The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-22
9nrul Neatts Jtents.

town last week.
Rev. r. S. Nickerson and fam
lily have moved to Pahsamaroi.
VIM. Readicker and wife re-
turned to Kansas last Wednes
day.
Peter j. Mcclure was down
from Custer for few days last
week.
County Attorney Adamson de-
parted for Blackfoot Friday last
to attend court.
Mat Womacks and T. ]. Paul
came down from Stanley Basin
Thursday last.
Miss Ethel Sagers departed
for her home at Burns, Oregon,
last Friday evening.
Miss Ruth Cameron departed
on last Friday evening for Salt
Lake to attend High School.
E. C. Headrick came down
from Robinson Bar last Tuesday
evening, and is sick from paint
ers' collie.
Thos. Kane and wife were out
from Silver creek last Tuesday,
returning home the following
morning.
Sheriff Bowen, County Attorney
Adamson and Hon. J. G. Fox
made a business trip TO Custer
last week.
Maurice Christensen left for
Blackbird last Saturday morn
ing to the annual assessment
work on his claims.
Last Friday evening Miss Della
Morrison, Felix Paul and Arthur
Gayle departed for Pocatello
where they will attend school at
the State Academy.
The tax levy this year is 80
cents higher than last year in
Custer county caused by the high
State levy this year, besides
there are 1000 county bonds to
be paid this year.
Fletcher Ireland was released
from Imprisonment in the county
jail, pending his appeal to the
supreme court, last week. His
brother, Ed. Ireland, of Little
Lost river, put up $1,000 cash
bond.
Rev. Curtis, of Ogden, Utah,
the new minister who was select
ed to preside over the Congrega-
tional in Challis, arrived here
last Saturday morning. His wife
will join him about the 1st of
next month.
| Joe Ebberts caught a % pound
Salmon in Salmon river near
Challis last Wednesday. The
largest fish of this kind caught
in the river that has been heard
of weighed 33 pounds. There
are more Salmon in Salmon river
this fall than usual.
VIM. Buster has full car load
of celebrated Oregon apples or
dered which will arrive next
month. Those who are in neeC
of apples will do well TO wal
until the arrival of his shipment
Besides extra quality apples ht
will sell them at bedrock prices.
Martin Joyce did not go to
Salt Lake as he expected, bu
stopped at Haley. The frs
message received in Challis was
that the doctors thought it bes
! to amputate his injured hand, bu
on the following day anothe
, dispatch was received that i
, was not necessary to amputat'
either his hand or finger.
: News came down from Custe
= ldSb It TlOdN SNSlllIS tudb ~. II
Eddy had made another BIZ
. strike on Loon creek-this tim
: on the East Fork of Loon creek
Great excitement prevails il
. Custer, and there win be bi.
a rush to the new Eldorado. TIL
strike is big that it seems almos
a increditable. Report has it tha
( the ledge is from go to 100 fee
in width, and assays on the or
went $50 in gold per ton.
big Joen Grimes said to hav
been the biggest man in th
e world, is dead at the home of hi
' parents in Cincinnati, Ohio, a
e the result of a peculiar accident
0 While riding in a cab his grea
: weight broke through the bottor
0 and and one of his legs was gash
f ed, the wound refusing to hea
!, Grimes weighed 854 pounds, wa
S 81 years old, six feet four inche