The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-09-19

not realize enough to pay for
hall rent there; got stranded and
the show disbanded.
George D. Anderson, an old
time placer miner of Leesburg,
and former mining partner of
r. N. Hull, of Challis, died at
Gibbonsville on Sept. z, 1899.
Aged, IS years.
Idaho soldiers will be allowed
travel pay from SanFrancisco to
Boise which amounts to $51 each.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the great
railroad magnate and millionaire
died in New York on the 18th
inst. from heart failure.
The long and weary court
martial case of Capt. Dreyfus has
ended at Rennes. and Dreyfus
found guilty of treason and is
condemned to 10 years imprison-
ment. Great indignation at the
re-conviction of Dreyfus is mani
tested throughout the whole
civilized world.
County Attorney Hansbrough,
of Lemhi county, was in Challis
several days last week. He was
here in the interest of his county
claiming that Custer county was
indebted to Lemhi county in a
certain sum of money of long
standing, but Custer county says
this debt has been settled.
]. p. Spalding and others from
this place have gone to Black
foot to attend District Court
which convened there yesterday.
The case of Custer county VS.. G.
E. Thum, receiver for G. Bunt-
ing & Co., is on the docket for
this term. This case will be
watched with much interest, for
it involves many thousand dol
lars belonging to Custer, Bing-
ham and Fremont counties. At
torney Borah appears in behalf
of Custer county.
Two Mormon elders were in
Challis last week distributing re-
ligious tracts upholding the Nor
mon doctrine.
VIM. Flenniken, VIM. Wells,
Jas. Hooper, E. B. Curtis, Elmer
Reese and Frank Tolman, of
Pahsamaroi, were in Challis last
week.
Nearly all of the extensive
raisers of the eastern part of
Custer county report heavy loss
es in their bands from horse
thieves. There appears to be a
band of we'll organized horse
thieves operating in this county
this year, and something ought
to be done to rid the county of
this class of people. They in
variably select the best horses
from each band.
The song, "You Tell Me Your
Troubles and I'll Tell You Mine
is all the rage in the East.
We are in receipt of a fine,
large map of the Philippine Is
lands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and
Niihau, Kaui, Oahu, Molokai,
Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe and
Hawaii in the Hawaiian group,
from the Parry Mfg. Co., Indian
apolis, Ind. This map is mailed
to any address on receipt of %
cents.
We have just received from
the Spokane Chamber of Com
merce, of Spokane, Wash, per-
haps one of the finest publica-
tions, in magazine form, that has
been issued in the West for some
time. 1t is called the Spokesman
Review Quarterly, and contains
73 pages descriptive of the great
Northwest. Being printed on
heavy book paper and contain
ing over a hundred fine illustra-
tions of Idaho and other scenes
makes it a most valuable publ
cation.
Lou Wells and Lafe Frost got
into a quarrel over some trifling
matter at said Lou Wells ranch
on Pahsamaroi on Sunday the
10th. Lafe agreed to settle the
matter if his opponent would
come out into the road. They
appeared in the arena stripped
for action. Lafe had an idea il
was only to be fist fight, but
Lou pulled a 38-cal. six-shootel
on him. Lafe struck the gun, sc
that he might have an equal
show, but as he did SO discharg-
ed the weapon and the ball went
through Lafe's wrist. Lafe is