Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04

till August 10Th.
Sixteen Grangeville people leave
for the Burgdorf springs tomorrow.
Thirteen passengers went down
ON the Lewiston stage this morn
ing.
Mr.. Steinheiser leaves for a
weeks absence at Spokane tomor-
row.
State Board of Equalization
meets at Boise next Monday, Au-
gust eth.
Admiral Dewey is expected to
reach New York the first week in
October.
Our city editor, Alan Owen, left
for protracted visit to San Fran
cisco this morning.
Walter Hincklcy and family
reached town on horseback from
the Warm Springs this morning.
The Idaho Inter- Mountain fair
will be opened at Boise September
25th, and will continue for five
days.
BoRN. AT the Experiment farm,
near Grangeville, August !, 1899,
to the wife Of George 3. Briscoe, a
son.
w. Il. Bullock is out from Elk
TO see his sick wife, whom he re-
ports greatly improved and out of
danger.
Henry Meyer and family passed
through town this morning bound
fer the mountains on a hucl<lebrry-
ing tip.
I. $. Mcmahon, of Portland, is
in this ely. He is astonished at
the signs Of prosperity observable
on every side
Dan irullIngor eft this morning
Tor Spokane to close mp the deal
for his mining property in the
Big creek country.
II. j. McFadden is expecting the
arrival of a brother from Los An
geles whom he has not seen since
the close of the Civil war.
G.. f. Troeh's sawmill ON the
!iettricl place six miles southwest
Of town is now ready to furnish the
public with all kinds of lumber.
Lee Sharp, an old G. A. r. vete-
ran, from Denver, Col, is in from
salmon river, where he has mining
interests, and reports considerable
activity along the Salmon.
Mrs. Sarah Clark has returned
from the country, and in connec-
ton with her daughter, DIR. Jessie
X. Clark, will hereafter occupy
her Hall street residence.
Messrs. Stein, Hardy and Roarke
left yesterday for two weeks
rustication trip in the neighborhood
of Warm Springs, where game and
fish are reported unusually plenti-
fun.
DIR. Hicks, the famous weather
prophet, in his forecasts for August
tells of much sustained heat and of
hot burning winds in some of the
growing sections of the great
Northwest.
Attorney w. II. Savidge, of
Boise, has been recommended by
Senator Shoup for appointment as
State Census supervisor. Mr.. Saw
idge, Il few years ago, was u. p.
attorney with headquarters at Poe
atello.
Edwin London is erecting a fire.
proof stone vault under his bust
ness premises. A brick wall is also
to be erected between his building
and the Peoples market, as a fur
ther protection against loss by fire.
The Overland hotel, Boise City,
has been sold by II. B. Eastman to
Vim. Hartman for $50. 900. Mr..
Hardman will erect u large hotel
over Il mammoth compartment
store building on the first floor OF
the site occupied by tie old hotel.
JAS. Spellman and Jas. Cunning
ham arrived yesterday from the
Seven Devils and are registered at
the Wiltse house. They report the
Devils thronged with prospectors
: and representatives of eastern cap
ital and much mining property
changing hands.
G. ". ". Wcatherwax. of Aber-
deem, Wash. who was formerly in
terested with Driver 4 Calvin in
the Red river dredge enterprise, is
IN the city, accompanied by II.
Van Iassel and J. b. karshner
also Of Aberdeen. We did not
learn their business.
The latest addition to the galaxy
OF legal lnminaries that seintillate
with dazzling brillianey already in
great and growing Grangevilie is
Alloys Wartman, Esq, of Grace
vile, Minnesota. Mr.. Wartman
WAS at the Minnesota University
with Attorney Nugent.
Janata, the tailor, who has re-
Gently established himself in the
Hartman block, is from Colfax.
Wash. He is IA thoroughly capa
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