Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-08-17

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more than any other citizen of the
town.
Mr.. Beede has just completed an aras
ira on American river for Messrs. Sill
verwood and Canadian, which is intend
ed to crush ore from their Arizona an(
Blue Deacon lodges on that stream.
Frank McGrane says that he has dis
covered a placer gold mine in the back
yard of the saloon, and to prove il
showed us some gold dust he claims was
washed from dirt picked up therein.
Good cooking and eating apples
cheap; green cucumbers for pickles
Pure apple cider vinegar, one year old
80 cents per gallon.
Off ]. II. ROBINSON.
J. F. McLane started for Genesee last
Wednesday to meet his wife. who has
been back to Indiana on visit. Mrs.
| Mclane is accompanied bv her father
and mother and Mr.. McLane's father.
Money loaned on Real Estate. Pay
ment made when papers are signed.
Unimproved decided land purchased.
Highest price paid for County warrants.
40 DANIEL FREw, Mt. Idaho.
David Random while saddling horse
last Saturday, in some manner allowed
the horse to strike him on the shoulder,
dislocating it, 1t was set by DR.. Bibby
and Mr.. Randan will be all o. X. in "a
few weeks.
Hold back your steers. Let no nnripe
cattle escape from the range. The diff
ference between a ripe 1900 FOUNDER and
the same steer if sold at the 100 pound
figure, will be dollar a hundred
Cheyenne Journal.
A sleeping car has been put on the
railroad between Riparia and Colfax,
which goes through to Portland and will
be great improvement over the cattle
cars which were formerly used for the
transportation of passengers.
| Delegate Dubois seems to be captur-
ing all the delegates and the indications
are that he will be the unanimous
choice of his party for denomination.
Kootenai and Shoshone counties have
declared unanimously for him.
VIM. Hswley. James Sedgwick and
Ben Mason discovered a ledge on the
south fork of Clearwater, which is about
40 feet wide, is very extensive and con-
tains considerable silver and some gold.
We will give the assay next week.
We WOulu De pltdSeu VI pTOeptCtOTS
and owners of mines would leave at this
Office samples of quartz from every
ledge in the county. 1t will advertise
their mines and go long ways towards
getting Capitalists to take hold of them.
The republican convention which met
at Mt. Idaho last Saturday, elected Hon.
l.. +. Brown and Geo. Smith as dele
gates to the convention which meets at
| Boise City, Ang. 20, to nominate re-
publican candidate for delegate to con-
gress.
Mr.. w. A. Hall and A. F. Parker
have organized real estate bureau, and
parties having decided land to sell or
claims to relinquish should place it in
their hands, where it will be literally
advertised free of charge. For terms
call on Mr.. Hall.
Our editor, ]. II. Forney and I. s.
Weller left for Warrens Tuesday morn
| ing on business trips. Editor goes into
the southern counties on mining busi-
ness before returning. We hope their
guardian angels will watch over them
and insure their safe return.
We understand that B. b. Stewart. of
Elk City, intends to erect saw mill on
Relief creek, about mile and half
from Elk City. Mr.. Stewart bought a
claim there recently and will have to
build a new fiume to work il. He Wi
purchase the machinery right away.
The Benson pack train left yesterday
for Warrens with cargo consisting of
6000 lbs of Lewiston flour, 1000 lbs of
miscellaneous merchandise and $4,000
Tbs of machinery for Geo. Riebolds
hA 1 ,al, h.
stand is smelter to be run in connec-
ton with his quartz mill.
Owing to the unusual amount of local
this week, a very interesting commune
cation from our friend, Rev. ]. d. Nc
Conkey, of Lewiston, was unavoidably
crowded out, in which he gives his ex-
perence and tells of the strange sights
he witnessed on recent trip into War
rens. 1t will appear next week.
The presidential canvass thus far dis
closes two facts: First, that president
will be elected in November; second.
that no matter who is elected the coun-
try will go on. And this embraces all
the useful political news we can give our
readers. And yet we continue to prav
for the success of Cleveland and Tariff
Reform.
A correspondent writing on the tariff
says: mature in her wonderful work
ings rarely permits overproducton.
Somewhere we can surely find people
who need all the wheat and corn, all
the pork and beef we can raise" All
right, send 'em to the prairie and we
can furnish-for cash-all the proven
der they want.
There are several tribes of Indians on
the various reservations in different
parts of the country, who are very much
dissatisfied with Uncle Sans treatment
and trouble is apprehended. We hope
that this everlasting nuisance will soon
be stopped by giving the Indians land
in severalty, and then, if they won't
work, let them starve.
r. NJ. Spedden, of Astoria, and Z. c..
Spedden, of the prairie. passed through