Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-07
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county scrip.
DR.. McCalle left for the lower coul
try Wednesday.
w. A. Hall has erected an awning i
. front of his office.
Mrs. Dr. Bibby received an eiegan
new organ this week.
J. H. Forney, Mt. Idaho, has none.
to loan on real estate.
Several race horses are in training a
the track for the coming races.
The Foster monument fund is still
open, and we receive subscriptions to 1t
Pure lemon extract for sale by S. E
Bibby at 81 per pint at Grsngeville drug
store.
Stockmen have been busy the las,
week gathering their stock off the res
ervation.
Mrs. Crooks left on Thursday morn
ing 3 stage for visit to friends and rel
atives at Grants Pass, Oregon.
Stock men can do worse than to use
the Alternative condition powder, for sale
by S. E. Bibby at Grangeville drug
store.
F.. w. Bell is constantly receiving
new goods and is now ready TO fill any
and all orders for furniture at once and
at the lowest prices.
Almost every one seems to be break
ing horses now a-days and bucking cay
uses can be seen on our streets almost
any hour of the day.
The Foster monument fund amounts
to 500 and it is desired to swell it to 5000
this summer. There need be no limit
to the amount of your subscription.
There will be meeting of the Fourth
of July committees this friday even
ing at s o'clock, at Grange hall. Let
there be a full attendance of the sever
al committees.
Lewiston is making arrangements for
base ball tournament to be held in
September. We see no reason why our
Camas prairie boys should not go down
and carry off the prize.
The warm weather has come upon us
gain and it is liable to be hot before
many weeks. but do not forget that the
No. Cutter " hiskey is for sale AT
the Pioneer saloon, Cottonwood.
We learn that Mr.. Gardner, who is at
work on the Johns placer claim on
Clearwater, has gone down to bed rock
at depth of three feet and that the
dirt pays twenty-five cents per pan.
The band orchestra is putting in con-
siderable time practising new music.
They have been engaged to play for two
dane ces, one at Mt. Idaho on the 18th
inst. and the other on July 5th at
Grange hall.
The Bitter Root mountains are being
prospected to "A great extent this sum-
mer. Almost every day we see pros
pectors' outfits going through OH the
way to the mountains. Rich quartz
discoveries may be expected in Idaho
county this year.
We learn that there was severe
wind storm in the mountains last week,
blowing many trees down on the trail.
Benson's pack train was on the return
trip from Warrens near Salmon river
when the storm struck them and two
mules were killed by falling trees.
A Chicago paper says that bonds are
selling in the east, the proceeds OF
which are to be used to complete rail-
road (the Oregon Pacific from u point
on the Pacific ocean, in Oregon, to
Boise City, Idaho, where other roads
from the east, north and south, will
connect with it.
On the arrival of the mail last Satur-
day evening our postmaster found that
he was unable to open the mail ponch
owing to lock having been used which
his key would not open. hence the mail
had to be sent on through to Mt. Idaho
The letter mail was brought over Sun
day, while the papers came in on the
stage Monday morning.
At last our government is taking
some steps towards alloting lands in
severalty to the Indians under the law
of 1878. The agencies where the work
has been commenced are the Quapaw
reservation in Indian territory; Yank.
ton reservation, in Dakota; Warm
Springs and Grand Ronde reservations.
in Oregon, and our own Nez Perce res.
ervation.
Last Friday Dan McNeal, who has
been living with j. L. Eckert, on the
Cottonwood side, met with serious
and well-nigh fatal accident. 1t seems
that he was telling tree in which an
other was lodged, and that when the
tree fell small branch struck him on
the right side of the neck, penetrating
beneath the first rib, breaking the sec
ondary rib and entering the lung to a
considerable depth. Drs. Bbby and
Turner were called and removed quite
large piece of wood from the wound
He is doing as we'll as could be expect.
ed under the circumstances, and unless
Inflammation of the lungs or pneumo-
MIA sets in the chances are good for his
recovery.
About ten miles above the city on the
Boise river. near the poin: formerly oc-
cupied by the old Litel bridge, Mr.. G
A. Schnabel. of this city, is working
very successfully placer mining claim
He raises the water from the river 10y
means of wheel which revolves be-
tween two boats, thus accommodatin.
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