The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-07-11
Little Willie from the mirror
Sucked the mercury all on;
Thinking, in his childish error.
II would cure his whooping cough.

At the funeral Willie's mother
Smartly said to Mrs. Brown
Twas a chilly day for Willie
When the mercury went down.
The school census for Challis
district for this year is nearly
completed. 1t shows that we
have 132 children of school age
rs girls and "a boys, which is
a pretty fair showing of children
in town the size of Challis, and
more especially of girls.
The management expect to
launch the dredge boat "Stan-
ley" about the 10Th of this month
at Stanley Basin. The boat is
100 feet in length. 1t will be
equipped and manned after it is
launched.
Dan and Bat Murphy departed
from this place last Saturday
morning for Salt Lake City. to
see their brother who is very
sick.
The Clayton public school
which has been under the very
able direction of Miss Martha
keenan,. closed on the Fourth
with an excellent entertainment.
Directly after the entertainment
an enjoyable dance was held in
the Fashion Hall.
Geo. Hosford, one of the en-
terprising proprietors of the
Clayton meat market, was in
Challis last Saturday on business.
We are informed that the Clay
ton smelter will start this week
for the seasons run.
G. S. Jordan expects to depart
soon for two months visit to
his old home, relatives and
friends near Lewiston, Maine.
Frank B. Willis has purchased
the interest of Ralph Aune in
the furniture establishment of
Aune & McGilvery, and the firm
in the future will be McGilvery
& Willis. Mr.. Willis moved to
Lewiston from Pocatello. He
acknowledgement of Idado dur
ing the first state administration.
Lewiston Tribune.
In the federal court, Judge
Beatty, Thursday, the case of
the SauFrancisco creditors VS..
D. l.. Rich, alleged to be bank
rupt, the court adjudged Rich to
be a bankrupt and ordered Mar
shall Ramsey to. take possession
at once of his stores in ChaIlis
and Custer in Custer county.
Yesterday the court appointed
Frank Schermerhorn of Challis
to take charge Of the case as
referee. This is the first case of
involuntary bankruptcy in Ida
no, and is of special interest as
showing the practical operations
of the new bankruptcy law.
Hugh E. McElroy and Frank
Martin, well known Boise law
yers, represented the creditors
and w. Il. Reeves the bankrupt.
Boise Capital.
One of the largest, if not alb
solutel the largest gold ore body
in the United States, is that in
the Homestake mine, South Da-
kota, which on the 800 foot level
is said to be 450 feet wide, all
pay ore.
Here are some of the trans
positions of the line from Gray's
Elegy, THE plowman home
ward plods his weary way"
The weary plowman plods his
homeward way.
The weary plowman homeward
plods his way.
The plowman, weary, home
ward plods his way.
Weary, the plowman home
ward plods his way.
Homeward the plowman, weary.
plods his way.
Homeward the weary plowman
plods his way.
The homeward plowman. weary,
plods his way.
The homeward plowman plods
his weary way.
The U. S. Fish Commissioner
planted 5000 trout fry in the
headwaters of Big Lost river one
day last week.
Chas. McDermott of Little
Lost river was killed last We'd
nesday by falling from a moving
wagon and one of the wheels
passing over his head
Jos. Whitaker was shot twice
in a saloon at Lewiston, Ida. on