Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-07-15
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OIeAt combined shows
Will exhibit at Grangeyille
Monday and Tuesday, July 18 and 10.
Prices of admissions: Adults $1.OO;
from IL to 10, 90 cents; under ~, 25 cts.
Democratic club meeting tomorrow.
Jas. Reardon left for Warrens Monday.
Commissioner proceedings next
week.
Old August Bensching died at Mt.
Idaho yesterday evening.
j. F. Ailshie has purchased block ~"
IN Halls addition for the sum of $500,
We are told that a newspaper is to be
published at Cottonwood shortly.
w. A. Hall. of Grangeville, has been
re'appointed notary public for Idaho
county.
Carpenters will commence building
the new Catholic church at Cottonwood
next week.
Ben Morris was over from Denver
Tuesday and reports plenty of water in
we'll No. 2.
Mail for Elk leaves Mt. Idaho Mon.
day and Friday, and arrives on Tuesday
and Saturday.
Ben Gerding and family have moved
from Lewiston to Cottonw wood. He will
open saloon in that growing town.
JAS. Odle and ]. Il. Rowton we're
chaining Main street Monday to locate
the corners on Mrs. E. Smiths property.
The mail for Warrens leaves here
Monday and Thursday. and arrives on
the return trip Wednesday and Satur-
day.
The survey OF the new addition toCot-
tonwood was completed Saturday and
the plat will be filed for record in a few
days.
Sam Goldstone and family we're over
from Cottonwood Tuesday and reports
the west side fourishing and good crops
everywhere.
Chas. Gregory was in town during the
week and stayed over to interview the
commissioners in regard to building the
Salmon river road.
Henry Ternan was over from his fine
ranch across Clearwater last week and
paid the +. p. his annual visit He has
quit mining and is now an honest
granger.
The band with zelma & Thorp's circus
is composed Of the finest musicians in
the West; IA solo musicians and parade
in the finest band wagon possessed by
any circus.
Phil Cleary was up from John Day
during the week on a business trip. He
brought up some rock from his new
Comstock which can be seen at the
printing office.
s. l.. Cowan is building a carpenter
shop on Hall street, 24x50 He intends
to carry line of hard woods for wagon
and carriage repairing, and will also
conduct an undertaking department.
l will be in Grangevile on July Goth.
All persons of Idaho county knowing
themselves to be indebted to me will
please call and see me on said date, and
oblige yours respectfully,
DR.. ]. B. Morris.
Rumor hath it that the allotting agent
on the reservation is attempting to have
Agent Robbins removed from his
position at Lapwai Agency. There is
nothing like petticoat to make trouble.
New subscribers: Chas. Augustine.
Colfax. Wash Edward Menace treasurer
international Mining Co., Spokane, and
Robt Demon. Springfield Mass. The
latter paper WAS subscribed for by John
Taylor, of Clearwater.
DR.. E. A. Lockhart and DR.. S. P. Low
have made permanent location of their
offices together. They are both regular
graduates in their respective professions
and are ready to practice all branches
of their professions.
The Cottonwood people are negotia-
ting for the sinking of an artesiau we'll
in their town. There is no more likely
place or the whole prairie for the pros
pect of finding flowing artesian water, as
the burg has all OF the Butte and Craie's
mountain at it's back, which are full Of
natural reservoirs.
A FIRE broke out in the roof of Mrs.
Shearer's residence at Mt. Idaho on
Wednesday of last week caused bv de-
fective stove pipe, but it was promptly
extinguished without much damage.
This is the sixth occasion on which fires
have started on the same premises.
Rev. NJ. c. Aleridge, formerly from
Portland but now pastor at Lewiston,
also an evangelist, will preach at the M.
E. church next Saturday at 8 p. m. Will
preach on Sunday at IL a. m. and D,
m. All are cordially invited to be pres
ent at each service. A. MAxEY,
Mr.. Wax has contracted for a new
tunnel to be driven in $50 feet on the
Bullion mine south of Florence. The
new tunnel will be below all the present
workings and great things are expected
from the Developments which will be
made. Pete Turnbull has the contract.
Five men we're killed and sixteen in
jured in a a battle between the union
men and the scabs at Gem last Monday.
The union men dynamited and destroy
ed the Frisco mill and took and hold
possession of the Gem and Frisco mines.
AS the scabs are leaving the coontry no
further trouble is expected.
Idaho county will have $3.50 expend-
ed in surveys Of the public lands this
year. The tracts to be plotted are the
White Bird, Doumecq and Joseph plains