Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-12-06

Congress is in session.
Warrens notes next week.
Passenger travel is very light.
'Rah for our new school house.
The weather is too good to last.
Christmas tree meeting Monday eve.
The youngsters are talking Christmas.
Go to A a C for your Xmas presents.
Their stock is complete.
Anderson and Dixon are driving on
the other end of the stage line.
Congressman Reed, of Maine, is the
Speaker Of the LII congress.
The Minneapolis Tribrae burned
down November so. and fifteen persons
perished in the flames.
Lynn, Massachusetts,, had disastrous
fire Thanksgiving day, which will throw
5000 men out of employment.
Ifyou want to make your wife, sweet
heart, sister or mother in-law a pre-
sent, go to ALEXANDER 4 FREIDENRIcH.
Frank Thornton will move his family
over to the Cottonwood shortly, and
will put in the winter making shakes
for Levi White.
If all the taxes are paid. the special
tax of one per cent. levied ON the prop.
erty in this district for school purposes.
will net SllS0.30.
A neat picket fence has been built on
the north line OF the cemetery, fronting
on the stage road. The work was done
by Capt. Woodward.
A long felt want has been furnished
a long suffering community by the
building Of bridge across Butcher
creek on the outskirts of Mt. Idaho.
County commissioner Thelbert Wall.
arrived from the lower country on
Tuesdays stage. and proceeded on to
his home across Clearwater.
Sam Jones returned from the Ceur-
d'Aene just in time to eat his Thanks.
giving dinner with his folks. He went
over with the last drive Of Sears beef
cattle for that market.
Robt. Shearer has moved his boot
and shoe shop into his residence build
ing, one door west of the printing Office.
He is a good workman and the public
are finding it out and keep him busy.
jesse Edwards set up this line Of
type. 1t is his first experience in q
printing Office, and was set in the
FREE PREss Office at Grangeville, Ija-
ho, on Wednesday, December 4, 1889.
Jesse Farmer arrived out from Mil
ler's camp last Saturday and left on
Mondays stage for San Francisco, where
he will spend the winter. His partner,
Aleck Johnson, will winter in the camp
and have the F. p. for Company.
Bailey Chamberlain, A. Benson and
Nels Miller arrived out from Warrens
Wednesday over the Melnor trail, and
report eighteen inches of snow in the
mountains. They brought out some
treasure and started with it to Lewis
ton yesterday.
Come to our Mt. Idaho store for the
only genuine bargains ever offered in
the entire county--our entire stock DOS.
itvely offered AT COST. FOR CASH. We
mean business. and want to save the
expense of moving ouri goods before
closing out, WELLER 4 WAX.
AL their next meeting on Saturday,
December 13, Mt. Idaho lodge. No. 7,
I. 0. o. F., will elect officers for the en-
suing year. 1t will also be their last
meeting in Grange hall, as the lodge
has leased the upper floor Of DR.. Nick
els new building for one year, and will
move their paraphernalia into their new
quarters by the time the new year
rolls around.
The stages commenced to run on the
winter schedule last Sunday. and until
next June the mail from below will
arrive here at ten o'clock In the morn.
ing from the west. and at one O'Clock in
the afternoon from the east. The mail
both ways lays over at Cottonwood all
night, go that the new arrangement
makes a days difference in the round
trip between here and Lewiston.
We learn that Mr.. Robbins has re- :
signed his position as Indian agent at
Lapwai. because the department will
not allow him a clerk, and the salary is
too small to justify the agent in hiring
his own clerk. The Nez Perce agency
has long been conducted on "cheap
John" basis, and it is likely to 60 beg
gng for awhile, unless they reinstats
Monteith again, or put in Col. Ed.
McConville, who is our first choice.
The Warrens mail passes through
Grangeville on Sundays, but as it is not
opened here, it goes to Mt. Idaho and
letters destined for this town are sent
over by the west bound stage ON Nom
day afternoon. Meanwhile the Warrens
mail starts inside early on Monday
morning. so that while the Mt, Idaho
people can receive and reply to letters
from the inside by the same mail, We Of
Grangeville are compelled to lose an On.
tire week-to the great detriment OF our
business interests. There is no earthly
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