Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-10
GRANGEVnLE IDAHO co, IDAHO. FRIDAY. AUGUST TO- 1894.

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/ w. M. Costley left last Friday
for IA few weeks visit to his old
home, Aurora, Missouri.
Paddy White left for Lewiston
this morning. He has leased his
ranch to John A. Foster.
The school block is a busy place
these days, with dead-loads of
rock and lumber coming in all the
time.
The mail carriers on the War
rens route are running a hack
between Grangeville and Horse
shoe Bend.
A. f. Parker and Cyrus Over
man leave tomorrow morning for
Boise City to attend the democratic
State convention next Wednesday.
Henry Won Bargen was thrown
from a horse last Monday and had
his elbow dislocated. Dr. Shawley,
of Denver, was called to attend
him.
Hanson, of "Thc Elite" has just
received a large and elegant stock
of sample Portraits, protected by
copyright "styles" of 1894. See
ad next week.
Rev. Patrick Murphy, of Mos
cow, held services in the Episcopal
church Wednesday evening and
administered the Eucharist on
Thursday morning.
Jacob Mathisen of Camas Prairie
was in town Wednesday and took
with him three binders to cut the
rapidly maturing crop.-so says
the Uniontown Journal.
The telephone line between Mt.
Idaho and Grangevillc is working
smoothly and is II great convent
ence, and Dick Henley, the propri-
etor, has it in view to extend the
line down to the railroad.
James Nash, of Doumecq plains
was examined by DR.. Bibby, DR.
Dillon and Judge CARRIER Tuesday,
and was ajudged insane. He will
be taken to BlackfoOt as soon as
sheriff Gregory returns from Boise.
Owing to the absence of editor
5 Ailshie, editor Fogg and editor
Gregory at Boise City, the rim.
organ did not say word last weel
about the bogus telegram business
, Its exhibition in the previous issu,
I was an indecent exposure of persol
which all republicans resent, ex
cept the ring and it's sympathisers
Cyrus Overman and Tom Aran
, are home again after delivering
their cattle over north. An ex
change says they were overhear
e to tell Palouse hay digger tina
:, money was plentiful on Cana
!. Prairie and that men could fre
quently be seen betting S25 on
| 50 horse in the Camas Prairi
! country.
= Assessor Wann will have tn
;. assessment for this year complete
: next week. He informs us tina
r there will probably be a decreas
y of five or ten per cent. below til
|. total valuation of last year, OWN
to the fall in the value of live stool
9 There is considerable new propert
I listed this year, but not enough I
I, offset the depreciation in catt
u and horses.
Two fOar-horse teams with son
/ loose stock arrived here from Or
- gon Tuesday on their way to IL
u Boise country over the State wage
3 road by way of Florence and War
N Springs. The next day anoth
y. big team followed them bound Fl
1T the same destination over the san
,e route. Some work has been dol
lie on the road this summer so that
v is now passable.
s. NJ. G Murtagh, formerly propri
VI tor of the Columbia hotel, is aga
in town after protracted visit
to the goldfelds in the Pierce CT
h. district. He is much pleased wi
st. the prospects and says that cou
Sc try is full of life this year. He e
it poets to return in a few days, ia
It, ing with him complete outfit, a.
will spend the rest of the SUNNI
:. developing his property there.
90 90 Spokane Chronicle.
TX. At the Populist county conve
lie, ton committee was appointed
lb- make arrangements to establish
Ia POpulist paper in this county. TIL
es. are now corresponding with o.
-, side parties to put in a pla
-, -, probably at Denver, in time
= no participate in the coming ca
.n yo paign. The Democrats are a
" w. accused of a desire to establish
% :" campaign paper at Cottonwo
=. % These new organs, with the
'p Republican papers already exist
here, should give the people plel
nd of chance to keep posted on pa
wv, politics. As for the old reliable
DIR. p. it is non-partisan coul
md newspaper and don't pretend to