Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-11-03

J. ID. Davis and Miss Code were
in town from the west side trading
Monday.
Mr.. Thos. Holman went to Sal
mon river Monday to prospect for
placer mining ground.
Evan Evans is having the well
on his Mob Hill residence property
sunk deeper. 1t is now 80 feet.
Rev. f. l.. Buzzell is building n
new residence for himself west of
Prof. Nerclcr's. in Halls addition.
Owing to the scarcity of money
we will take live chickens on sub
scription to the FREE PRESS at SO
per dozen.
Ch. Howard and Mrs. I.C. .Hatta-
baugh, of Moscow, We're visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Mcconnell, of
Lake district, this week.
Larkin Kerlee was over from
Clearwater Saturday for winter
freight. He reports the Elk City
trail wide open and lots of travel.
Ernest Smith raised three tons
of sugar bects as an experiment on
his ranch north of town this year,
and he reports that they thrive adj
mirably here.
MARRIED.-At Lewiston. idaho,
October 20, 1898, by S. l.. Thomp-
sou, J. p, Mr.. Franz Hartburg, of
Cottonwood, and Miss Johanna
Broman, of Sweden.
Stoves Stoves !! I! just received
"a full line of heating stoves. Call
early and get your pick from the
largest assortment ever brought to
Grangeville, at II. A. Steinke's.
There will be preaching services
at Sunnyside school house next
Sunday at p. m., conducted by
Rev. A. Maxey, of Grangeville. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all.
The new readers were used in
our public schools for the first time
last Monday. The teachers are
well pleased with the entire series
of books and find them n great
help in advancing the children.
Last Saturday and Sunday We're
lovely sun-shiny days of Indian
summer, but Sunday night there
was another little rain, with fog
, and sunshine alternating on Mon
day, with cold weather ever since.
w. f. Schmadeka displays in his
store window some gigantic speci-
J mems of onions, beets, rutabagas
and radishcs grown here from Geo
Starrett's well known seeds. You
always get the best when you buy
Starrctt's seeds.
G. S. McCready is out from Elk
. where he has been representing
the Red Horse mine, on Sieglt
creek. He shows some specimens
that are wonderfully rich in fire,
gold, and the owners regard it az
the most promising gold PROPOSE
! ton in that part of the camp.
S The d. w. Waite party wh'
have been surveying govermen
$ land across Clearwater this season
, have been driven out by the earl,
SHOWS before their work was com
pletcd. They have another town
u ship to run out and will perforc,
. have to postpone operations I'll
next season.
y A dancing club has been organi
) zed with some thirty members, t.
meet every Friday evening, Th
Il first dance will be next Friday
Nov. 10. The band boys got II
the club and the dances will be ru
: for their benefit. As an addition
. al attraction the full band will Civ
= a short concert, free, before dant
ing begins at each meeting of til
n club.
= The latest novelty is the para
fine roofing that c. c. Bunncll
introducing to the trade. 1t is
a composition of paraffine paint an
il burlapping. 1t is fire and wateI
d proof and is perfect preservativ
for all buildin es exposed to th
in weather. 1t is being used extel
Y sively in the east and has, for IN;
Is ny purposes superseded the use
shingles.
A. Mr.. Sharkey, representing Il
r. Tacoma packing company, HI
,e been buying beef cattle he
for several days past, He has q
ready purchased over 500 hea
Is 300 of which are to be delivered
y, Cottonwood on November 10, al
x, the rest month later. 1t is like
10, that every hoof of beef cattle
the prairie will be sold befo
on christmas. The going prices a
er considerably higher than they we
VS. a month ago
We
at $Ioo Reward, 500.
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disc
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