The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-24

H. G. Lewis, of Ketchum, it is
said, has sold all of his mules to
Kansas City buyers.
Next Monday is Memorial
Day. Are the people of Challis
going to allow this day to go by
unobserved
-Raine & Mollart are prepar-
ing to ship large quantity of
high grade ore from their Custer
Slide mine to the Clayton smelter.
Judge G. 0. Stockslager is
prominently mentioned as a can
didate for the supreme judgeship
on the Silver Republican ticket.
keystone.
Reports are that John Null
len has recently struck large
body of high grade ore in his
mine, the Vishnue, near the
Lucky Boy mine, at Custer.
"A few Salmon trout have
been caught in this vicinity thus
far. The run" appears to be
very light. John Bowman got
the prize Salmon trout last week
it dressed 10 pounds.
We were blessed with a very
heavy rain last Wednesday and
Thursday which was greatly de-
sired. In the mountains it was
snow, and at Forney we learn
that the beautiful" fell to the
depth of six inches.
Charles Wilkinson and Mrs.
Agnes Jones were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony at
Blackfoot, on Thursday, May
18th. Judge Wall tied the knot.
Both the bride and groom are
from Challis, where they are
well and favorably known. We
extend our congratulations and
best wishes.
Mr.. Seidenstriker received a
severe paralytic stroke in Custer
recently, and was brought out to
Challis last Thursday evening
and on Saturday afternoon the
21st, at o'clock he was dead.
The deceased, Philip Seiden-
striker, was native of Nebras-
ka, and about AZ years of age.
He has a brother in Salt Lake
City and sister in Kansas CITY.
He was an Odd Fellow, a Mason.
a member of Custer Miners I'm
ion and the B. of l.. E. The fun
eral services were conducted by
Custer Lodge No. 81, 1. o. o. F.
of this place yesterday afternoon,
and largely attended. The re-
mains were laid to rest in the
Odd Fellows cemetery.
For two weeks past the Salt
Lake Daily Tribune and Salt
Lake Daily Deseret News ad-
dressed to this Office have been
very irregular in their arrival,
which indicates that something
is wrong with our mail service
between Salt Lake and Challis,
or else the papers are "swiped''
en- route, for the above named
papers that are missing never
arrive, although we are informed
that the papers are mailed reg
In two weeks we have
received five copies of the News
out of twelve that we should
have received; and the Tribune
is received about every other
day. We call the attention of
the postal inspectors to this
matter.
-Grosvenor, the Ohio spell
binder, declared in congress that
this war with Spain will be
fought under the Republican
flag" That was impudent, un-
patriotic and untrue. The war
will be fought under the Ameri-
can flag, regardless of the rant
ings of this Ohio goldbug Re
publican. When did the Repub-
lican party get a monopoly on
the American flag ? This war
should not be a war of politicians
but a united war of the Ameri-
can people against a common
foe. This man Grosvenor is not
worthy the name of an American
citizen. if he made this remark,
but we find him one of the Re
publican leaders in Congress.
The truth is that when the call
for volunteers was made to fight |
Spain party affiliations cut no
figure, and today we find Demo /