Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-18
TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWS


Monday.
Chas. Flynn was in town from Clear
water Monday.
The ball tossing fever is here again.
an unfailing sign of spring.
Richard Freeborn is confined to his
bed at Mt. Idaho with sickness.
Uncle Joe T. Bradley has sold his
ranch to Mike Klein for $500.
Henry Wax went below Sunday on a
business trip to Portland and Spokane.
The regular drill of Co. C. will here
after he held on Saturday afternoons at
o'clock.
The republican club meets tomorrow
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. All are invited
to attend.
w. F. Schmadeka has his store well
stocked with fine lot of hand made
harness, etc.
DIED.-ln Grangeville, March 1882,
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
c. johnson.
DIR. Bibby went to Salmon river this
week to see Sam Large, who is badly
under the weather,
The county clerk is kept busy these
days recording the transfers of land
that are taking place.
S. w. Reynolds is up from Freedom
and reports that spring is settled on the
river in good earnest.
( Wild flowers are springing up by the
wayside hereabouls and the trees are
putting on their spring leaves.
c. M. Chamberln arrived up from
Almota last week 10 attend to his inter-
ests here. He will return in few days.
A. +. Parker has received his COM
mission as agent of the Firem Fund
Insurance Co., whose assets are 50 SS4,-
$50.
sampson Dillinger took his departure
for Dixie diggngs Monday. He will be
accompanied by w. s. Clarke, of Clear.
| water.
The names of 154 voters were secured
in GrangeviIle on Saturday last to the
petitions to the district court praying for
the county seat election.
! Louis N. Larson arrived out from
Warrens last Friday. He has gone to
his ranch on Mason prairie and will re-
turn to the camp shortly.
Are you thinking of fencing? If sore
member that &. c. BunnelI furnishes
the famous Glidden Barb wire. There
Is none better, none cheaper.
The Odd-Fellows and Rebekah lodges
of this place will jointly celebrate the
73rd anniversary of the order on April
26 next by appropriate ceremonies.
The A. Carpenter ranch near town
has been sold to Jas. Edwards, of the
Jersey House, for $4,000. The place is
well improved and highly desirable
property.
The stage over the mountain is still
using runners from the summit of Cot
tonwood butte to Slavens. A few days
more and hacks will be running over
the entire route.
Amos Carver shipped up dozen box
es of fine winter apples to A. d +. last
week. They are a splendid fruit and
are going off like hot cakes. Get box
before they are all gone.
Until further notice the steamer will
leave Lewiston for Riparia on Mondays
and Thursdays at 6 a In. Returning will
leave Riparia for Lewiston on Tuesdays
and Fridays at 1.S0 M.
Enoch M. Haworth has sold his farm
near here, embracing l60 acres, for
$500, to Enoch Reeves. of Moscow.
Mr.. Haworth will dispose of his chat.
tells and remove to California.
Wm. Heartburg has sold his ranch of
100 acres to Ii. II. Nuxoll, of Effingham
county, Illinois, for $500. Mr.. Heart
burg goes to Genesee to establish brick
yard in that growing berg on the Spo-
kane & Palouse railroad.
Hubert Hattrup was over from Keu-
tsrville Monday and had his name add
ed to our subscription list. He reports
good many farms changing hands at
good prices In that neighborhood, and
also that the Forsman & Hattrup saw
mill has started up.
DIR. Lockhart has set aside one after
noon of each week for extracting free.
He will extract teeth free OF charge on
| Wednesday afternoon of each week.
The most difficult cases of extraction So
iclted. Not more than four teeth ex-
tracted for one party.
The Industrial Conference at st. Lou
is declared in its platform that "the sup
ply of currency is purposely abridged to
fatten usurers" More truth than poet
ry there, and the usurers are opposing
the passage of the free coinage bill for
the very purpose of keeping the volume
of money as small as possible.