Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-17

est.
The delegates from the Republi-
can convention arrived from Boise
Tuesday evening on the stage.
The Board Of County Commits
sioners meet as Board Of Equali-
cation ON August 81.
Sheriff Gregory leaves to-day for
Blackfoot with James Nash, who
was adjudged insane last week.
Mrs. J. w. Bonebrake is the
! posessor of an elegant invalid's
chair, which her son Alva ordered
for her.
II. \. Raymond at Denver, Id.
repairs all kinds of sewing ma
chimes. Will take pay in farm
produce,
Hon. Phil Cleary was up from
John Day this week transacting
business, and shaking hands with
friends.
Martin Angel, of the Red river
mining Co.. has subscribed to have
the +. z. sent to William Porter,
Corvallis, Washington county,
Oregon.
Mr.. Alonzo Brown, a brother of
l.. p. Brown, of Mt. Idaho, came
in on the stage Sunday night, in
company with his wife, and are
now visiting Mr.. Brown at Mt.
Idaho.
Jake Riebold and family started
for Warrens' Tuesday morning,
where they will reside during the
coming year. Mr.. Riebold has
again become interested in the
Little Giant mine and goes in to
put in years hard work on that
bonanza.
DIR. j. B. Wann writes to his
brother j. II. that he would start
for Grangeville on the 18th, and
that he would engage in the prac-
tice of his profession here. DR..
Wann is the physician who per-
formed the operation on L. p.
Browns eyes last year.
Geo. ID. Barnard & Co., of st.
Louis, have been indicted down in
Mississippi for an alleged conspira-
cy to defraud county in blank
book deal. The same firm have
supplied the stationary and books
for this county for ten years past
and have ovcrcharged the county
at every turn.
James Carey was out from the
Wire Bridge last week, qualifying
as administrator Of the estate OF
his brother, who died here some
three week since. He reports the
ruin made by the high water as
complete and there is nothing to
justify building a new bridge. Thus
perishes another ancient landmark
A gentleman who has just been
over the Elk City road advises us
not to give the contractors on the
road too much taffy, through the
FREE Press, as their work is only
1 fair and in some places not up to
the specifications, and "taffy" is
apt to make them think they can
do as they please and slight theil
work. We give this opinion fol
what it is worth.
Bert Rutherford and Chas
Smith are out from Warrens for a
two weeks stay on the prairie
Bert tells us that f. B. True is
working two shifts on the ole
Rescue mine and making a fine
showing. Other quartz owners art
pushing work as rapidly as possible
Riebolds' hoisting machinery i.
probably on the ground by thi.
time. While this has been a goot
year SO far as water was concerned
for placer mining, there has no
been any more than the averag,
amount of work done in that time
A. N. Ingram was up from tn,
state wagon road this week. HI
has his contract almost completed
having but a small amount of team
, work yet to do. There has beer
considerable talk of the survey no
being what it should be, but Mr.
Ingram says there is no reason
, whatever for any fault-fnding il
this respect; that if Mr.. Hannal
, had made the survey five feet high
er or lower the road could nc
, have been anyways near built 70
the figures the contractors took
, at.
: Mr.. w. Il. Graham and famil
9 of Kendrick, came up Wednesda
and Thursday morning. in con
5 pany with his brother w. L. Grs
4 ham and family went to the hea
of White Bird for few days fisl
ing and outing. Mr.. Graham say
D the Kendrick people have the
: end of the new wagon road con
!. pleted and are anxious to see thi
e end through. AS soon as til
t harvest is over our farmers wi
:, turn out and the Camas prairi
end speedily completed.