Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-17
LOCAL POINTS.

Quartz location notices for sale here
Iron-clad note books for sale at thi
office.
No frost on the prairie yet.
Flour took jump during the weel
to 50 per barrel
Wheat in Lewiston sells at AS cents
free on board. e. o. b)
The boys were out in force Monda,
night and made Rome howl.
A fierce fire is raging in the timber OIL
the foothills north of town.
A. c. Lanningham made the last tril
through with the Warrens express.
Mr.. Whites new dwelling north o
the college is in course of construction.
Mr.. Schuberts family went to Lewis.
ton last Saturday to reside permanently
Alexander & Freidenrich have 10000
pounds of flour on the road from Lewis
ton. '.
Next weeks paper will be largely
monopolised by the district court pro
ceedings.
Judge Buck arrived on the prairie
Tuesday evening and convened court
Wednesday.
Messrs. Wood & Roberts of the Ex-
change saloon, shout business in this
issue. Read the 'ad.'
Allen Greene went to Lewiston last
week for big loads of furniture for his
new Grangeville residence.
r. Buffum was up from White Bird
last Sunday with wagon load of fine
tomatoes which sold readily.
Hon. J. w. Poe came up last Saturday
and will remain to assist III the defense
of Abe White in the arson trial
w. E. McCready. c. L. White and S.
Winchester have enrolled their names
as supporters of this three months old
baby
The G B pack-train is now in Pierce
city and on its return to Lewiston will
load for the last trip of the season to
Warrens.
Miss Belle Grostein, of Lewiston, is
engaged to Herman Kaminsky, of Che
ney, w. L. The date Of the marriage is
not yet announced.
The weather during the week has
been unusually hot and sultry for this
season and the smoke is again gathering
up to aggravate the situation.
If John Siers, of Lewiston, will cor
respond with the Stock Grouers Journal,
published at Miles city, Mont, he will
learn something of interest 10 him.
Some of the boys who came out from
Warrens two weeks ago are doing as
sessment work on bar claim some
where near the mouth of Rocky gulch.
John Haydorn, one the wealthy cat
10 har a 1, 4
Salmon river last Monday and enriched
our attenuated sack with three of those
sulky.whe dollars.
Cook q Schubert are doing a good
business at the old blacksmith stand
east of Baird's stable. They also retain
The trade of the prairie in their line
which goes to Lewiston.
A war in southeastern Europe is
imminent, but the task of predicting
when and where the outbreak will
occur is harder work than foretellingthe
weather in this country.
The Sebastian boys produced about
the best crops raised on the prairie this
year, they having hieshed a uniform
yield of thirty bushels of wheat per
acre from their farms north of town.
The Grostein & Binnard and Moxley
two-story brick buildings in Lewiston
are nearly completed and greatly i'm
proves the business and architectural
appearance of the city where the waters
meet.
The PRESS gang have received several
fine melons from thoughtful farmer
friends during the week. The p. G do
not rush into print with half column
of thanks every time these occasions
happen, but nevertheless, printers are
class who never forget their friends.
The roads in the vicinity of Lewiston
are horrible with dust, and us fellows
who have to go down every other week
or so to see our best girls are cursing
the apathy of the supervisors who bump
us over their internal chuck-holes and
scorch our throats with horrid alkali
dust.
Dueber Co.'S store is now enlarged
and re arranged to double its former
for storage Mr.. d. went to Lewiston
Monday to hurry forward the carload
of stoves which have been blockadod
there for the last two weeks through
scarcity OF freight teams to haul them.
Shissler & Mathson write from Rus
tic that the PRESS was wrong in stating
that the sawmils in this county were
unable to supply the demand for lum-
ber. They say they saw more in three
months than they sell in year, in wit
ness whereof they have 100000 feet on
hand and for sale in quantities TO suit.
The trouble seems to be want of money
to purchase.
The supervisor who has charge of the
road district on the mountain would
benefit the community by building
bridges and putting the road in thor
ough repair for the grain-hauling season
now close upon US. One man with a
pick and shovel could also do good
work clearing off the loose rocks which
now cause an unnecessary number of
bumps and breakdowns.
Mr.. Geo. Schmadeka, whose fine farm
adjoining Grangeville is one of the
sights OF the prairie, has lot devoted
to the growth of timber, where he has
-ome of the thriftiest growth of young