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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-23

IN 1884 IN quite ancient history Dut IL IN inter-
estns TO look back and view our county at
that time and then view our county today aud
see what a vast change 10 years has wrought.
This article win help remind us OF the good
old days In Custer county.--Ep. MI
Continued from last week.
General Statistics. "A prudent
man, before investing ig bust
ness in a new county, will care
fully scan, not only the evidenc-
es of growth, and the resources
of particular localities, but will
desire to know of the prosperity
of the county as a whole. 4 A few
figures will express chapter.
From the assessment rolls are
obtained the following In 1881
the valuation of real estate was
1852, 900; of personal property,
S199, 900; total, 1861, 900. In
1882 the valuation of real estate
and improvements was 1857, 900;
of personal property, 1892, 900;
total, $3.50, 600. In 1883 the valu-
alton Of real estate and improve
ments was 1888, 900; of personal
property, $4,000; total, S595,
900. In 1884 the valuation of
real estate and improvements
was 1915, 900; of personal prop
erty, $434. 900; total, $3.50, 600.
Schools, Hospital, etc.-Cred-
liable to Custer county is its pie
thoric school fund. With about
200 school children divided be-
tween five school districts, there
is an annual surplus of money
ranging from 81, to $4,000.
Almost equally good is the main
tenance of a county hospital,
with first.class surgical attend
ance, whose kindly protection
many an unfortunate has reason
to bless. And correlative TO the
educational advantages afforded
is the insignificant criminal ele
ment among the population. A
small jail and short terms OF
court fully provide for the well
fare of offenders against society
and law. The people do not
differ in character from that OF
the average western community
Their standard of education
their enterprise, and their desire
for knowledge are guaged by the
immense amount of reading mat
ter daily unloaded at the Challis
postoffice---now the distributing
point for the county. 1t is the
beginning or terminus of six mai
routes, weekly, semi weekly, tri
weekly, and daily. In addition
six-day service will soon be es
tablished from Ketchnm. on tn,
Wood river railroad, to Etna
A weekly newspaper is publish
ed at Challis by r.. A. Pierce &
Son.
Climate, Timber, etc.-As al
ready intimated, the snowfall il
winter throughout the lower al
titude is not OF consequence; bu
it gradually increases with alti
tude until in the mountains i
reaches great depths. At Chal
lis, with an elevation of 5, 40'
feet, sleigh-rides are well nigl
impossible; while in Bonanza
nestled at an elevation of $40
feet, in the very bosom of |
mountainous country, the snow
attains depth of three to fiv
feet in its streets. Generally
two short rainy seasons occur il
year. A brief polar wave @
cold sweeps down In January o
February; but it is subject c
general comment that 30 degree
below zero in this high. dry ali
with no wind, is far less pent
trating than the cold of easter
States-damp, windy. chilling
The summer months are pre-
eminently delightful; cool nights
days warm, mild, and invigora
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-23
LOOKING aRcKwxRD."

THE following write up OF Custer county
by James l.. Onderdonk, Territorial Controller,
In 1884, IL quite ancient history, but 1t is inter-
esting TO look back and view our county at
that time, and then view our county today aud
see what a vast change 10 years has wrought.
This article win help remind us of the good
old days In Custer county.--ED. MI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-23

~ The only direct and cheap
est route all points North, South
and East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

huge loose punches Of this pretty flower
and they are so easy TO get; they are very
inexpensive. Have the bridesmaids bou-
quets of them also.
White organdi is the wedding gown par
excellence for a girlish June bride. 1t is
not as heavy as satin and it's airiness
makes it most becoming. When prettily
trimmed with lace it makes a charming
wedding gown.
A square court train is not as effective
as the pointed one. unless the material is
very heavy satin. AS her train is of great
Importance to a bride, see you have a
nicely shaped and hanging one.
The shower bouquet is the latest. In
this the flowers are arranged with stream
ers of ribbon or tulle TO fall almost to the
knees, there being a lot of pendant flowers
below the bunch at the top.
The ultra-faShionable hour for a wedding
is II o'clock, after the English style, but
things look so much prettier by g%aslight,
and the full dress of the men adds so much
TO the tout ensemble, that there are quite
as many after 6 o'clock.
IL a wedding takes place after 6 o'clock
and the bride wears her travelling gown, the
groom and best man does, too, but, incon-
gruous as it may appear, etiquette requires
that the uShers wear dress suits.
Have your material for the wedding gown
lit up before purchasing it, if it is to be an
evening wedding. Blue white is usually
more becoming to blondes and the creamier
tintS to brunettes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
REBUFFED BY TURKEY.
Concluded from First Page.)

