Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-11-15
OCR WEEKLY ROUND- UP.

Shooting match at Overman's ranch
tomorrow, Saturday.
testers letter has crowded out q
whole lot of local items.
Poll and property taxes are both de-
linquent on December 8.
Take look around the town and; see
how ii has grown this year.
DR.. Nickel arrived home Wednesday
from long visit to old Missouri.
Mr.. Riggs, of the Moscow nursery,
was on the prairie collecting this week
Keep Your eye on Warrens and Alton
districts, for they are going to boom
next summer.
There were no applicants for teachers
certificates at the last examination on
Shebang creek.
Mr.. Christie has decided to build
thousand dollar residence on his lots
'outh of the Sens place.
Rev. Maxey has bought the property
he is living in and is putting in some
substantial Improvements.
DR. Carver and his pack train, and
likewise little George Shearer. were up
from the river during the week.
Frank Kettenbach, of the Lewiston
National bank, was here on financial
business last Saturday and Sunday.
Weller & Wax are closing out the
stock of goods in their Mt. Idaho store
at cost for cash. Read their new ad.
There will be.a big crowd in Elk City
next summer and more and more every
succeeding year. Mark the prediction.
No paper mail came Wednesday night,
SO we have no figures on the constitu-
tional election. Full returns next week.
Buy MUNDELL's SOLAR TIP SHOES for
children, for sale by Alexander Freid-
enrich, sole agents. Every pair war
ranted.
Il. d. Shearer has established his boot
and shoe shop in II cosy corner of Nick
els new drug store, and is doing better
work than ever.
Stovesl SrovEs! STOVES! A large
assortment of Heating and Cooking
stoves at prices that cannot be beat at
ALEXANDER & FRElDENRIcH's.
Last Thursday we picked fine bo-
quet of flowers, the second growth of
the season, in the garden of our good
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. V. Jarrett, in
Lake district.
delinquent subscribers are hereby
cautioned not to let their daughters
wear this paper for a hustle as there is
considerable due on it and they might
catch cold.
The fue in the A. & +. store burned
ont in Monday nights wind storm, and
for aw lille it look ed as though the whole
roof was on fire, but happily, nothing
came OF it.
Mr.. Havernick will move into his
new residence about Monday of next
week. The louse is a slightly location
and looms up like landmark for many
miles around.
W. +. Schmadeka has purchased the
largest general assortment OF saddlery
and harness ever brought to these parts
and he is now getting them in. His
new ad will appear next week.
1t is supposed in Lewiston that Judge
Logan will hold court here next month,
provided he is strong enough to make
moved. He is still very sick man.
"Aunt C. Reen" writes a letter that is
chock full of horse sense and of the
milk of human kindness, but she can't
spell worth a cent, and her letter has
paralysed all hands in the F. P. shop to
follow copy
Geo. NJ. Shoarer will arrive home
next week. He is afflicted with aneu-
rism of the heart and the physicians
could do nothing for him. 1t is not a
particularly dangerous complaint but is
at times distressngy painful.
Mr. Russel, brother-in-law of w.
NJ. Hopkins, has purchased the two
| quart er-sections in Lake district for
mery owned by Ole Eclund, and is
fixing them up in substantial style.
Snch men of that stamp will greatly
benefit Camas prairie.
Hiram Robbins was over from Cotton
wood last Friday and visited the public
school in the Academy building. He
! has been teaching a six months term o.
school out on the prairie and has travel.
| ed fifteen miles dav to do it, which
makes a good showing for crippled
man.
Jas. Welch pulled out Monday with
four mules loaded with extra pieces o
belated machinery for Geo. Riebold. in
| Warrens. He went over the Melnoi
trail and from all appearances mus
have had an exceedingly hard trip of it
a. the snow was foot deep on the foot
hills after the storm of Monday night.
The case of Warden va. Witt ct al. ha
again been placed on the calendar fo
trial. Judge Logan has rendered hi
decision and given plaintiff new trial
This is the $4,000 damage suit brough
against this county by w. f.. Wardel
for injuries alleged to have been sus
tanned by plaintiff in an accident on tn
new bridge across Secesh creek. Tn
case will be tried at the coming term.
The Chinese whose claims were jump
ed in Elk city are determined to figh
the case through TO the supreme cour
Of the United States, and have retaine
Messrs. Poe, Piper and Maxwell, G
Lewiston, and D. j. Murphy. of Sa
Francisco. The Chinese have begun a
aggressive campaign by suing the jump
ers for $4,000 damages. The white
have retained j. Ii. Forney and Fran
Ganahl. The next term of court prom
ses to be the most important and excl
ting ever held in this county.
The trees from the Geneva nurserie
arrived during the week, and Genowa
is superintending their delivery. Th
| roota were we'll wranna1 in moiat sPy