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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10
Watch your stove-pipes.

""'S' youi pipes.
The flour mills are receiving lots o.
wheat these days.
Mrs. G. L. Odle and daughter are on
their way home from Iowa.
The signal service is to be reorgan-
ised and made more useful.
Go to Alexander & Freidenrich for
Toys and Christmas Notions.
X. ii. Buffum is putting up a pony
sawmill down on White Bird.
DIR. Kirkwood will leave with his
family early next week for Salem, Ogn..
where he will practise his profession.
Jim Addison returned home Saturday
and now sports glass optic in place of
the one which was removed in Lewis
ton.
Charley Brown is building house
and other Improvements on White Bird
and will soon have well appointed
ranch.
Mr.. Hendrickson from Cottonwood
reports tho church as still in an unfin.
ished condition, the roof not vet being
completed.
new grade has been started in the
mountains back of Mt. Idaho which will
be used to haul logs for Mr.. Browns
saw-mil.
Shisser & Mathison have about 2OO, 900
feet c clear lumber at the Rustic mill,
which they will dispose of at a liberal
discount for cash.
George Cham berlain has purchased
the Kirkwood residenc property on
Main street, the consideration being
one thousand dollars.
The roads over the mountain have
been very heavy during the wet spell.
and the freighters are about disgusted
with their occupation.
We invite correspondence from al |
parts of the county upon all sorts of
topics, and will furnish stationary and
postage on application.
Heavy rains this week have demor-
alised the roads and paralysed travel
The stages, however, still arrive and
depart ahead Of time.
Joe Peasly is able to be around and
do few light chores, and the outlook is
favorable that he will be as tough as
ever in the sweet spring time.
The members of the grange lodges on
the prairie had an old-fashioned love
feast in the grange hall last Saturday
There were no public exercises.
A new cross-walk has been laid across
Main street from the A 4 F store to
the grang hall and the gap in the Pres 8
office sidewalk has also been closed.
DR.. w. A. Wade is over from the
west side, fixing up the late partn ershi 2
accounts with DR.. Kirkwood, who con-
templates an early departure for Oregon.
A meeting was held in the Grange
hall Tuesday night to arrange for q
Christmas tree. The soliciting comm it
Lee will be around shortly and all should
chip libeIally.
A new burr has just been put in the
Grangeville -four mills, and early mex
year purifier with all the moderr
Improvements will be adde to tn,
already complete appointments of the
establishment.
John Byron, sr., sold his ranch il
the Lake district recently to w. d. Vim
cent, and passed through town with his
household goods the other day, bount
for the south fork of Clearwater, wher
he will relocate himself
Our informant somew hat exaggerated
the cutting capacity Of the new sawmil
at Cottonwood the other day. Th
power is a portable ten-horse engin
and its saving capacity will not excee'
| 5000 feet per day.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

This Space is Reserved in order to
invite Your Attention to the Large
Assortment of HOLIDAY GOODS
Purchased by Doctor Blbhy in
Portland this week, and which
will be on Exhibition at the
GRANGEVILLE DRUG STORE
Early Next Week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

This Space is Reserved in order to
Invite Your Attention to the Large
Assortment of HOLIDAY GOODS
Purchased by D. tnr Bihhy ST.
Portland this week, and WIN
will be on Exhibition at the
GRANGEVlLLE DRUG STORE
Early Next Week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10
THE FREE PRESS.
GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO
FRIDAY, !: DECEMBER TO- 1896

DENTISTRY. Ii. McCallie desires to
announce to the public of Idaho county
that he has established resident office
in DIR. Bibby's drug store at Grangevile,
and is now prepared to do all kinds of
dental work of a quality and at prices
that will give satisfaction to all.
J. Ii. MCCALLIE.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

This Space is Reserved in order to
Invite Your Attention to the Large
Assortment of HOLIDAY GOODS
Purchased by Doctor Bibby in
Portland this week, and which
will be on Exhibition at the
GRANGEVILLE DRUG STORE
Early Next Week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

BRANDEn

HORSES BRANDED
like cut. Known as the
BAR b" Brand OF
Buckskin horses.
Summer range lies
between Snake river
and the Bitter Root
divide from east to
west, and between
Orc Fino and the Saw
teeth, from north to
south. Winter range,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

