Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-07-14
RECORD OF THE WEEK.

Z. w. Oliver and family spent
Fourth at Colfax.
For first-class horse-shoeing &c
to Higgins & VanWinkle.
Assessor Wann leaves for War
rens and Florence tomorrow on
official business.
DR.. and Miss Rosa Nickel are
spending the hot term on the ranch
near Keuterville.
The largest stock of stoves ever
brought to Grangeville can now be
seen at II. A. Steinke.
The G. & B. train left last week
with $4,000 pounds of merchandise
for their Warrens store.
Henry Kohler had his residence
near Cottonwood destroyed by fire
on Saturday of last week.
One corner and two inside lots,
142x15O feet, for Sl75, in the new
Lewiston Addition to Grangville.
Mr.. Walter Bunnell and Mrs. w.
Brown left for Lewiston this morn
ing, to remain about three weeks.
Harry Thatcher is up from Gen
esee canvassing and collecting for
his agricultural implement agency.
A contract has been let to sink a
well to depth of 40 feet on lot l,
block 4, of the new Levi ston addi-
ton.
Mrs. Nellie McEntee has gone
to Elk with her husband and ex-
poets to remain during the sum-
| mer.
Jas. Odle arrived from Lewiston
with higgins Sunday to spend a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. John
N. Rice.
Jas. G. Straughan, ex-surveyor
general of Idaho, has been reap
pointed by President Cleveland, to
succeed w. II. Petit.
Little George Sheer arrived from
Florence Saturday and departed
again next day with his train with
freight for John Clark.
The Ellwood Glidden Barbed
wire, Diamond E'' trade mark, is
the cheapest and best. For sale by
G. G. Bunnell, Lewiston.
Mr.. w. r. Pryor, late arrival
from London, England, and prin-
ter of experience and ability, has
been assisting ON the F. P. during
the EDITORS absence.
The Red river dredge cleaned up
last week and the resulting ANAL
gam was melted into u handsome
bar of bullion, the first shipment
ever made from Elk City.
Geo. Odle is to take charge of
the Mt. Idaho hotel. J. X. Vim
cent has fitted up the building on
the corner, formerly occupied by
Weller & Wax's store, and will run
restaurant therein.
Frank Wyatt returned from Col
orado last week and after spending
several days in town left for his
stock ranch on Salmon river. His
family are spending the summer
with relatives in Philadelphia.
A. f. Gartner, special agent of
the Phenix Insurance Co., was
here last week and went into
Twenty mile, where he is heavily
interested with Mr.. Greer in the
Enterprise Mining company. He
returned well pleased with the out
look on Twenty mile.
Editor A. f. and Joseph Parker
left, for Elk City Monday. The
lower tunnel on the Cleveland mine
will be driven ahead to cut the
ledge before the editor returns, and
if he gets what he is looking for, a
brick building will go up on the
printing Office corner.
A very large acreage of sod has
been broken this year, but the
amount seeded to grain is but little
if any, larger than previous years.
Fall sown grain has an uncommon
ly thick stand, but the greater por.
ton of spring wheat was sown toe
late to get the benefit of the mois.
ture in the ground, and it is not
going to be a very healthy crop.
Bro. w. N. Knox, Jr, will ad
dress the people at Grangevillt
next Sunday at 8 p. m. / max,
my farewell visit to Mt. Idaho Sat
urday at s p. M; at Fairview a
IL a. m. and at Sunnyside at 2 p
m. Sunday. / shall talk to tn,
young people at each point. 4
large congregation is expected.
F. l.. BUzzELL.
Chas. E. Holt has gone to Mos
COW and will return with Mrs
Holt and the two children and re
sumo residence on their fine so
acre farm near Cottonwood. MI
Holt has tried his luck in Utal
and Nevada since his departure
but has finally concluded tina
there is no state like Idaho and N