Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-01-03
OUR WEEKLY ROUND UP.

we editor smile.
The mercury fell to two degrees above
j zero Saturday night.
Indians we're in town Saturday selling
some very fine salmon.
John Clark has gone to Batavia, Iowa
for the rest of the winter.
Mai. Geo NJ. Shearer died at his home
1 at Mt. Idaho at . o'clock yesterday Y
Thursday morning.
Rev. j. w. Nelson will preach at
Grangeville on the first Sunday in Jan.
uary at IL o'clock A. NJ.
Carloads of stoves of all the latest de-
signs and Improvements at the Pioneer
hardware store. Lewiston.
Miss Alice Crooks commences to teach
three months term of school in the
Snrridge district next Monday.
Mr., Brinton, of Elk City, took Tues
days down stage, bound for brief trip
to Spokane Falls and Lew iston.
Some relatives of Geo. Chamberln
arrived from Pennsylvania last week to
make permanent residence here.
Sheriff White and deputy Talkington
started with the cattle thieves for the
penitentiary at Boise city yesterday.
Onr substantial friends, Levi White
and Ward Clifton made the editor hap.
py with subscfiption money during the
week.
The stores disposed of all their Christ
mas goods, and the display shelves
were cleaned AS clean as though cy-
clone had swept them.
Eugene Spedden returned Monday
from horst back trip to Pomeroy. He
reports the lower country anticipating
good crops next summer.
Farming and mining implements,
hardware, tioware, and thousand and
one other things too numerous to men
tion. at c. c. Bunnell's. Lewiston.
Avail yourself of the opportunity of
buying goods at cost at the limited cash
sale at the Mt. Idaho store of Weller 4
Wax, as the goods will soon be removed
No mail has been received from War
rtns for three weeks, and nothing has
been heard of the carrier of the mail
from the ferry to Warrens during that
time.
The new year was ushered in in pro-
longed snow storm which commenced
Tuesday and lasted all New Years day,
4 and left six inches of dry snow on top
3 of the old deposit.
Our good friend, Mrs. g. E. Faunce
Of Waha Lake, sent up mince pie for
. the editor last week-a real old fashion,
ed New Eng glander-whic was greatly
enjoyed by the printers.
Do you want new bob-sleds, or old
2 ones repaired? Or doors, or sash? II
SO, go up and interview w. G. Brown,
who is the most expert hand in the
county at that class of work.
/ Little Geo. Shearer came up from
Freedom Saturday with the news that
3 Mrs Alkire was seriously sick. Geogre
n Alkire, who was here at the time, left
anu We nave DOb Since
heard how she is.
There promises TO be a stir in placer
4 mining n the Elk city basin this sum-
mer, and unless we miss our guess the
best ground in the camp has never been
discovered. 1t is the best country in
America to prospect in.
a cnpial u haripfy aoncictiNo, 0f fNr
a five of our young people. met at Will
Schmadeka's new house Monday night
Z and gave it an od-fashioned house
warming. Dancing and other amuse
! ments were kept up until late hour
Miss Eda M. Clark closed recently 6
6 FIVE months term of school across
!, Clearwater. Twenty six pupils were
$ enrolled during the term. The Misses
IS Clark, Jessie and Eda. are held in high
), estimation as teachers and their services
are always in demand.
Seth Jones left on Tuesdays stage fol
y Maquon, Illinois, where he will speno
. "a few months. Mr.. Jones came to thi,
Is prairie in 1862 and has been a perma
:. nent resident ever since and is now on,
of our cattle barons, This is his frs
81 trip east in all that time, and we hop,
that the old pioneer will enjoy it to th,
II utmost.
There was a dance held at Fairviev
10 last Friday night for the benefit of tn
% school fund of that district and the pub
IS lie spirited citizens turned out en- mass
IS and had the best dance and the jollies
"a time that ever as known in the coun
50 try. The affair netted S34, and globe.
os lamps and other apparatus will be pur
chased for the school.
~ The jurymen who had been sojourn
SO ing here and vt Mt. Idaho ever sine
v they were subpenaed and had bee
swearing at the delay in holding coul
~ till they were black in the face. wer
~ greatly Modified when they got thei
pay, consisting of three dollars u da
'" and mileage. 1t is hard game for Tia
70 county treasury, though.
80 80 The dance at Mt. Idaho on Ne
IN Years eve WAS huge succass somt