The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-02-23
LoCzL 0LEHHIN0s.

lUOfS ldSL week.
The bank failure of G. Bunt-
ing & Co., is sad blow to many
in Custer county.
Chas. Funkhouse was thrown
from a sleigh one day last week
and is quite badly injured.
Miss Coza Womacks, Clifton
Womacks and Mike Foley de-
parted for Salmon last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed, of
Pahsimari, are spending a few
days in Challis visiting friends.
W. J. Scott, our well-known
'tknight of the grip" arrived in
Challis last Thursday evening
from Pocatello.
DR.. Buttner, dentist, of the
firm of Buttner & Buttner, of
Shoshone, arrived in this city
one day last week.
Challis will have new drug
store shortly. DIR. Jacobsen is
fixing up his Office and will put
in a stock of drugs.
Last night a mask ball was
held in the l. o. o. F. hall at
this place. In our next issue
we shall endeavor to give a list
of the characters represented.
Auditor Keyes has just had
the county wood enclosed with
a high board fence, and it has a
lock on the door. This is sad
blow on the private wood piles
in Challis.
Judge Zeigler contemplates
going to Yellow Jacket in a short
time, where he has responsible
position under Supt. Giles. Mrs.
Zeigler will depart for SanFran-
cisco in few days on visit to
her mother.
Custer Ercampment No. 10, of
Challis, held fine banquet at
Mrs. Elders hotel last Wednes-
day night. The occasion being
that D. L. Rich and J. L. Eb-
berts were made acquainted and
rode the ugly goat" in this
branch of Odd Fellowship. A.
P. Challis and Robt. Morrison
travelled the same rocky road
the week before.
William P. ST. John. ex-presi-
dent of the Mercantile National
bank and the treasurer of the
Democratic National committee,
died suddenly at his home in N.
Y. City on the 18th inst, of a
complication of kidney and
stomach trouble. Mr.. st. John
will be sadly missed as a leader
in the silver cause. He is truly
a great and good man, and we
are panied to learn of his death.
st. Valentines Day was OBJ
served to some extent in Challis.
Comic valentines appeared to
predominant. The day was not
Eonly observed, but it was kept
up for nearly week thereafter.
We know of some who received
as high as eight OF these hand
some pictures and fiattering YER
ses (?). One young gentleman
received a valentine of this char
acter by express, and paid %
cents charges on it. But few, if
any, were Sighted.
Boise Statesman Representa-
tive Mccarthy received a pro-
test yesterday from some of his
constituents at Custer. 1t re-
lates to the taxation of mines
and asks him to use all his infu-
ence against the passage of a
bill taxing the gross output of
mines. They say lone of the
lcdOSSt O1C i1OOUCSIS Vi SuSltI
county, now paying in taxes full
| ly one-seventh of the total rev
enue of the county. under the
provisions of this act, with our
present levy of S6.45, would OF
necessity be compelled to sus-
pend operations.
THE purchasing of mining
property now under contempla-
ton would be abandoned, and de-
veloping work suspended. Not
only would the shutting down of
our principal mines and mills cut
off our revenue, but it would
throw out of employment hund-
reds of miners, wood choppers,
teamsters. etc., close out. busi-
ness houses and deprive the
farmer of a home market for the
product of his farm.
'"The passage of this bill would
be an apt illustration of the old
fable of killing the goose that
laid tho erOIHnp noer ~