Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-07-29


Democratic primaries tomorrow.
sThe city tax levy in Moscow is
26 mills.
Mike Green was out from Flor
ence this week.
Mrs. Jas. Edwards has returned
from her trip to Spokane.
NMrs. John N Rice will soon
leave ON II visit to Chicago.
~ Mrs. Spedden begins teaching
school at Tolo on Monday next.
i The frame ofC. NJ. Days two
story house ON the old school block
is up.
~Down in Boise city the citizens
subscribed $500 20" the wagon road
into Warren.
SThe recent session of Congress
appropriated $500 ,527 ,99l, of which
1851 ,7SS, ,095 was for the war.
Frank Johness returned Monday
from trip to the Pittsburg and
Snake river copper mines.
l.. w. Fail and wife arrived
from Dixie Tuesday en- route to
California where they will reside
permanently.
John and Miss l.. Clark arrived
from Iowa last Friday and left for
Florence Monday where they will
stay till winter.
Mrs. Higgins is up from Salmon
river visiting her daughter, Mrs.
c. S. McCready, who is very sick
at the Experimental station.
n Mr.. Stahl has the frame up of
two-story house he is building on
east Main street, and will occupy
it as a residence and assay office.
~ Seth d. and Robt. Jones have
purchased the NJ cross brand of
cattle, numbering about $50 head,
from Frank Rowe, of White Bird.
\ A report is circulating that the
stage driver found newly born
baby on the road three miles this
side of Cottonwood on Monday of
last week.
The middle-of-the-roadsters can
nominate middle-of-the-road
ticket, but they cannot make the
rank and file of the Populist party
vote it.
Mrs. Seth Jones will arrive home
today after an absence of nearly
three years in California. Her
friends will be glad to hear that
she returns fully restored to
j. health.
An entertainment will be given
Friday, August s, for the benefit
of the Presby church, at Odd
, Fellows hall. The program will
be published later. Admission
25c; children 15c.
Catholic Church Notice. There
,, will be service in the Catholic
! church on July 80, at s, and July
1 81, at 10 o'clock. Everybody is
!. kindly invited to attend the Sun
day service.-Rev. Father L.
Mueller.
n George II. Jones, specia
e agent of the Interior Dept.
\ \ has been here this week tax
Il ing testimony on behalf 0
;, claimants for Indian depreda
5, tions committed in 1877.
The Catholics of Elk City, Flor
ence, Warren, White Bird and al
e around in the country are hereb,
> notified to let the priest know thei
names, places and way to reacl
them.-Rev. l.. Mueller Catholi
Priest of Idaho county residing a
y Keuterville, Idaho.
at At the republican primaries las
Saturday Jas. Edwards, Jas
Woodward, c. NJ. Day, G. I
Smith, J. R. Adkison, e. G. Sher
10 win, W. d. Robbins, j. f. Ailshie
e. J. w. Bonebrake and d. Wort
were elected delegates. The cor
to vention will meet tomorrow t
re elect delegates to Boise.
IN There is no doubt that the wa
tax on bank checks will add large
Mt ly to the bimetallic strength in tn
as east, and eventually lead to th
u n restoration of free and unlimite
" coinage of silver. Our easter
friends will gain some yaluabl
y practice in handling money, an
TO they will learn after awhile thu
Il, it will not break their backs I
IL have a silver dollar in their pocl
cts, and that it will not melt eve
D. if they keep it by them over nigh
e. Chas. Mullen, of Boise count,
lis was one of the delegates from tn
state to the late mining congre.
u at Salt Lake, and Frank Johne
If. accuses him of being the wittie
delegate present. In the debal