Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-10-15
LOCAL POINTS.

The old settlers and Indians predic
a hard winter in Idaho.
The wind this week has been blowing
at very rapid pace.
| L. p. and H. G. Brown returned from
below during the week.
We publish this week the two county
tickets of Nez Perce county.
| Geo. Morrisey came up from Lewiston
and is doing Camas prairie.
Mrs. Titman has gone to Salmon river
fpr few days recreation.
| Virtue is the flower that blooms only
in the garden of righteousness.
| County warrants received at full face
value on subscription to the Press.
| Mr.. Wax and family arrived up from
Lewiston, the latter part of last week.
Phil Cleary and daughter were up
from John Day creek during the week.
Chas. Christie and Peter Smith were
up from Salmon river, during the week. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Cone, of Freedom, start.
ed for the east, the 9TH inst, on visit.
Sorrow is the bent pin that we sit
down upon in the arm chair of earthly
existance.
Wheat is very scarce article on the
prairie and farmers are holding it for a
better market.
Investigation is the acid that disco-
ors the glitter of hypocrisy and reveals
the oroldes of deceit.
The political pot is now boiling vio-
lently, and some Of the politicians are
liable to get scalded.
Pearson and Noyes are prepared to do
al kinds of wagon repairing. They
also do cabinet work,
Freidenrich received from below this
week, several large post-lamps to adorn
the town of GrangevIlle.
A slight fall of snow fell on the
mountains during the week, and is
VI sible to the naked eve.
Several showers of rain fell during the
week and indications are favorable for
more. Let her come.
New goods are constantly arriving in
this burg before the winter sets in and
the roads become heavy.
The parties who went to Lewiston to
attend the races last week have about
all returned to the prairie.
In few days more we will be pre-.
pared to do all kinds of job work. Look
out when our steam press arrives.
This Office is in receipt of new lot of
stock brands, Those desiring some-
thing OF the kind will give us call.
The candidates for the various county
offices are busy canvassing the county
IN the interest ofsecuring their election.
Mr. Wilson received from below this
week the finishing touches for his new
building, one door west of the Press
office.
Several communications have been
received at this Office which we omit
publishing until further notice for
want of space.
Benson's pack-train arrived from
Warrens on Thursday. They had the
misfortune of losing two of their
mules on the last trip.
The fight for the delegateship seems
to have been transferred from Idaho to
Utah. The papers there are becoming
red-hot on our politics.
Remember the ball on the 22nd. A
large attendance is expected, and good
music Is engaged for the occasion. Bows
trot out your best girl.
The board of county commissioners
met in regular session this week.
Full board present. The proceedings
will be published in our next issue.
Matt Truscott is now the new post
master at Mt. Idaho. Matt has got
things tastefully arranged, and is
worthy the position he now holds.
Several bands of Indians passed
through town this week on their return
from a recent hunting expedition and
pow-wow. They were bound for the
reservation.
The store of Alexander and Freiden-
rich will be stocked to overflowing
when their new goods all arrives. They
have something close to fourteen teams
on the road with goods for their store
at this place.
District school at John Day creek re-
opened on Monday last with Mrs. Walsh
as principal. Mrs: Walsh possesses
every qualification to make successful
teacher and under her tuition the pupils
of that district will be grounded in all
the rudiments of thorough common
school education.
We published notice last week an
nouncing that Fred T. Dubois and j. X.
Watson would speak at Mt. Idaho the
18th and Grangeville the 18th. Before
going to press we are informed by pri-
vate letter shown us that they were
busily engaged in canvassing Shoshone
county and that they would not be here
until the last of the present month.
A. F. Parker, "our chief" left last
week for Portland, where he goes for
the especial purpose of laying in full
supply for the Press Office, besides he
will take in the mechanics fair which is
being held in the metropolis Our
readers will have to bear with us this
week, for the unusal amount of reading
matter. 1t is an unaccustomed thing
for us to edit and work at the cases the