Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-01-04

NO. 80.

, EsrRAy NoTIcr, Game to this Office
} recently, one white Thomas cat, one
, blue eye and one black eye. Owner
VIII please prove property, pay charges,
and take the animal away.
Our Cottonwood correspondent writes
thst there was dance at Mr.. Chap
mans, on the mountain, and that there
were twenty-five ladies' and sixteen gem
tlemen present, who made it a great
success. 1t is understood that James
Carnes left the dance to go to Lewiston
to get married, and the boys are looking
for him back to give him tin pan sere-
made. Mr.. 7. Nelson's little girl is sick,
but not fatally.
| Mr.. Beede was in town Yesterday from
the Middle fork of Clearwater, where
he resides on the old Settler ranch. He
showed us some certificates of ASSAYS
made by B. 3. Stewart, of tElk City, of
IRON concentrates from the Arizona
mine in that camp, which show S2o11 SO
in gold and $500 in silver. There is a
good deal of iron in some of the Elk
City quartz ledses, but at $500 per ton
it VIII pay big money to work them and
ship the concentrates.
The schoolma'am is the guiding star
of the Republic. She takes the little
bandit fresh from the home nest full of
his pouts and passions-au ungovern-
able little wretch--whose own mother
often admits that she sends him to
school to get him ont of the way. The
schoolrna'am takes whole carload of
these little anarchists and puts them in
the way of becoming useful citizens. At
what expense of patience, toll and soul
weariness! Do not imagine she is ever
compensated by the salary she receives.
The Academy begins work next Mon
day. Tho best way for every man to
bank money is to put it into the educa.
ton Of his children. And let every one
be assured that the way for the town to
build up is for every one to stay by the
Academy, as every element Of disunion
is an element that robs the town of sue
cess. Mr.. Weeks has taught here and
his reputation is known. Miss Edith
Clark is pupil of the Normal school at
Fort Scott, Kas., which has wide rep
utation, and Miss Clark has built up
fine reputation of her own.
The eclipse of the sun advertised for
new years day appeared on schedule
time and was successful exhibition of
NS'o9tiai fiehOlu6lOH. HOT uOWaF Us OIL
an hour the face of the great luminary
was obscured except for small crescent
towards the zenith by the passage of
the moon across it's disc. For brief
space we were plunged in semi-twilight,
but as the sun sunk below the western
horizon he reasserted himself and as he
was on deck with his usual brilliancv
at the usual hour next morning we pre-.
snme that he was not much hurt.
The members Of the legislature whose
seats were contested on the ground that
they had been elected by Mormon votes,
have all been unscated and their con-
testants installed. 1t is just such high
handed usnrpations of authority that
makes friends for the prosecuted Nor.
mons and brings legislatures and the
members thereof into contempt. The
Mormons may be wrong in their reli-
gious beliefs, but you never can con-
vince them of it by imposing disabilities
upon them and depriving them of their
civil, political and religious rights. The
average legislator in this territory seems
to overlook the fact that the Mormons
are as much American citizens as the
rest of US, and that their religious be-
liefs are entitled to as much respect as
any other sect whose adherents are law
abiding citizens.