Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-04-12
Commissioners adjourned Wednesday.

Commissioners adjourned Wednesday.
These hot days are rough on young
trees.
Heavy snow storms in Atlantic states
April 8.
The commissioners transacted lot of
road business Tuesday.
A two million dollar fire in Savan.
nah, Georgia. April 8.
l. S. Weller returned from a business
trip to Lewiston Tuesday.
E. G. Spedden has gone to Pomeroy,
10 DO absent about two weeks.
c. B. Sanders is now Justice of the
peace for Grangeville precinct.
Bishop Talbot's appointments for
Camas prairie are set for August 6, and
this year.
Mr.. Talkington was in Mexico on his
recent trip and says very little of that
country will do for him.
The horse roundup is completed on
the prairie and the boys are now work.
ing the Salmon river districts.
Literary society meets every Wednes.
day night at the school house. All ara
invited to attend and take part in the
exercises.
Surveyor Spedden has located the new
road to Mt. Idaho around the Clingan
gulch, and we suppose it will soon be-
opened up.
You can pay your subscription to or
advertisement in the FREE PRESS in
county scrip, dollar for dollar. 1t is lust
as good as gold to us.
The names of the grand and petit iu-
rors summoned for the coming term of
court, and also the court calender. will
be published next week.
Henry Wax has bought roadster
and buckboard rig from j. M. Holt,
and Is now in condition to enjoy the
fresh air on these lovely evenings after
the business fatigues of the day.
Mr.. Burwell and his charming Young
bride left town Wednesday for their fl-
ture home at Pittsburg Landing, on
Snake river, which Mr.. B. recently pur-
chased. We wish them long and hap
py life.
Pell Sherwin has bought the JOHNNY
town on which the race track is located.
and has filed a pre-empton on it. and
built house and established his resi-.
idence and bachelors headouarters
thereon. 1t is valuable property.
No news of the timber trespass prose.
cution case has arrived from Lewiston
as We go to press, notwithstanding that
the present grand jury was empaneled
from an open venire. When Dubois
was U. 5. marshal he invariably insisted
on an open venire for juries down in
the Blackfoot district to indict and try
the Mormons charged with unlawful
cohabitation, and he used to boast that
he could indict and convict Jesus Christ
himself If he was charged with unlawful
An open venire in such
cases is equivalent to ..tryjng a case in
hell, with the devil for a Judge" as
Rufus Choate once said.
Our Cottonwood correspondent writes:
John Roberts stole march on the
Grangeville boys by slipping over to
Cottonwood last Sunday and being uui-
city married to Miss Laura Gully. The
happy couple started for their future
home on Slate creek the next morning.
......J. Rhoads has sold his ranch adj
Joining j. l.. Eckert's, on Stock creek,
to u Mr.. Jackson for $5,O00... A stock
buyer was here from below last week to
buy beef catte.-... Everybody wishes
the school would start up at this place,
and petition was sent in to the COM
missioners to look the matter ZIP. 1t is
said that the trustees sent to North Car
olina for teacher, but we think they
could have got one here that would an
3wer.