Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-06-17

| Nj. Costley and Miss Lulu Walker, both
of Idaho, county. Rev. w. N. Knox,
officiating.
We should not be too hard on
the insurgents in the Philippines.
Spain's christian spirit has been
hard at work over there for the
past 600 years.
! NJ Married. AT Mt. Idaho, Idaho,
June 8, NS9S, Mr.. Gilbert r. Dur
rand and Jennie DeMott Carter,
both of Elk City. j. X. Vincent,
j. p, officiating.
By the end of the war two facts
will be indisputable-that England
has the largest number of ships on
the sea and Spain the greatest
number beneath it.
Mrs. Freedman and Milton
Freidenrich are expected up from
Portland Saturday. Mrs. Freed
man will spend the summer with
her sister, Mrs. Freidenrich.
| Wednesday morning, June s, at
the state house grounds, Boise, oc-
Cured the presentation of the
beautiful flag, furnished by the Ia
dies of Idaho to the state volun-
teers.
G. p. Richardson and wife came
out from Moose creek Friday after
supplies. He reports everything
moving inside and the Moose
Creek placer as looking "out Of
sight"
Letters from soldiers will be
transmitted unpaid, it not being
necessary that they bear stamps
providing they are marxed "sol-
der letter" Postage will be col
lected on delivery.
A. Walker, of Florence, arrived
in Grangeville Wednesday to ap-
pear before Justice Woodward on
charge of having sworn out war.
rant against Isaac Lille and G. III.
Connor, without Just cause of &C.
ton.
The San Francisco Call says;
Colonel Jones of the Idaho troops
yesterday furnished his band of 2.
men with the instruments thai
were purchased with the appropri
alton made by the state for thai
purpose"
The Odd-Fellows will hold thei
national memorial day services
at the l. o. o. +. hall next Sunda,
| at 2 p. m. After the services tn
order will march to the cemeter,
and decorate the graves of it's de
ceased members.
A congregation meeting of al
all those interested in the welfar
: and organization of the Presby
terian church, will be held o.
Tuesday evening, June 81, at
p. m., in the Episcopal church,
Rev. Frank f. Brown, minister.
Y The ferry at John Days brok
its cable last week while the boa
was in mid-stream and drifte,
down the river about one-half mil
before a landing was effected. Sew
I sral horsemen were on board whe
u the cable parted, and the boys al
{. thought their time had come.
= VIM. II. Requa has returned t
. Grangeville, and will give anothe
% exhibition in the near future. II
has brought back with him a ne,
Vt lot of animated pictures and view
If of all the leading battleships I
d our navy. His next exhibitio
will be well worth seeing, as it wi
3 be tirst-class in every respect.
l. r. d. Mcconnell, brother
e. Ex-Governor Mcconnell, shot hin
ol self through the heart at Mosco,
last Saturday evening, dying il
ID stantly. He had made several a
is tempts to take his life before b,
,e failed. Cards, wine, fast wome
in and the use of money not belon,
ing to him seems to have been IL
trouble.
w Off Santiago de Cuba the the
IN mometer registers one hundred az
s. ten degrees in the shade, and Il
neat inside the steel turrets is sa
to be beyond comprehension. TIL
be is, of course, when the ships a
H. not in action. When fight is g
n. ing on the suffering must be extr
'es ordinary, indeed, without I
at gard to the dangers of battle.
ist Isn't it about time that the Lee
et- iston papers gave us rest on t
ire prominent mining man" rackt
vi Every drummer and travel,
n rancher or hobo, who pass
". through Lewiston bound for t
upper country is dubbed "pron
nent mining man." altho' the gre
lu- majority of them never saw a mi
oo and wouldn't know it if they s.
no one.
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