Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-12-27
Good bye, old '95.
Welcome to 1896.

Welcome to 1896.
Horses to trade for grain or lum-
Der. Ernest Smith. 80
Geo. Brown opens store at
Stuart next week.
Old papers for sale, 80 cents per
100, or 25 cents for so.
Cal. Huddlestone is in town
from his placer claim in the Cove.
Try the new Plansifter -four
made at the new Denver roller
mill.
We take county warrants at par
value on subscription to the FREE
PRESS.
The "Camas Prairie Cayuse"
announced its suspension this
week.
Warren Robbins returned Tues
day from Boise with Jesse James, a
sick Indian.
Mr.. Schwalbach has closed down
the Grangeville Roller Mills for
the season.
School closed last Saturday in
all departments for the holidays
and will reopen on Monday, Janu-
ary 6.
Bert Lanningham has been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate
of John Beckroge, vice Phil Cleary,
deceased.
Call at Mrs. Botsford's Dress
making Parlors, at Mrs. Schmad-
eka's, for Latest Styles and First
Glass work. l3
Allen Stephens was in town last
week to restOck his Clearwater
store. He reports good business
on the east side.
George Chamberlin has removed
his saloon into the more commOdi-
GUS quarters lately vacated by
Frank Pearson.
The wind blew at the rate of so
miles an hour Sunday night and
then broke the instruments at the
experimental farm.
The Ellwood Glidden barbed
wire diamond Z" trade mark, is
the cheapest and best. For sale by
c, c. Bunnell, Lewiston, Idaho.
The Denver Planning mill will
furnish doors, windows, holdings,
and all kinds of mill work as cheap
as they can be bought in Spokane.
A. j. Williams & Son, of Grange
vile. contemplate embarking in
the livery stable business in the
new town of Stuart, on the middle
fork of Clearwater.
Everett Gee showed us some
handsome mats made of Angora
goat skins which he had tanned
and dressed him self. His work in
this line is first-class.
Despite the fierce wind storm of
Monday and Tuesday the streets
were full of teams and people from
the country who came to town to
buy their holiday presents.
Hermann Heppner, who visited
his brother, II. f. IIeppner, OF
Moose creek, last summer, is lying
at the point of death with typhoid
fever at his brothers residence in
Portland.
The mask ball Christmas night
was attended by 35 couple, the in
element weather preventing Q
larger attendance. A great deaI
of fun was had and all present had
a first rate time.
The Christmas trees at th,
Methods, and Episcopal churches
were loaded down with present,
for the little ones, and their dis
tribution was witnessed by it.;
large number of ye old people.
A telephone from Frank Nc
| Crane at Lewiston says that tn,
railroad lines are generally block
AIDED by snow storms and drifts
The storm was the hardest eve
, known in the northwest since tn,
railroads were built.
A New Years dance, will b
given at the residence of Greer
!, Knighten, johnson house) tn
. night of January /, 1896, for tn
!, benefit of Lake school district
The Lake string band will furnisl
the music, and the ladies Of tn
district will provide the supper
! The committee of arrangement
, are: Oliver Stewart, Fred White
b. Warren, Chas. Gee and Chai
Thompson. Everybody come an
have good time.
J. LIME FOR SALE.-I have first
: class Lime for sale, by the poun
4 Or harra1 Enuuira ot II