The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-28


bill has got rocky road to trav-
| el. There are a number of sena-
tors who viii fight it to the last
ditch. Senator Aliens accusa-
ton against Senator Gear had
no direct connection with the
railroad bill. Tt was made be
cause of a statement by Mr..
Gear rejecting upon ex-Congres-
sman Weaver, of Iowa
It was surprising that Sena-
tors and Representatives are
sometimes accused of caring
more for the interests of them
selves and their personal friends
than for the economical and
business-like expenditure of pub
lie funds, when such a scheme
as the proposal to take the print
ing of postage stamps from the
bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and have it done by private
contract is so strongly support
ed by them ? Several years ago
the printing of stamps was taken
away from a private contractor,
because the Bureau of Engray-
ing and Printing offered to do
them cheaper, an offer which has
more than been made good, as
the cost of printing has been less
every year since, and has saved
the government many thousands
of dollars Men who In the face
of this showing advocate a re-
turn to the old contract system
canTlot blame people for being
suspicious of their motives
| The House Judiciary Commit
tee has favorably reported the
/ bill for the organization of Geer
county, Oklahoma, with Mangum
as the county seat, and author
izing the Governor of Oklahoma
to appoint the usual county Off
Il GERS. This is the county that
was supposed to belong to Texas
until a recent decision of the Su-
preme Court
Yes, brethren, say what you
will, this is a heartless old
world, and often when a man
starts out with intention to do
good he gets into trouble A
case in point is gentleman who
claims Chicago as his home and
Henry Anderson as his name
He came all the way to Washing
ton to put President Cleveland
into the way of becoming the
owner of two good things
ducking boat which can be made
to go a hundred miles an hour
and which viii keep man dry
and comfortable, and gun
which will shoot 48 ducks each
time it is fired, with an attach
ment TO automatical gather up
the dead ducks.
. John Hart came out from Gus
ter on Saturday evening last
He used TO reside in Challis in
an early day.
The is not a saloon in Fremont
county.
An exchange saws that a young
lady of that town recently took
a unique plan to get rid of a low
er. He had staid until nearly
morning and she was very sleepy.
She handed him a pencil and
paper and told MIN 10 make IL
: ciphers in row; then TO make a
short perpendicular line down
! from the right of the first ciph-
: er. up from the right of fourth,
down from the right of fifth. up
from the right of the seventh
and eight. and down from the
I tenth. She then told him TO
read what he had written He
; read il and Immediately took his
! depar ure-
ell In the East they are having
d sunstrokes. Here we are hug
a ging hot stove to keep warm
+ G. W. Pratt was found dead In
his cabin at Bayhorse. last Sat
!. urday night at about 10 o'clock.
. His death was very sudden. as he
had been about town all day. and
! appeared in good health. Mr..
. Pratt has been a resident oi
! Custer county for many years.
a and was a highly respected citi-
: zen. He was born at Waterville,
! Maine, and is about 64 years oi
q age. He was 8 member of tbs
a Masonic fraternity.
I, About two inches of snow fel
I in Challis last Saturday night
4 but it disappeared very suddenl,
the next day.
o Mcconnell, our great and wist
l. Governor, informs the public
:. that tariff is the issue, and no
n silver. His opinion does no
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