The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-06-01

50 in the shade last Friday.
Ice cream social at the church
tonight.
Sam. Vagus is out from Custer
this week Courting.
Governor Leonard of the
Third House. was in Challis a
portion of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ola Mead moved
from Challis to their ranch en-
Pahsimari Saturday last.
| Our old friend Chas. Pfeiffer,
of Custer, was in Challis two or
three days of last week on bust
ness.
The dining room of the Chal-
lis Hotel just shines since E. G..
Headrick has finished papering
it with a handsome design.
Fl. Fl. Williams came out from
Yellow Jacket Tuesday last. He
is looking after the Coleman
placer property at that place.
| Henry Duffy arr we'd in Chal-
lis last Tuesday from a visit 10
relatives and friends in Lake
county, Illinois. While in
Chicago he had his eyes success
fully treated.
w. J. Trelor's sister from
North Carolina arrived in Chal-
lis last Tuesday, and on the fol
lowing morning departed for
Bayhorse on a visit to her
brother.
Isaac Cheneworth died at Wm.
Babcock' ranch in the valley.
where he was employed as a
farm hand, last Thursday after
noon, May 27, 1897. of inflamma-
ton of the bowles. The deceas-
ed was about 38 years of age. He
was a quiet sort of a fellow, and
was little known. His death was
sudden-only living Sc hours
; after being taken sick. The poor
fellow was given all the medica
aid and kind treatment possible
by his frienes. The body wa:
laid to rest in the Challis Gene
terry followed a large number o,
people, on Friday, the following
day. Services were held at the
cemetery.
The travelling correspondent
of the London (England) Daily
/ Nail writes to that journal as
: follows
} There may be poverty in Ross
} land, and that, too. of the grim
} ugly, mining camp sort; there
; may be more empty stomachs
/ than coined dollars and quarters
there may be shivering form:
and much human misery; bu
; there is--gold. The seedy-look
ing man who comes in with {
dozen ounces of ore from his new
cl; i'm on Trail creek, may no
have had any breakfast; but j.
not improbable that he will have
a dinner that would make q
Roman glntton ashamed of hi
: : slim and slender orgies. To
! morrow that man will have solt
his mine for 5000 to a specula
: tor, and the next day the specu
lator viii be floating compan.
: with 81, 100000 capital. 1t i
: stupenduous, this recklessnes!
with which big figures are hand
d led. Millions pass as easil.
: through the lips of these seedy
looking men in Rossland a
o units. The town is full of shark
. and spectators; there is mucl
g lying and cozening and hundred
j of thousands of pounds are in
Y vested, which may prove TO b
Y as good as thrown into the sea
: But after all this fact remains
d Rossland is the metropolis of
: nearly inexhaustible geld bear
E ing country, and Rossland toda
!. is the greatest gold-copper cam
: on the face of the earth"
) Senator Vest speaking on th
h tariff question in the Senate tn
Il other day said
h I'VE know the desperate cor
l. dition of the country. the RUNE
It homes, the blasted hearts.
$ prosperity can come from an
Il source, even from our adverse
$ ries, we will bless the move
e ment. I do not believe the in
a position of higher tariff dutie
l. win dispel the clouds hangin
If above us, bringing back SUI
r, shine and Illuminating the who
d country. How was it expecte
? that by increasing the burden
)f tariff taxes the farmers would