The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

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Smoke Victor Dewey" cigar.
j. H. Baxter was up from
Houston last week on business.
]. B. Morrow, of Boise City,
arrived in this place last Friday
evening.
John Altman is down from the
Redbird mine where has been for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh and daugh-
ter were down from Clayton dur
ing the past week.
The Miners Union of Custer
will hold a grand ball at that
place on May 3rd.
August Michaelson arrived in
town one day last week from the
Boise Basin country.
Sheriff ROwles has been quite
sick for month past, and does
not improve any to speak of.
Thos. Grove departed on Sat
urday morning last for Seattle.
He expects to go up to Cape
Nome, Alaska.
Mark Kuhn. the popular and
enterprising travelling man from
Ogden, representing F. ]. Keisel
& Co., was seen on our streets
last week.
Con. Doty was down from Bay
Horse one day last week, and in
formed US that he would depart
for his Stanley Basin mines in
about a week.
Last Tuesday evening the Re
bekahs of this place gave another
enjoyable banquet About thirty
of their members were present,
beside a few invited friends.
The Board of County Commis-
sioners meet in regular session
next Monday. At this session
the salaries of the various county
officers will be fixed for the year.
Gus. Seargent, of Bayhorse,
departed on Monday morning, the
26th of last month, for a visit to
old home in Switzerland. He
will also visit the Paris exposi-
ton on his trip.
| Cliff Womacks came down from
Stanley Basin one day last week.
He reports about three feet OF
snow in the basin, which is suffi,
cient to insure plenty of water
for placer mining.
Mr.. T. W. Bates of the Idaho
Midland railway, and probably
his party of capitalists from New
York, left Boise for Salmon las
Saturday. Mr.. Bell received ;
telegram from Mr.. Bates to com,
to Salmon at once.
The Boer war is nearly at ar
end, and the Beers have made /;
noble fight against heavy Odds
both in money and troops. Oul
sympathy is with the Bores il
their gallant fight for freedom
and independence.
We hear a great deal abou
railroads coming into Custer
county these days. Besides tn,
Idaho Midland, a railroad is pro
posed from Blackfoot to Houston
"a party of surveyors are now il
the field. There is also som,
talk of a line being built from
Ketchum to Challis.
In the District Court at Black
foot the other day. c. E. Thum
was ordered to pay over to Geo
f. Gagon, Clerk of the Bingham
county District Court, SO. 900 {,
be pro-rated and paid to tbs
counties that brought suit to re
5 cover county moneys in the banl
} at the time of the failure.
An old man from Custer county
whose name we could not learn
: left here yesterday afternoon i
a wagon with Fred Meyers 70
! the Big Flat. Near Wallace Slay
: ms ranch the wagon was over
2 turned and the old man instantl
' killed. Coroner Whitwell impaT
: elled jury and left this mornin
e for the scene of the accident t
2 hold an inqueSt.-Salmon RecoI
t der. March 2Sth.
r The old man thus killed in tn
: above article is undoubtedly Nj
E. E. Dunphy. formerly of Bay
e horse. About two weeks ago b
0 left the county hospital in thi
: place without leave of absence
: and it was supposed he departe