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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-12-20
d. NJ. CLEWELL.
DEC. 18th, 1888.

x1AUR CHRISTMAS TRADE IS FAIRLY BOOMING!
GT TBs really
if neglect call their FREQUENTLY,
feSBS dred and things haye to showt them
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
From the Seven Devils.

A letter from our friend Frank Adams,
of Salubria, says there is a great deal of
activity in the Seven Devils this winter,
and number of gentlemen from New
York who went in with Mr.. Hoyt last
month have invested heavily in some
of the best properties in the district.
Mr.. Kleinschmidt. one of the largest
mine owners in the camp, has shipped
over one hundred tons of copper ore,
which will easily average eight per cent.
pure copper, and he will employ force
of men all winter in further developing
( bis mines. In tho l. ne jacket mine a
splendid body of hood red copper glance
carrying large percentage of silver was
struck, and the deeper they go the bet
ter it gets. The owners have contracted
to have the shaft sunk a hundred feet,
at ten dollars foot. The owners of the
Helena have also contracted for 200 feet
of tunnel at five dollars per foot. Mr..
Adams has struck another ledge called
the Avalanche, the ore of which closely
resembles that of the Peacock, although
located in different group. He has
also sold his interest in the Lily Bell to
Mr.. Fuchs, a merchant of Salubria, who
is also interested in the Circle G.. We
notice that Mr.. Mensch, the Union Pa
cific mineral expert, has declared in his
official report that the Seven Devils cop
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER.
Drummer Boy Edward Beck, Who Enlisted
At the Age of Eleven.

The youngest private soldier in the
army during the war. Mr.. Edward Beck,
now postmaster at Grangeville, Idaho,
was born December A. 1S49. He enlisted
in the 14th Kentucky Infantry as drum
mer, but his company was soon trans
formed as Co. NJ, 9th Kentucky Cavalry.
His captain wanted to discharge him
and send him home, but he insisted he
could stand guard and do duty as we'll
as the biggest man among them. All of
this he did, and while his older COM
rades were suffering with hunger and
full Of complainings, little Dick, as they
called him, was ever bright and cheer
full At only one time did the young
warrior ever shed tears, and that was
the first Christmas he spent in the
ranks. He was on guard duty, and
while on his lonely beat the thought of
his widowed mother and little sister and
brother in the old home without him on
the blessed holiday, brought on his first
real attack of homeeickness. He con-
tracted Inflammation of the lungs by
lying out in the snow in the winter of
1862, while his regiment was chasing
send him to the hospital, but he begged
them to lie. him stay with his regiment.
Not until the winter of 1868, when his
horse fell through the ice near Dam
vile, Kentucky, and fractured his left
leg below the knee, would he leave his
company. When little Dick was sent to
the hospital at Louisville, his company
was out, and there were few dry eyes
among his comrades. They had slight
hope of ever seeing the little fellow
again. After his leg got better he was
sent to Barracks No. l, Louisville. The
doctor in charge said that he would
never be able to regain his regiment
again, and he was transferred as drum
mer to Company Ii, 10th n. r. G., then
stationed at Washington. He was al
Carlisle, Pa, in 1864 when Mcclellan
ran against Lincoln for President. His
company was marched to the polls and
he voted at fifteen years old, and after.
wards played the dead march at the
funeral services of the President at Har'
risburg, Pa. He was discharged in 1856;
at the close of the war. His mother dy'
ing in 1866 he enlisted in Company G
2nd Infantry. In three months he wal
corporal, in six months sergeant
and was for twelve years sergeant il
his company, which was ordered t
Idaho in 1877 to participate in the Ne
Perez Indian war, and at its conclusion
it garrisoned Camp Howard until tn
post was abandoned. In 1850 Mr.. Becl
applied for his discharge and has eve
since resided here with his family. TIL
Office of postmaster of this town whicl
he has creditably filed for the last thre
years is deserved reward to faithful
soldier, and although his general healtl
is very poor we hope be may be Ion
spared to enjoy it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28

per mines exceed in richness and extent
the famous Lake Superior mines or
those of Butte, Montana. Lively times
may be looked for in that camp in 1880.
On the head of Rapid river, near the
copper mines, our old friends, Ruth,
Sommers and Wilkinson have discov-
cred rich gold and silver quartz, some
of which they packed out 10 the mill at
Ruthburg, distance of fifty miles, and
netted $500 per ton. We have a suspi-
cion that these Rapid river mines are in
Idaho county. Mr.. Adams also sent us
a map of the Seven Devils country, a
handsome piece of work, showing the
streams, the topography and the exact
location of every claim in the camp,
down to October 20, 1888. The map is
now mounted and can be seen at the
FREE Press Office by those interested.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
REDEMPTION OF COUNTY WARRANTS
w A. HALL,
Real Estate Agent,
GEVTLL T. =

