Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-06-13
Heavy rains Wednesday night.

Mr.. and Mrs. Weller spent a short
time here Monday.
The high water season is oyer and all
the streams are falling fast.
Jas. Welch bought two lots of II. Wax
Monday up near the old big barn.
The Ii & B pack train camped here
Sunday and pulled out for Lewiston
Monday.
Assessor Rice was doing the town
Monday and Tuesday. His visit was
"for revenue only"
The circular saw for Mr.. Stuart's saw
mill arrived by express Saturday and
was sent forward by special messenger
Monday morning.
Mr.. Manvile, a capitalist from Sp,-
kane Falls VAS here Tuesday looking
over the Prairie and promised to coue
again when things liven up.
C. II. Brockman was in town Tuesday
suffering from a jolting up received by
being thrown from his load while
freighting over the mountain.
The town has been unusually quiet
this summer and transient visitors never
80 few. 1t is getting so that it is next TO
impossible 10 scare up dog fight.
A dozen brick f1ues have been bnilt
in Grangevlle residences this spring
with the laudable design of preventing
fires and lessening insurance rates.
Mrs. Code left here Wednesday morn
ing en- route for California, having re-
ceived a message that her mother, living
mi do puaronsIx al
The Grangeville list of the Lewiston
Teller has miscarried every week for Ia.
past two months. Last week. issue
which was due here Friday, did not ar
rive until Monday. az ,,-vav
! Frsd nsSxsarf remodsline his
house ct ths Wasrp. Sprirrs,. on the
Warrens tfniI e-sR hen that cIoiniHiiiry l.
opened W those springs will make the
finest summsr sesoFt II America.
ID. II. Summers arrived from Portland
on Mondays stage and started for Elk
the next day. He is evidently inter-
ested in the coming camp ofthe western
slope of the great Bitter Root divide.
Some parties were disturbed last weak
while attempting to run off the horses
IN Risdon's ranch on Willow creek.
The rascals are growing bold, but they
want to bear in mind that hemp il
cheap.
Auditor Rhoads. Judge Case. Sheriff
White and district attorney Forney
spent SATURDAY. here. and other familiar
faces from Mt Idaho on our streets
made it look rs though the county seat
had moved over here bodily.
n,,. -; Al
tonwood House has had claim against
the government for horses taken during
The war of the rebellion pending for
years. A short time since he received
word that the claim had been allow ed t.
the amount of between five and six
thousand dollars.
The trail between Mt. Idaho and
Florence is said by the packers to be in
uot good order. The supervisor cut it
ont after fashion by simply cutting
the limbs from the down timber and
leaving the trunks to obstruct the trail,
and over which the mules have to climb
the best they can.
A. j Van Ness was over from Cotton
wood during the week complaining of
lhe loss of "A horse which was shot to
death on his own land. Van thinks
that parties were trying 10 run off hi
horses, and that failing in the attempt
TO catch them they became exasperatrd
and filled one of them with charge OF
buckshot.
The Presbyterans have almost COM
pleted arrangements for the erection of
church editice in Mt. Idaho. The
board of church erection will donate
So0O.OO while the committee appointed
ny the ladies and soriety lately organ
lied at that place, have succeeded in
securing subscriptions to swell the
amount to ST 500 1t is the intention 10
commence the building in a short lim,.
Grant Benedict and Tom Aram started
Monday with $50 head Of beef steers for
the Spokane market They are not
particularly anxious to sell immediately
on their arrival in the great northern
metropolis. rs the range IN that locality
is excellent, and if the market price II
not satisfactory they will herd them
awhile. Mrs. Robie and Grant have l2O
head in the bunch, and Aram the other
thirty.
The block on the south side of Maiu
street opposite this Office is looming up
in great style this summer. Hashagrn
will remove his present building and
substitute therefor large frame butcher
shop. DIR. Bibby will commence on his
drug store as soon as the carpenters can
get around, and with Shearer's building
already up the west end of Main street
will soon monopoliZe the bulk of the
business transacted in the town.
Does prohibition prohibit ?" seems to
be fully answered in Kansas and Iowa,
since the original package decision The
prohibited thirst for years is quenching
its yearning. The bit and brittle that
curbed the restive salvation of the Kan
san exists no more, and flood of orig
inal packages has come on him which
fills his mouth with beers This is the
nature of the beast, and nature. expelled
by the most Her"nlean Of pitch forks,
never fails to lurk in the Augean stable
of humanity.
We felt little sad yesterday when
every grave showed the mark of some
loving hand, save that of poor Charlie
Blnett, who was killed by the Indians in
the Nez Perce war. Not soul remem-
bered that brave Walla Walla boy. We
mentioned the fact to a stranger and to-
gether we went to work'and placed upon
his grave u boqnet of wild flowers,
gathered in the cemetery. II was the
best we could do at the time, but why
Was he thus forgotten. Was he not at
one lime somebody's darling?- Walla
Walla Journal.
Mrs H. V. Brown and child, accom-
panied by child of Mr.. Rush, were
driving a fractious horse in single rig