Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-05
NUMBER XXI.

week.
Now fix up for the Thanksgiving ball
at Mt. Idaho.
Maj. CIV. Hashagen sold a bunch of
fine horses this week.
DIR. Wade was over from Cottonwood
on business during the week.
The Odd Fellows have been busy fit
! ting up their new meeting place this
week.
Mr.. Fem shipped ton of Bullion"
ore to San Francisco for reduction pur-
poses this week.
A fine Colts revolver was raffied off
at the Exchange last Monday night and
was won by Louis Weber.
A son of Mrs. Baldwin, accompanied
by his family, arrived here from
Chicago last Saturday with the inten-
ton of permanently locating with us.
Chamberlain d Bros, have the con-
tract for supplying the hotel with meat
for the coming year. They killed and
sold every ounce of three year old
steer last Tuesday.
The Episcopal conference at Chicago
has elected Rev. Eihelbert Talbot, rec
tor OF ST. James, Macon, Mo-, bishop Of
Idaho and Wyoming, and II. NJ Kirby.
rector of Trinity church, Potsdam, N. Y,
bishop of Nevada and Utah.
Pell Sherwin killed hog on the
little Salmon last week that had been
running wild for ten years. The animal
had immense tusks, one of which will
soon be on exhibition in the FREE
PREss cabinet of curiosties.
Dubois and Willis Sweet spoke at Mt.
Idaho and Grangeville last Saturday,
and at Cottonwood the previous even
ing. Dubois is a failure as a public
speaker, but Sweet is one of the "sweet"
singers of Israel and made lots of friends
for himself.
Old-time cowmen foretell mild win
ter. They claim that dry summer is
always followed by good winter and
ctce uersd. We hope that such may be
the case, but good stack of hay in the
corral will not do any harm, and will
not be wasted even if it is not used.
Geo. Riebold crushed recently 1900
pounds of rock from the Little Giant"
mine in Warrens, and the resulting
amalgam realized 81, 100, gold, an aver
age OF fifty cents pound. There is
probably not another mine in America
which yields such uniformly rich rock
as that same Little Giant"
Miss Rosa A. Belknap has established
a school Of instrumental music in this
village with a fair atten dance of pupils.
Miss Belknap won her laurels in the
state university of California and has
no superior in this upper country as a
pianist. Her pupils are fortunate in
having so accomplished musician for
) teacher.
When you go to Lewiston call at the
Palace store of Isaman 4 Co., and lay
in your stock of Christmas presents for
the children. They are receiving a
r larger quantity of novelties for the
D holidays than ever before, with the ad-
ditonal advantage that they were all
a purchased by Mr.. Isaman in person on
4 the occasion of his recent visit to San
Francisco.
! The editor had long interview with
y Michael navitt in Wala Walla re-
Gently, and found him sanpuine that
home rule for Ireland will be an ac-
= = complished fact before many years.
The British government calls him "the
convict, Davltt." but he has more friends
in this country than the British gov-
ernment could buy with all its money.
Elsewhere will be found the adver-
e tisement of Geo. Ii. Lake, the Lewiston
u jeweler, who is credited with being the
most expert watch repairer in the upper
e country. All work entrusted to him
: viii receive prompt attention. Visitors
to Lewiston desiring anything in his
I line will do we'll to call and examine
his stock of watches, clocks and jewelry,
of which he carries a large and costly
stock.
q That interview published on the
editorial page was published in the
, Portland Oregontan of Oct. 18th, while
;, y the editor was in Portland, and has
= already caused quite number of per-
sons residing in different states of the
2 Union to address us for further particu-
p ars about Idaho county. We have a
! happy faculty of making more enemies
b than is good for the financial health of
+, a country newspaper, but even those
d who hate us the most cannot say that
we ever let an opportunity slip of
$ whooping up this county.
t WILL PROBABLY DIE.--Abe White
arrived in at late hour last night from
v Rustic, with information that J. G.
: Peasly had been injured by limb being
blown from tree and lodged across his
Il back as he was working on saw log
# inflicting serious internal injuries anc
spinal paralysis. DIR. Bibby left imme.
diately after Whites arrival and hal
\ not returned as We 60 to press.
t GRANGE Observation-Disclosures Grange
Patrons of Husbandry was organized on
; the 2Sth inst, by II. e. Hayes, Grand
u Tecturar Oreoon State Gran,a o.e;.t, a.
It by A. Shumway with a membership ol
twenty-five. The following officers were
o duly elected and installed G. M. Day
9 master; j. G. Chase. overseer; F. A
. Fem, lecturer; J. G. Gelbach, steward
Charles McCready, assistant steward