Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-10-26

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COW Monday, where he disposed of
400 head of beef cattle.
Tom Aram returned from the
lower country Tuesday, where he
had been with a bunch of beef cat
tie.
S. w. Smith was out from Elk
City last week on business connec-
ted with the applications for pat
ent which are published this week.
There will be meeting of the
Epworth League in the M. +.
church at 1880 p. m. Friday even
ing. Rev. Cox will address the
league on "League Work. All
are cordially invited.
Rev. VanDusen, presiding elder
of the NJ. Z. church, is a great trav-
eler and visits all the towns in his
jurisdiction. He says that Grange
vile is growing more rapidly than
any town he has visited in the past
two years.
DIR. A. G. Humelbaugh has just
received an elegant dental chair.
There is no finer chair made; it's
cOnveniences are all of the latest
improvements and will make a
very comfortable chair while hav-
ing dental work done.
Kessrs. Gritman and Spaulding
are expected to arrive from Mos
COW every day with boiler and
engine which they will erect on
their Stub arrastra at the Waiver
Iy mine near Florence. They will
run on selected ore all winter.
| Last Friday night a heavy fall
of wet snow came. The trees yet
retain their summer leaves and the
snow clinging to them bent the
branches to the gronnd and in
many cases breaking fine trees
badly. The show all melted the
next day.
ID. f. Kessler, farmer of Camas
Prairie, located near the townsite
of Denver, brought in load of veg
etables Monday raised on his place.
He left on exhibit at Taylor &
LADDERS business Office a turnip
weighing 143 pounds. - Moscow
Democrat.
w. A. Hall has been engaged
lately in taking testimony as lefe'
rec in the case of F. M. Hughes VS.
r.. J. Davis. This case has beer
on the docket of the district court
for six years. In taking the testi
mony r. E. Fogg represents thu
plaintiff. r. +. Fulton the defend
, ant.
The tickets have been before tn,
people nearly two months, and thu
f merits and demerits of the severa
candidates have been pretty wei
discussed. 1t will be well for tn
people to pay no attention to an.
new campaign roorbacks that ma.
be sprung between now and cleo
!, tion day.
In this issue are published tn
applications for patent of the Bust
er group of quartz claims and tn
. Cleveland placer claim, in Ell
City district. These will be tn
first patented mining claims in tina
S district and in the county, with tn
: exception of two or three in tn
t Seven Devils district.
Joseph Parker, f. A. Baner an
d Lawyer Scales contemplate winter
It ing at the hot Springs on the Lii
e tie North Fork of Salmon river o
|. the Nez Perce trail, and will pu
in their time hunting, fishing, traI
. ping and mining placer bar whic
g prospects well. They started ft
= their winter quarters last Frida,
The total railroad assessment
the state is 5000, ,73O, exclusive
= property off the rights of way. I'll
- total number of miles of railroad
= the state is 1O79.49. There a
20 99S.17 miles of telegraph lines
the state, assessed at $6S, ,S66.S
IN The total number of telephol
e. lines is 4213 miles, assessed at 81
d. 7O3.
:, ~ Hon. j. w. Ballentine, populi
candidate for Governor and j. f
Smith will be on the prairie ne
i'd week. They will address the pc
On pie at Denver, Monday, Oct. 20
'e. 2 p. m. Grangeville, Oct. 20
lis 1870 p. M, and Cottonwood Tue
in day the Both at 7:30 p. m. Smi
is one of the principal men in t
.r- populist camp of Idaho.
u In Nez Perce county, James
to Poe and Richard j. Monroe, f;
is friends of 80 years standing, &
of running against each other ON t
democratic and republican tick
II respectively for representative, a
w are the subject of many '.joshes'
X the hands of their friends. Needl
tor to say, their campaign is an ell
Of nently clean and good-natul
one.
.oo Last Friday evening was
nc date for the Candidates ball q
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