The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-01-12
LOCAL.
Fresh Oysters at Tremewanls.

A fine baby boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Bert Townsend, of
Wagontown, Monday, January 8.
Dr. w. e. Best, of Huntington, Ore,
very pleasant hammered, elderly gen
tleman, is spending the week here,
looking over the situation with the
view of locating here to practice his
profession, if conditions impress him
favorably.
Frank Lepley has been suffering
good deal this winter, from pleurisy,
down at his Louise creek ranch. After
nearly recovering from one prolonged
attack, he was taken worse again last
week, but at last report. was again on
the mend.
The weather permitting, there will
be BIZ crowd of DeLamar and Dewey
Knighs and ladies' here next Tuesday
night, to attend the joint installation
of officers of the Knights of Pythias
lodges. They are preparing for a big
time, with a banquet and grand ball
after the installation ceremonies.
Mrs. Marc Latham will take her
leave Of DeLamar, going to Goldfeli,
Nevada, where her husband, who left
DeLamar several days ago, has been
engaged to superintend custom mill
The people of our neighboring mining
town very much regret the loss from
their society of this pleasant couple,
but hope to welcome them back again,
as Mr.. Latham still retains some min
ing interests near that prosperous
camp.
Several very severe cases of pneu-
monia are reported from the western
portion of the county. Roy Baxter is
very i'll with it at his home on Cow
creek. Carl Nelson is reported to be
3 in very critical condition, at his par
ents home on jackson creek. In a
family named Ditton, living near the
old stage station, on the road between
Jordan Valley and Caldwell, four of
the children are reported to be suffer
ing from the same disease. Dr. Farrer
is attending Baxter aud Nelson, and
says they are both being carefully
nursed by their friends and neighbors
A Caldwell physician is attending the
Ditton family.
The young man who was locked up
here several weeks ago for leaving Mr..
Joe Babington's team, with which he
had brought load of hay from the
ranch stand cut in the cold for hours
while he disported himself among the
denizens of the redlight district, and
who afterwards injured one of his
hands while making a rough house out
of one of the joints at Roonville, had
his hand amputated at Boise this week,
blood poisoning from the hurt received
at BoonviIle wing made the loss of
the hand imperative. The rapid pace
he had been going should be lesson
to other young fellows who are travel
ing at the same gait.
Miss Edith Newell for the past six
months the efficient operator of the
Silver City telephone exchange, has, at
her request, been transferred to the
Emmett office, and expects to leave
here Monday. The request was made
in order that she might be near rela-
tiyes, she having sisters residing at
Emmett. 1t is not known for sure yet,
who will take Miss Newelps position
here, but is thought--and hoped-that
it may be Miss Lena DeLong, of la
Grande, Ore, who had charge of this
exchange for several months, leaving
here little more than year ago,
Come along, Miss DeLongl we all like
and will welcome you. Good bye, Miss
Newell we all like you, too, and regret
your leaving us.
The board of county commissioners
met in their regular quarterly session,
on Monday, with all the members pres.
ent, ami began the routine work of
auditing bills against the county and
receiving and examining reports of the
several county officials They have
not yet completed the WORK of the ses-
sion, but will probably get through
with their work tomorrow, with the ex-
eeptiou of the qualification aud APP
proval Of the sureties of the local bank
as security for the deposits of the sew
erai county officers, such officers being
required by a recent law to deposit the
public fundss AS the sureties named