The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
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Smoke Victor Dewey" cigar.
d. t. Miller left for Salmon
last Saturday.
Chas. Haney was up from Lost
river last week.
A. S. Cotter was over from
Pahsamaroi last week.
The new gas lights for the I.
o. o. T. hall have arrived at
last.
The Custer county case against
the Bunting bank will be argued
before the Supreme Court at
Boise this week.
County warrants drawn at this
meeting of the Board on the Cur
rent Expense Fund were cashed
by the Treasurer on presenta-
tion.
According to Otis, Aguinaldo
is now the entire rebellion. Yet
that Individual seems competent
to keep the General guessing for
awhile yet.
Some Judge in Wisconsin has
enjoined city council from pass
ing legislation. How much fur
ther will judges go in their
| 4f0r of 1lnuyor.
All salaries in the Transvaal,
including President Kruger S,
were cut down almost to nothing
when war began. Thus the Boer
proves his corruption and lack
of civilization.
Perhaps it is true that the
trust question is not a partisan
one. But why do all the trusts
contribute to the republican cam
paign fund and none to the other
different parties
G.. B. Hamilton, formerly ed
itor of the Lemhi Republic, of
Salmon, but now engaged in the
manufacture of cigars at that
place, was in Challis a portion
of last week on business.
Joe. Horton has purchased the
w. w. West residence in Chal-
lis and with his family are now
occupying it. Mr.. and Mrs
West expect to move to Black.
foot or Pocatello shortly.
The Honorable June Gayle i:
coming to Congress from Ken
lucky in the late Representative
Settles place. An August cold
wave would be more acceptable
TO Washington than June gale
but either will pass muster.
A Kansas editor thus remarks
. eff man should wear his panta
looms so long that whenever h'
, appeared on the street he woulC
+ be obliged to reach around behint
and grab hold of the basemen
and hold them up, wouldn't th
ladies laugh ?"
/ There will be three eclipses il
e the year 1900. Two of the su
and one of the moon. A tota
| eclipse of the sun May 28th.
q partial eclipse of the moon Jun
!. 18th, and an annual eclipse of tn
: sun on November 22nd- The frs
two are visible in North America
. The second trial of DR.. Alcor
n at Rathdrum resulted in his cor
viction of manslaughter. Th
e opinion is that Alcorn shoul
g have hanged, as he caused th
a death of this woman Cora Burk
a by a criminal operation, and tn
l. evidence produced was conclV
sive.
Several of our boys, or "
might say young men, have g
an idea that it makes tough, "c
- "bold. bad men," to get bottl
y u of whiskey and proceed to If
. up" An instance of this kir
y occurred in our usually qui'
town on Monday night, the 15t
}. when several of these would-t
"bad men," (boys), got O
on the streets at midnight al
insulted the peace of the peop
by loud oaths and indecent lang
age. These boys who appear
have no respect for themselv
should be made to respect othC
people.
Mr.. johnson an old-time pro
; pector from Clayton, died in IL
county hospital at Challis la
Friday evening at Z o'clock, az
r. his remains we're inferred in Il
g. cemetery at this Sunday. I'll
d. deceased was about 90 years
age and was a native OF Finlan
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