Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-01-10
GRANGEVILLE IDAHO CO.. IDAHO FRIDAY. JANUARY TO-

A marriage lie ense was issued
Monday for Edward G. Smith and
Miss Esther Karnes, both of
White Bird.
There were 80 marriage licenses
issued in Idaho county from April
II (date of new license law to
December 81.
The war cloud is now threaten.
ing to deluge Great Britain and
Germany with blood as the result
of Britt sh aggressions in Africa.
The sheriff wen ut through Chet.
Hardesty's valise the other day
and found therein lot of clothes
stolen from Penhell, who resides
near Denver.
w. f. Schmadeka will adopt a
straight out and out CASH BASIS
from the date Of this issue. with
one exception, that is with note
and security.
Word comes from Warrcns of
the death of A. Floyd, a pioneer
of the camp, who has been very
sick for some tim e. The mortality
among the pioneers of Warrens
and Florence in the past five
years is something dreadful to
contemplate.
Messrs. Jameson, j. N. Man
ming and II. S. Plummer arrived
out from Florence yesterday
morning over the Melnor road and
after doing som trading started
back to camp in the evening.
They report all hands well and
plenty of snow.
Two hundred and seventy-fve
thousand bushels of wheat were
sold in the Palpuse country for 4O
cents per bushel last week. Now
if we had steamboat running to
the forks of the Clearwater our
farmers could sell all their surplus
wheat at that point for 80 cents
per bushel, cash.
j. G.. Marx, the Butte expert
who went into Florence to exam
inc the Poorm an mine for Gen
Rollins, arrived out Monday, il
company with Mike Green. They
came by way of Salmon river. Mr.
Marx speaks very highly of thu
| Danrp,on aud cox-c hn ic rnuoI l.
pleased with what he saw of thu
camp during his stay.
Tax Collector Martin was owe
from the court house Monday ant
informed us that about S25, 900 o
the property taxes had been pai'
in, or nearly enough to redeem al
the warrants issued last year
The delinquent t tax list promise
to be as long as ever, but it will
not be published until May
Taxes are now delinquent.
On our inside pages will be foun
two-column article written b,
editor Parker containing genera
review of the progress of Idah
county during the past year. l
was originally published in tn
Spokane Review" of January
1896, and we hope good will com
of it by attracting attention to tn
virgin wealth of this great count,
Mr.. A. d. Gritman, a member {
the Waverly Mining Co., OF Mo-
, COW, who we mt into Florence tw
weeks ago on company business
came out over the Melnor road o
t Monday, ha wing been three day
making the trip. He camped
, Slate creek and White Bird an
reached here the afternoon of tn
third day out, having made bett'
time over the snow than Messr
Marx and Green who came out |
way of Salmon river.
t New subscribers to the f.
? are: A. p Steinke, Marshiiel
1 Oregon; J. S. Parker, Denve
). Idaho; Clara johnson. Lewisto
f Idaho; JOS eph Duffell, Spokan
\ Wash; J. II. Hunte, Cornwa
4 Idaho; f. r. Mix, Florence; Idah
!, II. A. Raymond, Grangevill
. Idaho; Albert Hedger, Marysvill
. Calf; Isaac T. Williams Brow
f ton, Wis; (sent by w. G. Brow
a Grangeville), l.. Elsensohn, Ke
. terville, Idaho; j. j. Gibson, VIII
q ing, Iowa; Chas. Amera, Kamia
Idaho; A bert Havens, Eller
burg, Wash; (sent by w.
5 Schmadeka); Capt. Chas. b. G,
a zahr, Lively Grove, Illinois; Use
q by j. B. Forsman, COTTONWOOD
of Eli Coder, Harpster, Idaho.