The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
Silver, 556; Lead, $500.

Billy Oster was out from the
Black mine last Friday night.
Chas. Seagreen and Robt. Y.
Street departed on yesterday
mornings Blackfoot stage for
Alaska. They will go direct to
Stikeen river, where they expect
to locate. We wish the boys the
best kind of success. VIM. D.
Pierce, A. M. Wilson and Archie
Howell will depart for the same
point a week or so later.
Robt. Ingersoll, the great ag-
nostic, writes :: For my part I
envy the man who has lived on
the same broad acres from his
boyhood, who cultivates the fields
where in youth he played, and
lives where his father lived and
died. I can imagine no sweeter
way to end ones life than in the
quiet of the country out of the
mad race for money, place and
power"
We clip the following from an
exchange: Editors are the first
to hear of gossip, indiscretion of
men and women, things unfit for
publication, intrigues, clandes-
tine meetings. night buggy rides,
young girls gone astray, flirta-
tions with married women, am
ours of married men-and in fact
all neighborhood scandals. Edit
ors generally know all the naugh-
ty doings in a community, no
matter how secret. If one-half
they hear was published, divorce
suits would follow in some cases,
social ostracism in others, shot
guns and gore, desolate homes,
Imprisonment, lynching, shame,
humiliation and misery. The
editor learns much of the shame
and hypocracy of life and it is a
wonder that he believes in any
thing on earth or in the here
after. People who abuse the
editor the loudest sometimes owe
their standing in society to his
forbearance."
We copy the following from
the Salmon Recorder relative to
the death of John S. Ramey. The
deceased was a poineer of Custer
county, and is known by nearly
all of our older residents. He
was man whom all respected
very highly for his sterling char
acter and uprightness. Peace
be to the memory of John S.
Ramey
The Recorder says
''Died.-In this city, Saturday,
Feb. 10th, 1898, John S. Ramey,
after a long and painful illness,
aged 63 years, 6 months and 5
days.
"The deceased was born at
Cedar Grove, Kentucky, August
IL, 1884, and when 20 years of
age left his native State and
moved to Illinois where he taught
school for time. He went to
California in 1856, where he was
placer mining at Auburn Ravine
for awhile. He came to Idaho
in 1862 and located in Florence,
where he was express messenger
for Wells, Fargo & Co., for some
time, running between Lewiston,
Warrens and Florence. While
in this capacity he was entrusted
with large amounts of gold dust,
which he always carried through
safely, although attempts were
made several times to hold him
up. When the Leesburg excite
ment was at its height he was
appointed deputy sheriff for this
section, which was then a por-
ton of Idaho county, and came
here in 1867, acting in that cap
acity. When Lemhi county was
organized he was elected the frs
sheriff in June 1869, and served
faithfully during his term. He
acted as scout for Col. Bernard
during the Bannock war. Or
March 1st, 1871, he was married
at Leesburg to- Miss Maggie De
Moss, who survives him. He
was one of the pioneers of this
section, and was known to all as
one of the bravest men in thi:
community.
He has lived for the past ter
years at Silver creek, where ht
had some valuable mining prop
erty.
HE leaves a wife and foul
children. Two sons, Louis anC
Lee and two daughters, Mrs
Hall and Mary-all of whom re
side here and were with him a
the last"
On Mondav tho 81 St inst Mr..