The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-02

City.
The Hanna Mckinley Sherman
crowd will be inaugurated next
Thursday.
The Woman's Missionary Soci-
ETY. viii hold a public meeting at
the church next Sunday evening,
March 9Th.
The Third House is in session.
j. G. Leonard has been selected
governor. One the bills that
have passed is an ''Act to abolish
the Idaho legislature"
Chas. Smith, of ChalIis, has
been awarded a mail contract be-
tween Salmon and Yellow Jacket,
six times a week, for the sum of
S4, 900 per year, the contract to
commence yeste rday.
A and B sold apples on the
corner. They each sold 80 APP
pies day. A sold his apples
three for one cent, and B sold
his two for one cent. AS apples
would bring 10 cents while BIS
would bring u cents; so each
evening the two together would
have 25 cents. One day A was
sick and B took AS apples and
put them all together, selling
them five for two cents, and
when he had sold the sixty APP
pies he found he had only "a
cents, while if they had sold the
apples separately they would
have had % cents. Now, how
do you account for the extra
cent ?
"Pah Simari Pickingsn of Feb.
Goth, were received too late for
last issue
Still it SHOWS, with prospect
of late Spring.
Rev. Mason held services at
the school house last Sunday.
Ed. Stultz is putting the finish
ing touches on the O'Neal man
sion.
w. G. Sweet is visiting in the
valley.
The bachelors gave fine sup
per at NJ N. Lewis this winter.
1t was the event of the season.
VIM. Hammond intends to put
100 acres into oats this year
Mr.. Woods men are very busy
feeding sheep. NASBY.
The idea of making women pay
a poll tax if they vote. Why not
add the condition of mems vot-
ing, that they shall wash the
dishes Yes, and nurse the
babies while the mothers who
have borne the burden of the
possibility of such ungreatful
sons, go out and see the world.
One would think by the way
some of our Legislators are go
ing that they never had a moth
er. What reason is there to
think that, because our women
have a right to be heard in those
matters of life so dear to US all,
that it should change her from
the useful and appropriate labor
of life to that most clearly adapt
ed to the nature of man. Here's
an bet-yes, ten to one, if our
legislature stoops so low as to
pass any such law. the supreme
court will declare it an unconsti-
tutional and base act. This is
all an after thought of those who
have been fairly defeated, to see
if they can not still defeat equal
suffrage. Only that-nothing
more.
Edward Rathbone, aged 16,
and William Cooper, aged 20,
were caught in a snowslide at
the head of Quigley gulch, near
A1diicJ, dUOut - CIoSh u. H.. ou
Feb. %, says the Salt Lake
Tribune. The two left HALEY in
the forenoon on snow-shoes for
their wood camp, carrying pro
visions, and had reached a point
within a quarter OF a mile of
their cabin when they heard an
avalanche coming. They hast
ened to escape, but unfortunately
ran right into it, and Cooper,
being few yards ahead. was bur-
led under ten feet of snow, while
the lad managed to keep in the
outer edge, and although com
pletely buried. had the use of
one hand and managed to extri-
cate himself in an hour. He hur-
ried to camp, and with Cooper's
father and another wood-chop-
per returned and dug William
out, finding him dead. Cooper
was a miner and wood chopper,
unmarried. A party sent out to
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