Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
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80 w. w. BROWN.


Mrs. Spedden commenced teach
ing school in district No. 5, south
of here, on Monday.
Gown & Steinke have established
their undertaking parlors in the
premises lately vacated by Philip,
the tailor.
J. L. Eckert, the big cattle man
of the Cottonwood side, spent Mon
day in the metropolis, and gave us
a pleasant call.
The Ellwood Glidden Barbed
wire, Diamond E" trade mark, is
the cheapest and best. For sale by
G. G. Bunnell, Lewiston.
Henry Schmadeka has set out
lot of trees on his Hall street pro-
perty fronting the Episcopal
church in the last few days.
The Wilson tariff bill was called
up in the Senate Monday for
debate. 1t will doubtless become
a law in the next six weeks.
The sage DIR. johnson once said:
"Do not accustom yourself to con-
slider debt only an inconvenience;
you will find it a calamity"
w. N. Knox has been prevented
from attending to his duties in the
court house as deputy clerk by
sickness for the past few days.
Owing to the condition of the
road the past week the stage dri-
vers have left the stage here and
taken the mail to. Mt. Idaho ON
horseback.
This has been the dullest week
of the year for local news. There
is nothing going on anywhere, and
nobody cares to come to town thro'
the mud to tell us all about it.
The contractors commence work
in earnest on the, Salmon river
wagon road tomorrow, Saturday,
April 7, 1894. Stick pin there,
for it is the date on which one of
our dreams came true.
G. P. Hinkle has taken the old
Buckley ranch down ON Clearwa-
ter, below Mt. Idaho, and will
establish his home there. He had
the misfortune to cut severe cash
in his right foot with an axe, and
is laid up for the present.
The school trustees of Mt. Idaho
have. ordered a $500 invoice of
school furniture from the Spokane
School Supply Co, whose agent has
been canvassing here the past two
weeks. He also sold the Cotton
wood trustees small bill.
Sheriff Gregory returned from
his Blackfoot trip last Friday,
several days overdue. He was
detained by the washouts along
the Short Line, and was also one
of the belated passengers who got
stalled in the mud ON the prairie
on last Thursdays stage.
Among the offices to be created
by the next legislature to consume
the surplus State fund are:
State rabbit chaser, irrigation
agitator, cricket crucifyer, artific-
ial rainmaker, herder of state
militia, alfalfa inspector, prune
examiner, hop howler, inspector of
petrifed forests and opal lapidarist.
Doug. Holton was in town this
week, having come in from the
Weiser side over the Little Salmon
trail. He has located the Secesh
meadows for parties in Boise City,
who will open them with some of
the new placer appliances this
summer. He left again for Salmon
river Wednesday, after loading up
with location blanks.
Some counterfeit silver dollars
are circulating here. The outside
of the coin is genuine, but the cen
ter is made of lead. They are
easily detected by their weight and
by the absence of the metallic ring.
Frank McGraIe took in two of
them last week. A counterfeit
dollar will pay as many debts as a
genuine coin if it is kept travelling,
as long as nobody knows the differ
ence.
The stage got stuck in the mud
in the Moberg lane between Cot
tonwood and Denver last Thursday
afternoon. The passengers were
taken on to Denver by Mr..
Moberg where they remained over
night, the stage agent bringing
them through the next morning.
The passengers were Geo. Riebold
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory.
So much opposition is manifested
to the proposed incorporation of
Grangeville that the matter will
be dropped. There is a general fear
that incorporation means increased
taxation, and in times like the pre-
sent, when there is neither business
nor money, all hands have very
natural aversion to loading them
selves down with the weight ofnew'
and untried responsibilities.
The Harry Schieler case, brought