Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-30


IN Noyes during the first of the week.
ne A steam laundry has been started
,e Lewiston. The Chinese must go.
W The White Bird grade is in better cor
" dition now than it has been for years.
'e w. e. Warden was in town severs
'e days this week; he is still on crutches
u The salutation among the BOYS aroun,
- :, town at present is, How is the itch /?
I, There was large crowd in town Fri
i day evening for the republican ratifica
Il tion.
Bert Cunningham. Of John Day creek
is on the prairie. What is the attrac
!, ton?
Richard Keeling, proprietor of the
Stlne House in Walla Walla, died last
. week.
; Rev. A. Maxey preached at the court
mouse In Mt. Idaho on last Sunday eve-
ming.
, Now is the time to advertise yonr
stock brands. Apply at this Office for
rates.
John Sherman will, in all probability,
be IN Harrison's cabinet as secretary of
state.
1t is all the rage at present to name
BOY babies Ben after the president
elect.
J. L. Riggs, agent for the Lewiston
nursery, has been in the city for the last
week.
Martin Collins, who came out from
Warrens this week, started for Lewiston
Tuesday.
Snow storms and billiards. have oc-
Cured in many of the eastern and mid
die states.
Small pox seems to be on the increase
IN Portland as new cases are reported
every day.
Don't borrow your neighbours paper
any more, but come in and subscribe for
the FREE Press.
Frank and Arthur Robinson started |
for Lewis ton last Tuesday each with |
load of pr oduce.
Mrs. Moses Taylor, of New York, is
the richest widow in the world, and is
worth $40.000,O00.
Rev. j. B. York has cancelled his ap-
until spring opens.
Mr.. Shissler has moved his family i'm
to Grangeville where they will reside
during the winter.
Mr.. Cummings, a brother-in-law of
Hon. l.. p. Brown. came in on TUESDAYS
stage, direct from Iowa.
T. w. Girton and Capt. Woodward
in few days will qualify as justices for
Grangeville precinct.
Lockwood & Magill are on the prairie
gathering up cattle for the last drive
they will make this fall.
On Wednesday Geo. Greer left for the
Cottonwood country on collecting tour,
intending to remain several days.
! will sell beef cheaper than any shop
in Idaho county, for cash.
81 w. F. SCHMADEKA.
1t is claimed that George Woodward
is the only person in Idaho county who
voted for old Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and
everyone gorged themselves with tur- ?
key, mince pies and similar good truck.
j. H. Robinson is successor to the
firm of w. w. Swank d Co., of Lewis.
ton, dealers in harness, saddles, etc. See
ad.
j. H. Forney and the editor returned
Yesterday and both feel sanguine that
the railroad is coming here next year
sure.
E. w. Bell, is doing rushing busi-
ness; wagons are being loaded with fur
niture from his store large part of the
time.
Nearly all the beef cattle have been
delivered and as a natural consequence,
money is plentiful and everybody is
happy.
Call at the GrangeviIle drug store and
make first choice of the elegant line of
Christmas presents they have just re-
ceived.
James Sedgwick, one of the owners of
the Patchem mine in Warrens has been
sick for the last three weeks with rheu.
matism.
The farmers of Camas prairie are in.
creasing the size of their orchards, judg-
ing from the number of fruit trees being
brought in.
ne surveyors Oh Lne 1uanO transit
railroad company are now at work near
the mouth of Tammany surveying up
that hollow.
E. w. Halford, managing editor of
the Indianapolis Journal, has been
chosen by Gen. Harrison to act as his
private secretary.
Russ Hogan has gone to Shearer's
ferry on Salmon river; he will carry the
mail on snow shoes from that place to
Warrens this winter.
The election in Bingham county will
be contested by the republicans on the
grounds that few Mormons voted the
democratic ticket.
Edwin Booth has presented to the
Players Club. Gramercy park, owned by
the late Samuel J. Ti!den, for which
Booth paid $l50.00O.