of the pluck of his troops, which has al
ready been shown three times. He said:
ST intend to await the Turkish attack here
and not to retire to Thermopylae unless
absolutely compelled to do So" General
S,noIenski has ten thousand men, his line
extending from Naklari to the port of
Almyros.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Lamia, under date of Saturday, says: Last
night the troops were drenched by torrents
of rain. Supplies of bread and salt, the alb
sence of which has caused daily scenes in
the camp, are being hurried Onward. The
American military attache has returned to
Athens"
Edhem Pasha's plans for the capture of
Domokos are being rapidly perfected, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Larissa. Rein
forcements are arriving, and all the Greek
positions are carefully watched. The bad
condition of the roads and the heavy
rains delay the operations for which
the Turkish officers are anxiously
waiting, but a general advance began
at dawn. A number of Greek deserters who
have been captured say that $4,000 Greeks
are behind the Notifications and intrench-
ments at Domokos, but hat the whole or
ganization is rotten and the medical and
transport services have completely col
dapsed. They say that for thirty-six hours
the only rations was a half loaf and that
the forces are becoming demoralized and
arc deserving by the wholesale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
CONSTANTINE CONFIDENT.
Says He Can Hold DOmOkOs Against "a
Horde of Turks.

NEW YORK, May IA dispatch to the
Press from Domokos says: Grown Prince
Constantine says to-day: L wish to deny
emphatically the sensational reports now
current that the army is starving and in
want for lack of rations. We nave plenty
of good, substantial food and the soldiers
are all imbued with the best of spirits n
excellent health, Notwithstanding untrust-
worthy reports to the contrary.
There has been no pitched bat
tie between the opposing armies
up to the present time, and many of the
younger officers and a majority of the
troops demand a final battle before peace
negotiations are ended. Considering hat our
government does not permit us to execute
deserters, the actual number that has de-
serted is extremely small. l wish to deny
positively that l have lost a single gun
during the operations against the Turks.
l believe that l shall be able to hold this
place Domokos) with the army | have at
Turks. l consider Domokos the strongest
position we have held-far stronger for a
defense under modern conditions than
Thermopylae would be, and if | am beaten
here l do not favor making a stand at that
place.
''Th army is entirely in the dark as to
the present status of the peace negOtia-
lions. Wild rumors of all sorts are current
among the troops, who are in a highly
pectation of receiving an attack from the
Turks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
A SMIRCHED P0PULIST.
Ex-Governor LeyveIIing Vigorously
Denounced by His Constituents.

WICHITA, Kan, May 1.-THE Populists
of this county held a mass convention here
for the purpose of interrogating eX-Gov-
ernor Lewelling, now state senator, and the
representative of this county, with refer
ence to their action in the last Legislature
on maximum freight-rate legislation. Sew
eral speeches were made, and in nearly all
of them Senator Lewelling became the tar
get for keen ~innundoes, and the last Legis-
latuTe was scored numerically. Lewelling
finally made a speech in his own defense,
saying he had lived fifty years with a rep
%utation, but now in his declining years he
was charged with political corruption and
boodling. He denied his guilt and added:
Il did not ask this position at your hands.
You forced me to represent you" He said
he would resign the office of senator before
the next election. Senator Lewelling was
one of those charged before the recent
legislative investigation at Topeka with
boodling. Before the meeting adjourned
resolutions calling or Governor Leedy to
gather around him the wise and honest
men of the party to frame an honest and
just maximum freight-rate law were
adopted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
TAILORS WILL STRIKE.
Thirty Thousand in Greater New York
md New Jersey Ordered to Quit.

