The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-02-15
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county this year amount to $37,
236. 38.
Chas. S. Jordan received the
sad news of the death of his
mecca young lady of 81 years
of age, who lived at Lisbon, Me. =,
a few days ago.
The atmosphere appears as
soft as spring at this place, and
the days are almost like summer,
and our streets are dry and dusty.
Challis challenges the world for
fine climate.
Joe Kaufman, well known
miner was frozen to death on the
summit on the Idaho City road
Wednesday night. We presume
it is the same Joe Kaufman who
used to be at Bayhorse several
years ago.
Miss Lima CARRIER, a young
school teacher from Missouri. ar
rived in our city Sunday morn
ing, say the Blackfoot New Era.
She was much surprised to find
the people civilized and expected
to find us a wild and woody lot,
clothed in bear skins and living
on wild game.
The Engineering Record says
The Northern Idaho Railway
Company has been Incorporated
to build a railroad to Butte,
Mont, from Nampa, Idaho, and
another to Spokane; estimated
length of road is 700 miles; cap
tial $12, 100000. The principal
place of business is to be Nampa.
DIR. Keller writes that Skaguay
is no place for man who has to
depend on daily labor for a liv-
ing. The town is now over-run
with that class of men. He says
that quite number are arriving
every day from Klondike, wno
have considerable dust and give
glowing reports about the
country.
Owen Long died of consump-
ton at ST. George, Utah, on Sun
day, Feb. 9th, 1898, aged about
"a years. Mr.. Long was an old
timer in this section of Idaho,
coming here in 1877, he followed
mining for many years. We re-
gret very much to learn of Mr..
Longs death. He is well-known
here and has many friends.
This warm weather is bad to
create fevers- especially the
Klondike fever, and many of our
citizens are afflicted with it, and
we are informed that a number
are making ready to depart for
the Klondike region about the
1st of next month. viz VIM. D.
Pierce, A. M. Wilson, Thomas
Grove, Archie Howell and Chas.
Seagreen. We wish the boys
plenty of good luck, and may
they return with plenty of gold
nuggets.
The Denver Times of the 5th
says: The silver republicans
and populists in congress held a
meeting last night and decided
to work together in the next con
gressional election, the populists
agreeing to support silver repub-
lican nominees and the silver re-
publicans populistic nominees
for congress. Chairman Towne
was in attendance at the meet
ing and will start west tonight
on a tour for the promotion OF
the coalition. He will go as far
as the Pacific coast. 1t is believ-
ed that the understanding will
have an important bearing upon
the return of Senator Cannon OF
Utah. The meeting was held
with the approval of the silver
democrats and it is understood
that n similar agreement will
soon be reached between demo
Gratis, populists and silver repub
licans in order that there may be
a complete union of the silver
forces in the next congressional
campaign.
A few weeks ago the Ketchum
Keystone thought perhaps g
Gila Monster had ''got away
with Cal. G. Clawson, as they
had not heard from him for a
long time. This was mistake.
We received a letter from Mr..
Clawson a day or SO ago, from
} Faulkner, New Mexico. We are
pleased to state that this letter
related to us that all were we'll,
and that the change of climate
had been very beneficial to Mrs,
Clawson' health. Mr.. Clawsor
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