Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-02
LOCAL POINTS.

Hon. l.. p. Brown made hasty tri
to Lewiston during the week.
Frank Smith has struck a big ledge
of rich quartz in Warrens.
The examination of Abe White ha
been postponed until July 10th.
Ed. Beck has removed to town will
his family for permanent residence.
The several stores in this burg have
done heavy Indian business this week
Dick Roberts and Ike Steinh eiser left
for Lewiston Sunday, the latter going
on to Portland.
Joe Jewell returned from Montana
las. Saturday. whittier he had been
with w. c. Pearson.
A. Binnard returned from Warrens
Monday and left for Lewiston with his
family the next day.
Wallace Scott and Martin Wagner
made hurried business trip to Lewis
ton during the eek.
Last Wednesday was busy day in
Grsngeville, several farmers in town
preparing for the Fourth.
Hon. and Mrs. J. II. Forney returned
on Saturday last from a visit to the
Clearwater metropolis.
Some glorious showers have fallen
lately which assure heavy crops of all
kinds on Camas prairie.
Mr.. Brown has just put on two fine
new hacks on the mail route betwe cen
Lewiston and Mt. Idaho.
The drift diggngs in the Warrens
meadows are shut dewn and the ground
will be worked by sluicing.
The G and B pack train arrived from
Warrens Tuesday and are now at Lew
ston loading freight for Pierce city.
The board of county commissioners
will meet at Mt. Idaho in regular
quarterly session on Monday. July 18th.
A Chinawoman at Mt. Idaho gave
birth last Thursday to the first Chinese
baby ever born in Idaho county. 1t is
a girl.
There is wing-dam claim on the
Clearwater, iifteen miles from town.
which is said to pay ten dollars per day
to the hand.
Geo. Greer received lot of Osborne's
farming machinery last week and is
now ready to furnish farmers with
agricultural implements.
Dutch Albert who burglarized the
Ross saloon in Lewiston this spring, and
shot the night-watchman in the City
was sent up for five years.
The barking of gang of vicious dogs
started team into lively runaway
just outside of town last Saturday.
Such dogs are too mean to live.
w. b. Palmer, agent for Frank Bros,
implement company is in town, and
selling mowers wagons and self binders
lower than ever before offered. Office
at Jersey House.
The last weeks Grangeville package
of the Nez Pcrce Ne,cs was accidentally
placed in the Mt. Idaho mail sack and
did not get here until Monday.
Hon. S. S. Fem left for Sal mon river
last week to develop the Harpster and
Liddle quartz ledge between Florence
and the Wire Bridge. He intends to
build an arrastra there this summer.
Tie timbers are being hauled for
Aram's new livery stable, which will
occupy a frontage on Main street of
forty-tiye feet, by sixty feet in depth.
A few three year old steers have been
sold here lately for $50 per head, and
fifty were purchased from Indians at
Kamiah last week at the same figure.
Miss Susie Sbissler returned from
Pennsylvania last week, accompanied
by her fathers brother who may elect
to make his permanent residence with
us.
The towns on the prairie are very
quiet, owing to the boys being all absent
rounding up stock and preparing for
the drives which will be started over
the M ountains in a few days.
The "Bulldog" quartz mine in War
rens, owned by Brown, Finnigan and
Brown, is yielding silver ore that assays
are clever boys and we hope they have
'got it sure"
Cattle buyers from Dayton have been
securing this county for beef cattle for
the last two weeks, but did not succeed
in purchasing more than $50 head,
which they will drive to Spokane Falls
and ship east on the cars.
There was dance at Freedom on
Monday of last week which gave the
Salmon river folks an opportunity oil
practicing their heels against the Fourth
of July. All the river availed them
selves of the opportunity.
Governor Stevenson and U. S. dis
trict attorney Hawley will visit Camas
prairie about July 8th or 10Th. Their
visit will have no political significance,
AS the democracy of Idaho county are