The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-30

eding the receipt of public dOcu-
ments from Senator Shoup; and
also, from the Sanford Uniyer-
sity, catalogue.
Mrs. H. Dodge has purchased
the ID. Reese residence in Chal-
lis.
The deer law win be out Sept.
1st.
We understand that a number
families from the outside con-
template moving to Challis this
fall on account of our splendid
school facilities.
Jas. Fl. VanCamp. State Aud
itor nominee, has returned.
The house fly in Challis is be-
coming quite friendly and num-
erous of late. Now the fly in
the morning, all our right and
protest scorning, comes upon us
without warning, to our couches
of calm repose; and before sun
lights peeping, through the
vines of dewdrops weeping, this
vile insect falls to creeping, over
eyes and ears and nose.
Wretch y is shrieked in tones
despairing, spiced perhaps with
modest swearing, and coarse ad-
jectives unsparing. ''Get thy
feet from off our face Out upon
the senseless creatures thus to
pasture on our features; or we'n
swear by all the preachers Wen
exterminate the race" But our
angry words defying, still that
fly continues flying, DER the
couches where we are lying in
an aggravated way; til our souls
seem fairly burning, with an al
most frenzied yearning. for the
beacon light discerning the great
resurrection day.
The Reno Gazette thus pictur-
es a gloomy outlook of the future
of Virginia City, Nevada
'sThe Comstock's sun has near
ly set, and when it is entirely
hidden by old Mount Davidson
one of the most wonderful towns
and mining camps this world has
ever seen will go down with it.
Virginia City was a place of 20,
900 inhabitants few years ago,
and no city in the Ind, big or
little, enjoyed more of the lux
uries of life than did Virginia.
Twenty dollar pieces were more
plentiful than nickles are today.
People gambled in stock with
the same freedom they now play
with the babies. Some of the
brightest minds in the nation
drew inspiration from the grand
old mountain that stands as a
sentinel watching the downfall
of one of the most prosperous
cities ever on this continent. The
whistles that blew to welcome
General Grant in the seventies
are now silent; many of the old
hoisting works have been. dis
mantled by the hand of nature.
Only four whistles are now left
to sound the departing glory ola
once prosperous place. Con-
Virginia sold for over 5000, 600
in 1875 and it is selling for only
35 cents, and is not worth that.
Everything about the place is
fast going to decay, and 1.-The
Comstock lode and Virginia viii
soon only be remembered in
history"
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Paul and
wife, and Mrs. Papworth, of East
Fork, were Challis visitors last
week.
The American people do not
approve, and history will not
sustain, the administration ad-
vancement of Sampson over
! Schley, and its studied purpose
to purpose TO place him in the
center of the stage in the great
theater of naval action. 1t is
astonishing that the President
and Secretary Long can not dis
cern a truth so plain. The Sec
retary and the naval board must
be blinded by their own conceit.
With Dewey's superb victories
and masterful treatment of the
Philippine situation they have
had little to do. From his bril-
liant record no reelected light
falls on them. 1t is different
; with the case of Sampson.
) Through him the navy depart
ment and the board of strategy
: directed the naval campaign in
West Indian waters. That cam
5 paign has been their pet and
pride, and if their favorite Samp-
son were cut out from the chief
, honors of the war; in a large
| measure they. too, would be cut