Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-09
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Mclean, Hall and Smith made fine
race and did nobly, considering that
this was their first appearance in public
life, and that they were practically un-
known outside of their precincts.
The improvements on homestead of
l60 acres, nine miles west of Grange
vile, are for sale. This place is we'll
watered and there is bargain in it. For
further particulars enquire at this Office.
We desire to thank the good friends
who loaned us tn cir sympathy and aid
during the recent sickness and sorrow
which visited us.
J. II and Miss M. f. ROBINSON.
Mr.. Miller, of the Palouse country and
n cousin of the Rhodes boys, is here
looking around with view to locate.
II may possibly engage in horse rails
ing. Mrs. Miller is cousin OF G. B.
Sanders.
An astonishing number of straight
tickets Were voted at Grangeville and
Cottonwood. The straight voter believes
in party discipline and is generally to
be relied on for good work when the
reserves are called out.
| Riley Rice returned from C9ur d'A.
lene last week, where he had been with
cattle purchased here by Mr.. Sehringer.
The first drive numbered 100 head and
the second $50, and the third and last
drive of $50 head will be made next
week.
Election day was terror It was
sloppy under foot and frequent squalls
of wind, hail, rain and snow added to
the cheeressness of the day. Fully ten
per cent. of the registered vote failed to
turn out, having no doubt been kept at
home by the weather.
We give all the election news that
came last night, and some that we pray
is not news When old Missouri SO far
goes back on the democracy as to put
the state in the doubtful column, it is
high time to lash the beef steak to the
galley and to throw the cook overheard.
Wild geese are flying south in large
numbers, and are making much less
noise than usual over the passage, which
the Indians say means an open winter.
But we don't believe that the Swashes
can predict the weather with any
greater degree of certainty than white
man.
White and Telcher each had hard
uphill pull, and while Paddy is 80 far
ahead, he is not yet out of the woods,
and his friends will Withhold their nur-
rahs until all the returns are all in. But
1t was the closest race of the campaign,
and the victor will have worthily won
the laurels.
VIM. Hartman, ST., got off the road
while returning from Lewiston last
Monday and was out on the mountain
all night in the bitter storm without
blankets. He built a fire and got
through the night without harm, but it
was very hungry man who finally got
to Shissler's saw mill.
Somebody told jeff Rhoads last week
that he was dead man," and sure
enough, juet look at his vote. JEFF is
slayer till the bell taps, and then he is
of like scalded pig. Friend Larimer
takes it with his accustomed ease and
good nature, and only sacrificed himself
from feeling of party pride.
A week before election the shrewdest
party managers on both sides were at
sea as to which way the cat would jump
in county politics, but towards the last
party discipline asserted itself, and the
knitting done on election day is said to
have been caused because of disaffection
on the part of some of the candidates
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Lieut.. f. S. Farrow. formerly of the
2lst Infantry when stationed at Van
couver is now a member of the bank
ing house of Bruen & Farrow, establish
ed at Barnegat Park, N. J. Lieut.. Far
row wrote book for boys intending to
enter West Point, was the hero of the
chase after the Sheep Eater Indians in
Idaho, and the victim of bunko man
who caught him for several hundred
dollars at Port Townsend, by pretend
ing to be grandson of Gen. Joe Lane.