100 acres, $1,000
all fenced well watered. so acres cultivated.
House, barn and buildings Household furni-
ture; Farm Implements. Near Cottonwood.
"a cash-1a stock. One of the best.
100 ACRES $1,000
One hundred and sixty acres of decided land
81 miles from town, living stream through it,
good house and well; one of the best ranches
$40 ACRES. $500.
Two hundred and fifty acres of good farm
land the remainder is fine pasture, some tim
Der, well watered and all fenced. This is afne
stock ranch 100 acres of which is decided land
and it is only miles from Cottonwood
160 ACRES NOT DECIDED, $500.
Forty-fve acres fenced, 30 acres under cult
walton, and well watered with springsand well.
There is house and barn, plenty of farm, pas
ture and timber land, and is bargain if you
want a good home.
TOWN LOTS.
Six town lots north of South street, and five
on Main street.
For further particulars call on
w. A. HALL,
Agent
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28

ROTHWELL.-In Mt. Idaho, l. T December %,
1883, Frank ii. Kothwell, aged Is years and
months.
The deceased lad was kicked in the head by
a horse four years ago aud had never fully re-
covered from the effects of the wounds then
inflicted, and this, added to naturally deli
cate constitution. fastened the development of
spinal meningitis Frank was good, indus
trlous and inoflensive boy and made many
friends who will regret the loss of his honest
face from among the familiar scenes of his
childhood. But while we may regret his I'M
timely departure to the other shore 1t is well to
bear In mind thst 1t is well to bear in mind that
1t is perhaps better thus, and in the language of
Bulwer Lytton we can console ourselves with
the reflection that
There is no death the dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tnted flowers
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
SUMMONS.

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF IDAHO
L County, Idaho Territory.
TERRITORY OF IDAHO &C
C.UNTY OF IDAHo,( ."
]. T. Aram and John Aram, plaintiffs.
VS.
j. w. Parker, defendant.
In the name of the people of the United States,
in the Territory OF Idaho.
You are hereby notified that there is now on
file in the office OF the Clerk of the Probate
Court of the county of Idaho, Idaho Territ ry,
in Mt. Idaho, county of II aho, the complaint of
the above named plaintiffs, wherein judgment
is demanded against you for the sum of Eigh-
tytive dollars, on an account for horse hire
hay and grain, and cush advaa ced, and use OF
team and wagon. The whole done, performed
and furnished y rior to Febru ry %, 1885, at
your request and for your use and benefit.
And your are also notified that unless you ap-
pear and answer t. said complaint on Monday,
the 10th day of July, lSSS, at IL O'Clock A. NJ,
the plaintiffs will take a default Judgment
Sainst you for the sum of Eighty five dollars
and costs of suit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Probate Court of the County of Idaho,
Sen, Territory of Idaho, this 9Th day of Jul
w. c. w. CASE,
1882 EX-Ohicio Clerk.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28

Gov. Stevenson, in his message to the
Legislature recommends the creation of
Territorial Board of Equalization;
that the Territorial tax, at present So
cents on the 500, be reduced to 10 cents
on that amount; the enactment of strict
law prohibiting children under certain
age from entering saloons and gambling
houses, the selling or giving of tobacco,
cigars or cigarettes to children, and also
against the use of opium. The message
shows that since 1856 there has been an
increase of twelve school districts, thir-
ty school houses. thirty-one schools, 760
pupils. sos GEO received from county tax
es, and jim round numbers $4,000 paid
to teachers. He recommends that some
plan be adopted To compel convicts to
earn their own subsistence, in part. at
least, by their daily labor. Advises the
creation of Territorial Board of Agri-
culture, end an appropriation of money
for the holding of an annual Territorial
fair. lie recommends the creation of
the office of Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, with Il salary of 81 200 dollars n
year, and contingent fund of $500 adj
ditional. to be used for printing circulars
and reliable information, and sending
them abroad. y small appropriation of
money to employ kome person TO see
that the game and fish laws are rieidly
enforced, is recommended, and also the
reapporionment of the Territory. The
message shows that the total receipts
from all source from November /, 1886,
20 November /, 1883, we're Sll4l27. 90,
and the expenditures $l09, 66l.l1, leav-
ing balance on hand of 81, 467 80. The
Legislature is recommended to make
provision for the election and holding
of a convention to form constitution
for the State OF Idaho, and that appro-
priations be made to defray the expens-
es OF such convention.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
SHERIFF'S SALE.


