Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-12-02

Taxes! Taxes!! Taxes!!i
Taxes are delinquent Dec. IL.
Taxes are due in 10 days more.
Mrs. Christ. Schmadeka is very
low with pneumonia.
John and Miss Lizzie Clark left
to-day for Batavia, Iowa.
Phil Cleary and Jesse Farmer
returned to. John Day yesterday.
Ch. Christie is up from Slate creek
to spend the balance of the winter.
Nez Perce county has 995 tax
payers and the assessment roll
foots up 81 ,6S4,577
Crook received Is more votes in
Alturas county than Mcconnell
and Burke combined.
The old saying that winter never
comes till the ponds are full is again
verified this year.
The Populists made clean sweep
in Custer county from the head of
the ticket to constable.
Groceries cheap for cash at W.F.
Schmadeka's. His prices will open
your eyes. Call and examine.
Money to loan on long or short
fi,no IN n ~, nv, N tc RI emit tbo ho,,,cx,,
er, at the Bank of Camas Prairie.
o. G. White, state printer of
Washington, has made his annual
remittance for Idaho county's great
news-giver.
w. L. Costley's mother, who ar
rived here recently from Missouri,
is, we regret to hear, suffering Sc
verely from dropsy.
The Lewiston stage changed to
winter schedule time last Monday.
There is now an all-night stop-over
at Cottonwood, both a-coming and
a-going.
Pearson & Bonebrake have Just
received a fine line of stationery
stationery sundries direct from the
east. Parties wishing to purchase
will do well to give them call.
Old papers for sale at the FREE
PRESS office @ 30 cents R 100, and
25 cents p 80. They are excellent
to put under carpets and line walls,
and keep the wind out better than
blankets.
G. II. Brockman, of Denver, has
rented the former Maxey residence
and has domicilied his family there
for the winter, to enable them to
attend school. Mr.. and Mrs. Brock
man will continue their residence
on their fine ranch.
There have been quite number
ofhunting parties in the mountains
southeast of Grangeville hunting
deer and elk the past few weeks,
most Of whom have returned loaded
with game. Some of the parties
were from near Pomeroy.
Our gold scales have been in ac-
tive requisition again this week
weighing out the dust for visiting
miners subscriptions to the F. p,
November is always the best month
in the year for the newspaper busi-
ness in this neck of the woods.
Rev. j. s. Rhoads, J. M. Dorman
Joe Baker and Ben Norris were uE
at White Bird, on the State wagon
road last week hunting deer. Ber
reports that Joe Baker killed fine
five-point buck, and that the party
killed lot of pheasants, chickens
etc. They were gone three days
Some of the boys say Mr.. Rhoad,
lost his bearings and spent a goot
portion of his time following tn,
back track of a No. 8 boot. The,
| all report having good time bakin,
bread in frying-pan and roasting
venison by campfire.
Messrs. Driver & Calvin hav,
their steam dredge completed ant
are ready to resume work with tn,
first breath of spring. They movet
their so, 900 pounds of freight from
Genesee to Grangeville by wagons
thence go miles to Elk City by pacl
train, all within a month, when tn
best packers in these mountain
were freely prophesying that it wa
an all winter job. The compan,
owns several hundred acres of val
liable placer ground ON the lowe
Red river meadows. They furthe
increased their holdings last weel
by purchasing the Troutman
Smith side-hill claims above then
The company thoroughly tested th
ground before investing a cen
From ~ prospect holes the averag
test resulted in 43 cents Der cub
yard. They can move the dirt fc
10 cents per cubic yard, and the
can move it at the rate three cub
yards per minute.