Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-01-18
e. IDAHO CO. IDAHO TERRITORY FRIDAY JANUARY 49, 1885,

). The church services are largely a
tended each evening.
Good winter apples for sale, thre
cents per pound. at Mt. Idaho hotel.
q There was a dance at Albert Teffts o
Craig's mountain on Thursday nigh
last.
The temporary railroad bridge acros
Snake river at Riparia was destroyed b
5 ice last week.
There was pleasant dance at NJ. n
Markham's residence near town las
Thursday evening.
The scarcity Of local news makes
hard work to publish an interesting pa
per, but We give all there is.
There was an eclipse of the moor
Wednesday night, beginning at l0:3(
and ending at l:23 on the 18th.
/ will sell beef cheaper than any shop
in Idaho county, for cash.
81 w. +. SCHMADEKA.
Take your sleighs up to w. G.
Browns shop on the edge of the tim
Der and have them fixed in good sty le.
Rev. Maxey commenced series oi
meetings At the Grange hall Sunday
night. preaching an excellent sermon
to large and attentive audience.
The young people of Mt. Idaho have
organized subscription dance for every
other week during the winter and will
hold the first this friday evening. All
| are invited.
Francis f.. Nuxoll, of Cottonwood,
was in town Tuesday and made this Of
fice pleasant call. He subscribed for
a copy of the F. F., to be sent to his
father in Illinois.
A good crop of ice has been harvest
ed from the ponds in this neighborhood,
and enough has already been put up TO
keep all hands and the beer cool during
the next heated term.
George Popham is out from his placer
claims ON the Elk City trail and will re-
turn next week. His partner, Ship
mate Burns, is still in there getting
ready for the spring work.
The Mt. Idaho lodge No. Z, l. o. OF.
installed their new officers Saturday
night, and after the ceremonies the
members sat down to an al tiesco lunch
and had an enjoyable time.
We have had an extraordinary mild
winter so far and If it shonld become
cold remember the Pioneer Saloon, Cot
tonwood, always has good supply of A
No. Cutter whiskey ON hand.
We had the pleasure of samplng
some of the nice fresh cream candy
manufactured for the Grangeville drug
store, this week, and unhesitatlngly
pronounce it as fine as we ever tasted.
y Miss Ladd, a sister of banker Ladd.
Of Portland, will build an Indian school
house at Mt. Idaho this summer, and
Miss Rumsey, sister of the president
of the Chicago board of trade, will also
build boarding house for the accom-
mediation of the pupils.
On Tuesday morning the ladies of the
w. &. 7. U. caused To be placed on the
desk of the Hon. T. +. Nelson, member
of the council. beautiful floral offering
to signify their appreciation of his time
ly and whole-souled effort the night be-
fore in favor of the high license bill
now pending in the legislature Boise
Democrat.
IChucylNduld Was NiblbGu w uC-
structive cyclone on January 9th. At
Reading several buildings were demol
ished, including the railroad paint shop
and large silk mill, causing the death
of about sixty people. At Pittsburg the
killed numbered about twenty-five.
| The damage to property amounted to
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Alex McKinlay is back from Wallace,
in the C9lr d "A lene, where he is in the
hotel business with P. ]. Holohan, and
is visiting his friends at Cottonwood.
He informs US that there will he large
number Of prospcc,ors from Cpur d'A-
ene in the Bitter Root and Salmon riv-
er mountains this summer, and that this
country ia getting quite a good reputa-
tion as an unexplored mineral belt. in
the northern Camps.
We hope to chronicle some important
new mineral discoveries on the western
slope of the Bitter Root divide this sum-
mer. The range has never been pros
pected for quartz and as it is about all the
unexplored country there is left, it will
not be long before its hidden treasures
will be unearthed. There are men liv-
ing who will live to see 100000 people
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ter river and its countless tributaries.
A law, passed at the last session OF
the Illinois legislature, requires that
registers of deeds of the various coun
ties in the state report to the register of
deeds in each other county list of the
mortgages on file in their Office held by
residents of the respected other coun
ties. The law was passed in order that
the holders of these mortgages might
not escape taxation. as they had hereto
fore done. Six counties have thus far
reported to Wayne county; and the re-
suit is somewhat of surprise, the
amount footing up S3l2,50o. The COM
plete returns will swell this amount to
several Millions -Er.
From the best information we can get
the surveyors of the Idaho Transit COM
pany have found good grades all the
way from Lewiston to the summit OF
| Craiy's mountain by way of Lake Wa