The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-06-02
LOCAL.

Monroe Stevens has gone as timber
man to Sinker tunnel.
E. L. Eisenhart has purchased the
Joseph Holland residence.
The DeLamer school will close very
satisfactory session next Friday.
Probate Judge r. a. Leonard made a
business trip to Nampa and Boise this
week, returning yesterday.
Strawberries, cherries and apricots
at Bartows. Will have peaches, plums
and raspberries next week.
Mrs. DR.. Hamilton and her two little
girls, returned home Saturday, from a
long visit with her parents, at Payette.
Mrs. Hurd and children are now in
Boise, spending few weeks with Mrs.
HIS parents, Mr.. and Mrs G. j. Bas-
sett.
John Oliver has leased the Lippin-
colt drug store building and removed
to and set up his soda bottling works
therein.
Miss Flora Westcot, daughter of Mrs.
w. H. Langford, of Black Jack, has
been helping out at the Avalanche for
the past fortnight. Miss w. is good
compositor.
Peter Steele has sold his residence to
Frank Hail. and Mr.. and Mrs. Hall re-
move thereto this week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Steele are now occupying quarters at
the War Eagle hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Nugent, and
their son, Ainslie, went to Boise Satur-
day, he to be absent for several days,
and Mrs. N. and son to go to California
to pay her sister, Mrs. Perrault, visit.
Mr.. William Toy, of Castle creek,
who has been at Hot Lake, Ore. suf-
fering from partial stroke of paral-
ysis, was brought to Mountainhome
this week, considerably improved, and
will be brought home.
We have not yet heard whisper
about any Fonrth of July celebration
propositions here. What is the matter
with all the patriotsY Do they all think
of being away from home, at the
World Fair at Portland?
Sheriff Duncan, who left, Saturday,
to escort Fred Wheatly, the boy SEN
fenced to the industrial school at St.
Anthony, instead of returning directly
home is reported to have slipped off in
search of some suspected horse thieves,
trace of whom he had picked up.
Our old friend Michael Jordan and
daughter Annabelle we're in town the
first end of the week. he to have the
second carbuncle cut from his sh ,ulder
by DR.. Hamilton, 1t was not as bal as
the first one, being attended to in time.
County Assessor John 7. Shea ar
rived home yesterday from an extend
ed trip through the extreme southern
portion of the county. He had little
to report except that the grazing is
fine and the stock growers all we're ap-
parently prosperous.
Mrs. j. E. Mcdonnell, Of DeLamar,
has been very ill with pneumonia for
the past week. Mrs Weston, who went
down and spent night with her and
returned yesterday, reports her slight
ly better, leaving her friends with the
bope that the crisis has passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ Hughes, OF
Boise, drove up here Sunday from
Rockville, where they have been visit
ing Mrs. Hughes parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. P. Ball. When they return to
Boise they will take Mrs. Ball and Miss
Maggie with them for an extended visit
Ex-Sheriff Mcdonald was up from
his Reynolds ranch home yesterday
and took Mrs. Mcdonald, who had been
visiting here several days, home with
him. Little Mack says frosts have in
ilred the fruits and gardens down his
way, but grass aud feed for stock is
great
Dennis Sullivan, an old timer who
has been for dozen years or more
digging on an 80 foot ledge of ore, up
Slaughterhouse gulch from Wagon
town, was up yesterday. Denny has
made up his mind that he may begin
to grow old some day aud is willing to
sell-if he can get fair price.
Peter Hanson, whom everybody was
glad to welcome back again, arrived
here yesterday from Mackey, where be
had spent the winter. Pete must have
wintered we'll, for he looks fine and is
wearing an aldermanic corporation