Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-01-04
OUR WEEKLY UND- UP.

1t Vollmer & Scott loan money aud bu
county scrip.
Peter Brockmauer Is back from h
: California trip.
' The store keepers are taking annu,
account of stock.
3 Joe Baker has sold his ranch to Je
: Hendren for $500.
The snow is three inches deep on thi
side of the prairie.
Nate Earl showed up last week aft e
a spell of pneumonia.
J. II. Forney. Mt. Idaho, has money
OF loan on real estate.
Three inches of snow tell across Clear.
water in the late storm.
r. Mcconnell, of Lake district, is Wis
iting friends in Moscow.
The stores here did a rousing business
in selling holiday goods.
The snowfall on the Cottonwood side
of the prairie is very light.
The mercury has touched the zero
notch nearly every night this week.
Weller & Wax will pay the highest
cash price for county warrants. If
The Territorial Supreme Court meets
at Boise City the l4th of this month.
The Washington address of Delegate
Dubois is 1880 Thirteenth street, N. w.
Green Dallas is building fine new
house on his ranch near the timber
south of town.
Miss Pearson arrived here from Ore
gon last week on visit to her brother,
w. E.. Pearson.
Delays are said to be dangerous. but a
large percentage of debtors seem to like
to incur danger.
bossomiug last week. and this in De-
cember in latitude AGO north.
DR., Carver slipped off home Just be-
fore the holidays and the boys suspect
that "she" lives on the river.
Only sprinkle OF snow fell on Craigs
mountain and the stages are still ma
king the round trip on wheels.
Mr.. Wann, of Cottonwood, has his
family with him now and they are liv-
ing in Sheriff's Talkington's house.
The weather has been superb all
through the holidays, with bright sun
shiny days and bracing frosty nights.
I will sell beef cheaper than any shop
in Idaho county, for cash.
5l w. f. ScHMADEKA.
John Clark left on Wednesdays stage
for his old home in Batavia, Iowa,
where he will spend the rest of the
winter.
Frank Horning was in town Sunday
doing some trading and gave ua some
local news of improvements going on in
his district.
Henry $. Jones and O. f. Vincent
have bought Mr.. Markh hams flock of
sheep, numbering 300, and will winter
them OH Salmon river.
Hon. l.. P. Brown is at Lebanon, Ogn,
and is deriving much benefit from the
springs at that place, and intends to give
them thorough trial.
Councilman Nelson and some of his
colleagues spent the holiday vacation at
Portland, while others got up an excur-
sion to Salt Lake City.
Ed. Hitsman was presented with the
champion belt on the Mt. Idaho Christ
mas tree and be now poses AS the cham
pion slugger of Idaho county.
Deputy marshal Duff Greene spent the
holidays with his family on the Cotton.
wood side, and will leave in a few days
for Ceur dAlene on official business.
Every body who took the A No l Cut
ter whisky during the holidays pro-
nounced it the best in the county. For
sale at the Pioneer saloon, Cottonwood.
The number of new faces which one
sees at the dances nowadays, shows
more than anything elae how wonder
fully Camas prairie is gaining in popu-
lation.
There was a Christmas tree at Geo.
Alkire's, on Slate creek, which seems to
be about all the festivities that were
held on the river during the holiday
season.
Mr.. Z. w. Bell is daily receiving new
invoices of furniture of all kinds. and
can supply you with sets from $32 to
SO. His show rooms are worth in
specting.
Hon. B. F. Morris was over last week
to get medical attendance for his boy,
who has been quite sick with an inter-
mittent fever for several weeks past,
but is now recovering.
Our friend Tom Dempster has been
spending the holiday season at Mt. Ida
no and sent six dollars worth of good
cheer to enable the f. P. force to par
ticipate in the festivities.
Joe Hoffstetter served In the Bava-
rian army all through the Franco-Prus
sian war from Gravelotte to Sedan, and
is perfect mine of information on that
topic. It's pleasure to hear him talk.
The tariff duty on quicksilver is six
cents per pound and still there are min
ers who claim that tariff is not tax,
but all the same they are robbed of six
cents on every pound of quicksilver they
buy.
John r. PICKERING, formerly resi-.
dent of Camss nrairie ia now steward