Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-01-18
OUR WEEKLY ROUND UP.

Mrs. Schmadeka is some better.
:, A. d. Baisley is hauling logs for tn
t Mt. Idaho saw mill.
J. II. Fornev. Mt. Idaho, has none
= to loan on real estate.
: The DeHaven bill to tax mortgage
y was defeated in the house.
President elect Harrison is n Presby
terian and strict church member.
Larry OFT came up from the river las
Thursday and brought chinook will
, him.
Ed. Liston was over last week afte
some of his stock. which were on Johr
Rice's ranch.
Kilrain aud Sullivan have signed ar.
ticles to fight near New Orleans on Ju'
ly 7, for $4,000.
Henry Schmadeka has suffered re.
lanse in the last few days and is now
afflicted with dropsy.
| Miss Susie Markham is engaged MS
private tutor in the family of A. d.
Greene, at Cottonwood.
Peter Brockmauer, hotter known as
Bear Pete, and good man too, is the
latest subscriber to the +. p.
Virgins, the weather prophet. says
that the coldest days of the winter will
fall between January 20 and 23.
A barn belonging to Chas. Wood, on
Salmon river, burned Saturday night.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
| Co,~.o., et;Il - ,z..;~z l~,.I ..otl
ing looking to the relief of nm overbur-
dened people has been accomplished.
The honse of w. A. Caldwell. on Lap
wal creek, twenty miles from Lewiston,
was totally destroyed by fire last week.
There was dance at Gov. Swartz, ip
well attended and a good time enjoyed.
|~>lThere ia only sprinkle of snow on
the prairie, but our stocklnen are nearly
all feeding, owing TO the baroness of the
range.
Elmer King has sold his ranch on the
Cotton ood side to Asa Jones for 500.
Asa will use his homestead right on the
new purchase.
The days are rapidly lengthening, and
| eoon spring will he here. Fore handed
farmers are already laying out their
work for the coming season.
| The Shissler & Mathison mill at Rus
tic have 10000 feet of logs in the ward,
and will haul as much more when there
is snow enough on the ground.
Ia John Bower, our county treasurer
sent S2400 to the territorial treasurer at
Boise City this week as the contribn-
ton Of this county to the territorial
government.
The Daily Republican. published at
Rapid City. Dakota, by John 2 NINA
nus, and the brightest little paper in
that great territory, has been added to
our exchange list.
IA move is on foot to form new cOun-
ty out of Washington and Idaho, and
another out of the western part of AL
turas. We object to the former propo-
sition at the present time.
Hon. s. s. Fem is at John Dav creek
II g was to have been gone week and
has already stayed a month and his
neiehbors apprehend that he has struck
another prospect as good as the bullion
mine.
There are about $4,000 head of sheep
winteriDg on Salmon river, owned by
Morrow, Madden, Thiessen, Riggs and
McCrea. Feed is scarce and there are
liable to be heavy losses before the
grass is green again.
Bailey Chamberlain and Grant Bene-
dict are among the stockmen who are
making their headquarters on the prai-
rie this winter looking after their cattle.
They are domicile6 out near s.. w. Rey-
nolds's ranch and are living on the fat
of the land.
There are thirty-eight candidates for
the u. s. Msrshaiship of this territory,
and as only one can get it President
Harrison will necessarily make thirty
seven enemies. The possession of the
of strength to party.
The presidcnt-elect says he cannot es-
cape the necessity of offering Blaine a
seat in the cabinet. There is no abler
U;aa in America than Blaine and no
body is more entitled TO cabinet posi-
ton in Republican administration
that same James G. Blaine.
The stock brands of the New York
cattle are published this week and we
trust that they. will derive as much ben
eft from it as the other stockmen have
whose brands are standing advertise
ments in these columns, and who state
that they find it profitable investment
I Now that our railroad prospects are
somewhat indefinite we ought to turn
our attention towards building wagon
roads into Elk City and Warrens, and
thus secure home market for the pro-
ducts of oIr farms in those PROMISING
camps, which will make great strides
towards prosperity this year.
A letter from Tom Surridge to his
brother James, says that the farmers ol
Idaho are we'll off compared to those in
Michigan and that farm produce com.
mands much higher prices here than
there. Stall fed beef, for instance, is re-
tailed in the butcher shops at three
cents per pound and everything else in
proportion.