]. Alexander and A. Freidenrich.
vs..
Hannah A. Rice.
FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECU-
L tion issued out of the District court, LIST Ju-
dicial District, county of Idaho, territory of
Idaho and to me directed and delivered for
judgement rendered in said court, on the 18th
day of September, A. d. 1888, in favor of j. AL
exander and A. Fredenrich, copartners, and
against Hannah A. Rice, for the sum of Four
Hundred and Four and 5l-l00 (f0i.5l) dollars in
U. S. gold coin, together with costs of suit and
interest. amounting to Five dollars. l have
levied all the right title and interest of said
Hannah A. Rice OF, in and to the following
property to-wit West half of the southwest
quarter of section ten township thirty north, of
Range three east, Is. NJ, so acres.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday. the
10Th day OF January, A. d. 1889, at l o'clock P.
NJ of said day, will sell all the right. title
and interest OF said Hannah A. Rice in and to
the above described property, or so much there
of may be necessary to satisfy plaintiff
claim, besides all costs interest, and aecruing
costs The sale will take place at Mt. Idaho
Idaho county, l. TN front of the court house
door, at public auction for cash in hand, U. s.
gold coin, to the highest and best bidder.
Dated this 2Sth day of December, A. ID. 1888.
A. w. DARLINGTON,
1884 Sheriff OF Idaho county l. T.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28

Our friend DR.. Bibby received for his Christ
mas gift the hand of one of Camas prairie s
farest and best young ladies, a gift that will be
to him n JOY and comfort while life shall last.
In company with the many friends of the hap
py couple the FREE PRESS extends best wishes
and trusts that many long and happy years of
welded life may be theirs Many handsome
and costly present were presented the the
bride and groom by their friends.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
TN-N
MARRIED.

BIBBY-PEARSON.-A the residence of the
brides father, December D. 1888, by Rev. W.
A. Hail. Samuel Il. Bibby, NJ d.. TO Miss Ad-
die NJ. Pearson, both of Grangeville. l. T.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
BORN.

HORNING.-Near Grangeville, l. T., December
10, 1888 to the wife of L. f. Horning, a
daughter.
DIED.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
CHURCH APPOINTMENTS.

NJ. f. Church, OF Grangeville Circuit, Column
bia River Conference.
Services, first Sunday in month at Lake school
house, IL A. NJ, and at Grangeville at Z. NJ
Services, second sunday in month. in Grange
Vile Mt II A. NJ. and p. NJ.
Services, third Sunday in month Fairview at
II A. NJ. and in Grangeville at 7 p. NJ.
Services, fourth Sunday in month in Grange
vile at IL A. NJ and In Mt. Idaho at p. NJ.
A. MAXEY, Pastor.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
Business Methoas in Ecnndor.

It is a popularity of the Indian of
Ecuador that he will sell nothing at
wholesale, nor viii he trade anywhere
but in the market place, in the spot
where he ard his forefathers have sold
garden truck for three centuries.
Although travellers on the highways
meet armies of Indians bearing heavy
burdens of vegetables and other supplies
upon their backs, they can purchase moth
ing from them. as the native will not sell
his goods until he gets TO the place where
he is in the habit OF selling them. He
will carry them ten miles and dispose of
them for less than he was offered for
them at home. We met one day an old
woman trudging along with heavy bas-
ket OF pineapples and other fruits, and
tried TO relieve her Of part Of her load,
offering ten cents for pineapples which
could be obtained for quartilla =.
cents) in market. She was polite, but
firm, and declined to sell anything until
she got to town. although there was a
weary, dusty journey of two leagues
ahead of her-1mericda Nqgaziae.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
Gloss for Collars

