Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-05-30
Jake Crooks is recovering fast.

Mrs. Hiram Robbins, of Cottonwood
Is vrrv sick.
Mrs. Wax and child are home again
for the summer
Brick for sale, Sl3 per 1000, by A. F.
Parker. Grangeville.
Mr. Weller went to Elk City Tuesday
on hasty business trip.
We take eggs and butter on subscrip-
ton to the FREE Press.
Birka B,nnard passed through town
Sunday EN- route TO Warrens.
John Clark's pack train loaded yes-
terday and started for Florence.
Mrs. Rpbie and the two small children
left for Horseshoe Bend Tuesday.
Frank Shissler spent Sunday here md
reports heavy rains on the mountain.
Doug. IIolton was out again Sunday
aud reports the boys busy on Allison
gulch.
BoRN.-ln Cottonwood precinct, Nav
l3. $780, to the wife of Hiram Robbins
a son.
The Lewiston country is dry. brown
and dusty, and the growing grain needs
rain very much.
MIR. Cleary was up from John Day
again last Saturday and Sunday and re.
turned home Monday.
We learn that Jake Riebold has
bought out Thebert Walls Clearwater
ranch property for 81 500.
We take eggs and butter and wood on
subscription to the paper. and would be
glad OF some eggs right away quick.
DIR. Nickel moves to his Keuterville
homestead for the summer next week,
and 1t is probable that Prof. Bowser will
occupy his house in town.
VIII Rothwell is quite a brick layer.
as witness the flues ne has built on IN O
new Christie building and on the Van
sise residence aud elsewhere.
Camas Prairie is lovely sight now.
and every body who arrives mere saw
they never saw II more beautiful scene
in any country than we have here.
Just arrived. eight stations. will
sell cheap, or will trade for range horses
or cattle. The horses can be seen at
Sher"in Bros. barn. w. Ii. BLOOM.
Mr.. Pettibone was prospecting on the
south fork of Clearwater last week and
''NN'SN a b"CHN1 IoDI itNSt, specimens
of which are reported to assay $3.50 in
gold to the ton.
For SALE.-One or two span of match
ed horses. Also one half blood Hostein
bull, two years old. For prices. etc
apply TO C. S. McCready, 8! miles north
east of Grangeville.
Harvey Tefft was over from Keuter-
vile last week stratening out the kinks
in road matters in his district. He re-
ports his neirhborhood as prospering
beyond all precedent.
The petition TO congress to pay our
Indian war claims is at the Jersey house
awaiting signatures. Every body should
sign 1t at once SO IL can BE- sent to Wash
ington before congress adjourns.
Some of the best lime rock ever found
in any country exists on the south fork
of Clearwater and some day it will be Il
valuable property. John Taylor owns
it now and talks of burning some.
Bailey Chamberlain left for Warrens
during the week to reopen his nle eat
market. Owing 10 the scarcity of hogs
here he went empty handed this trip.
l will hold sAcramental service at
the Lake school house next Sabbath at
III a.m., also one at Adkison's at ) %. M
Prot Bowser will assist. Services at
Grangeville at 8 p. IN. A. MAxEY.
Pat. Russell, one of the Allison gulch
boys, has purchased the Buckley ranch
on the south fork of Clearwater below
Serg't Lambs place, and will make it
his permanent home when he isn't in
the hills.
For the Biennial Conclave of the
Knights of Pythias to be held at Mil
waukee, Wiz, July 8 TO ~, the round
trip rate from Lewiston via the Union
Pacific r. R.. will be $S970 Date OF
sale and limit will be announced later.
The town cow IS getting to be more
and more of an unmitigated nuisance
ana 1t seems that all on the range
are sklrmishlng around the streets of
the town TO add insult to injury as it
were. The streets are full of cows, calves
and steers.
S. w. Smith, of the Buster mine in
Elk City returned from Butte last FRI
day and left for the mine Sunday to
prosecute developments on that bonanza
property. He was accompanied by MIR.
Ii. .E StCharles, one of the editorial staff
of the Butte Miner.
Prof. Bowser will lecture next Tues.
day and Wednesday, June and 4, AT
Cottonwood. He expects to proceed
from that point with his family 10
Waitsburg, Wash, where he is to take
charge of the Methodist church as a
supply for three months.
! &. w. Austin has gone to Lewiston to
assume the management of the different
stage lines now operated byFelix " arren
of that place Charley is a straight
! forward, honorable young man of good
abilities and is well fitted for the position
-Pomeroy Washingtonian.
Mrs. Graham, mother of Mrs. Ben
Morris, fell from Il carriage near her
home near Dayton and fractured two
ribs and breast bone. The attending
physicians thought it quite seriou.
hurt but not fatal. Her advanced age
will no doubt prolong her recovery.
Mrs. Morris was there when the accident
occurred.
Ezra Baird brings the news that about
80 U. z. men were reported in the fie ID
with view OF extending their road to
Lewiston from Moscow and it is believed
by many that they will now complete
their line to that point before the n. P.
MIR. Baird only made a flying visit as far