Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-10


Look out for Uncle John HALEY, b
!. is one of your leading men.
IS Alexander and Freidenrich receive
q large Invoice of new goods lately
: Call and examine them.
Judge Forney and Col. A. f. Parke
a have gone to Lewiston on business.
G. b. Wood and family arrived il
town on Monday last, from Slate Creek
And now friend Dueber wears smile
all over his face. A boy weight s pounds
There is no use talking. When i
comes to looking pretty" Camas prai'
rie girls "work in the lead"
Our "Prose Pock" has been dis
charged. A very little of his infusion
goes long way and lasts long time.
Amos Carver SAYS he would rather
drive west from town than any other
direction. Wonder what is the attrac-
tlon (?)
Judge Case went to HALEY last week
and will take in the Masonic grand lodge
and the democratic convention before
returning.
/ Fred M. Moves will this fall build
himself residence fronting on the
stage road west of town and south of
the school building.
The immediate delivery system is
soon to be applied to all postof1ices. but
it was practised by the road agents long
before the postoffice department ever
thought of it.
The boiler of steam engine exploded
at Evansville Ind, the other day and
blew an editor into the top of big tree.
He refuses to come down until his
mother-in-law returns to her home in
Ohio.
The Kamiah Indians will all go to
Lapwai on or about the 18th inst, to
have big talk with the new agent.
The PREss editor has been invited to
make one of the delegation and will
accompany them.
Taxes are now due and payable, and
you will do well to ipscribe upon the
tablets of your memory the fact that
they become delinquent Nov. 8, when
heavy percentage is added by law.
Every threshing machine on the prai-
rie is running full time these days, and
few idle men are to be seen around
In fact several threshing outfits have
been running shorthanded all through
the season owing to the scarcity of
labor.
A very light sprinkle of rain is all
that has fallen at Lewiston since spring.
With few good heavy showers to sat
urate the soil half a thousand plows
would start in fall blowing between the
city and the reservation line, and unless
rain soon falls the outlook for crop
next year will be as blue as the present
| outlook.
A large number Of Cottonwood ranchers
hitcbed up their teams and followed
the remains of Allen Greene's child to
the Grangevilles cemetery on the after
noon of Friday last. As the melancholy
procession passed through town it was
sweled by general turnout of the peo-
pie residing here.
! Doug. Holton returned last Saturday
from Billings, Mont, whittier he bad
been with the band of horses driven
there by John Crooks. He says the
boys will hold the band there awhile
to wait purchaser, and although the
market is badly overstocked there were
good prospects Of sale being consum-
mated.
Hon Geo. w. Norris, the Indian agent
at Lapwai brought with him from Mass
achusetts his wife and family of six chill
dren. This indicates permanent resi-
dence and will ensure him more hear
ty reception by our people. We extend
to him cordial invitation to visit the
prairie and make the acquaintance of a
host of his we'll wishers.
VIM. Hawley has a dollar in which
DIR. Carver shot hole in the day of
the circus exhibition in Moscow
Hawley spun the coin into 4he air with
such force that it was scarcely
perceptible to the ordinary eye, but the
fine sight of DIR. Carver was keen
enough to pierce it with rifle buller.
The air for the last few mornings and
evening has been chilly enough to sug-
gest frost, but with the passage of the
atmos pheric disturbances consequent
upon the breaking up of hard summer
we may look for more or less protrac-
ted period of the glorious days of Indian
summer, which will give everybody a
chance to prepare for the approach of
winter.
The lower country mail now arrives
here one day later than usual. owing to
the fact that the railroad now hauls the
mail as far as Pomeroy where it is held
day to await the Lew iston stage.
Under the old stage line regime it was
brought through from Dayton to Lewis
ton in one day, but under the railroad
system two days are required. Verify,
railroads are blessing
Miss Oronoco Randall, of Mt. Idah o
is now in Pomeroy for the purpose OF
establishing private school for boys
and girls in that burg. Miss Randall is
graduate of ST. Helens' hall, Portland,
where she was at one time teacher
and is amply equipped with the
scholastic knowledge requisite to give
} satisfaction, The many friends of the
young lady on the prairie wish her a
long career of uninterrupted success in
her enterprise.
Two of the prettiest young ladies in
the county called at the Press Office re
Gently and furnished us with severa
seasonable items. They also had &
pleasant word to say for this paper anC
It's management. There is no better
!, Judge of a good newspaper than al