To starch and iron collars so as TO have
g 20 d CLOS requires the skill that comes
from practice. Add little cold water
to two tablespoonf-ls Of good starch and
rub 10 a smooth paste with spoon ::
pour boiling water slowly upon the
sIaich, stirring briskly to prevent lump
ing When mixed smooth add little
salt aud = picee of mutton tallow or
white wax the size Of hazel nut. Many
good laundresses add also. tablespoonful
gus arabic solution made by pouring
water upon white gum arabic and letting
IT stand TIL clear. Boil the starch
twenty minutes and strain through tire,
Use starch scalding hot and
rub il thoroughly through the linen so
that no lamps ar left on the surface.
After drying the collars, dip them, an
hour or % before ironing, into cold
starch made by dissolving tablespoon
ful Of starch IN pint Of water. warm,
but not hot enough to scald the starch.
Roll them up in clean towel and before
ironing rub over W til fine damp cloth
Iron quickly aud polish with a polishing
iron - a bosom board.-Nto TOrk
World.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02

looked around. I was surrounded by
my friends We soon reached our camp.
and / got an explanation of what had
happened 1t was ny Captain who gave
it 70 me. He shook my hand warmly
I got your message by those pigeons, he
said. and l got up this party for your
rescue at oaee. We had very little
trouble with the half dozen soldiers who
were al your funeral, but the old negro
here he burst out laughing-'h
jumped in your grave at the first sight OF
Us, and we had a hard time to make him
come out. We got You out Of your hole
as fast as we could, and the rest you
know This explained ali, and il vas
the neg7o's weight that prevented me
from getting out was hero for some
time, aad the information had picked
up was Of great value, but it did not pay
me for the agony l suffered in that
grave. You see this hair, he added,
running his fingers through his silvery
locks. At was as black as yours when
/ entered tina. coffin. When they took
me out it was a you see it now
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
4 Persian Fable

A rat, says a Persian fsop, seeing a
cat approaching, and finding no avenue
o. escape, went boldly up TO her and
said Madam, have Just swallowed
large dose Of blne, and in accordance
with the instructions upon the label
have come out of my hole to die. VIII
YOU kindly direct me to a spot where NV
corpse will prove peculiarly offensive"
"Since you are so ILL.," replied the cat,
II will myself transport you TO a spot
which think will suit" So saying She
stuck her teeth through the nape OF his
neck and trotted away with him This
was more than he had bargained for, and
he squeakcd shrilly with the pain.
''Ah," said the cat, "a rat who knows
he has but few minutes TO live never
makes a fuss about a little agony. l
don't think, my fine fellow, you have
taken poison enough to hurt either you
or me" So she made a meal of him If
this fable does not teach that rals get no
profit by lying l should be pleased to
know what in the name of common sense
or uncommon sense it does teach.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02

Metropolitan editor" Think you
need change and rest, chi Well. /
shouldn't wonder; city life is a hard
one, taking it all the year round. and |
believe II is several years since you had
vacation Which do you most enjoy
seaShore, mountains or pastoral scenes ;
Woodworking reporter with enthu-
sias'n l-"Oh, the mountains. alwavs.r
Editor-"Well, the Mind and Matter
Association viii hold their sixteen-hour-
A-day metaphysical sessions at the Bleak
Top this year, and you can 90 there and
report them. Don't miss anything. and
Keep each days session down TO six or
eight columns. The paper has bill
against the 1tel at Bleak Ton for ad-
vertising. will charge TO your account
and let you take it along. Just before
leaving hand him the bill in payment for
your board, but be careful 10 do it DO
litely, because he's a retired athlete. and
the merriest man east of san Francisco. -
Omaha World.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
WIN rncooked Mcat sroIls

For some hours after an animal il
killed the muscular fJers are soft, and
con.e 4uenily teuder: it is only after all
vital heat has passed away that the flesh
becomes hard from the gradual stiifen-
ing Of its muscular portions. Once that
tense condition of the tissue is estab-
lished it remains until the relaxation sets
in which precedes decomposition; with
this relaxation the flesh softens; aud it
becomes tenderer as it progresses until
the meat is upon the verge of putre:ac-
ton. Until the meat taints 1t is suitable
FOR food. When meat is upon the verge
Of putreiactiOn the color becomes very
dark, the odor gradually offensive, ald
the fbers moist and of. as putrefaction
advances a peculiar greenish, damp mould
forms upon the exposed surfaces, and
the OdOr grows intolerable Helt
aud moisture favor this destfuc-
ton Of animal tissue, which IS
commonly called tainting. In damp
summer weather meat which has been
preserved by the agency of ice spoils
quickly after it i exposed to norma
summer temperature, probably because
this generally combines heat and moist
ure. When freshly killed meat is sub
iected toa dry summer heat it is rapidly
converted into the wcll-known "jerked
beer Of the plains this method of
preservation is as widely known a it is
primitive Meat dried by the action OF
sun and air, after being cut in strips, Is
subsequently powdered and mixed with
fat IN the form of pemmican. Hunters
and explorers prefer this preservation
OF meat 10 any other because it yields
the greatest amount Of nourishment IN
relation TO bulk The preparation of
pemmican is quite within possibil ties
for housholde,s who arc removed from
trade centers when they do not wish to
salt meat. -H5aerife.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
4 Curious Cane.

