The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-29
An Fools day next Friday.

Mr.. Crandall of Custer was in town
several days last week.
Albert E. Honey returned satur-
day from Salt Lake much improved in
health.
Marshal shoup was in PocatelIo
last week enroute to Alaska from
Washington.
There are strong probabilities that
the Clayton smelter and mines will re-
sumo active operations next summer.
Next Sunday is Easter. Approp-
riate exercises will be given at the
Congregational church next Sunday
evening.
The Salmon Hearld run out of
railroad rumors so last week its enter
prising editor dug up the old Idaho
Midland corpse.
Judge J. NJ. Stevens has gone to
Rathdru N where he will preside as
judge in the First District to try two
cases for Judge R. T. Morgan.
Dan. NJ. Steen has sold out his in
terest in the hardware business in
Boise, and in the future will devote
more time to his mining interests.
-McKeeth, the fellow who made
his escape from the Salmon Jail short
time ago has not been captured yet.
and probably has made good his es-
cape.
1t is amusing to notice how alarm
ed many of the republicans are over
the fact that Hearst has painted Rhode
Island yellow. They are burning rags
in all directions, and printing such
matter as will soon be prohibited cir
culation in the mails
The Mikado admits that he attack
ed the Russians without warning, but
he says that state of war existed in
his mind and in the alleged minds of
Pooh Bah and the Lord High Execu-
toner, and the Russians ought to be
mind-readers.
Lawyer Critchlow of Utah has the
defects of ready witness before the
investigating committee. Explaining
the defeat of Thatcher for the Senate
he said the apostles sent around word
that lit is the will of the Lord that
you vote the republican ticket this
time" Then Senator Smoot's smile
tapered off into a scowl.
Charles jacobson and Vic. Colson
came in Saturday from the Valley
creek mines, where they spent the last
three months The Valley creek mill
is working steadily, doing good work.
and making regular shipments of ore.
Six men break down 90 to 20 tons of
ore day, which more than sufiees to
keep the mill going. The snow up
there lays nine feet deep on the level.
HALEY Times.
The physical powers of Senator
Morgan of Alabama, eighty years of
age, are obviously failing. lie can
now work only fifteen hours a day
without showing fatigue. He can
speak two or three hours day when
ever necessary and attributes his en-
duranee to eating and drinking moder-
atety aud going to bed before one
o'clock every morning.
- ad;,or antarta;na5 A. nfa5-
Dramatic Co. aHd others, at our house
last Friday evening with some fifty or
sixty world-renowned vocal and in
strumental selections on the latest i'm
proved Victor Talking Machine. There
was no dainty luncheon served, for it
was a surprise party and we did not
have time to prepare repast of choice
viauds. 1t was a musicale without
the luncheon frills of fashion. The
guests present were: Mr.. aud Mrs.
Chas. Minear, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter C.
Feldsted, Attorney R. A. Pierce and
wife, County Attorney w. W. Adam
son aud wife, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Larter,
Mrs Nellie Hoelzel, Miss Bertha CIar-
rington, John I. Dsnilson and Clifford
Larter.
The latest London dispatches on
. March %, says:
"The Daily Telegraph's Toxic cor
respondent cables report of the jap
anese occupation of Port Arthur after
combined land and sea attack Satur-
| day aud Sunday, 1t is asserted that a
division of Japanese landed on the
Lao Tung peninsula Saturday and en-
gagged the Russians near Port Arthur,
while the fleet bombarded from Satur-
day evening until Sunday morning.
The same correspondent reports a
sharp encounter at Chyong Syoug on
the Yalu river, about 80 miles north
east of Win in which the Russians lost
600 in killed or wounded.
1.-The Daily Chronicles Shane hal
correspondent hears from New Chwang