NEW YORK, May 16.-The Brotherhood
of Tailors, with a membership of over 80
900, decided to-day to strike. The leaders in
the organization, including Joseph Baron
dess and Meyer Schoenfeldt, counseled
against a strike, but the majority of the
workers insisted upon it. and committees
of the Brotherhood of Tailors, Children's
Jacket Makers, Knee-pantS Makers, Pro-
greSsive Tailors, Vest Makers, OVercOat and
Sackcoat Makers and Lithuanian Tailors
were sent out to give notice to quit work.
The committees notified all members en-
ployed in shops in Greater New York and
nearby places in New Jersey. A strong
effort was made by the leaders to prevent
the strike at this time, but without avail.
The decision to strike was arrived at only
after a p%rotracted and heated meeting OF
the tailOrS.
Although the strikers nave not yet Grawn
up their demands, ii is known that an adj
vance of wages and the abolition of the
task system are sought by the tailors. They
claim that, Notwithstanding the fact that
they are at work from early in the morn
ing and continue until late at night, under
the low scale of pay they are unable to sup
port themselves or their families. 1t is
claimed tina if they had not been held in
check for months by the members of the
executive committee the operators would
have been called OUT when it was found
Impossible to live under the existing scale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
FOR L \
suggestions for Wedding Gowns and
Floral Decorations.
philadelphia Record.

SS1C&
The month of roses-the lovliest month in
all the years. a deservedly popular month
for weddings, and as June brides are legion
a few suggestions may be in order.
A fault of many a girl is to work up until
the last minute. and then. in spite of all the
time and thought expended and the airy
loveliness of white gown and veil, she does
not look her best just when she wants to
most, because she is dragged out. Be sure
to avoid this.
Another reason is that many have a hair
dresser arrange their hair and veil in a
style entirely foreign to their accustomed
way. This alters their looks very much
and almost always is not becoming.
1t is we'll to arrange your hair as you
have always done. carefully and neatly,
taking plenty of time to 1t and then have
your veil and wreath pinned on so securely
you cannot feel them. Have them ADJUST
ed again and again if necessary; don't let
them pull or feel the least bit insecure.
A daisy wedding is a singularly appro-
pirate one, the daisy being a June blossom
and is symbolic Of the girl bride. being
pure white outside with a heart of gold.
Besides, nothing could be sweeter or dam
tier as a house or church decoration than
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

Philadelphia Times.
And now the silkworm must go. Ex-
neriments have been in progress for some
years to produce a silk fabric without a
particle of the genuine silk in II, ana II mas
finally been accomplished.
silks which can hardly be distinguished
from the genuine product OF me SIX
worm can now be manufactured entirely
from the pulp of wood. 1t Is already in
successful operation in the south of France.
and the recent wedding dress OF q princess
of Orleans was made OF new wood~pulp
silk. u
Factories are now being established in
ENGLAND. and Il company with a large
canItai has been organized In Paterson.
n. j., with which Abner Mckinley, brother
OF the President, Is prominently connected,
70 produce this new quality of silk thar
can be manufactured at little more than
one-half the cost of the siikwormp product.
The silkworm has done it's work, and
there Is little doubt that the new wood
puIp silk, which has every quality for re-
sisting pressure and yet Is as soft as China
silk, will come into general use even In
Liza most fashionable circles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
STORM In TEXAS.
Fate of a Boy Who Crawled Under Il
House to Save His Puppies.

