The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-09-22
LOCAL.

Mr.. James Gussman, of Pleasant
valley, was visitor here over Wednes-
day night.
John @. Connors went out to Nampa,
Tuesday, to attend the venerable Mich
ael Lacy's funeral.
l.. S. Honstead, the merchant, and
Paul Newman the cigar manufacturer,
have been doing business in Boise dur
ing the week.
Jap Lac, Paint, Varnishes and
Brushes, Screen Doors and Screen
Windows to keep the flies out of your
house, for sale by Philipp.
Miss Edith Newell, the telephone
operator here, is enjoying delightful
visit from her friend Miss Margaret
Murray, of Emmett, this week.
Mrs. Linehan and her daughter,
Elizabeth, were in town Wednesday,
frem their Picket creek hoTe, the lat
ter for the purpose of filing on home
stead and water right on Meadow creek.
DIR. and Mrs. Hamilton returned
home, Friday, from a months outing
and visit to the worlds fair. DR.. Wood
ward, who attended DIR. HIS practice
during his absence, left for his Payette
home Saturday
The ducks about Cow creek lakes are
doomed this week. Jack Stoddard and
Ed Givens started for there yesterday
morning, and this morning Angus Nc
Donald, DIR. Farrer and John Hore fol
lowed them from DeLamar.
Nugget enjoyed calls yesterday, from
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve G. Lawrence, Mrs.
Sanders, and Misses Flora Pascoe and
Jennie Bachelor, aud Mr.. John Hore,
all up here to attend the Crete Rowett
nuptials the previous evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. d. McLain and Mrs.
Mes sister, Miss Winnie Ormond, went
out Tuesday, for visit to the Portland
fair. Miss Ormond will not return here
with her sister, but will stop as they
return at her former home, at La
Grande, Oregon.
A. B. and Joe Ascuenega came up
from Trout creek Tuesday, to assist at
the funeral .of Aranzabol, who COM
mitted suicide here the day before.
They we're all born in the same prov
ince in Spain, although they had never
met until the young man came here.
Mr.. aud Mrs. John Purcell, who gave
up their Murphy hotel some time ago,
and visited the exposition at Portland,
returned last week, Mr.. Purcell. COM
ing up here to represent his Badger
mining claim on Florida mountain and
Mrs. p going TO Reynolds, to visit her
parents, Mr.. aid Mrs. Charles john
ston.
Mrs. d. d. Mcdonald came up from
her Reynolds home Tuesday, accom-
panied by Miss Carrie Hastings, who
had been down on the creek with her
horse, dog and gun, enjoying a weeks
bird shooting. Mr.. Nc. is looking we
and is quite boastful of her accom-
plishments as a "buckaroo," having
been riding the range with her hus-
band, rounding up cattle.
Charles McIdtyre and Carl Nelson
we're in town, Wednesday, from Cow
creek having stock brands registered
Charley says that his nephew, Andy
Maysonholder, who had his leg badly
broken in a hay press last week, is
resting comfortably, but that, with 6
double fracture of the bones and tht
limb badly swollen the surgeon is still
in doubt about having the fracture
properly reduced.
Articles of incorporation for the
Potosi Mining Company, Limited, were
fled in the office of the secretary oi
of state, at Boise, this week. The cap,
ital is placed at 81, 0O0,OO0in shares o.
S1.O0. The following persons are named
as directors and officers: D. @. Nevin
president, Weiser; A. B. Dennison, vice
president, Hannah City, ILL.,; W. F
Sommercamp, secretary and treasurer
Waiser; A. G. Butterfleld, Weiser; Wal
ter Davis, Davenport, Iowa. The com
pany will operate the Potosi and Home
mines in Silver City.
The two principal stores in the towr
have each received very large invoices
of merchandise during the past week
Honstead began to pile counters ant
shelves with dry goods and notions
shoes, hats, blankets, Quilts, etc, las