The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-07-21
Mark Kuhn was is in Challis
last week.

The game law expires for kill
ing chickens August 1st.
The MESSENGER with this is
sue closes its 18th year.
Jas. M. Shoup was up from
Salmon two days last week.
Hugh Wood was in Challis fol
two days last week on business.
The proceeds of the church
festival last Thursday night
amounted to over $40.
Frank B. Willis, of Pocatello.
is paying q visit 70 Custer county
friends for afew days.
Mrs. W. A. Dodge returned to
Challis last Friday from an ex-
tended visit in Washington.
Geo. B. Thompson was only
60 years of age at the time OF
his death, instead of 90 as stated
last week.
We are under obligations to
Billy" Trapp, of Pocatello, for
kilograms from the late Chicago
convention.
The Board of Commissioners
met in regular session yesterday.
Last week they met as a Board
of Equalization.
If people vote as they talk in
Custer county, Mckinley will not
receive over a dozen votes in this
county next Fall.
Senator Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, has declared himself a
Populist, and advised all silver
people to support Bryan.
Mrs. 81. Dodge and son, Halle,
departed for Bonanza Saturday
morning, for few weeks soiourn
and also to look after he hotel
property.
Mrs. Minert had her house in
Challis broken into one day last
week and fine gold watch and
chain stolen. Other valuables
in her trunk where the watch
and were were not taken. No
clue as yet to the robbery.
1t is not plain that the man
Whitney, of New York City,
fooled the silver men much this
time. He had better gone to
Europe than to Chicago. Oh,
how the monarchs have fallen
If the gold standard be so good
why should we be trying to bring
about an international agreement
to secure silver ? If it is not
good, why should we ask other
nations to help US let go p
Bryan's Chicago Speech.
r. N. Hull. Chris. Morler and
Judge Zeigler have returned
from Haley where they went on
business in connection with the
Challis townsite. On their re-
turn Mr.. Hull had the misfortune
to lose Johnnie, one Of his favor
ite horses.
The Populists of Blaine county
have called for their county con
vention to meet on August 9Th to
select delegates to the State con-
vention to be held in Boise CITY,
August Is. Isn't it about time
for the Populists of Custer coun-
ty to make some move in this
direction T?
A cloudburst did considerable
damage to Wilson Ellis ranch
on Pahsimari last week, destroy
ing his garden and doing much
other damage. 1t is said that
a muddy torrent of water about
one foot in depth passed through
his dwelling making sad havoc
to all moveable objects within its
reach. The loss is quite heavy.
John Cassiday came in from
the vi Cappa mine near Ketch-
um, where he has been for II
months past, last Tuesday. This
property is owned by Prof. G.
W. Stickney, and is looking well,
and he has a small force of men
employed taking out ore. This
mine has a fine equipped quartz
mill upon it.
Chauncy Depew has gone to
Europe to study the financial
question, or. rather, he has real
ly gone to see what cousolida-
tions he can make to fasten the
chains of financial slavery per-
manently on the American yeo-
manry. Let he American who
tolls rise in the world. by legiti-