The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
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Easter next Sunday.
LOCAL NEWS.

Smoke Victor Dewey" cigar.
Emmett Hosford was down
from Clayton during the week.
Attorney Calhoun has, .ropened
a J. law office'in the old printing
Office.
The County Dads" met in
regular session yesterday. There
being present T. W. Mollart, F.
Il. Tolman and F. ]. Clyde.
Judge King, the democratic
nominee for Congress was elect
ed in Utah on the End, over Ham
mond, republican, by $500 maj
orty. Thus showing that Utah
is still in the silver column.
The Fort Hall reservation bill
for the opening of this reserva-
tion passed the House on the
End. The bill now goes to the
President, and without will be
signed. 1t will be a great boom
for Pocatello.
With this issue ends the speech
of Hon. Carl Schurz, entitled
1.-THE Policy of Imperialism,
which has been running for tx
past ten weeks. 1t is a great
argument, and unansWerable by
his opponents.
In the township and city cleo
tions held throughout Michigan
on the End the democrats made
remarkable gains. Cities and
townships that have always been
republican went strongly demo
cratic. The German vote and
dissatisfaction with the admins
tration's course towards the
Beers is believed to be reflected
in the increased democratic maj
critics. This shows the way the
vote will go this fall, if we mis-
take not.
Genius, a Defense of the
Dead" written by 7. Shelly Sut-
ton, of Boise, has been received
at this Office. 1t is published in
a neat little booklet containing
% pages. We have read the
poem carefully, and in our opin-
ion, it is gem of thought, and re-
fleets the ability of its young
author, who is fast becoming a
poet of renown, and whose writ
ings are receiving the praise of
the press throughout the west.
The author of this poem has writ
ten a hundred or more poems,
many were for the MEsSENG-
Err, but this is the first one pub
lished in book form and offered
for sale. From the sale of this
poem he hopes to derive enough
to have all his poems published
in one large book, this being his
long cherished hope. But un'
fortunately he is poor in earthly
treasure, and has not been finan
cially able to accomplish this
end. Such a talent as his will
yet be brought to light to the
litrary world. And the people
of Idaho should help the boy
get a start by purchasing his
poem. The cost is but little
for only So cents the poem viii
be mailed to any address by its
authority so doing it will enable
a poor, but deserving boy, to ge
a foothold. In a short introduc
ton of this young author, Mr.
Harry Watkins. of Boise, says il
part "T. Shelley Sutton, thc
author of Genius, Defense o.
the Dead, is a native of Califor-
MIA. He is yet but beardles:
youth, not having cast his frs
ballot. His parents were botf
highly educated people coming
from the South, but after moving
to Idaho they met with numerous
reverses which deprived the sol
of a collegiate education. He re
ceived, however, a degree 0
parental instruction that enabled
him to acquire first-class educa
ton by home e-study. Like ever
genius he may be called eccen
trio. He often sits up writing
all night, and informs me tha
the muse seldom visits him be
fore sunset. Unknown to tht
world, at the age of seven, an'
without signing his name or moi
de plume, he wrote The Grave O
Catherine Lee,' which poem wa
published by various newspaper
over the country not knowini
that the author was a mere child
His Defense of the Dead ca
hardly be called his chJ-d'aeuU7f
nor is it a fair sample of hi
work. 1t is a great deviatio
from all the various poems tina
have been appearing in wester
newspapers under his name.'