Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

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brother of Mrs. Gillett, arrived
in Grangeville today.
BoRN.-In Grangeville, Idaho,
October 5, to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Norwood, a daughter.
MARRIED. Grangeville, Ida
no, by Rev. w. A. Hall, Mr.. Geo.
Otterson and Mrs. Sophia Taylor.
A new and splendid find of agate
has been found in our near vicinity
a full account of which will be CIV
en- in the Press at an early date.
T. E. Edmundson, foreman Of
the FREE Pass office, left this
morning for a short visit to Spo-
kane, from which place he will so
Spangle.
Ralph Harlan, who represents
the interior department. of the
United States in this section, is in
the city on official business con-
nected with the departments.
Fred Hallett, the sawmill man
from Buffalo Hump, arrived in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Hallett says
that the business in Buffalo and the
vicinity is beyond his expectations
and hence he is more than salts
fed.
| Mrs. James Dougherty, wife Of
the mining man, who went to
West Powder to attend the funer-
al of her mother, has been detain-
ed through illness of other rela-
tives, but will return to Grange
vile in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Edwards
were made happy by the arrival of
, their son, Jessie l.. Rains, from
Manila last night. Jesse went to
. Moscow with Co D, with which he
served during the war and is now
back to spend brief and well-de-
, served holiday with his parents be-
fore resuming his studies at the
university.
Bert Sherwin was about town
yesterday soliciting funds for a
permanent guarantee to the leader
Of the band. Hereports that people
0 are contributing nicely, but that
| is now short about $15 per month
!. to make his list good. Those de-
0 string to contribute and not having
0 seen Mr.. Sherwin will find him al
n Vollmer & Scott's.
A letter received from j. b
Showers, of Morrillton, Ark, t,
It George Baker, announces that h
/ will arrive in Grangeville on o
g about. October 10, and will thel
n take up the bond on the Johnston
If group and Forty-nine groups whicl
It he bouded just prior to his de
e parture. These properties are i
i the Dixie mining district.
's Jas. Green, who has severa
9 properties at Logan creek and Gov
u eminent creek in the Thunde
a mountain country, arrived in tn
:. city today with some simply wor
'e derful specimens of ore from thes
re two sections. He only endorse
'e what has been printed heretofor
in the Press. The veins are yer
n rich, he says, and extremely lare
re and we'll defined.
L Geo. X. Reed, the genial host {
p the Jersey house, left this mornin
. for Spokane to take well earne
g vacation. He will incidental
L. visit the Fruit fair and see to tn
10 proper placing of the mining e,
y hibit Of ores from Idaho count,
10 Mr.. Reed deserves great credit i
l. view of the fact that considerabl
70 of the responsibility of the shit
~ ment of our exhibit fell on him an
70 he has given the matter the great
le est attention.
:, Mr.. II. G. Newman, the fathe
~ of Mrs. A. +. Parker and Mr.
\ Scales, is spending few days i
- town, having come in over the Sa
- mon river trail from Weiser. II
- reports two thousand men as Ell
" gagged in the work of constructio
on the Pacific & Idaho Norther
railroad, and says that the exter
ic sion of the road to connectio
with the Northern Pacific O
a Camas Prairie is a settled fax
# which will be realized in due tim,
r d. N. Mcintosh, together wit
d. W. Monroe, who have bee
l. making an examination of ne
lr alone the Buffalo Hump camr
e. but all the camps in the immed
ate vicinity, arrived from tn
j. Hump yesterday. The proverbia
% sphinx could not have been NOR
e silent as to what they had see
than both gentlemen, and fro1
"a our knowledge of Mr.. Monroe /
- means something when he refuse
g to talk, as he generally has some
!" thing up his sleeve.
Good reports are coming on
u from Elk of the fine showing tina
+ is being made this summer on til
% quartz mines on Deadwood mount
J ain. That is another coming grea
quartz mining section which offer