The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12
LOCAL NEWS.

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Doug Holton and R. K. Lockwood
started for Warren Monday. u
The Keithley Bros, John, Levi,
Grifr and son, were in town yester-
day.
A Sears went to Salubria Monday
with goods for Johns furniture store
there.
Jack Ennor has moved his family
into the house recently vacated BY the
SIGNAL family. v
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.
Mitchell, on Friday morning, August
6, 1897, son.
Myron Riggs has quit the manage
ment OF the Valley Hotel and turned
it over to other parties.
Frank Harris left last Saturday
morning for the north to work assess
ment on his mining claims.
Rev. E. B. Sutton, who is travel
ing for the Idaho State Temperance
Alliance, was in Weiser this week.
Bolon, the taxidermist and painter,
caught seven foot sturgeon Tuesday
morning He had it photographed.
LOST. "A silver medal, with "W.
G. I. u, Oratorical Prize, engraved
on it. Leave at SIGNAL Office if found.
"
j. Fl. Jones and W. S. Jones left
last Monday for Gufrey where they
have secured positions on the Nam
pa-Silver City railroad.
Oregon Short Line big folks are
after the trainmen to get their share
Of the box car and brakebeam pass
enger fare. The boys have been
holding out to build church.
On the 9th inst it is reported that
two men took out $68, 600 in one day
from mine near Trinity Center,
California, with more in sight. Wait
till you hear from Spoopendyke.
Kleinschmidt is arranging to pat
ent some more copper claims in the
Seven Devils. The properties were
surveyed some five years ago. But
patents don't put any men to work.
S. L. Roland, general agent of the
Columbus Building and Loan Asso-
citation of Denver, was in Weiser the
first of the week, and added quite a
number of shares to the stock of the
company.
If you want to make big interest
on money invested, go and avail
yourself Of the opportunity now Of
fered ut Sommercamps This clos
ing out sale is bona tide-the goods
are going at actual cost.
You will actually lose money il you
do not take advantage of the cheap
prices that goods are selling for at
the closing out sale at Sommercamp's.
You will regret it if you fail to go
and prove the truth of this assertion.
A fire alarm caused little excite
ment in east end last evening. The
fire was located in the row of build.
ings on Commercial street, being
caused by the igniting of sage brush
which was piled against a stove. No
damage.
The SIGNAL force is indebted to
August Brockman for two of his fine
watermelons. They made glad the
heart of We thirsty printer. August
says he has about two thousand of
these delectable melons growing on
his ranch southeast of town.
A cornet player in New York is
being praised to the skies because he
can hold a note 125 seconds. There
are men in this country who have
held notes for 10 years and then re-
ceived only ''cussing" if the matter
was ever mentioned at all
Married. MIR. John Martin. sec.
ton foreman on the o. S. L., and
Miss Dora Kelley, on Sunday, Aug.
ust 9Th. Rev. Black, of the Baptist
church, officiating. The SIGNAL ex-
tends congratulations and best wishes
that the domestic track NAV be we'll
kept up, with no high joints or low
centers.
The celebrated case of the State
vs. Hitler WAS on trial before Justice
Newman last Tuesday evening. The
charge of misdemeanor was preferred
by Capt. John Nevins, constable. j.
W. Ayers for plaintiff and Z b. Oh.
iphant for the defense. Mixed with
the profound legal questions in the
case were some delicate social fea-
lures that have been agitating our
big wigs for some days, and the de-
cision of Justice Newman acouittino