Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-03-03
Winters busted.
March is here already.
Military ball tonight.
See the White RirI fnrrx- of

Much local news is crowded out
DR.. Bibby reports scarlet fever il
the families of X. G. Brown an,
j. q. Rowton, near Mt. Idaho.
The McCready boys have an offel
from Spokane parties to bond theil
Black Bear mine on French creek
Elk City district, for 5000.
Buy your Tinware at the new
tin shop, the only first class tin
ware manufactured on Camas Prai.
rie. IL. A. SrEINKE.
Denver dramatic company play.
ed "The Last Loaf" at Sunnyside
school house Monday night to a
large and highly delighted audi
ence.
The salary Of the Govenor OF
Idaho has been fixed at $4,000, per
annum; with his clerk, and mileage
etc, it foots up just within $4,000
for two years.
The coroner's jury returned a
verdict of suicide in the case of the
old sheep-herder, John Schrader,
who was found dead on Little
Salmon last week.
Do you want a Graded School q?
If you do, or if you don't, it will
pay you to attend the school meet
ing Monday afternoon and hear the
proposition discussed on both sides.
Ex-county assessor, Jefferson ID.
Hendren is out with a petition to
be appointed postmaster at Grange
vile. Influential friends are pull
for him, and will probably pull him
through.
The busiest place in the county
is down at the roller mills, where
half-a-dozen teams can be seen at
almost any hour of the day waiting
their turn to unload wheat and re-
ceive flour.
Messrs. Jacob Vercler, Myron d.
Greene, J.T.Turner, Al. Williams,
Grangeville, j. f. Wilkins, Mt. Ida
no, and John Schaeifer, Wardner,
are all new subscribers to the f. p.
since our last issue.
The contest case of Beasley VS..
Lundagin, involving so acres in
section 26, tip. 32 north, this coun-
ty has been decided by the officials
of the Lewiston land Office in favor
of the contestant, Beasley.
Sheriff Gregory raided the China
house last Sunday and captured a
lot of youngsters who were gamb-
ling to their hearts content. We
withhold their names from publi-
cation for the present in the hope
that they will mend their ways.
Hanley & Norton, of Cottonwood,
will establish a brick yard in our
town this summer. They will also
engage in burning lime across the
Clearwater this spring. Mr.. Hanley
hauled a load to Cottonwood and
burned it last fall, and he says he
never saw better lime anywhere.
The case of Seth Jones VS.. John
P. Flynn was dismissed in district
court at Lewiston last week, each
party to pay his own costs. This
is a case which grew out of the old
replevin suit of Burke VS.. Flynn,
which has been hanging fire in the
district court Of this county for
several years and is still on the
calendar for trial next term.
III. l.. Frost has sold the Denver
Tribune to G. w. Hinkle, and re-
moved to Grangeville, where he
will hereafter devote himself exclu-
sively to his law practice Mr.. Frost
assumes the Office and business of
Nj. j. Givan, and promises prompt
service to his patrons. Owing to the
absence of vacant dwellings here
Mr.. Frost and his family will tenn
porarily reside at Mt. Idaho.
&. w. Hinklc, the new Denver
Tribune editor, is young in years
but an old hand at the newspaper
bellows, having edited the Farmers
Alliance Herald lat Pendleton O'gn.
He has practically had charge of
the Denver paper all winter, SO the
people have had opportunity to
judge ofhis mental caliber for them
selves. He is full of zeal and enthu-
siasm and we wish him success.
Architect Stackhouse, of akima
will arrive shortly to establish him
self in business in Grangeville. He
visited us last fall and was highly
pleased with the outlook for the
town and country. He is a civil
engineer and stands high in his
profession. He surveyed and SUI
perintended the construction of the
great irrigating canals around va
kima, and also prepared the plans
for the new brick Jersey House.
John Higgins returned from Lew
iston Saturday where he had taken
the Freidenrich family, and reports
the road in fine condition, with
snow to Fountains and hard roads
below. They We're making gardens
in Lewiston last Thursday. The
fruit crop of this year was killed by