The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-12-22

Look OF them.
Miss Alice Connors, who was operat-
ed on several weeks ago, at ST. Alphon-
sus hospital, Boise, arrived lhome last
Saturday, quite restored to her usual
health. Her mother, Mrs. S. D. Droll-
niger, who was constantly with her
during her illness, accompanied her
home.
Mrs. Charles Forney arrived home
from California, Wednesday, greatly
benefited by her treatment at Burke's
Sanitaritm. She reports that John
Wagner and James Miller, both under
treatment at that institution, are
neither of them improving as their
friends here had hoped.
The merchants all report a holiday
trade exceeding anything known here
| for years. For more than week it
has been necessary for one to stand in
! line and take his turn to get to the
counters. There will be no public
Christmas tree in Silver City this year
but almost every family will haye one
in their home.
The friends of q. Marco, who left
here little more than year since for
Atlanta, where he has been engaged in
wood contracting, will be pleased to
learn that he has been doing WE'LL He
has been in Boise this week where we
met him. He says when the wagon
road is completed Atlanta will be one
Of our best mining camps
The Christmas ball, to be given by
the Silver City Daughters of Rebekah,
is an event which will add great gaiety
to the holiday season here, and if the
weather be propitious and the sleigh
ing good, it will be the best attended
party here during the year. Those
ladies never undertake anything Of
this kind in the half hearted lway, and
they are going about it this time in
real earnest. They extend an invita-
tion to all the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Cottingham
arrived in Silver City Sunday evening
and are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
George 0. Sampson Mrs. Cottingham
formerly Miss Nellie Hutchinson) is
a sister of Mrs. Sampson. They wilt
visit relatives here until the first of
the year, when they will go to Nampa
to reside. Mr.. O. being interested in
the foundry and machins shops at that
place. The young couple we're mar
at Seattle, Wash, something over a
month ago, aud did not escape the
ordeal of Silver City charivari.
Charley Simmons was in town Tues
day, executing a deed for his Reynolds
creek ranch, which he has sold to DIR.
G.. E. Noble, state veterinarian. DR..
Noble will take possession next spring
and is arranging to stock the ranch
with registered horses. There is a very
fine range surrounding the place and
there is no reason why the doctor
should not succeed in establishing onr
of the finest thoroughbred stock farms
in the state there, which. it is his i'll
teution to do Mr.. Simmons will re-
main here and follow his present voca-
ton of teaming
J. w. Mills, the freighter, lost one Of
his most valuable lead horses last
Saturday in rather peculiar manner.
Where the wagon road crosses the di-
vide, on NV York summit, there is
quite a stretch that is at all seasons
swept clear of snow by the wind, max
ing very hard pull there for a short
distance When the loaded sleds run
onto this place the leaders fell into the
harness with their usual energy when
this one apparently burst its windpipe.
The animal was unhitcbed and fol
lowed the team into town, but died
soon after reaching here
William II. Crook, veteran of the
civil war, died at the home of o. S.
Rrunzell Reynolds. Idaho, December
10, and his funeral took place from
there yesterday, attended by a large
number of friends His age was 60
years. Mr.. Crook received his dis
charge from the army at G mp Three
Forks, in this county and has made
his home here since, following the oc-
cupation of teamster the greater por-
tion Of the time He was only ill a
brief time, being stricken with pneu-
mouia He was an honest and indus
trious man. He received a pension
from the government. He leaves rela-
tives at Jonesburg, Arkansas.