Gov. Stevenson, in his annual report
to the Interior department. places the
the population of the territory by coun-
ties, as follows: Ada, 10000; Alturas,
$4,000; Bingham, $500; Boise, $500; !;
Bear Lake, 4,500; Cassia, $500; Idaho,
1000; Kootenai, 5000; Lemhi, 5000 |;
Nez Perce. $4,000; Owyhee. $500;
Oneida. 5000; Shoshone, 5000; WASH
ngton, 1000. Total-86, 800.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10
NUMBER XVI.

This Space is Reserved in order to
Invite Your Attention to the large
Nsso~'maut e HOLIDAY GOODS
u'au BtbDy in
Portland this aeek end which
wil be on Exhibition at the
GRANGEVILLE DRUG STORE
Early Next Week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

Aram's Livery Stable and Mt. Idaho.
- T. 0. Address, GRANGEyILLE, IDAHO.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-10

III C. BROWN, OF MT. IDAHO, HAS 200 SUITS
IL of California and oregon Cashmere cheap
er than any house on the prairie. Call and ex-
anime before buying elsewhere.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

| ond upon the line, and then draws him..
| self and his dinner up to the top OF
the fence. .,;
blouse or barn spiders-chaps with
| big, round bodies-have two eyes on
top of the head. Horny lids force these
to look to the sides andrear. In front
there are two that can see stralghtI
forward and upward. Below these, on
either side of the head, are two eyes,
nearly joined, with a bullying cover
that binders their looking upward.
Those on the inner side of the bulges
take a cross-eyed view of matters. So,
YOU see, the house spider, hanging
in the center of the web which an
untidy maid has left swinging
from the ceiling. car keep n
eye upon her and another upon
her broom, a third on the mosquito buzz
ling about in front of it, a fourth upon
a little rent in the web, a fifth upon a
fy that is nearing the danger point, n
sixth upon a creak in the ceiling, 4 sew
enth upon one of its own legs, and the
eighth for miscellaneous purposes.
1.-THE ground spider is the lion of its
kind. Size considered, it is swiftcr than
q uCcG. III TuLS uOWH io SuAAS' A"'
eyes are placed two on the sides and two
in front of the narrow part of its peaked
head, and four in a row. below, on the
front of the broader part.
"a printing office furnished me with
the strangest spider l have. 1t was. a
lean, lank, scmi-transparent, tubular
bodied, s%mall-hcaded specimen, with
very long thin legs and a remarkably
hungry look. He had two eyes in
front, and on each side of his head
three, tapping on each other as clover
leaves do"
"How do you get your spidersp"
"Catch some myself; others are sent
to me. An acquaintance sent me three
the other day. When l unwrapped the
package and saw they were in one box
1 became doubtful. I opened the box.
One of the three was a jumping spider.
What the others were l could not tell.
The jumping spider had killed them,
and was frisking about over their broker
carcasscs.-M. Y. San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
GOSSIP.
1t costs London $4,000, 900 . ye

