Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-12-27
GRANGEvILLE. IDAHO FRIDAY DECEMBER 1895

the City Drug Store. Nothing like
them ever brought to Camas prai-
rie.
The finest line of candies, per-
fumes and toilet articles ever
brought to Grangeville, at the
City Drug Store.
Call at Miss Halrs if you want
to buy nice Christmas present,
japanese ware, choice story books,
fancy booklets, dolls. notions, etc,
etc. Grange block, Grangeville.
Martin Wagner has purchased
from the Christie estate the three
lots on Hall street south of editor
Parker's residence property and
will build a home thereon in the
early spring.
There is large chunk of ore
from the Banner mine in Florence,
owned by Mclean & Dwight, on
exhibition at the Bank of Camas
prairie. The owners refused a cash
offer of 5000 for the property last
week.
John Higgins started out with
the Salmon river mail Monday
morning in a sleigh, but a short
distance west of town he ran into
six foot snow drift and broke the
tongue, so he returned and sent
the mail down on horseback.
F. J. Boyer was out from Flor
ence last week and informed us
that they intended to run the two
stamp mill all winter. They have
dug well in the mill building and
thus obtained plenty of water, so
that they will not be delayed by
ice.
Prospectors who have claims in
Idaho county had better do as
much development work as posi-
BILE on them this winter before the
boom comes, for the time is now
near at hand when any good claim
that can make any sort of a show
ing will bring its price.
Remember, when coming to
Grangeville that w. F. Schmadeka
has the FRESHEST and MOST COM
PLETE LINE of all GROCERIES. / car
ry the very choicest California
Canned and Dried Fruits. Call
and save money in prices and
quality of goods.
80 w. F. SCHMADEKA.
If you wish to renew your sub
scription to any newspaper or mag
azine go to Magee's. He has es-
tablished a News AGENCY, and will
receive subscriptions for all papers.
If you are behind on some paper
and wish to pay up he will remit
for you. Thus you are saved the
trouble, risk and expense of writ
ing yourself and purchasing M. O.
A private letter from DR.. A. c.
Humelbaugh says that he has 10.
Gated permanently at Salt Lake
City and is doing good business
and that times are improving very
rapidly in the Mormon country
He is building a home in the sub.
urbs. Among other good things
the doctor says that the old relia,
BILE FREE Press reaches him
promptly every week and that ev
erything else is dropped until the
paper is read.
Sunday night was terror ant
the nearest approach to a blizzart
ever experienced by the oldest in
habitant of Camas prairie. Tn,
wind started in to blow in tn,
evening and increased in violenc,
throughout the night in tn,
morning it was found that tn,
snow had been sifted through
cracks and keyholes and the floor
were covered with miniature snoy
drifts. At noon on Monday i
moderated somewhat. The mer
curry stood at 20 degrees above re
no throughout the gale.
George Ritchie arrived fron
CGur d'Alene on Mondays stag
and on Tuesday he and Chas. /
Rice received their first paymen
of 81 900 from A. T. Carter on tn
Buffalo Hill bond. Mr.. Carter vii
leave for Elk after the holiday
and proceed to clean out the oil
jeff Davis tunnel and otherwis
get things in shape for extensiv
work on old Buffalo Hill mex
spring. We have always regarde
Buffalo Hill as the best placer proF
osition in this county and it
matter for general congratulate
to this whole community that it
now in fair way to be develope
and worked as it merits. Here
success to Buffalo Hill.
G. P. Richardson, of Moos
; creek, writes us from Minneapolis
that there is a fine display of Id;
' no county fruit on exhibition 9
the Northern Pacific depot at Nil
neapolis, and that it is attractin
much attention and enquiry frol
the natives who never saw sue