Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-04-07


ion. Report very encouraging.
OTIs.
From Thursdays daily.
DIR. Sifton is a visitor from
Florence today.
w. H. Clarke, of Shannon &
Clarke, is back from trip to
Moscow.
: Mont Brown, Of Moscow, has ar
rived to take position as bar
tender at the Jersey House.
Messrs. A. c. Wills and j. euler
of Salmon City, start for the Hump
tomorrow by way Of Badger.
Oranges, lemons, dates, figs, and
a good assortment of candies and
nuts received today at the Bon Bon
After March come the flowers.
Who cannot stand its rough wealth
er for the pleasure the flowers
bring?
The weather will not always be
this way. The ice cream and
lemonade season will come by
and by.
In the reorganization of the
army at Manila the Idaho regi-
ment is placed in Gen. Lawton's
division.
| w. A. Mullinix arrived from
Waitsburg yesterday, to take a
position with his brother John at
the Bon Bon.
Fred Mcpherson, representing
the most ably edited weekly period
ical on the Pacific coast, the Frisco
"Wave," is in Grangville.
Don't become discouraged at
seeming failure. 1t is said that
white angels walk with tired ones
along the barren ways of this world
Americans may feel uneasy about
his health, but it will be hard to
make the Philippines believe there
is anything the matter with Dewey.
The winter has been trying in
all sections Of the country, but
industrial and trade activity has
not been disturbed to any great
extent.
A petition will be filed today t.
! have an administrator appointed
for the estate of the late Chas. Rob
bins. w. N. Scales attorney fol
the estate.
Clay McNamee, representing
: attorney for this judicial district
and member of the Grangevill'
! law firm of McNamee & Morgan
, is visiting friends in Moscow.
!, Frank Hannaford arrived in tn
I city last evening from Florence ant
expects to make Lewiston his fu
ture home, having sold his mercan
E tile business at Florence
J, L. Cohen has rented the buildin
t occupied by O'Kane, for the purpos
t of opening a cigar store. Mr.. an
a Mrs. Cohen were formerly in busi
;, ness in Skaguay and lately i
J Portland.
=, Wheat is quoted six cents lowe
II than at the close Of February. VIII
l. is this? And why has it fallen s
|. far below the "dollar wheat {
. last year? That's a question fc
politicians to answer.
> E. NJ. Watson returned last Nigh
- from Grangeville. Mr.. Watso
Z owns fourth interest in the CliI
o per Bullion at Buffalo Hump thu
n was bonded few days ago by tn
De Lamar syndicate for $40, OOO.-
Tribune.
II. A. Campbell, a brother of OF
= contractor, w. H. Campbell, a
20 rived from Eugene, Oregon, We
- terday to reside permanently. H
:. has been engaged in raising hol
y for some years and will likely bu
4 a farm later.
4 Lewiston is bound to have
e. mining boom right at its door
IN and according to dispatches in Il
q "Review" some of the ''miners
10 down there are stalking off quar-
At locations in the basaltic hills nor
pe of the Clearwater.
er A drove Of 203 hogs from Cam
IN Prairie, en- route to Uniontow
IN Wash. was taken across the Clea
ne water ON the ferry Sunday nigh
ar 1t took five days to make the tr
,ss from Cottonwood to Lewiston,
distance of "a miles.