Mr.. f. G. Csgood, of Maine, has a
curious walking cane. The stick is &C.
tagon in shape, and Is of white maple
with cherry head, the entire body being
made hollow, with tine displaced wood
made into different designs and left in
the hollow space. In the carved head is
set a compass: in the first Joint or hol-
low space are three loose balls; in the
second, three dice; in the third.
mounted cannon; in the fourth, roll
ing pin. in the fifth. a chain. in the
sixth, sailors log, and in the seventh.
a dumb-bell and nOndescript somewhat
resembling an hour glass. The whole IS
tipped off with an octagonal ferrule Of
brass. In circles around the cane Is the
following inscription: "Made by f. G.
Osrood, Portland. Me-, in 1884. Total
abstinence from all that intoxicates-E.
G. o." Mr.. Osgood has been offered
quite sum of money for the stick TO
place in the Boston museum. Detroit
FIRE. Pres.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02

FRIED TmrE.-Boil till tender; dip
in beaten egg, sprinkle with bread or
cracker crumbs, season and fry light
brown.
SrEwED CAERoTs. Wash or scrare
ten or twelve carrots and put in cold
water. with salt, to boil till fender.
Drain and put il pan with pepper and
chopped parsley, or with tie juice Of
one lemon and sprinkle with sugar.
LzMoS PcDD;Nc.-Half pound of
bread crumbs, six ounces Of Lour, two
ounces aud u half Of sugar, one ounce OF
butter. half pint Of milk. Il lemon. Shred
the peel fine mix with the crumbs and
Juice, add the flour and the butter rubbed
together, and sugar Mix with the milk
to a soft paste. Boil two hours and a
half
LADY FINGERs. Take the weight Of
nine eggs in powdered sugar and the
weight OF eight eggs in -four Beat the
yoiks Of the eggs and add the sugar
melted in n half pint Of water Stir In
the beaten whites and shen the -four,
sified: avor with lemon. Drop onto
buitered tins, sift sugar over them, and,
when baked, stick together while warm.
CAxSTD NEGFT TABLES Peas. str ny
beans ant corn can be put up in this
way. Put the raw vegetable in clean
cans and cover well with water; close
the cans air tight, cover with boiling
water and let boil about an hour; then
prick a hole in the top of the can to let
the gas escape. after which solder up, let
boil again aud set aside to c,ol and use.
BRowN BErrY.-Cut several large ap-
pies into thin slices; have re,dg but
tered dish into this pat layer Of grated
bread crumbs. then layer of sliced APP
Piles. and over his sprinkle suga-, and
so on alternately, bread, apples, and
sugar. until tie dish Is full, letting lhe
top LAYER be of bread crum s; place
three larg' Jumps Of butter on top put
in oven and bake brown. Serve hot with
butter and sugar sauce.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
He Know ono Gnnd Man

An English General, in reviewing A
corps OF cavalry, suddenly stopped be
fore a splendid looking fellow and
asked abruptly:
(Which IS the best horse in the regi-
ment21
NO 30, sir"
"What makes you think he is the best
horses1
HE walks, trots and gallops well. is
good jumper; has no vice, no blemish;
carries his head well; is in his prime. -.
And who is the best soldier in thar
regiment
Tom Jones, sir.n 49,.
FWny."
Because he IS an honorable man. is
ohedient, is tidy. takes good care Of his
Impmeut and his horse, and does his
duty Well
liorsen'
Tom Jones. sir"
And who is Tom Jones'"
81 am, sir.
The; General could not help laughing,
but re gave a sovereign to his informant.
who received it without moving a mus
Gle. -LireFDO9l Post