WACO, Tex, May 16.-This city and i'm
mediate section was visited to-day by a Sc
we're wind, rain and hailstorm, which
caused much damage. Several buildings
were blown from their foundations and 9TH
ers badly damaged. Samuel Knox, a twelve
year-old boy. crawled under his house to Sc
cure some little puppies, and the wind blew
the house from it's foundation, killing him
instantly. Several persons were injured.
Crops in the path of the storm were COM
pletely ruined. Advices so far Indicate that
the worst of the storm was experienced in
this neighborhOOd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
ENATO HALE's Loss.
He das "a New House, bat the Com
tents of the Old VIII Be Missed.

tents of the Old viii Be Missed.
New York Tribune.
Senator Hale has received a letter from
his architect, who reports that his home
in Ellsworth, Me, which was burned last
season, has been rebuilt, and will be ready
for occupancy within a few weeks. Mrs.
Hale has already been purchasing carpets
and furniture and other household goods,
and has shipped them to Ellsworth, SO that
when his duties in the Senate release him
Senator Hale can go back to Maine and
find his beautiful home restored. This is,
OF course, q great qualification, but the
most valuable contents of his former home
can never be replaced. Nearly all his Ii
brary, which contained the accumulation
of thirty years of public1ife, and the par
lors and drawing rooms, which contained
souvenirs of travel ana gifts of friends,
and all the articles that a up the Lares
and Penates of the Hale family. were en-
tirely destroyed. Many of the pictures We're
valuable as works of art, but the other ar
ticles had an even highe value because of
their association.
The greatest loss to the country was the
destruction of the correspondence and pri-
vate papers of Mrs. Hale's father, the late
Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan. Ever
since her fathers death Mrs. Hale. who was
fba on1v child of .aOi1 zach - no. baa, a.
voting her spare time to an examination
and classification of a mass OF manuscripts
preserved by him during his long and ex-
citing political career, which began before
the war and closed with the administration
of President Hayes. In the accumulation
We're priceless letters and memoranda, of
which no copies exist, that threw light upon
some of the most interesting events i'm
American history. There We're many char
acteristic letters from Mr.. Chambers col
leagues in public life-from Lincoln, Stan
ton. Grant, Wade and men CT their time
and a quantity of other papers that were
Invaluable as contribution TO history. Mrs.
Hale had been gradually sitting them out
and arranging them In chronological order
for use in the preparation of a biography
Of her father. But every scrap was de-
stroyed in the fire. The papers happened to
be stored in that part OF the house which
VAS burned first, ana these precious docu-
ments are ashes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
General Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 16.-Representative
Royse will appoint the South Send pension
board tomorrow. 1t will consist of Drs.
Brown, Green and Wickham.
A letter from DR.. Joseph r. Jackson, of
Union City. Ind, was read at the Cuban
sympathy meeting this afternoon in this
city.
Senator Fairbanks and not Senator Lodge,
will lave charge of the immigration bill
from now on. The bill which he will press
for passage at the earliest possible moment
is very similar to the one that was before
Congress last session. Powerful influences
are behind it, of course, and the steamship
combine will oppose it's passage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

Hall. The principal speakers are to be
Mayor Fleming, Hon. l.. S. Coffin. of Fort
Dodge, Ia, ex-state railway commissioner;
+. L. Sargent. grand master of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Firemen; +. H. Nor
rissey, grand master Of the trainmen, and
d. l.. Cease, editor of the Railway Train
mems Journal. The local members of the
different brotherhoods have drawn up an
elaborate programme for the entertainment
of the visitors. Receptions, balls, banquetS
and excursions to points of interest will
take up the entire week. The convention
is expected to last ten days or two weeks.
Close IN to a thousand delegates are eX-
pected TO be present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

BATH, Me, May 16.-The gunboats New
port and Vicksburg. which have just been
Completed by the Bath iron works. will
probably have their trial trips some time
within the next two weeks. The exact date
has not yet been definitely decided upon
but as the company has notified the NAVY
Department that both boats are ready 1t is
thought that May % viii be about the time
the first boat, which wiz be the Newport.
will he tried.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Hiwher Mnges to Be

PITTSBURG, May 16.-The scale COM
mittee of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers has decided to de-
mand G" the manufacturers an advance in
the wages of tin-plate workers and an ad-
vance in the pudding rate. There will also
be a number of demands of minor impoT-
lance made. Details OF the demands can
not be given. because the utmost secrecy
is maintained by the members of the COM
mittee, as it is desired TO keep the delibera-
tions secret until the demands and the re-
port of the committee are acted upon by
the national convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
chinese Loan "HeId Up.'

