The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-03-13
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Bananas received regularly at Rowett's.
Hon. K. I. Perky was visitor here
over Tuesday, attending to some legal
matters before the Probate Court.
Mr.. Peter Steele and Mesdames Steele
and Nelson returned from brief visit to
Boise, Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Hugh Gilmore, from western Ore
gon, brother of the late George W., was
in town the first of this week.
In the Probate Court last Tuesday, r.
B. Gilmore of Payette, was appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of his uncle, the
late George w. Gilmore, and his bond
set at So, 1000.
Chris Conway has opened harness
and saddlery shop in the house ON the
east side of the gulch, opposite Gardner
Bros. livery barn, where he is prepared
to do all work in the line of repairing
harness, saddles etc.
Charley Forney would better watch out
or the bogey man will get him for carry
ing, away dry goods box, which poor
fortune teller woman, had placed on the
sidewalk, intending to carry it home. She
has spoken.
Do not forget that the 18th of Ireland
will be here next Tuesday and on the
evening of that day the Catholic Ladies
of Owyhee will be happy to receive all
persons at their Ball in Silver City. They
promise everybody joyous good time.
w. G. Dewey, who came over from
Nampa to Dewey, Wednesday, to fxup
matters with Mark Colborn before that
gentleman left for his new home in Ban
mock county, came up to Silver City yes
terday to attend the meeting of the Owy-
hee Aerie of Eagles last night, and is stop
ping over here today visiting old friends
Monroe Stevens, the well known miner
and one time editor of a now defunct
democratic paper in Silver City, though
he would scorn to be thought democrat,
left here this morning for his former
home in Benton county, Missouri, where
he is the owner Of some 800 acres of land.
He has gone to try to dispose of his pro-
perty there and proposes to return and
invest the proceeds in this an even better
country than that highly prolific state.
Mr.John Turner, successful rancher
and stockman at Bruneau, has informed
us that he has had fall into his hands a
store with lots and building in that
town and wants to dispose of the stock of
goods at least, which is up-to-date and
valued at $4,000. We happen to know
Mr.. Turner, and appreciate his anxiety
to get out of the business, because he is
about as well adapted to merchandising
as an elephant would be. to brooding
chickens. Here is an opportunity for the
right party to buy good business in a
village commanding fine trade He
will sell the stock at bargain and lease
the building if the buyer so wishes.
Mrs. Martha Henderson of Castle Greek
and four of her sons spent Tuesday and
Wednesday here attending the Probate
Court. One of her sons the latter part Of
last month had filed petition asking to
be appointed administrator of his late
father, James Henderson's, estate and
some of the other heirs raising an objec-
ton, the day of the hearing, the mother
filed a petition asking for her own ap-
pointment. Probate Judge Heer has SET
April to hear the objections and decide
whom to appoint. Mrs. Henderson,
oldest son, John, had not been in Silver
City for about IA years, having during
the greater portion of that time been 8
resident of Alaska, but for the last two
years, business man in Seattle.