The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-01-07
Oats for sale at Rich&Pierce's.

Bohanan Bar Placer Co., at Sal
mon, for the payment of $1,000
due them for constructing ditch
es, etc.
Chas. Dewitt expected to de-
part yesterday morning to visit
his folks who reside in the north
ern portion of Indiana. He has
not been home for nearly Is
years.
Statistics show that the nativ-
ity of soldiers in the Federal
army during the Rebellion: Ma
tive born, 1923, 800; German,
176, 800; Irish, IA, 200; English,
45, 900.
A street encounter took place
in Challis one night last week
between two of our would-be
pugilistic youths. and the lad
whose monde plume is Google
heimer," came out first best.
We are under obligations to
some one, we known not who, for
two valuable books treating on
the silver question, viz Let
ters from Jimtown, and The
Effects of the Gold Standard.
Walter Jones, an attorney of
Wallace, Idaho, shot and killed
DIR. Hughes, of the same place.
one day last week. The cause
of the killing was Hughes being
too intimate with Jones wife.
Henry Mccormick came out
from Custer last week, having
bruised one of his hands by hav-
ing it caught in the machinery
at the mill, but not serious. He
departed for Salt Lake City on
Thursday morning.
The party held in Challis last
Tuesday night for the benefit of
the Challis creek school was a
grand success. We understand
that the net profit realized will
be somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of S125.00.
Challis has two brass bands.
Another band under the leader
ship of Prof. Smith, was organ
lied here last week with about
fifteen members. This one is
entitled: THE Challis Kid Brass
Band" and is composed local
youngsters of Challis.
Our patrons will hereafter
have the SILVER MESSENGER at
S4.00 per year, if paid in advance
if on the books at the old rates.
We hope times will so mend that
by another year our subscription
will so increase that well be able
to issue at $500 per year.
Bylaws for the Challis Gene
terry Association, were formulat-
ed and adopted by the officers of
this Association, in Challis, last
Thursday evening. Our citizens
should retain them for future
reference. They appear on the
4th page of this issue, and will
posivitely not appear again.
Hon. Edgar Wilson. Idaho's
Congressman, took issue with
his Republican friends last week
in Congress on the bond bill.
He made a gallant fight against
issuing bonds in time of peace.
The Republicans succeeded, how
ever, in passing the bill in the
House.
A movement is on foot in Hart
ford, Vermont. to dismiss a pas
tor for voting for Cleveland
Exchange.
If a conscientious man, the
pastor before this has come to a
realization of the enormity of his
crime and to a sensitive eonsci-
ence. Crime furnishes its own
punishment, as virtue brings its
own reward. The Hartford pas
tor has suffered enough already,
no doubt.
The mineral output of Idaho
for 1895 amounted to 81, $50, $40,
with silver at 67 cts. per ounce.
The main mineral producing
counties were
Shoshone. gold 1877. 900; silv-
er. 1921, 910; lead 81, $40, $50,
Total, 50, $50, no.
Owyhee, gold 81, ,008. 000: 0:silvel
1907, $50. Total, S1,915, $50
Blaine, gold $4,000; silver
1927, $40; lead 1926, 900. Total,
S499, $40.
Boise. gold 1928. 900; silver,
SAG. 900. Total, 1874, 900.
Custer, gold $4,000; silver
S158, 500; lead $50, 900. Total
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