1t costs London So, 600, 900 . year
for gas.
Tho first dining-car has just been
attached to one of the British railways.
Steel knives that will cut cold iron
have been invented by al Englishman.
"A military balloon invented in
France is shaped like a whale and pre-
sents an extraordinary appearance when
raised in the air.
Capital punishment has been abol-
ished in Pekin, and instead of being de-
capitated culprits are sent into the Amoor
Province to TIL the soil.
The old and popular game known
as hop scotch was originated by the an
Gent Romans. 1t signifies the passage
of the soul from earth to Heaven.
The people of Ceylon use honey in
stead of salt for preserving meat: A
traveller says meat so preserved is of ex-
quisite flavor. 1t is kept in earthen pots
and remains good for several years.
Several strips of papyrus, originally
taken from an Egyptian grave and
placed in the Berlin Museum, have been
found to contain portions of a lost work
of Aristotle on the Greek constitutions.
"A lady and a gentleman recently
fought a duel with pistols in the vicinity
of Warsaw. Shots were exchanged, but
both missed their aim. The gentleman
then offered an apology, which was &C.
cepted.
Mr.. George Muller, the well-known
! head of the Orphan Homes at Bristol,
announces that during the last year he
has received 941, 558 sin answer to
prayer" not a single donation having
been solicited.
1t is the custom in Northumberland
to place a stool at the church door dur
j ing the marriage service, owe which
stool the newly married couple have to
Jump. They are allowed, however, to
walk out on payment of a forfeit.
"A few days ago, while shooting in
the park at Monza, King Humbert's
gun failed to discharge itself properly.
His Majesty put in another cartridge,
and on firing again received such q
shock that he thought the gun had
burst and broken his arm. The fac1
was that the first bullet had not ISSUED
IrOH Tile gun, anu Cne SecONu occasiou'
ing a block, it was only the excellence
of the gun that prevented it from burst
ing.
A mirage was again observed re
Gently by many persons at Valla, ir
Sweden. The entire lower part of the
northwestern horizon shone with a lurit
glare, above which was a cloud-bank as
suming the most remarkable forms
From time to time animals, trees ant
shrubs were seen. Soon a bear changed
into an elephant, and soon a dog into
horse. Later on groups of dancer
were seen, men being distinguished from
women. Further north the cloud formed
an oak forest, in front of which was
valley, and nearer still a park will
sanded paths. At about $50 the clout
sank into a mass and the phenomenon
disappeared.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
~e -
lie Fell Dead from Horror.

New YORK, Dec. 2S.--Joseph Walsh, q
laborer, aged fifty years, strolled into the
Brooklyn sugar WORKS yesterday afternoon,
and was watching the machinery, when he
fell backward into a large circular cutting
min and was literally chopped to pieces.
II OF the men employed in the sugar
house seemed to relish the task of removing
his mangled body. Frederick Bird, forty five
years OF age. finally undertook it. lie sue
ceeded in taking them from among the
knives out onto the dock, where they were
covered with a blanket. Bird started back
to the sugar house. his face as pale as a
sheet and great beads Of perspiration S tand-
ING on his forehead. The sight had conf
pleteiy unneryed him, aid he dropped dead
from h.a"t dis ease.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
SCOTCH
An Institution That Exists Only On IL
Pages of the Statute Books.

IN Institution That Exists Only On tho
Pages of the Statute Books.
The Scotch are a hardy race, and it is
well for them that they are so; for their
dwellings are in many districts in a
truly horrible condition, and those
whose duty it is to remedy this state of af-
fairs appear to be thoroughly careless in
the matter. Some striking observations
on this point arc made by the inspector
and public health officer of the northern
(Highland) district in Scotland in his
half-yearly report. The public health
act, which was passed nearly eighteen
years ago, can, he remarks, be hardly
said to be in operation except in a few
places. The local authorities in rural
districts are really Indifferent or the
subject of sanitary matters, and seem
we'll content to leave things as they are
-undisturbed. In a large number Of
instances, mor especially in remote
places in the Highlands and islands, it
is notorious that there are all manner of
accumulations of the most abominable
description at nearly every house, with
in as well as outside the walls; but,
as some of the persons who should
take action for the purpose Of having all
these unwholesome things removed arc
probably themselves equal offenders to
a greater or less extent, it seems utterly
hopeless to expect them to enforce thor
ough sanitary reforms of any kind. 1t
is not surprising that under such colldi
tions typhoid and typhus fevers and
other forms of disease should be of fire.
quent occurrence; it is more surprising
that any person should escape. The
only explanation suggested by the In
spector is, that possibly the poisons
arising from so many forms of pollu-
ton within and without the Houses
are counteracted by the constant
burning of the open fires usually placed
in the center of the houses, and by the
abundance of mountain and sea air
which is admitted by the open and ill.,
fitting doors. 1t is not impossible that
the dense clouds Of pcat-smokc in which
the people continually live may have
some salutary antiseptic properties.
Perhaps, again, on the homeopathic
principle, one poison kills another, and
thus the various smells counteract each
others effects.-St. James Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
r E EXCHANGE.
Sharp Advance in the Rates-Gold to Il
Shipped to England.

