Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-04

For good suit of clothes go to Alex
ander & Freidenrich's.
The new butcher shop is looming up,
with Vansise and Harris as builders.
Mrs. Wax and her sister, Miss Annie
Binnard arrived from Lewiston Monday
Mrs. Wallace Scott and nephew, and
Willy Knox were passengers on We'd
nesdays up stage.
A fine line of neck-wear, silk hand
kerchiefs and neglige overshirts at
Alexander Freidenrich's.
Capt. Hawley is thinking of making
the northern circuit with his racing
stock when the season opens.
Uncle Jesse Applegate, pioneer of
| Oregon, and sage of Yoncala' died at
his home on Wednesday Of last week.
A man named Hinman cut his foot
so severely Monday while making rails
on Cottonwood butte that DIR. Nickel
had to sew up the wound.
Mr.. d. Frew has established an agen-
cy of the Walla Wala loan and trust
company at Mt. Idaho, and will loan
money on real estate security.
| The last week has been one of profuse
showers and cloudy days, so that the
ground is thoroughly saturated. and the
growing crops are growing apace.
"Lottie" writes US to repudiate the
authorship of the burlesque poem pub
lshed in these columns last week. 1t
was execrsble- poetry and the editor
regrets its publication.
We have just received another case
of Prize baking powder, with an elegant
assortment of prizes. Call early and
get prize, as they go like "hot cakes"
ALEXANDER 4 FREIDENRICH.
Memorial services. commemorating
the death of Walter A. White, Ralph
the Academy pupils and teachers in
Grange hall, on Sunday, May l3.
Billy Garvin, formerly stationed at
camp Howard with Co. l, 2Jst Inf, and
who was twice wounded in the Clear
water fight, was killed in railroad COL
lision at east Portland last week.
There was a general exodus of the
boys who have mining interests into the
mountains during the week to inaugu
rate the mining season, and the prairie
towns are more than usually dull in
consequence.
The copious rains with which we have
been blessed this week are worth more
TO Camas prairie than railroad. They
seem to have been generally distributed
all over the interior, and are worth mill
lions Of dollars to the growing crops.
The world seems to be taking rest.
The dispatches contain nothing but a
lot of divorce, elopements. scandals and |
murder news. Outside of the political |
news at home and abroad the dispatches |
are simply scavengers scrapings, and are
not worth reading.
Teddy Guthrie has been sentenced to |
two years in the pen for assaulting |
sheriff Hanley, of Ceur d'Alene, with |
deadly weapon. The case was tried
at Lewiston last Christmas and the pri-
soner escaped with fine. The case was
appealed, with the above result.
We hear that George Brown and War.
rem Helm have started their tunnel to |
develop the Silver King ledge. at the
head of Slaughter-house gulch, in War
rens. Riebold will also explore the
Eureka and Hawkeye ledges this sum-
mer, and as these are standard proper
ties it is a safe prediction that Warrens
will soon develop a healthy boom.
John Bingham, an old resident of
Camas prairie, arrived out from Maine
the other day to reside permanently on
his ranch after eight years absence, and
he is now riding the range as familiarly
as if he had never been day absent.
John was volunteer in the Indian
war and did good service. His brother
George arrived from Oregon last week,
and is looking for land.
John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
have arranged to fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world and
$4,000 in September next. 1t will pro-
badly be as big fasco as the other
alleged championship battles, where
there has been less bona fide brusing
than in a fsticuf match between two
angry school boys. The modern cham
pions fight with their mouths.
The road supervisors ought to get the
road across the prairie and over Craigs'
mountain in thorough repair soon, as
there are vast quantities of freight to be
hauled from Lewiston. and in all pro-
liability there will be wheat hauling
until the winter season absolutely pro-
hibits it, The mountain road TO the
Nez Perce county line was neglected
last year and needs lot of work, as
we'll as new corduroy and culverts to
put it into good fix for heavy freight.