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

Betting and lace leather at Bunnell's.
Peter Ready is now at Portland. O'gn.
Any quantity of logs are being hauled
into town for firewood purposes.
There will be ball at the Lake house,
Wsha, this evening. All are invited.
DR.. and Mrs. Sponogle took their de-
parture for San Francisco on Saturday
morning last.
Phil Cleary was up from John Day
creek last week TO attend the democratic
committee meeting last Saturday.
Another million dollar company has
been organized in Spokane to operate
in the new Rapid river mining district,
in this county.
Mrs. L. P. Brown and daughter. Mrs.
Lee Smith, returned to their homes at
Mt. Idaho last Friday. after visit of
some weeks to Lewiston.
Mr.. Sam. Goldstone came up from
Lewiston on Tuesday. On Wednesday
he went to Cottonwood, where he will
remain in charge of H. Wax's store.
A northwestern historian has discov.
cred that the Michigsn legislature once
adopted a resolution in which threat
was made to secede from the Union.
Under the Australian ballot law it is
necessary to know exactly where each
precinct line is located. This makes it
necessary for the commissioners to re-
locate all the precinct lines.
WANrED.-A correspondent at Mt.
Idaho to write up the local news of the
county seat for the F. P. Copy should
reach us by Wednesdays mail. Stamps
and stationary furnished by the office.
Charles Lee was in town Saturday for
the first time since his horse fell with
him and broke his leg last fall. He is
still on crutches. but will soon be able
to throw them overheard and navigate
on his own legs.
Senator Weller writes us from Ellens-
burg that the Sound country, and in
fact, the whole state of Washington is
very dull. and that Idaho county is a
better country than any he has seen
since ne left. He is now in HALEY.
Frank Bosch has opened tin repair
ing shop in the Grangeville saloon
building. Bring in your leaky pots,
pans and kettles, have him fix them,
and save the expense of buying new
ones. New tinware comes high.
Shissler & Baldwin are the first in the
field with an advertisement of their
magnificent stallion, Orphan Boy. which
was purchased in Tennessee last sum-
mer by Kane Baldwin. lie is a mag
nifcent animal, and his pedigree speaks
for itself.
The latest novelty is the new Charter
Oak stoves at G. G. Bunnell's. They
have the celebrated GAUzE door for ovens
Have you seen them? Call and examine.
No more burnt pie crust. No more
underdone biscuits. Everything baked
to turn by carefully distributed heat.
The Rhoades boys are making rapid
progress in building new residence tc
replace the one recently destroyed by
fire ON their ranch near Cottonwood
The day after the fire they had thirteen
teams on the road hauling lumber fol
the new house. They are all good
steady boys and are slowly but surely
climbing the ladder of prosperity.
Frank NJ. Crofoot, of Palouse City wal
on this prairie a few weeks since and
bought ranch on the Cottonwood side.
He now writes the editor that he viii
move up here to live as soon as possible
and encloses subscription for tn,
county paper to be sent to him mean
while. Mr.. Crofoot is evidently liv'
and enterprising citizen, and as such W.
take unalloyed pleasure in welcomin,
him, and others like him, to this region
where we need this class of men NOR,
than we need anything else just now.
Mr.. w. A. jolly was up from Pitts
burg Landing, on Snake river, las
week, and called to see us. He former
ly owned place on Rapid river, nea
Tom Pollock's. but sold out last year t.
w. Clark, the sheep man. He report
good deal of work going on in tn
matter of prospecting the severa
quartz discoveries which have beei
made on the Idaho side of the Snak
river canyon in the past two or thre
years, and predicts prosperous futur
for that part of our county when its re
sources of mineral wealth becomes be,
ter known. The quartz of that distrit
carries gold and silver in combinatio
with copper, and some solid men al
interested in the development of sever
of the most promising claims.