Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-09-18

Go to Bells for furniture.
Betting and lace leather at Bunnell's
Go to Aram & Auchinvole for machine
oil.
B. F. Morris is suffering with an at
tack of quinsy this week.
A barn is being built on Mrs. Lytle's
property west of Main street.
Chas. Christie came up from Slate
creek Monday on brief business trip.
BoRN.-Near Grangeville, September
Ii, 1891, to the wife of Dave Yates, a
son.
Ifyou have a broken tooth call and
see how nicely 1t can be crowned by DR..
Lockhart.
J. II. Robinson will sell fruit for
cash or wheat cheaper than ever. All
ripe next week.
DR.. E. A. Lockhart is prepared to do
all kinds of crown and bridge work this
trip. Call early and see samples.
Frank r. Pearson has been employed
to teach three months term of school
in the White. Bird district, to commence
Monday.
All the latest styles of scroll and black
vignette statuary cabinets, now the
most fashionable photographs in the
cities. made at the Moscow Art Studio.
Rev. Howson B. Terry, of the M. E.
church, South. will preach in the Meth
odist church of this place on the third
Sunday, September 20, 1891, at IL a. M.
]. W. Bonebrake and family arrived
Monday. Mr.. Bonebrake will at once
60 to work at the jewellery business.
See his advertisement elsewhere in this
issue.
George Alkire's little girl, Eva, step.
ped on garden rake Monday, the tooth
going clear through her foot. inflicting
a very painful wound. The foot is heal
ing as rapidly as could be expected.
The trustees of Grangeville school
district have engaged the services of
Prof. Ginn to teach the public school
here this fall, and the school opened on
Monday last with 29 pupils in attend.
ance.
Mrs. Freidenrich gave farewell par
ty to Miss Helen Newman last Friday
evening, which was attended by many
young people of both sexes. A pleas
ant eveng was spent with music, cards
and refreshments.
Dennis Holland was in town SUNDAY
for supplies. He is interested in the
quartz at Crooks corral and reports as
says of from $35 to S85 in gold. An as
say of silver bearing rock, three miles
west of the gold strike gave SS2 per ton.
Gov. Swartz brought us ON Monday
some very finely favored plums which
were from tree which sprouted three
years ago from the root of prune tree.
The plums are fully as fine as any bud
ded fruit we have seen and the variety
is well worthy of propagation.
Fem Brothers have sold their mer-
chandise business on White Bird to An
dy McQuade. who is now in possession.
He has shipped down large stock of
goods, and proposes to run the business
on business principles and hold the
trade of that section by his low prices.
The county commissioners met Mon
day and awarded the contract for the
construction of building on the county
poor farm to Vansise Cowen, the work
to be completed by January l, 1892.
Their bid IS 81, 100. F. Shissler put in q
bid for $l,l25, and Palmer also bid
ST. ,250 foI the same work.
A party of emigrant passed through
town last week and went across Clear
water in search of government land.
The country was too broken to suit
them 80 they returned Monday and will
camp for time on Craig's mountain to
look at the surrounding country. They
came all the way from eastern Nebraska
in covered wagons, being on the road
four months. In one of the teams was
horse which was shipped from this
county several years ago by Frank Wy.
att.
During the week the F. P. Office has
been the recipient of some fine sweet
corn and mamoth Early Rose potatoes
grown by Ernest Smith also of box
of luscious peach plums grown on ]. T.
higgins place at Mt. Idaho, and some
prunes from DIR. Bibby's residence in
Grangeville, three of which weighed
one pound. 1t is getting almost time to
stop the foolish talk that corn and fruit
cannot be grown on Camas Prairie
when every year proves these products
thrive here as well as they do in any
country.