The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-01-03
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Building and Roofing paper and Win
dows, just arrived at Philips.
And this is another one Of those clear,
crisp, cool, sunshny days, showing
how nicely, in these mountains we have
passed the recent stormy days, makes
everyone cheerful, and we have snow
plenty.to insure the valley ranchers
water for next summers crops
Nugget heard Slight commotion up
tile gulch from this shop. last night,
and wondering the cause of it, was in
formed that hen party clucked to-
gether at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Hopkins and INDUCED in
telling ghost stories. frightening one
of the ladies almost into Mysteries
The old men who are Inmates OF the
County Hospital, wish Nugget to ex-
press their thanks to Mrs. Frederic Ir-
win, of Dewey, for gracefully remem-
bering each of them with box of ci-
gars for Christmas present. Such a
kindly act fairly warns the hearts of
the old fellows while they lay aside
their pipes to enjoy what, to them, is a
real treat.
The Five Hundred club met with Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Williams last Saturday
night. Prizes were awarded for those
scoring the highest for the month,
Mrs. Hopkins being the lucky lady,
received a beautiful hand painted
bon-bon dish, and William Cavenay a
handsome sterling silver shaving set.
Dainty refreshments were served by the
hostess. The club meets with Mrs.
Minnie West on next Saturday night.
All the young people home from
schools for the holidays pulled out on
this mornings stage, emitting some
terrific college ellis as they departed
Fred Conners, accompanied to Salt
Lake City by his parents, returned to
All Hollow's college, Arthur Heer, eli :
ford Weston and Frank Slattery return
ed to the University of Idaho, Moscow; !;
Miss Matte Heer to St. Margarets
girls school at Boise and Ednetta St.
Clair to the Caldwell high school.
The Rathb memo, we mean the
Pythian Sisters, gave the first ball of
the year, New Year night, and it was
grand success, both as social affair
and in point of attendance. The sleigh
ing was good and so was the music and
they had fine crowd principally
town people, but also a number of la
dies and gentlemen from Dewey. These
ladies can draw, and they ought to, for
they receive and treat everybody most
graciously.
Nugget is in receipt of a long and
somewhat characteristic Letter from
William Mitchell, whom all will remem-
Der here and in De Lamar as "Chum-
my" The judge left here tie more
than two years ago and went to Gold
field, sending his wife and children
back to England to remain until he es-
tablished home for them From Gold
field he drifted through several South
ern Nevada camps, finally crossing
Death Valley and bringing up at Green
water little more than a year since.
Here he was laid up for several months
with blood poisoning in his hand. He
is now employed by the Tecopah Con
Mining Co., at Tecopah, Cal Nine
miles from Borax Smiths Tonapah &
Tidewater railway. Chummy, like
many another Owyhee man, would bet
ter have remained in our own camps
than to have been separated from his
family to knock around the rough
places of the world as he has been do
ing.