The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-23

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night.
Races at Challis next Friday
and Saturday.
Jas. Kerr left for Thunder last
Friday morning.
Republican county convention
at Challis next Saturday.
Attorney Brown is having a
merry time with hay fever.
Baseball game next Thursday.
Custer VS.. Challis, at the Challis
race track.
d. w. Shanafelt. the well
known watchmaeer and jeweler,
has located in Challis.
This ought to be a lively week
in Challis-baseball, horse races
and county convention.
Chas. Frost and Emmett Jones
have purchased the Paul saloon
in Challis and have assumed
charge.
E. Williams, assayer, and At
torney Lamme are now comfort
ably located in their new Offices
on West Main Street.
Joe, the Challis tonsorial artist
and coal magnate, also noted
angler, after 18 years of almost
constant fishing and hunting in
Custer county last week killed
his first deer. This Office ack-
nowledges fine steak of venison
next time.
There have been two demo-
cratic platforms since Tilden was
elected(but not seated) president.
The first was the Chicago plat
form in 1896, and the other the
Kansas City platform of 1900.
Yet there are democrats today
that are averse to standing on
these platforms. The demo-
cratic party is not going to take
a backward step, and will only
succeed upon such principles as
these two platforms contained.
A New Hampshire Judge has
in his possession the following
letter sent to him by an old farm
er who had been notified that he
had been drawn as a juror for
certain term of court
Dear Jedge: I got your let
ter tellin' me to come to Man
chester an do dooty on the jury,
an | write you these fue lines to
let you know that you'll have to
get some one else, for it amt so
that kin leave home now. L
got to do some butcherin', an
sort over a lot of apples just
about the time the joory will be
settin' in your court. Si Jack
man of this town says that he
would as soon as not go, for he
amt nothin' else to do just now,
so you better send fer him. l
hate the worst way not to oblige
you, but it amt so 1 kin at pres
ent. Ennyhow, I amt much or
the law, never havin' been a
jooryman 'ceptin' when old Bud
Stiles got killed by the cars here
some years ago when 1 was one
that set on the boldly with the
korner. So you better send for
Si Jackman, for he has got some
kin in Manchester he wants to
visit ennyhow, an he'd be willin'
to go for his carefare there an
back. Ancer back if you want
Sick.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows met in annual
session at DesMoines, Iowa, last
week. The attendance reached
30, 600. The report of the Grand
Sire shows that there are 127
grand lodges, of which six are
in foreign countries. The total
number of subordinate lodges is
IL, 792, and subordinate encamp-
ments 2,780. The entire memb-
ership of the order reaches the
number of LOOP, 272. During the
year there were SO, 393 mutations
in the subordinate lodges, and
including those initiated in other
branches the total reached 1885,
845. The amount of relief dis
bursed was $3,939, 785, an in
crease of $203,9O3. Revenues
from all branches, $40. S26, 976;
So, 796, 1876; surplus rev.
2.030.775; invested funds.
500, 952, 769. The report says
that since 1880 there have been
2. 544, 120 members initiated into
the subordinate lodges; 1864, ,907
relieved, 256, 606 widow