Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-04-08
Geo. Morrison is up from Lewiston.
Mr.. Wax returned from below Wed.
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and stationary call at this office.
Mr.. Pfeufer returned Wednesday
f'om business trip to Seattle.
Freight for Camas Prairie is accumu-
latng in vast quantities in Lewiston.
Robt. White is very sick with pneu.
monia, and is not expected to recover
The firm of ShIssler & Nicke have
dissolved partnership, Mr.. Shissler re-
tiring.
w. e. McCready has sold his Stock
creek ranch to Mr.. Hunter. He is
now going to locate across Clearwater.
To TRADE Residence property in
Ellensburc, Wash. Will trade for stock
or lots in Grangeville. For particulars
inquire at this office.
J. w. Bonebrake is on deck again
after a serious wreslle with an abscess
of the liver. which threatened him with
death for some time.
We have purchaser for 800 acres of
land on Camas Prairie, who will pay a
good price for good land. For further
particulars call at FREE PRESS office.
There is no surer or better investment
than Grangeville property. Call at the
FREE PRESS Office and we will show YOU
the best and most desirable lots.
Until further notice the steamer will
leave Lewiston for Ripara on MONDAYS
and Thursdays at 6 IN. Returning will
leave Riparia for Lewiston ON Tuesdays
and Fridays at l.30 p m.
DR.. Lockhsrt 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 difticult cases of extraction So
| Iclted Not more than four teeth ex-
tracted for one party.
Have you land you want to sell II
| so place it on the lists of the FREE PpEss
Real Estate Bureau. The land we have
| already sold is sufficient guarantee that
your interests will be well protected.
We are in communication with the prin-
cipal real estate associations of the Pa
| citic northwest, and when you place
your property with us for sale, it is
| equivalent to listing it in the principal
cities of Oregon, Washington and Ida
| ho.
The republicans last Saturday elected
the following delegates to the state con-
| vention at Pocatello: f. A. Fem, G. ID.
| Smith, II. II. Nuxoll, Harry Serlen, G.
Riebold and T. b. Allen.
The carpenter work is all finished in
the interior of the Episcopal church,
except the putting together OF few of
the seats. The building is now practi-
cally ready for dedication.
Pell Sherwin will start for the river
in u few days to gather up a carload or
two of horses which he will take east in
about month and prospect for mar
ket. If successful in finding a good
market he will ship several hundred
head this summer.
Geo. p. Crawford, of Spokane, who
was here last fall to look at the country.
is again on the prairie, and is stopping
on G. B. Sanders Cottonwood ranch.
He is looking for ranch to buy, and
has already subscribed for the F. P. SO
he may be regarded as another perma-
nent settler.
Mr.. Hashagen secured % signatures
to the county seat petition in Reuter-
vile precinct. Ben Allen is now can
vassng Clearw ater precinct, and when
all the papers are in, it is expected that
the petition will bear the names of 500
legal voters. The petition will be filed
with the clerk of the district court on OIL
about May 3.
Jas. Welch was in town from Cotton.
wood Monday and told us that he was
daily expecting instructions from Union
Pacific headquarters 10 take the field
with his mule train. for which the com.
pany contracted last fall. Their desti.
nation is unknown, but private letters
received by the editor lately point tc
active surveys'up the Weiser river and
into the Seven Devils.
Chas. Wilson, Of John Day creek, who
died here last Friday morning, was 6
native of Sweden and had resided il
this county since 1862. He mined il
Florence and also in Copeland's dig
gings. Long Valley. For many years
he has resided on his ranch on Johr
Day creek. where he made living by
raising garden produce and by packing
Wil-on and his cayuse pack train wer,
familiar sights on Salmon river. He wal
popularity credited with being a miser
and with having $4,000 worth of golt
dust cached away somewhere He wa
over sixty years old when he died, an,
the remains were inferred in the Grang
vile burying ground last Saturday.
Tom Aram and wife are residing a
Mt. Idaho temporarily, but Tom is still
to be found during business hours at hi
agricultural implement warehouse il
Grangeville. The marriage was quite
surprite to their many friends, and the,
are still receiving congratulations on tn,
happy event. The bride and groom ma
almost be said to be native born citizen
of Camas Prairie, for they were anon
the very first white children here, an,
everybody knows and wishes then