Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-01-20
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open winter weather.
Doug. Holton is back from Ore
gon to spend the winter.
Hogan and Orebaugh have con-
solidated their barber shops.
Odd-Fellows will give another
masquerade ball February %.
Land agent Kuhn went below
by private team last Saturday.
Among the Breakers" " will be
played here Monday night by the
Dramatic company
CIV .Hashagen is back from Mos
COW and reports a big immigration
coming from that country to Camas
Prairie in the spring.
A night Waterman is assured and
the subscribers to the fund will
meet shortly to select a man for the
position from the several aspirants.
The state supreme court has de-
cided in favor of the Chinese in the
well-known Buffalo Hill case which
went up from this county three or
more years ago on appeal.
New sidewalks have been built
the entire length of Hall street,
from Main up to the editors resi-
dence, which makes it the best
paved and most attractive thoro-
fare in town.
Miss Clara Sonnen, who has
been here for some, and Miss Katie
Kuther, who has been visiting
friends at Genesee, leave in a few
days for Keuterville, Idaho, their
old home.-Uniontown Journal.
Johnny Cox has been released
from the penitentiary. Another
miscarriage of justice What Won
der that Lynch law prevails when
murderous devils who have been
legally convicted are pardoned out
before their sentence has hardly
begun?
Frank Kettenbach will arrive to-
morrow to run the Bank of Camas
Prairie while Wv and Mrs. Brown
go to Lewiston on a vacation. Mr..
Brown by the way, has suffered Sc
verely from neuralgia the past two
days, and Steinheiser is cashier in
his absence.
Messrs. Summers and Greer have
returned from below already and
will spend the balance of the win
ter here making preparations for an
early campaign on Twenty Mile
creek this spring. They propose to
make the Buffalo Hump country
heard from this summer.
Joe Klein, says the Saturdays
Spokane Spokesman, was married
some Is months ago in the Camas
prairie country, and as he wanted
an heir and he was not forthcom-
ing Mrs. Klein entered into a con-
tract with a midwife who was to
furnish one and thus deceive the
husband. But the trick was ex-
posed and now the case has reach
ed the courts.
An Arab was arrested at Denver
Monday for peddling merchandise
without license. He was tried and
fined the usual sum, but altho' he
had plenty of money he went to
jail rather than pay it. The COM
missioners should authorise the
sheriff to employ that class of gen.
try at the county wood pile in ex-
change for board and lodging.
Examination of Frank and Jas.
Perkins has been pending all this
week, and Frank Perkins is held on
a charge of assault with intent to
kill to await the action of the grand
jury next June. The case of Evans,
| charged by the Perkins with as
sault with deadly weapon is also
waiting it's turn to be held. Eight
witnesses are here from Rapid river
to testify in these cases, and the
costs are piling up sky high already.
A Chinaman was shot in the leg
in front of Auchinvole's saloon on
Sunday night. The heather rushed
into the saloon and said a white
man did it, but later he blamed it
onto Jim Poe, another Chinaman.
There is feud of long standing in
Chinatown here, and some fine day
the whole outfit will clean each
other up. Jim Poe is in Jail and
will be fried Monday.
Mr.. w. .J.Gill, of Moscow has pur-
chased Capt. Woodward's timber
culture claim out on the Point, and
is SO well pleased with Camas prai-
rie and Grangeville that he will
shortly move all his belongings
here and become a Camas digger in
Gods own country. He will estab-
lish marble yard in Grangeville,
which is something we have long
needed here. Mr.. Gill is a good
citizen and we welcome him here.
The commissioners, at the next
April term, will probably order a
fire-proof brick vault built on to
the recorders office for the safe
keeping of the county records. AT
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