Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-04-11
OUR WEEKLY ROUND UP.
We print bill and letter heads.

| We PRINT stuu-norse posters OF any
size at reasonable prices.
George Riebold left for Warrens last
Saturday. He was anxious to get back
to work. after a long vacation.
Carloads of stoves Of all the latest de-
signs and Improvements at the Pioneer
hardware store. Lewiston.
Joe c. Stephens is petitioning the
board for reappointment as supervisor
of Grangeville road district, No. 2.
VIM. Steinheiser bought four lots
north Of the new school house site re
Gently paying for the same eighty dollars.
Hashagen's Jack, "Don." is advertised
for the season of 1890 in this paper. He
is thoroughbred and a good one to
breed to.
Farming and mining implements,
hardware, tint ware, and thousand and
one other things too numerous to men
tion. at c. G. Bunnell's. Lewiston.
The Christie lots, south of the editors
residence in Schmadeka's addition, have
been fenced, and work on his new build
ing on the other side of the street will
begin in few days.
Tony Ladwich came out from Warrens
last Thursday to get a tooth pulled that
was ulcerating, and which could not be
doctOred in the camp for lack OF instru.
ments. He returned with Riebold
Saturday.
b. F., better known as 'Shorthorn"
Davis, was in town last Friday and left
copy for an advertisement of his
thoroughbreds. ''Shorthorn" is
thoroughbred himself and appreciates
the business value of printers ink as
much as anybody.
Attorney Mitchell reports that the
people of Lewiston hold railroad meet
ings twice week and after each meet
ing raise the price of their real estate
one hundred per cent above the preyi-
GUS raise. That is another way of get
ting rich.-Moscow Mirror.
Beef cattle are very scarce in this sec
tion on account of the hard winter.
Meat market men complain that they
are compelled to pay four cents pound
for beef on hoof, which Is hard 10 get at
this figure, leaving but small margin
of profit. -Pendleton, L. Oregonian.
There is every indication that spring
is here to stay, for, as the poet says
"Cold winter winds have passed away;
springs gentle zephyrs around US play"
The gentle little dame has tarried so |
long that her coming will be gladly |
hailed, and even spring poetry endured.
Wallowa Chieftain: After care full in
quiry among residents of every portion
of the country, We have concluded that |
stock losses in this county during the |
past winter will not be more than two |
per cent of horses, five per cent OF sheep, |
and from ten to fifteen per cent of |
cattle. If these figures are correct |
Wallowa has been more fortunate than
any county in Eastern Oregon.
Friend Edwards of the Jersey House.
in this town, is rewarded with a
generous patronage for the care and
attention he pays his guests. Attention
and good treatment will build up pay
ing hotel business. The Jersey House.
under its present management, is hotel
of which Grangeville, and indeed the
whole of Camas Prairie may we'll feel
proud.
The stock brand column of the FREE
PRESS would indicate to a stranger that
our live stock interests had been through
a hard winter. There are only two
brands running now. where there
should be score, and it makes a bad
showing to the outside world for a
county nearly a half of whose whole
taxable property is composed of live
stock. The brands of those old stand
bys Phil Cleary andBailey Chamberlain.
are still on deck. however. May their
herds increase.
Mr.. EDIToR-
see in Academy notes of April 4th
charge that the ladies complaining of
the small boys pilfering cake and so
gives them lecture on stealing which
is SANDER on the boys for in the first
place the ladies of the committee never
made the charge and the boys did not
steal the cake land there was plenty left
after all were through) and while boys
will be boys they were as orderly a lot
as ever saw at u cake party and local
items were hard up for something to saw
when he accused the boys of stealing.
JUSTICE.
Our friend, Sam Dillinger, is yettine
ready to leave for his claims in Dixie
diggings shortly, and hopes to have a
good and highly successful run this
summer. as he spent several months of
last year doing dead work and getting
the ground in shape for piping. Mr..
DilliDger and his clarionet have bean
quite feature of the social life of our
town this winter, and his absence will
be regretted, as he was an expert on
that instrument and clever fellow oil
around. May the goddess of good luck
smile on him this summer.
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