The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-07-26

last Friday.
The MESSENGER is in receipt
of quantity of Strawberries
raised by Mrs. Horton. And
after sampling them, can vouch
deliciousness. Thanks
Mr.. Heies, representing a San
Francisco liquor firm was in
Challis last week.
j. M. Goodwin is visiting Gus
ter county towns this week in
the interest of the Salt Lake
Tribune. one of the best and
most reliable newspapers in the
West. The MESSENGER acknowl-
edges pleasant call from Mr..
Goodwin, who arrived in Chal-
lis on last Saturdays stage.
Judge Bomar is able to be on
duty again after four weeks
sickness.
E. G. Headrick arrived in Chal-
lis last Saturday.
With this week the MEssEN
GER enters upon its 10Th year of
publication. -
Onr sportesmen who have been
out on several different occas-
sions-just to locate chickens for
the 1st of August, you know
have not met met with very fiat
tering success in locating the
birds thus far.
Anderson Bros. have started
two Concord coaches with 20
head of horses in charge of Roy
Cox and Jack Reynolds for
Blackfoot, to put on their Idaho
stage line.-Dillon Tribune.
The cowboy soldiers are dis
gusted with the surrender of
Santiago. One of them is quot
ed as saying 1T took us two
weeks to round 'em up, now why
in hell don't we brand EN-"
The Denver Post is RESPONSE
BILE for saying: To successful
ly pronounce the name of Capt.
Przbyczylowicz, the Leavenworth
man who is raising a company
for the war, swallow a white
paper seidlitz powder and then a
blue one, after which take a
swallow of water.
When the Idaho troops were
enroute for Manila, Portland,
Oregon, girl kissed a soldier
goodbye at the depot with the
remark "God bless you; stand
up for Oregon" Between his
sobs he replied II am from
Idaho but I'll try and stand up
for both states now" Thereupon
she kissed him again for Idaho.
-Ex.
The young man ought to have
reminded her, with entire prop
riety, that there are forty three
other states which he could stand
up for.
How beautiful the stars and
stripes must look floating over
Santiago. One day they should
be half-masted in honor of the
Virginius martyrs.
The school census for Challis
Dist. No. /. which closed last
week, is as follows :
Total number of children 123
Total number of boys. ..... 81
Total number of girls. 80. SO
The Supreme Court of Idaho
has decided that county commits
sioners have no right under the
law to refund taxes, no matter if
they were illegally paid. The
property owners remedy, so the
court declared, is to appear be-
fore the board of equalization,
after that he can get no relief
whatever.
Some naughty editor has said
that counting girl is like start
ing q newspaper. 1t starts out a
weekly. then becomes a bA-week-
ly. then merges into a daily. and
If it has any enterprise. comes
out with an extra about cnce a
year.
w. r. Hearst. the enterprising
proprietor of the SanFrancisco
Examiner and New York Jour
nal has launched a daily news
paper on the battlefield at San
tiago. This is the first Ameri-
can newspaper published on
Cuban soil, besides it is the first
attempt to publish a daily paper
in the midst of the conflict and
for exclusive warand army news.
1t is eagerly sought by the boys,
as it gives all the news OF the
army and navy, the Insurgents
and Standards nntl contains the