The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-06
Ice cream at Nerve Hanthorn's 8.

at once.
Ice cream at Nerve Hanthorn's.
Pioneer Gone.
Died, in Middle valley, June 20,
E. G. Edison, aged II years.
The diseased was one Of Middle
Valleys most esteemed citizens. He
came to the Pacific coast more than
fifty years ago, and has seen mag
niicent empire develop from the
crude barbarism of those times. He
was for many years resident of the
Willamette valley The funeral took
place on Monday and it seemed the
entire population of the valley WAS
i'll attendance Rev. Edgar con
Quoted the service. At least hun
dred gathered on the hill to pay the
last tribute of respect that humanity
can pay humanity. The day was
lovely and bathed IN the bright sun
shine, the valley lay in all its beauty
with orchards and fields of grass and
grain, the river winding in the midst
and far beyond the mountains with
submits vet covered or dotted with
the winter snow And as the sol
emn melody of the hymns foated
out on the sweet air it seemed a tit
ting farewell to him who had depart
ed to that land where eternal sun
shine shall not fade.
The family of e T Merritt ar
rived in Weiser from Duluth, Mimi. ,
and will make Weiser their future
home.
Train No. l, of Sunday, killed two
horses at the Grimmett crossing be
low town, belonging to MIR. Waggle
This point seems unusually fatal fol
stock
The Pacific and Idaho NortherI
offers work to all lahorers Goo'
rock men can find employment th'
entire season at good wages and in
pleasant country. There is also
demand for timber men, and genera
laborers 1t fact thousand mel
can come TO Weiser and go to worE
at once at good wages.
~ Nels Swanson is down from Bear
He has bought the interest of hi
partner in the Bear Creek busines
and will move his stock to Cuprum
which place he says is very active
present and that prospects for the FL
ture of the town are at present yer
encouraging We surely hope tbs
all his anticipations may be full
realized
Erve johnson came down from tt
north country Sunday, having spel
r some time in the different localitie
p Heath, Seven Devils and down Il
n Little Salmon. He expresses hin
g self we'll pleased with the goodne
n of the land in a general way, and
!. especially enthusiastic regarding u
scenery down Lite Salmon wa
o He returns to Boise to shout t
10 praises of Old Washington and t
= Old Overland, two Of the most prol
inent and reliable adjuncls to pre-
perity and omfort in the state
A visit to the court house the OF
As er day Introduced us to somethl
RS new, so far az we were concerned,
the shape of Book Typewritl
machine, now in use in Mr.. L.
~ Smiths office. All the county
- cording is now done in this mann
T. and while our county records hf
- long been famous for their neatn
- and legibiity, they are way bf
a" numbers compared with the pres
method. The statements of COVE
er, ment chemists are to the effect t
he the ink used on the ribbon is pt
lively unfading and indelible.
nd From letter recently recei
)e- from Ed Short, who is a member
T. A. Clarke's party OF Northern
raj ciic engineers, we learn that the
N ,y are now at Elk City, and will
no line up the south fork of the q
Water to Elk City, expecting
reach that place about the 10th i
Inc and then from there will run
my to Buffalo Hump The trip into
LED was made on sleds and over five
ID of snow and at the time OF wri
the snow was reported seven
Irt- deep in the Hump country. L
ont are 400 prospectors in the cou
ers and more coming every day.
ing supplies rre packed in at q cos'
vho s cite yer pound.