LONDON, May ia dispatch to the
Times from Picking says that the loan of
1000. 600 tae,s, which Sheng-Ta-Jen, the Chi
reese director general of railways, has OBJ
tanned from a Belgian syndicate on the Sc
Curity of railways already built in the en-
pire and on the contract for the Belgian
construction of the proposed trunk line
owing to protests made by England and
Germany against the stipulation as a
breach of the most favored nation agree
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
DrotherhO0d of Trainmen.

TORONTO. Ont, May 16.-Trainmen from
all parts OF the United States and Canada
are arriving here TO attend the convention
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. which
opens IN this city tomorrow morning. Fully
five hundred delegates are already in the
city and many more are expected to-raor-
row. The first meeting is TO be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow in the Massey Music
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Monument to Maria There's Unveiled
in Hungary.

Marie Theress's MemOr HOnOred.
PRESSBURG, Hungary, May 1.-THE
Emperor Francis Joseph, as the King of
Hungary, arrived here to-day to unveil the
Maria Theresa monument. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of an i'm
mense gathering, which included many of
the great mobiles of the kingdom and depu-
tations from all the principal towns. The
utmost enthusiasm was displayed.s The
King went at the head of a procession to
the hill where the former Kings OF Hun
gary were crowned. This is the site of the
monument, a beautiful work of art. The
unveiling was followed by a brief speech by
his Majesty, who then received addresses
from a large number of the delegation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Return of One "Butcher."y

MADRID, May 16-General Camilo
Polavieja, formerly governor general of the
Philippine islands, who recently was SUI
perseded by General Primo Riversa, has
arrived here. He received a popular ova-
ton, and has been granted a special au-
dience by the Queen Regent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Unfair Discrimination.

Chicago Tribune.
Four-year-old Barbara went to church
with her two sisters and came home cry
ing.
What is the matter, dear?" inquired her
mother.
"He preached a whole recommendation
Military and Martha sobbed Barbara,
.'and-never saba w-word about mel"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

GENOA, May 16.-To-day a bronze medal
lion in memory of Daniel O'Connell, the eel
ebrated Irish patriot and orator. was I'M
yelled in the facade of the PalazZo de
Asarta. where he died on May Is, 1S47. The
unveiling was preceded by a solemn mass
Siero, the most ancient Christian founda-
tipo in GapOat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
CnhIe Notes.

Count General Vorontzoff-Dashkoff, of
Russia, minister of the imperial house and
imperial domains, has resigned.
The commercial situation at Buenos
Ayres is an extremely difficult one. Fail
ures are reported daily and the locusts are
ravaging the interior provinces.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Cause and Effect.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Massachusetts, School Board has de-
creed that a school ma'am's marriage shall
be considered the equivalent to her resig-
nation. And yet those Bay State social
economists wonder why young men show
such an aversion to marriage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Two More Victims.
PARIS.

PARIS, May 16.-Madame De Laume and
her daughter have succumbed to the in
juries they received at the charity bazaar
Gra
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17

NEW YORK. May 16.-Arrived: La Cham
payne, from Havre; Maasdam, from Rotter-
dam.
QUEENSTOWN, May 16.-Sailed: Umbria,
from Liverpool for New York.
HAVRE, May 1G.-Arrived: La Touraine,
from New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Isn,t bal.
Kansas city Journal.

hdIad9 NIIy JVWIIIaI-
At a school teachers social In Beloit the
other day the first prize for charades was
taken by a young woman who appeared
with an old sock from which a piece of
the heel had been partly torn. She desired
loose heel TO be interpreted into Lucille. +"
1t Is awful isn't itg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-17
Obituary.

ROME, May 16.-Cardinal Camille SiciI-
iano De Rende, archbishop of Benevento,
is dead. Lee was born in 1S47, and received
the red hat in 1887.