Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-11-21
Both churches are enclosed.
Grangeville should incorporate.
Thanksgiving dance Thursday night.
The little grandson of Michael Smith

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DR.. ii. w. Stanton, of Lewiston, died
November Z, aged SO years.
The stage line will commence running
on winter schedule time December /.
Services at Mt. Idaho next Sunday at
Up. m. A. MAxEY.
The ground floor of Grange hall is be-
ing fitted up for an armory for Company
C.
We want the state agricultural COL
lege located on Camas prairie. Why
| not?
Jas. Odle was over from Mt Idaho
Wednesday and renewed for his sub
scription.
VIM. Won Berge has stained a wagon
repair shop on the brewery premises in
this town.
There are thrty-two pupils attending
the school at Mt. Idaho which Mrs. For.
ney is teaching.
DIR. Bibby has new double spring
blackboard, the best and most seryices-
able rig he ever had.
W. W. Smith, of the firm of Trout.
man q Smith, was in town from Red
river during the week.
T. F. Sens is back from Medical Lake.
and will seside on his ranch across
Clearwater this winter.
Cyrus Overman has sold the colt which
he had in traing all summer to George
Morrison, OF Lewiston, for $500.
The chattels on II. C. Browns ranch
were sold Tuesday and the effects of the
store were disposed of yesterday.
Joe Jewell was in last week on land
Office business, and paid for the +. p,
which goes to his brother in Kansas.
When you meet a man with a shiny
new hat, or new suit of clothes, it is
tolerably safe to set him down as dem.
ocrat.
Henry Kuther, after whom the village
on Cottonwood butte is named, was a
caller Tuesday and left an order for Job
printing.
A. & f. have extended new sidewalk
from their store to Scott's corner, and
are also putting in crossing across to
the stable.
Hon. L. P. Brown is a triHe better,
but is still far from well, and his friends
are on the anxious seat and praying for
his restoration to health.
Mrs. b. B. Stuart and her daughter,
Mrs. Mclean, of Elk City, have rented
the Chamberlin house in this town, and
will reside here this winter.
The Odd. Fellows lodge at this place
nominated officers at their meeting last
Saturday night. The election will be
held on Saturday. November 20.
Recorder Rhoads has shipped an iron
car to Florence for use in the Ozark
mine, in which he and Fitzgerald are
interested, and which is developing into
a good mine.
Frank Shissler came off from the state
road with his men last Saturday, as that
section had been accepted and paid for.
Neighbor Brown will do nothing on the
section from Florence to the river until
spring.
j. A. Miller went to Lewiston last
week to investigate the burning of his
barn. A small boy and bunch of
matches caused spontaneous combus-
ton. and Miller is out and injured to the
tune of $500.
Every watch is compass. Hold your
watch in the palm of your hand, turn it
around until the hour hand points to-
ward the sun, and the half way point
between the hour and the minute hands
will invariably be due south.
The demand for -four is without prec-
edent, and the mills are unable to grind
it fast enough to supply the call. The
Mt. Idaho mill suspended a few days
during Miller's absence in Lewiston, but
is running again until midnight.
There will be business meeting OF
the members of Company G immedate-
ly after drill on next Tuesday evening,
November 25. All members are request
ed to be present, as there is important
business to transact.
r. F. FULTON, Pres.
Miss Annie Shissler arrived home last
Saturday from Spokane Falls quite sick
with typhoid fever. The young lady
rose from sick bed to make the trip,
and for few days after her arrival her
condition was very critical, as the sus-
tanned eEort of the will entailed by the
trip prostrated her completely, but the
knowledge that she is now at home
and in the hands of her friends is tile
balm of Gilead which is restoring her
to health.
The trees from the Geneva nursery
arrived Tuesday and are in the old liy-
cry stable awaiting delivery. They are
splendid lot of trees and are packed
with that care which this nursery al
ways bestows upon its products. The
entire invoice consigned to Grangeville
weighed over 1000 pounds. and the cost
of the same is between s., 900 and 81 900,
which speaks well for the prosperity of
the country and the thrift of the people
in putting this large sum of money into
permanent and valuable improvements