The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-05-11
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j. lreloar, brought by James d.
VanCamp and Jos. Rodgers, for
using water out of Warm Spring
creek for irrigating purposes,
was tried in Challis last Thurs
day. The jury decided in an
acquittal by vote of IL to /.
A Chinaman called doc" was
brought down from Clayton one
day last week and he was sup
posed to be insane, for he had
attempted to take his own life by
hanging himself. He was tried
before Judge Bomar last Thurs
day forenoon, and was turned
loose, as there was nothing to
establish the fact that he was
insane.
This thing happened in one of
our Idaho schools a few days
ago. The handsome bachelor
principal wished to punish a
girl for a minor misdemeanor.
His custom was to punish a pupil
on the hand, He called the girl
up to him and said, ''give me
your hand" The girl blushed
and hung her head, and then
stammered, "Oh, professor, this
is so sudden. You will have to
see pa"
Will Conley came down from
the Ramshorn mine last week
and departed for Houston for a
few days on a visit. We formed
the acquaintance of Mr.. Conley
and found that we used to be
schooimates some eighteen years
ago in Michigan.
Mrs. Nellie Short Donovan,
wife of ex-Police Captain John
J. Donovan, died at the home of
her parents on the State road on
Sunday afternoon, May 2nd. of
blood poisoning. Mrs. Donovan
had been i'll for only three days.
Drs. John White and Pinkerton
attended her, but their efforts
were unavailing and she passed
away. Mrs. Donovan was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Short. She was a beautiful
woman in every sense of the
word, and her sunny disposition
made her universal favorite.
She married Mr.. Donovsn about
six years ago. She was a promi-
nent member of the Eastern Star.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Boise Statesman: 1.-The State
encampment of the G. A. R. will
be held here for three days be-
ginning June II. A committee
of the local post has been ap-
pointed to see what encourage
ment the citizens will extend in
making preparations for the re-
ception of the old soldiers. They
find that all seem willing to con-
tribute in every way possible to
make the encampment a success.
The ground near the G.. A. r.
hall has been secured and the
post will erect tents sufficient to
accommodate all the visiting vet
Grams. Blankets and kettles will
be secured from the barracks
and those occupying the tents
will do their own cooking. The
plan is to revive the conditions
of the time when the men of the
Grand Army lived and fought
/ for the maintenance of the
! Union"
OF the prospector Sam Davis
says in the Chatauquan ITO
the brave and rugged prospec-
: tor, with his cheap outfit of min
ing tools, his empty stomach.
, and his hopeful heart is due the
: rapid development of the West
, At the tap of his pick the doors
, of Natures treasure vaults open
. but their wealth is not for him
\ The stock sharks, the specula.
tors and the promoters rob him
| of his interest, and the SHOW is
: no sooner sinking from the slop-
/ es of the foothills than the poor
5 fellow is vending his course into
: new territory. He appears in
, the rocky Businesses of the
+ mountains, and, with no com
: pauions but his pick and frying
pan, is lost to n nemory. Sud
| denly comes the news of another
2 discovery, and a city rises like {
/ pillar of flame in the wilderness
: Lucky Bill has struck it rich
3 gambled away his pile and push
4 ed on The bones of hundreds
D of the advance couriers of civi
2 lization blaze the path of pro
0 gress in the West, or mou' der in
e forgotten graves, while in Their
S wake are teeming cities they
q have founded and the ceaSeleS.