Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-11-03

the city for a few days. Mr..
Brown is prospectOr Of many
years experience in Colorado, Wy
oming and Utah. having spent
some ten years in Leadville and
Cripple creek and is familiar with
all the principal mining camps Of
the Centennial state. He is the
owner of several claims at New
some that give every evidence of
becoming producers at no distant
day and asserts that the Newsome
creek district is the wonder of
Idaho, showing vast bodies of free
milling ore that are surprisingly
rich.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
j. M. Herman of Florence is in
Grangeville.
c. Huddleston of Oshkosh, is en-
joying our hospitality in Grange
vile.
Jas. Surridge of the firm of Sur
ridge Bros, of Bridgeport, is in
the city.
H. G. Newman ltf5 on the Sal
mon river stage this morning for
the Weiser country.
DR.. Charles Busey was up from
Clearwater, Monday, making proof
on his homestead claim.
The best posted weather sharps
predict a long, open fall, and we
hope they do not miss their guess.
P. J. Coffman, agent for the
Studebaker Manufacturing Co., is
in the city ON business for his COM
pany.
w. FL. Harris, superintendent
Of the Slate creek mine on Salmon
river, is a guest of the Jersey
House.
A year hence the spell-binders
will be abroad in the land closing
up the presidential campaign Of
1900.
The Freisheimer Drug Co. are
distributing some handsome calen-
dars for 1900 among the business
houses in town.
A party of Northern Pacific
engineers are engaged in making
another survey up the Middle Fork
of the Clearwater.
J. N. Rice of Florence, one oil
the owners in the Big Buffalo
group at Buffalo Hump, is a guest
at the Jersey House.
DR.. Bucks Celery Sarsaparilla
and Dandelion, a true bracine
blood and stomach tonic, at the
Right drug store. Sold by 7. J.
Wright.
Fred Hallett, the sawmill man
of Buffalo Hump, arrived in the
city last night. He reports the
greatest activity in his line of bus.
mess at Buffalo.
Engineer T. A. Clark is reported
to be surveying route for the N,
P. r. Il. up Butcher creek with
the intention of finding a route te
growing Grangeville.
The Grangeville Social Club will
give grand masquerade ball on
Nov. II, the proceeds of which
will be donated to the Grangeville
Brass Band. Further particulars
later.
The principal contractors down
ON the Clearwater extension have
been advised that when they get
through with their work on the
river additional work will be found
for them, probably ON the Camas
Prairie extension.
MARRIED.-At Lewiston, Idaho,
October ~, 1899, by Rev. J. d. Nc.
Conkey, George Doss and Miss
Coombs. Mr.. Doss is proprietor Of
the Elk City stage line and the
bride has just arrived from Cali
fornia. They will make their
home in Grangeville.
j. F. bearing of Mt. Idaho, left
for the lower country last week to
spend the winter. His health has
been quite poor of late and a change
of climate was imperative. Robt.
J. bearing has filed on 100 acres
in section 80, township 80, range 3
east, near Mt. Idaho.
The popularity of Host Wiltse is
testified to by the fact that his de.
servedly popular hotel is filled con-
tinuously with mining men, mer-
chants, business and professional
men. He is always looking after
the welfare, interests and comforts
of his guests.
Officer James Hogan announces
the fact that this being Halloween
ho would o,nOuoak IN prOv,orkv ruyr.