Sharp Advance in the Rutes-Gold to Be
Shipped to England.
Nrw YORK, Dec. 23.-The absorbing
topic of interest in Wall street has been the
advance in the rates Of foreign exchange,
the quotation for demand sterling bills
reaching the point at which ship
ments can be maue at a proGt-49Ol5 for
postal rates and 4SoI for actual business.
There was an engagement for 500, 900
gold yesterday afternoon for shipment on
Saturday, and it is generally believed
that further shipments will be made.
The immediate cause for this ad-
vance has been the advance in the Bank of
England rate of discount LIST week, but a
more direct and potential cause is be found
in the extremely light shipments of grain TO
Europe. especially wheat, while the visible
supply Of wheat in this country is far in
excess of previous years.
A break in the price of wheat, it is gen.
orally conceded, would lead to the substitu-
ton OF wheat for gold in the future settle
ment OF our trade balances with Europe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
-
Senator Van Wyck's Oklahoma Hill,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-The bill intro
duced in the Senate Tuesday by Senator
Van Wyck to extend territorial jurisdiction
over the Indian Territory, includes in its
provisions Oklahoma and mo Mans Land"
the small tract north of the Texas Pan
handle, and provides that the lands in the
two latter localities shall not be occupied
through presumption or communication. but
subject only to bona fide homestead settle
ments. 1t further provides that a commits
sion, composed of two army officers and
three officials of the Indian and Land Blu.
reaus shall award a sul1iciency of lands to
the Indians in severaity and negotiate with
the interested tribes for the sale of the re-
mainder to the Government to become part
OF the public domain. 1t furthermore con-
templates a repeal of the grant of lands
through the Indian Territory to the Atlantic
" Pacific railroad, annu!s all existing
leases, except for the actual cultivation Of
the soil, and fixes the legal rate of interest
at six per cent. The bill likewise provides
for the appointment of the usual territorial
officers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
ILLUSTRATED JOURNALISM.
what Has Been Accomplished In This Line
by All Enterprising Pennsylvania Week

what Has Iseen Accomplished In This Line
by an E~nterprising Pennsylvania Week
ly.
The great success OF the metropolitan
Journals i'm the new departure ct illustrate
ing their columns by the delineatioM OF
prominent men and matters with a fidelity
to both art and nature never before COM
bined has so stimulated n of the Rcpub'
lican staff that he is unwilling to have that
publication any longer classed with the
n~on-progressive and old-fogy newspapers
that cling to the old ways. He has ac-
%cordjngly, when on his rounds in search of
news, equipped himself with a sketch
book, and as occasion offered has picked up
some little things which, after careful exc
cution i'm the hands of an expert cngraver,
retained for this special task at great ex-
pense, are here reproduced for the benefit
Of our readers.
It is with pleasure that we present this
morning to the many readers of the Repub-
lican some account q a most agreeable
visit recently made to the extensive and
fertile farm of Farmer Toprider, which is
situated on the banks of the O%verflowing
Willow allow Creek, in Taraxacum
Township. The owner of this garden-spot
of nature whose portrait we give below,
stands out at the summit of his profession,
as will be observed by his title, and is adj
mitted by all of his acquaintance to be
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
H SLAVONIANS,
A Wheelman Enjoying the Spectacle of a
National Dance.

AAS
Egali has promised that l shall see the
Slovenian national dance sometime to.
day, and a village is now visible in thu
distance. At the Danube-side village of
Hamenitz an hours halt is decided upon
to give me the promised opportunity OF
witnessing the dance in it's native land.
1t is q novel and interesting sight. A
round hundred young gallants and
maidens were rugged out in finery such
as no other people a v the Croatian
and Slavonian peasants ever wcar-the
young men braided and embroidered,
and the damsels having their hair en-
twined with a profusion of natural
flowers in addition to their costumes of
all possible hues. Forming themselves
into a large ring, distributed SO that the
sexes alternate, the young men
extend and join hands behind
their partners; the steel strung
tamboricas strike up a lively twanging
air, to which the circle of dancers en-.
deavor to shuttle time with their feet,
while at the same time moving around
in a circle. Livelier and faster twane
the tamboricas, and more and more ami
mated becomes the scene as the dane
ing, shutting ring endeavors to keep
pace with it. AS the fun progresses into
the fast and furious stages the youths
hats have a knack of getting into a
jaunty position or the side of their heads
and the wearers' faces assume a reckless,
flushed appearance, like men half intoxi.
Gated, while the maidens' bright eyes and
peaming faces bctoken unutterable hap
piness; finally, the music and the shut.
fling OF feet terminate with a rapid
flourish, everybody kisses everybody,
Save, of course, mere luckless onlookers
like myself and Egali, and the Slavoni an
national dance is ended.-Outino.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

