The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-07-28
SHORT STOPS.

II you want good cigar go to Nc
Cabe's, He's got 'em.
Berry's freight teams, yesterday, took
out $50 sacks of ore from the Big
mine to be shipped to Denver.
Dwelling for Sale--The former Kelt-
ner residences bargain. For rent
until sold. Ask at the NUGGET office.
Baker, the village tailor, packed a
big grip of samples Wednesday morn
ing and started over to take a whirl
through Boise county. He will be gone
two or three weeks.
The DeLamar Cornet Band has ar
ranged to give an Ice Cream Social at
the school-house. August 9th Ice cream
two-bits. A number of DeLamar ladies
have volunteered their services as
mattresses. The Band will play.
The tanks at the DeLamar company's
tailings plant at Wagontown are now
all filled and teaching ore. The press
and other machinery and appliances
are nearly all completed and the plant
" IL all be working in few days more
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Miles went
over to Boise on Tuesday, where they
will probably remain for some time.
Mrs. Ms health has been far from good
for some time past and it is in the hope
of finding relief for her that the visit
is made.
A lady here received characteristic
letter this week from R. r. Thomas.
Dick appears to be the same jolly soul
we all knew him here for SO long. He
is now located at Anaconda, B. c.,
where he says he is doing nicely, but
often wishes himself back in DeLamar.
A whole band of DeLamar people
took to the trout streams last Sunday,
without bringing back with them
enough fish to have made good meal
for hooking bird. But then they all
say they had good time and that beer
cooled in our mountain streams is more
refreshing than when slipped at home
The DeLamar company has COM
pleted the construction Of road, cross
ing the creek opposite Barkle's saloon
and running up along the hillside to
the mouth of the mill level tunnel. A
powder house is now being built In an
excavation made in the mountain beside |
the road. The tunnel has been COM
pleted and timbered into solid rock |
and everything made ready for the
power drills which will soon be put in.
No clue leading to the discovery of
the scoundrels who set fire to Hol-
combs wood pile, last week, has yet
been found. Usually when a mean,
cowardly deed is perpetrated one can
find motive of gain, envy or revenge
behind it, but in this instance it is diff
cult to imagine how anyone could be
gamer by destroying the property, or
why he could find any qualification in
the destruction of several hundred dol
lars of hard working mans labor.
julius Steinmier, the substantial
business man of the Nampa, Falk
Bloch Mercantile company, paid very
brief visit to DeLamar on Tuesday.
Mr.. S. says that Nampa is forging right
along and has no fear of losing any
prestige on account of Bosses efforts :
to become a railroad metropolis, a
matter which, under certain conditions,
sure to prevail, Nampa is in hearty
accord. Town property and ranch I
lands in and around Nampa are in in |
creased demand and happy condition l
Of affairs prevails in the Junction city. |
The hosting works at the Flint +
mines was destroyed by fire last Satur- r
lay night, the fire also destroying the q
imbers in the shaft down to the bottom
II the first level and burning about I
twenty-five cords of wood. 1t will take h
considerable time to repair the damages, 4
which. added to the direct loss to the Fl
wners amounts to quite sum, for the /,
nine has recently opened up more i,
avorably and gave promise of keeping +,
he mill running continuously. We +,
ave not been able to ascertain the
ause of the fire.
Mr.. c. o. Norcross, manager of the
Zig mine, accompanied by j. A. Lowell, r
Denver attorney, paid a flying visit <
! tho Hior i lact AIandar NJ.