Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-04-17
OUR WEEKLY ROUND- UP.
Ezra Baird is on the prairie.

The editor is on the sick list this week
Making garden is the order of the day.
Mr.. Freidenrich is suffering with la
grippe.
John IIadorn came up from the river
Wednesday.
PIT. Barnum, the world-renowned
Snowman, is dead.
! The Supreme Court of Idaho Is in
session in Lewiston this week.
An elegant line of dress goods just
received at Alexander & Freidenrich's.
Mrs. Forney left yesterday for Lewis
ton, and will return next week as will
Mr.. +.
K. W. White returned Tuesday from
two months trip to Portland and 9TH
er points.
Phil. Cleary was up from the river
this week on business, for the first
time in several months.
7. d. Crea, of Grangeville, and A. c.
Mclean, of Elk City, are new subscrib-
ers to the best paper in Idaho county.
Look at the new goods just received
by A. d +. before making ycur purchas
es. All the latest styles and best of
quality.
Frank McGrane was confined to his
room several days last week. The first
of the week he got out again to enjoy
the warm sunshine.
The county commissioners adjourned
on Wednesday. The most of the ses.
sion was taken up by road business.
Full proceedings will be published next
week,
Robt. Jones returned last week from
Maquon, Illinois, where he has been for
about year and half. He expects to
return in the fall and attend school dur
ing the winter
Bert Sherwin has been at Mt. Idaho
this week in charge of Vollmer & Scotts
store during the sickness of w. n. Knox
who has had a tussle with a severe at
tack OF la grippe.
A brother-in-law of John p. Hartman
took his departure for his home in Mis-
souri, Wednesday after winters visit.
during which he gained a good impress
sion of Camas Prairie.
VIM. Steinheiser is back from q two
months vacation to Portland. He is at
his old stand. with A. & F., and is hap
py to show customers the immense as
sortment of new goods he bought for
the firm.
The services of both Grangeville doc
tors were called into requisiiion at Mt.
Idaho during the week to wait on pa
tients afflicted with the grippe. The
entire population has succumbed to its
but no serious cases are re-
ported.
Charles Elliott. who at the Casino |
theatre, Spokane Falls, recently shot
two variety actresses, and then blew his |
own brains out, left the prairie about
year ago. He work ed for J. G. Rowton
a year ago last winter and was consider
ed quiet, respectable man.
Mr.. Z. d. Sutor, from Bottineau, |
North Dakota, was here last week look
ing over the country. He was much |
pleased with our country and will un-
return to remain permanent |
ly. While in Dakota he will distribute
Idaho county pamphlets where they
will be of the most benefit.
What might have been a serious acci-
dent occurred on the streets of Grange
vile Monday evening. Doug. Holton
and Harry Shissler were running horses |
when the horse ridden by Holton fell, |
throwing him with great force to the |
ground. He was stunned for time by |
the fall, but sustained no serious inju-
ries.
Bids were received at the Office of the !
county clerk at Weiser, Idaho, by the |
Warrens wagon road commission on
Monday, April 6, for the building of a
steel bridge across Salmon river as fol-
lows: The Bullen Bridge Co. 50 900
King Bridge Co, $3.50 San Francisco
Bride Co., $500. The contract will
probably be let to the latter company.
Timothy Davis writes US from Long
mont, Colorado, that he is well pleased
with his location there. He runs three
forges and ninety per cent. of his work
is cash. His letter was written on
printed letter head, which is putting on
a style that would make the average
Camas Prairie blacksmith open his eyes
in wide amazement. Davis was always
a liberal patron of the FREE Press, and
we rejoice to hear of his prosperity.
After long delay Idaho county is to
have poor farm. The subject has
been urged upon the attention of
the board of county commissioners
through the columns of the FREE PRESS
for several years past. At the session
of the board this week a tax of ten
cents on the hundred dollars was levied
to raise fund to pay for farm. Jas.
Witt. Jas. McCaferty and John NJ.
Auchinvole were appointed as COM
mission to select and appraise the land,
as required by the Statutes, they to re-
port as to selection and appraisement
within thirty days after receiving noti-