Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
NUMBER XIV.

eating at Pine city, w. T.
y Duff Greene was dumped out of the
wagon Monday on his way to Lewiston.
Y The Jurymen subpnned from this
county to attend court are now in Lew
' ston.
1t will be great thing for this coun-
Try when all hands adopt the spot cash
system.
Inc new cooking range for the JERSEY
house arrived last week and does excel.
, lent work.
The mother of Mrs. A. D. Green.
} died at her home in northern Californ;a
last week.
Mrs. Crooks arrived home with her
daughter, Miss Alice, from Grants pass.
on Monday last.
Alexander q Freidenrich have a full
hne OF Toys, Notions and Fancy goods
for the holidays.
The book-binders' union have started
IN TO boycott the government printing
office. A big contract.
Josh Fockler is at Antelope, Alturas
county with the horses, and writes that
they are doing splendidly.
capt. Wooden, of the C9ur d'Alenes.
Is buying stock on the prairie for his
ranch in the Kootenai country.
IF you don't believe that Christmas ia
coming. call at the stores and see the
fine displays of holiday goods.
Those who have attended Rev. L. r.
Weeks services, say his sermons are full
OF sound doctrine and practical ideas.
Mr. A. Carpenter is building a hand
some story-and-a-half dwelling house
on bis fine farm east of town.
Michael Smith, of Mt. Idaho, leaves
next week for long vacation at his
Old home in Lane county, Ogn.
There is no peace for anybody in this
world. Trouble is the policeman who
steps IN and orders you to move on.
j. j. Manuel has put in his saloon at
Mt. Idaho the old billiard table formerly
used by Maj. Harris and Skookum
George.
The finest display of Toys and holiday
goods ever brought to this country have
Just been opened up at Alexander
& Freidenrich.
George Smith will be back from Nom
tana about Christmas. The horses are
in fine condition and will be driven
east in the spring.
Robt. Grostein's father died at an ad.
yanced age in Lewiston last week. The
old gentleman had been bed-ridden for
nearly three years.
Charity grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, admitted several new members
Tuesday night, and now it is nearly
one hundred strong.
Maybe if we had a dancing school
there would be fewer sets broken up at
balls by ambitious young couples who
are trying to learn how.
The little patches of snow remaining
under the lee of fences and things. are.
constant reminder that winter NAV
come to stay at any time.
II. w. Earl and Frank Fox departed
last Monday for their homes in New
York state to spend the winter. They
will return in the spring with their
families and reside at Freedom.
Tomorrow promises to be a lively
day In Crangeville, as the four grange
lodges will all rendezvous here to cele-
brate the XIX anniversary of the order.
We hope the weather will be fine.
The cattle are picking up flesh and as
the warm weather has removed the
snow and started the grass, there is
every reason to hope that they will be
in excellent condition to withstand the
winter,
The Oregon short line surveyors who
have been looking out route up the
Weiser river and thence over the noun
tains to Salmon river have encountered
no serious obstacles and found a pass
over the range at comparatively low
altitude.
Turn your optics upon the thorough
bred beef which has been turned loose
to Craze in the verdant pastures of the
FREE PRESS. We have imported car
load of the same sort, and stock raisers
are invited to inspect them. The old
steer which formerly did duty for Phil
Cleary died of lonesomeness and star
walton last week, but the new one has
lots of good com pany and more coming.
and the bunch grass is the best in the
land and belly deep, as you can see in
the picture. Only ten dollars year.
The brightest little country paper on
our exchange list is the Gazette, pub
lished at Heppner, by Oregon's famous
humorist, j. w. Redington. Red"
as he is known in the profession, was
on the prairie and served with Lieut..
tarrow in the final roundup of the
Sheep-eaters in the campaign of 1880.
lie has always word for Camas prairie
and we are glad that he is doing well.
The citizen scouts have nearly all got
on in the world, and some of them,