The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-06-15
The Rev. Father Burri was ir
Challis last week.

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Challis last week.
Chris. Morler is expected back
to Challis the latter part of this
month. He expects to do some
work on his Sheep Mountain
mines this year.
Some very rich ore has been
taken out of the Nellie mine on
Garden creek, a few miles above
Challis, during the past winter.
This property is owned by Mr..
n. F. Powell, but has been
worked by Prof. Schemerhorn
and others, for some months
past. One sample assayed over
1000 ounces in silver, while an
other sample went 500 ounces in
silver. This property is looking
very encouraging, indeed, and
we look for good camp in that
region before long.
Nashville has a three-months-
old child that talks. The par
ents are Richard aud frankie
Cleveland, and the child has been
talking since it was one week
old. Hundreds have visited the
little wonder and have left the
house completely mystified at
what they have seen and heard.
The child differs only from other
babies in that it can talk as
plainly and be understood as dis
tinctly as a grown person. The
voice, of course, is naturally
weak, but has none of the baby
prattle about utit.-Nashyille Daily
Times.
While the Times fails to tell
of what sex the child is, we'll
bet it is girl-owing the child's S
talking propensities.
The Boise Democrat says
Have we young poet among us?
Literary people say that we have
in the person of Shelley Sutton.
aged Is years. His touching
little poem in a recent number
of the Democrat drew out much
favorable comment. Another of
his productions appears in these
columns today and the exquisite
lines give evidence of genius Of
high order. But the gifted
youth, sad to relate. is in al
probability a hopeless invalid
made so from the effects of the
measles with which he was aft
icted in California when a child
and while his life it is hoped will
be spared to old age he is wholly
unable to perform physical labor
of any kind except to occasion
ally set type for two or three
hours at q time. He is quite diff
fident as to his efforts and it is
with great reluctance that he
consents to have them appear il
print.
This is the same author which
has contributed a number o.
beautiful poems for the MES
SENGER from time to time.
The Western Mining WorlC
says The gold and copper
fields of Idaho are holding ou
considerable attractions to min
ing men from Butte just now anc
it is almost daily occurrence fol
those interested in mines them
selves, or who make the trip tt
inspect mining properties for in
vestors, to leave Butte over tht
Red Rock stage line. The only
great drawback to the Who'll,
proposition is the great inacces
sibility of the mining sections o
the state. To reach Salmon o.
Yellow Jacket camps it take
from three to four days from
Butte, all the way from Re-
ROCK beng by stage line. Ii
certain seasons of the year tn,
roads are in frightful condition
and the trip is made with NOR
or less inconvenience and ever
danger to travellers. The matte
of arailroad between these point
is out of the question at thi
time at least, and it is to be hop
ed that the authorities of tn
state of Idaho will lose no oppor
tunity to put the main thorough
fares in good travelling condition
for it is only over these road
that one can get to the gol'
fields in which the state so large
" abounds. During the pas
week no less than ten promineu
mining men left Butte for dii
ferent parts of Idaho, aud ever
one of them will go with author
ity to close up negotiations 70
anything that suits them. One
the mining men of Butte max
up their minds that any sectio