Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-03-09

Highest cash price paid for count,
scrip at the FREE Press office.
j. P. Hartman killed 500 ponnt
Poland China hog last week.
The health of this community is
better than it has been for many moons
Ed. Hitsman. of Cottonwood, orders
the F. P. mailed to his brother, al
Chillicothe, Ohio.
N The chinook blew up another snow
storm which brought six inches of the
beautiful with it Tuesday night.
Frank Scott was over from the mount.
ain Wednesday, and ordered the +. p.
sent to A. ID. Rose, Poynette, Wis.
Frank Roman, German from Mis-
souri,, came to the prairie on Saturday
last and is looking about for ranch.
MONEY To LOAN, on real estate, at low
rates OF interest. Apply to
j. III. FoRNEY, Mt. Idaho.
VIM. Deacy's boy cut his head severe
ly last week while playing with an ak,
and the injuries came nearly proving
fatal, but boys are proverbially hard to
kill, and the youngster still lives.
President Cleveland is getting very
feshy lately, and next November he
will sit down on his opponent so hea-
Willy that he already weighs more than a
ton of hay.
John N. King is at Weeping Water,
Nebraska, and has written for the Il. p,
SO we infer that his best girl lives there,
and that he will camp in that neibor-
hood for awhile.
County warrants, greenbax, gold and
silver coin, gold dust, -four, wheat, oats,
barley and cord wood are taken at face
value on subscription TO the FREE Press
The Queens speech expresses satis-
satisfaction at tue improved social con-
dition OF Ireland. IL is like compli
menting u prisoner in close conine-
ment for his quiet behavior.
Frank McGrane has purchased an
interest in &. B. Wood saloon business
in this village, and an advertisement
thereof appears elsewhere. Mr.. Wood
also warbles a few words to which you
had better pay prompt attention,
The case in the Idaho supreme court
involving the rights of stockmen has
been decided in favor OF the sheepmen.
The Idaho law, giving cattle the right
to the range when priority of use could
be proven, is declared invalid.
For $75 We will sell the relinquish-
ment of quarter section OF government
land, with house l6x16 feet, plenty of
water, forty acres good pIow land, and
close to timber. Only FIVE miles from
Grangevllie. a. L. PARKER.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
Camas prairie has some of the incest,
sweetest girls who ever wore bangs, |
and if some of them do run little to |
feet and others to ear, the dear things
can't help that and shouldn't be'blamed |
George Popham returned in splendid |
health from his eastern trip Saturday,
and will so into Elk city in q couple of
weeks. His neice, Miss Julie Manuel,
did not return with him, but will be |
here in few weeks bringing some
cousins with her.
Prof. Weeks returned from Lewiston |
Sunday, having failed to organise a class
n vocal music on account of the hard
lines in the Clearwater metropolis.
This is to be regretted, as there is much
,alent there which only needs efficient
instruction to bring it out.
Friends may desert an editor, rivals
scorn him. and he may fail to get an
oflice, but as long as his scissors do not
break and the reaches do not eat up his
paste, hope turns its golden light upon
lim, and his future has a trade dollar
'ilver lining which sorrow cannot
,orrode.
Another and more determined effort
s being made to secure mail service to
elk city, and we hope that those inter-
'sted will not allow it to drop until it is
A post-ofice at Elk city
means dozen new subs to the T. p.
md it's CO. operation is volunteered on
,ehalf of the scheme.
Recent additions to the F. P. sub
cription list are j. B. Davis, Cotton
vood, Joel Shearer and J. G. Gelbach,
irangeville, and two transients to Ark
.nsas The list is not half as large as it
ught to be considering population, but
is steadily climbing up, and will no ,
Ionbt take boom when times inn prove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Friedenrich celebrated
he fifth anniversary of their marriage
IN Sunday last with substantial din
Ter of good things to which few friends
f the family were invited, and who I
till Oidnioht nar cinatino in | ,