The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-01-26

Fred Wheeler, a son of our
former townsman, Rollin Wheel
er, deceased, and a brother of
| Mrs. Boise Ellis, of Pahsimari,
arrived in Challis last Friday
4 evening from Vermont, on o
/ visit to relatives.
L Seven men from Park City,
| Utah, arrived in Challis last
Friday evening en- route for
Custer, where they go to operate
the Burley drills for the Lucky
| Boy Gold Mining Co.
The Commissioners did not
appoint a County Supt. of Pub
lie Instruction for Custer county
at their recent session. The At
torney- General holds that the
Probate Judges shall hold that
Office until the end of their pres
ent term.
We have been treated to a
regular January thaw for the
past few days, and the snow has
nearly disappeared from our
streets. This item was put in
type at IL a. M, Saturday, Jan.
23rd, and if it SHOWS and goes
to 90 below zero before our is
sue day, Jan. 26), we are not
responsible, and the above item
don't go.
In glancing over an exchange
we find the following
lift your hat reverently
when you meet the teacher of
the primary school. She is the
good angel of the republic. She
takes the bantling, fresh from
the home nest and full of pouts
and passions-an ungovernable
little wretch whose mother ad-
mits she sends him to school TO
get rid of him. This lady who
knows her business, takes a car
load of these little anarchists,
one of whom alone and single
handed is more than a match for
his parents, and at once puts
them in the way of being useful
and upright citizens. At what
Expense of toll and soul weari-
ness ? Rere is the most respon-
sible position in the whole
school, and if her salary was
double, should would not receive
more than she earns"
| The Spokane Spokesman Re-
view reports a conversation the
subject matter of which was
Texas Angels name. 1t attrib-
utes to Judge John r. Mcbride
the following explanation
Have you never heard the
circumstances under which Mr..
Angel received that name ?'' said
Judge Mcbride, the well known
pioneer of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. 1T happened in
this way Mr.. Angels father was
a member of congress from the
Buffalo district of New York,
and while in congress the ques-
tion of the admission of Texas
was lively issue. He took an
active and leading part in the
movement for admission, and
was SO enthusiastic over the
question that he gave the name
Texas to his son, born at that
time. Then only a glamor of
romance and adventure hung ov-
er the broad region so recently
wrested from Mexico, and the
elder Mr.. Angel could not forsee
the hard character which was so
soon to attach to the infant
State"
About 3 o'clock Jan. 10, 1897,
at Bellevue, Idaho. a nest of
counterfeiters was discovered by
Assistant District Attorney
Richard Angel, Sheriff Gray,
and Deputy Sheriff Liggett, and
the men suspected of manufac-
turing the spurious coin are und-
er arrest, says the Haley Times.
They are Mcclure, formerly in
partnership with Straingeway in
the furniture business, and Web
er, q cook and waiter.
| Both men have lived in that
place 10 or - years, but have
not done any work for months.
Yet they seemed to have plenty
of money, although it was sus-
piciously new and bright.
The officials captured plaster
of Paris moulds and spurious
dollars, half-dollars and quar-
ters.
| 1t is evident that these were
the implements used. The coins
contained about equal proper
tions of silver and lead.
Justice Redsull committed the
prisoners to the county jail, to
be held pending action by the