The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-05-05

NOTICE To TEACHERS-Notice
is hereby given that will hold
a special public examination at
Houston, on Thursday, May 9TH,
1896, for applicants who may de-
sire to teach in Custer county,
Idaho. A. K. ZEIGLER, Supt. of
Public Instruction.
Advertisements in the outside
papers has caused quite a numb
er of laboring men to flock to
Custer in search of work, only
to find the camp full of idle men.
People should consult the news
papers published at or near the
lscene of work, for they know the
situation of affairs, and not de-
pend on outside advertisements
or posters, to often put out for
the benefit of railroads. 1t is a
rare thing at the present day to
find mining camp that is not
already supplied with working
men, without advertising for
them.
A communication dated at
Custer. Idaho, April "a, 1885, to
the MESSENGER, by Dan. Sui
livan, Sec. Custer Miners Union,
gives the following information
to workingmen
DEAR SIR:-From current re-
ports and posters scattered
throughout the country, wantin g
miners, mill men, wood choppers
and general laborers, we desire
to inform such men the true state
of the labor market in this camp
at the present time. There is
one mine and one 10-stamp mill
working, employing in all fifty
men, and about half that number
out of employment"
The Mcconnell organs of this
State are already becoming al
armed over the probability of the
Republican State convention en-
dorsing. by resolution, Senator
| Dubois stand against a traiff bill
to force recogning for silver.
| They are starting in early to de-
feat the Senator on his silver
record. They evidently believe
the Republican party in this
State is opposed to free coinag e,
therefore they want no monkey
ing with the silver issue, and
no endorsement OF the silver rec
ord of Senator Dubois. Their
purpose is a double one-to de-
| feat endorsement of silver and
aid the Mcconnell goldbug
boom. Idaho World.
State Senator Boyce, of Sho-
shone county, Idaho, and State
organizer of the W. +. of NJ, ar
rived in Challis last Friday. He
is en- route to Custer on business
in connection with the Miners
Union at that place. The MES
SENGER received a pleasant visit
with Mr.. Boyce. He informs US
that Populists are more abundant
than ever in Shoshone county.
He is opposed to the much talked
of fusion in Idaho between the
PopulistS and Democrats. In
this matter we differ, and believe
it to be policy, and thereby save
the State from goldbug McCon-
!. nell and his band of Office seek
ers. In union there is victory.
Sol Newcomer reports the
mysterious disappearance from
their home on upper sinker creek
Owyhee county, of Dick Thomas
; and wife. They lived ten mile:
from the nearest neighbor anC
, had not been seen for over three
, weeks. The house was visited
Sunday by some parties who
found the door closed but un-
locked. On entering, there was
no one to be seen in the house
but everything seemed in per
feet order. On the outside on,
dog was found dead and anothe
almost dead from starvation. TIL,
: cattle and horses were in tn,
pasture and faring well. TheS'
parties returned to the lowe
settlements and reported the af
fair, and yesterday a large mum
Der of people went out to search
for the missing man and wife
Mr.. Newcomer says their disap
l pearance is a mystery to thu
people and they fear they hav,
l met with foul play and probabl,
murder. -Elmore Bulletin.
3 The old Nicola mining CAM
= which has been comparatively
q idle for the past seven years vii
0 make quite a respectable show
a ing this year in the outputof ore
: The original Viola mine. OWN!
e to its being in litigation vii
S probably remain idle, but ther
O AFRO Othar minpS in that yipioit,