The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-07-13
LocHL GLEENINGS.

stitutional.
Mark Kuhn and daughter, of
Ogden, spent few days in this
city last week.
Silver has lost an able cham
pion in the death of Senator
Harris of Tennessee.
Are you going to the Jubilee
at Salt Lake ? The return fare
from Challis is only $16.
d. L. Rich and wife have NOV
ed into the e. P. Johnson house
on the north side of Garden
creek.
Chas. Baker broke the tie and
was elected school trustee at
Bayhorse on the 9th by majority
of 8 votes.
Frank Brown, one of the prin-
cipal owners of the Houston cop
per mines, was in Challis last
week on business.
Japan is getting pretty sassy
because we propose to annex
Hawaii. If they tackle United
States they'll not find us weak as
China was.
Gov. Budd declines to extend
Durrant's reprieve. This leaves
Warden Hale and the courts to
say whether he hangs on the 9th
says a dispatch of the 9Th.
Two new Patee "bikes" were
shipped to Challis last week
one for Miss Pearl MCGOWAN and
the other for our genial drug
clerk, Frank Nickerson.
Gus B. Quarles, of Salmon, has
commenced suit against the Ida
ho Yellow Jacket Gold Mining
company for John T. McChesney,
on a promissory note for $172,-
1920.
Last week while the papers
were telling of people being kill
ed by the dozens in the East by
strokes. at the same time we
were sitting around a hot stove
to keep warm in Idaho.
The following boys from the
mines took in" the Fourth at
Challis CEas. Seagreen, Mike
Foley. Martin Joyce, VIM. Gin
nell. Peter Mullen, John Fin
negan, John Sullivan and Wise
Osborn.
The school census marshal of
this district informs us that he
has nearly completed taking the
census. The census roll at this
time shows 103 children of school
age-two short of last year. 1t
further shows So girls and so
boys. The total number of for
eign birth are 4.
A certain young man who had
come out West a few weeks ago,
soon after his arrival, sent the
following
Some skies are blue.
And some are dark:
Please send me fifty
Your son, Mark"
The father not wishing to be
outdone by his son sent back the
following reply
Some skies are blue
And some are pink;
I'u send you fifty
/ don't think"
Last Thursday the group of
seven claims, in Blackbird dis
trict, owned bp Wiley J. Rose.
Pleasant Rose, Henry Rose, E.
Edwards and Isaiah Bohannon
was bonded to VIM. G. Hall, of
Salt Lake, for $4,000. j. O.
Swift was the promoter of the
enterprise. Recorder.
Chris. Morler arrived in this
place last Wednesday from San
Francisco. where he and Mrs.
Morler now reside, having leased
their hotel in Randsburg. Mr..
Morler and Bert Wilson will de-
part for their Sheep Mountain
mines in few days. They will
erect q small smelling plant to
test the ores. This test will be
watched with great interest by
all mining men.
J. M. Goodwin, representing
the Salt Lake Tribune, was a
pleasant caller at this Office last
Tuesday. The Tribune is one
of the great papers in the west
always progressive and the in
terest taken by it to build up the
West merits much patronage.
Its splendid write up" of Ida
hos resources in its edition on
the 4th inst. merited much we'll
deserved praise. If you want to
get all the news subscribe for
the daily Tribune.