Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-02-10
Club dance tonight.
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Masquerade ball February %.
Observation-Disclosures at Magee's.
For fine cigar call at Pearson
& Bonebrake's drug store.
All sizes of iron pipe at Bunnell's
Pioneer Hardware Store, Lewiston.
| We take county warrants on
subscription and in payment for
advertising.
Snake river at Weiser is frozen
tight and teams are crossing it dali
ly on the ice.
John N. Rice has been bedfast all
the week with catarrh of the hand,
and suffers severely.
If you wish to negotiate a loan,
buy or sell farm or town proper
ty call at the F. p. Office.
A pleasant dance was given at
John Bingman's residence near
town last Friday evening.
Money to loan on long or short
time in amounts to suit the borrow
er, at the Bank of Camas Prairie.
Coffee, sandwiches and cake at
the Club dance this evening, serv-
ed by the ladies of the Episcopal
Guild, only % cents. We should
like all to patronise us.
Judges and clerks of election can
pay their subscriptions to the F. p.
in the county warrants due them
for their services if they so desire.
We take all classes of county war;
rants at 100 cents on the dollar.
Among our new advertisements
are the Elite Photograph Gallery,
Mr.. Rhoads' abstract business, sew
eral estrays and Starrett's seed ad,
all of which makes pretty good
showing for these dull mid-winter
days when business is frozen up.
Grangeville Undertaking Compa-
ny have on hand large stock of
caskets and trimmings and robes.
Call and examine. Funerals taken
charge of when required. Offices
in brown front building, Grange
vile, Idaho. S. l.. CowEN,
Manager.
The democratic liberty pole was
lowered just in the nick of time to
escape the late severe gales. DEM
ocrats owe debt of gratitude to
Frank Vansise and Harry Faulk-
ner for their cheerful services in
this and other matters affecting the
party welfare in this county.
The effort to resurrect the reser-
walton business and have the Indi-
ans sign the treaty is meeting with
poor success. AS congress expires
on March 4 it is certain that no.
thing can be done this year. The
incoming president will appoint
new commission to try it again.
Posters are out announcing
Valentine Sociable and Cap Party
at Grange hall on Monday evening,
Feb. 13. There will be a literary
program, candy and popcorn stands,
and st. Valentines post Office, and
cake and coffee. The proceeds will
be devoted to buyinga a church bell.
Mr.. Lewis hauled the last load
of freight for the roller mill and
had hard trip. He had to put
bobs under his wheels and it cost
him 80 to get the snow shoveled
from the Waha grade, but he finally
got there just the same. He also
brought furniture for w. e. Graham.
, The sugar planters want the
. Sandwich Islands annexed to the
United States 80 that they can
make the American people pay
, them millions of dollars in the way
of the bounty on sugar, which is
two cents per pound The sugaf.
) bounty is the milk in the annexa-
ton cOcOanut.
, A large delegation of the young
people of Grangeville took advan-
} tage of the fine weather and splen-
. did sleighing Tuesday evening to
Q attend the dance at Denver. Ev-
cry team at the livery stable and
! all the bells in town were called
into requisition by the merry pleas
ure seekers. A splendid time is
q reported.
2 The pupils of the Grangeville
( public school will give an enter
r tainment on Friday, March 3, 1898,
| iu Grange Hall, for the purpose OF
> procuring funds to increase the
| school library. A complete program
I will be published next week All
|, interested in first class entertain
t ment and all who have the promo
e ton of the school in view are invit-
e ed to attend. A good time is
l guaranteed.
1t is always an ungracious task
9 to criticise correspondent, but we
n feel impelled to differ in toto with
J. ex-governor Willey's conclusions
e on the wagon road bill. In our es-
: timation the Little Salmon section
6 and the Elk City branch are the
l. redeemmg features of the bill. The
o other sections are not of immediate