Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-09-30
TOWN AND OUN1'RYN NEWS

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Republican convention next Tuesday,
October 4.
Merchants are stacking up vast stores
Of winter supplies.
Democratic convention Tomorrow
Saturday. October l, At Mt. Idaho.
Kane Baldwin i. back from Moscow
with the colts he has had in training.
The lumber is all hauled for Ben
Harmonic new blacksmith shop on e4st
Main street.
Judge Piper has adjourned the term
Of district court for Idaho county until
November IA.
Joe c. Stephens was . mighty aick
man with cholera morbus lately, but IL
some better now.
Mrs. Springer left for Lewis on
Mondays stage and WAS highly pleased
with her visit to Camas Prairie.
Prof. F. NJ. Hughes has bought q lot
in Halls addition and has the lumber
hauled for the erection OF q residence
| thereon.
All those having an account at the
Grangeville drug store will please call
and settle at once.
PEARSON 4 BoNERRAKE.
Prof. Magee and several others are
temporarily compelled to delay
building their residences owing to the
scarcity of finishing lumber.
The administrator of the estate Of
Elva Gully is advertising the land be-
! longing to the estate for sale. Biis will
| az a. N nj ~ i
| DIR. Nickel removed q fatty tumor
! from the arm of Mrs. Aiva Cha IN tier
lain last week which weighed nearly
pound. The patient u progres.ing
nicely.
The new sawmll erected at Peters.
burg by J. d. Davis has plenty of rough
| lumber on hand and will soon have
supply OF dressed lumber to furnish cue
toners.
AL ladies interested in the work Of
the Episcopal chnrch are invited ,o At
tend At the residence of Ms. W. w
Brown to norrow, Saturday. AFTERNOON
at 2 P. n.
j. c. Hosclaw, late Of Pomeroy, has
purchs-ed the People's cash grocery ot
Ptenfer Bros. and has a-sumej charge.
of goods in the f,ll.
Mr.. BrOckman has arrived from $40.
kane with his family. They ave located
On the Morris property Oh Main street.
Mr.. b. ia already looking for n lora,ion
10 establish buillers' supply business.
Mr.. McLarry, of Hunt-vilIe, Wash.
uas have lasf 3ook boy l~ud. IL,
wanted TO spend the winter with hi>
family in town but owing 10 the scarcity
II residences Was eoupelied tn go below
again. He will return in the spring.
John Higgins has moved his black
smith shop and agricultural implement
warehouse from Mt. Idaho to Grange
vile. He has leased the old Cook Il
Davis stand on east Main street aud will
announce his Intentions through our
advertising columns in due time
The equinoc,isl storms of last week
have di-per.ed the smoke. laid the dust
aud baniehed the heat, The details o.
our grand landscape are new vi.,tla As
clear cut az the facet Of dsn.nd Iu
short. we ere rcveiing IN the god leu pIo-
ries Of the delightful Indian Summer.
A letter from l.. W. FaQnier to the ed
| itor announces thar he viii arrive il
|
or good. He will establish 4 real es-
tate, insurance and loan agency. he II
| nov At kendrick and reports tie,es dali
in that country because of the leN pTice
Of wheat, which is 81 cents, sacked.
Miss Addie Benedict and william
Brown were married on Sunday last al
| the resid-nce of the bridc's mother i.y
Jas Woodward, j. P. About twent,
! Al
| handsome feast was aftsrvards served
them. We wish the young counle =
long life Of peace, prosperity and happi.
nees TO the end.
The Elk City road viewers viii prob
ably be home to-day. We learn thai
they leave the trail on the east side o
Corral hill and have surveyed route
on the south side on the northeast fork
of Wall creek. aud will continue down
it to Reboli's. The altitude is 500 fee
lower, and the route ia shor ened from
Eve TO eight miles from Reibold's I,
Elk.
Sheriff Wood returned last week from
his long trip TO Montana in piirsuit u
the Sweat House Gold" which the In
dian was going to show him. Tn. no
bic Siwssh acted in perfect good f,itl
aud piioted him to a country verv Yici
IN pyrites of iron. The mineral il very
good Indian gold" but is hardly up Il
the white mans STANDARD and so Char
ley did not make any locations.
Mr. McClaine, an orator of the Peo
ple's party oul fit, accompanied by MI
Strong, one of their candidates for pres
identisl elector. spoke here last Monda
afternoon. They had been told ths
Grsngeville consisted of countr
house and black smith shop, aud wer
. surprised TO find it an embryo city ,
600 souls. They were well pleased wit
their reception and promised to com
n again.
? The editor drove to Cottonwood Nor
3: day to attend the inquest and note
: vast improvements and great stacks
: lumber piled for new buildings soon
9 be erected. Our time, however, was &
limited by the necessities of the cas-
: that We had no opportunity to gaths
he details of the numerous items whic
r, We could not fail to note. COTTONWOOD
ought to be well represented in the
If p and it is surprising that We cann'
secure the services of live correspond
e ent to dish up the news of that live
. and progressive town.
Mammoth apples. pears, plums, veg
d table, and fruits of all kinds have bee
e donated To the printer in the past f.
~ weeks Mrs. Scott. of Mt. Idaho. col
e ribnted a choice variety of early apple
D, | Cyrus Oyerman sent apples. peaches Rr