
was still insensible. but shortly
afterward recovered conscious
ness. The officers of Owyhee
county have mystery to unravel
that has but few parallels in the
Northwest
J. c. Leonard writes the Boise
Democrat from Bonanza, as fol-
lows, on Aug. 4
1T will seem strange TO you In
Boise to know that snow fell
here last night.
Dye & Wilson who wintered
in Boise last winter, struck a
heavy ledge of gold ore 20 feet
in width about five miles up Jor-
dan creek near this place They
have only been at work few
weeks and have sent out SIX
pounds of gold The rock is de-
composd and is shoveled into a
wagon and hauled one half a
mile to the stream and washed.
People here think it is another
Chas- Dickens mine where Bill
Norton used to pound out several
thousand dollars every year with
a hand morter and pestal. VIII
liams, son of Barrett Williams, is
here running a butcher shop.
's15O men employed In the
Custer camp. wages 50 and 81
for board. Fruit wagons came
in this morning and sold out,
little apples at 10 cents per
pound. One hotel and on Chin
ese restaurant is doing the busi-
ness OF Custer. John Mccarthy
is running Pfeiffer's store at
Bonanza, will probably not run
for Legislature again. nothing in
it. Only one or two Republicans
in the country. (Yanka Fork).
The state wagon road to
Stanley is all washed out. No
teams can tn vel it. built too near
the he'd of the stream.
John Baxter of Camas Prairie
got one of Shoup's manifestoes.
said he didn't see what he sent
1T to him for, the WASH a Repub-
lican on the prairie. All will
vote for Bryan & Sewall.
Not many birds this year,
they didn't hatch this season too
cold and wet A two point buck
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