Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-07-08

There is no license bn fruit ped
dlers in this town.
Call for republican primaries is
published on page I.
County commissioners meet in
regular session Monday.
Mrs. kinkaid and Mrs. Kerlee
are visiting friends 1T Genesee.
Editor Parisot, of the Florence
Miner. celebrated the Fourth here.
The creditors Of he packing
house met at Cottonwood to-
morrow.
District court will probably con-
tinue in session two Or three days
OF next week.
T. E. Galloway is up from White
Bird and reports a highly success
iul celebration in that burg.
IL. r. BARTLETT and j. O'Rourke.
of Butte, are visiting Buffalo Hill,
in which they are stoc ckholders.
Three carloads of Camas prairie
cattle and two of hogs were ship
ped east from Genesed last week.
II. L. Heppner has been APP
pointed by Judge Pip er US receiver
OF the Hiyu Mining Co., at Flor
ence.
Hon. Willis Sweet returned to
court at Mt. Idaho Tuesday from
Kendrick where he delivered the
Grafton Monday.
Mrs. Birmingham and two child
rem arrived from Tacoma last Fri
day and left next da y to join Mr..
Birmingham on the Crooked river
! placers.
We are pleased to note that Mr..
S. Weimer, gradu ate from the
conservatory of music at Frank
furth, Germany, nd lately in
structor of music at the State Nor
mai school, at Nom louth, Oregon,
has decided to remain among us
for awhile. He is d very accom-
plished performer on the piano and
a thorough musician in general.
George Riebold is out from War
rem for pipe for air ventilation in
the lower levels of the Little Giant.
During the winter lie sunk a 100
foot shaft from his deepest work
ings and is now drifting both ways
on the vein and extracting some
of the highest grade ore the mine
has ever produced. The country
rock cut through Is highly min
eralized and extrem ely hard.
Major Brodie and Lieutenan
Knox, the gallant Americans wht
were wounded in the attack ol
the Spaniards at Sa ntiago Friday
are well known by number o
the old-timers of this county
Brodie, as lieutenant was il
Howard's command during til,
Nez Perce Indian war, and Kno1
was quartermaster at Camp How
ard following the hostilities.
Letter heads, bin heads anC
envelopes with your business
and address prin ted on then
cost less when y ou buy 500 o
1000 at a time t han paper ant
: envelopes bought in small
quantities. The FREE PRES
office furnishes them neatl,
printed in tablets at very rea
sonable prices.
: 4. j. Mclean ha Is struck a won
derfully rich body of ore in tn
Candelaria mine at Florence. III
| has 10 feet of solid quartz, assay
ing $40 per ton. md besides, ha
!, opened up the vein every 100 fee
for the entire length of the claim
Il The new strike is the main or
: chute in the vein and the larges
! ore body yet fou nd in Florence
There is no question about Nc
: Leans skill as a miner an
t prospector, for he is the origins
u locator of the famous Banner min,
) and now owns the Candelari;
Yellow Jacket, c oupon, Gilt-ede
:, and other properties in the heal
). of the Florence mineral belt, OF
l. of which it is to be hoped he wi
If emerge many time millionaire.
I. S. Weller died at Boise, Jul
IS /, aged AZ years. He had been
:. resident of idaho since 1869, ha,
e ing come to Idaho county in 1877
IS as partner in the firm of Binnal
!, & Co., doing business at Mt. Idah,
: which was succeeded later by til
well-known firm Of Weller & Wa
In 1852 Mr.. Weller removed
y y Boise and was as sociated with A
lie bert Kohny in bus siness there. M
| Weller was twice elected to Il
y legislature of idaho, his last Sc
= vice being to represent Idaho al
Nez Perce counties in the first Sc
y sion of the state legislature. III
Il. cause of his death was gastr
II ulcer, for which he was unavailin
- ly treatpd hy thh bast snaoiolic