The announcement of the Bureau of
Statistics that the expectation of bread
studs from this country has fallen from
S133, 451, 1861 in 1914 to $1l9, $50, 121, or
q decline of nearly eleven per cent,
will provoke the attention of the farm
ers in the United States. 1t mea that
xheir market is circumscribed by that
amount, and probably means that the
competition Of India and Australia is
cutting off some of the foreign custom
ers of the American farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

The Oldest man in Congress is John
(. Wait, of Connecticut, who was born
IN 1911, and is seventy-four years of age.
The youngest man is VIM. McAdoo, of
New Jersey, who was born in Ireland,
October rs, 1852, and is thirty-two years
old. Next to him comes Charles Voor-
hees, Of Washington Territory, who is
the son of Dan Voorhees,, and who is
also %thirty-two years of age, but who
was born in June instead of October.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

THERE are 10000 stamp collectors in
New York, and the number is constant.
Ey increasing. They call themselves
phiiatelists-a word not found in any
but the newest editions of the dictiona.
ries. The most valuable stamp known
lis n that was issued by the postmaster
of Brattleboro, VT, in 1847, and was
only in circulation for a few months. Il
is nov worth $500.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
Lost His Mind.

"old man Pennybunker has married
again."
"You don't tell me so."
YES, and he has married a right young
GIRL forty years younger than he is"
well, | declare. His other wife onlv
dlec six months ago. and he went on SO at
the grave that ] expected that he would
lose his mind"
"Weil, you see your prediction has come
to pass "--Ieras SiJttngs,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

IN issaid that the probable origin of
the term "bloody shirt is to be found
In the fifth volume of 'sGibbon's Rise
and FAN of the Roman Empire" The
third successor of Mohamet, Gilman,
had been assassinatcd by one Of the
Arabs factions. Moawya, who reigned
"A few years later, revenged the death
of otiman. Gibbon says Wolume 5,
page l94): ''The sacred duty of pur.
SUNG the assassins of Gilman was the
engine and pretense of his ambition.
and the bloody shirt of the martyr was
exposed in the mosque of Damascus"
etc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

A FAX of $500, 600 has been put on
Barnum's wild animals at Bridgeport,
Conn. Barnum is mad, and says wild
animals are not taxable property; that
If any n thinks they are domesticated,
a1e invites him to go into the tigers OF
hyena's cage and test them. A ques-
tion here arises: If they are wild ami
mails, could Barnum be held response
bic for any damage they might do?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
ToP,cs OF THE DAY.

THERE has been an armistice declared
between Servia and Bulgaria. Servia is
whipped. She started to run over Bull
ssaria, and got the worst ofthe fighting,
because the Bulgarian Prince happened
ITO be a brave man and a good soldier.
King Milan, of Servia, will do well if
S1p retains his throne.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

LIEUTENANT GREELY believes that
there is an ocean fifteen hundred miles
III diameter, round about the pole, that
usever freezes, and conjectures that the
pole itself is the center of an %ice-cappcd
land, covered with ice from one thous-
and to four thousand feet thick. These
conclusions arc rejected by prominent
Arctic authorities in England.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

ON the first of the new year a new
excise law goes into effect in Russia,
under which the sale of liquor is re-
stricted to hotels and restaurants. I'm
der thislaw some 10000 grogshops will
3e closed. A fee of 1925 is exacted
from the establishments which are al.
Eowed to sell liquor. This is the Amer.
Scan high license system applied to a
nation of nearly 90, 600, 900 of people.