Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
NOTES OF A WEEK.

company telephone eNchahee -
coming in daily.
The O. X. < y. Co. is now run
ming boats seven days per week in
and out OF Lewiston.
Mr.. Hollenstein, IA Lapwai baker,
is in town looking for a location
for bakers shop and confeetlon-
cry.
Adam Freisheimer, Of Missoula,
Montana, is in town looking up Il
location for "A drug store he wishes
to establish here.
Z. O. Washburn and George
Brewer leave tomorrow for the
Hump, where they will embark in
the saloon business.
Lima Morrison arrived today
with the lodging house equipment
which McGrane and Hallett will
establish at the Hump.
Mrs. w. S. Reynolds, residing
at the distillery, was afflicted with
II paralytic stroke last evening and
is today in a very critical condition.
w. c. Chapman, Of Boise, is
looking over the town and is 50
well pleased that he will open a
butcher shop if he can find stiita-
Bile location.
Mrs. Hadorn left early this morn
ing with the body of her husband
who died at the Moser House yes
terday, for interment on the Ha-
dorm homestead on Deer creek.
A group of 90 Of the original
Buffalo bumpers raided Hanson <
photograph studio and had their
pictures taken Tuesday. At last
accounts the camera was recov-
ering.
The Lewiston Tribune is author
ity for the statement that Hon.
Vic Bierbower, ex-lieutenant gov
ernor of the state OF Idaho. in
tends locating in Grangeville to
practice law.
Geo. A. Founder, of Seattle, "A
well-known mine promoter OF
Rossland, Republic and other
northern camps, arrived up today,
and will, in all likelihood, locate
in this embryo metropolis.
Tom Pearson is up from White
Bird and expresses himself as lost
amid the crowd of new faces on
our streets. a good many of the
other old-timers feel the same way,
but are glad to see the change.
Frank Perkins is up from Pollock
for Il few days. He reports the
grass green and the weather spring
like along the Salmon river. Onl
of his 300 head of live stock which
wintered on the Salmon river range
he only lost three head.
Senator Fogg is expected hom,
soon to remain six weeks to arrange
his business affairs, so MS 10 tax,
up his residence at Boise in orde
to devote his entire attention t.
the work of the code commission
of which Gov. Steunenbefg hai
appointed him member
At the teachers examination
held at Mt, Idaho February "A, ;.
and 26, the following persons wer
granted certificates. &. IL. Mefet
ridge and q. W. Slayton, secon.
grade; Miss Rhea Stewart. Mis-
Hester l.. Pogue. Mrs Lois Elfers
Mrs. Celesta Wisdom, and j. L
Douglas, third grade; Mrs. Saral
Spedden was not present at the eN
animation as reported.
b. B. Stuart, one of the old-tim
pioneers, is up from his ranch Il
Syringa today and tells us that tw
companies of @. r. 4 \. surveyor
are working up the middle fork q
Clearwater and contracting fo
right-of-way us they proceed. Liz
all the rest of us, Mr.. Stuart I.
joices to see the vast quantities {
new blood coming III to settle Il
old Idaho county. There is SIT
plenty of the best government Ian
on earth open to settlement in hi
neighborhood.
l. n. Maxwell. an old-time Law
yer whose shingle hung out i
Lewiston in territorial days, was
passenger on the stage this mori
ing. He has been located on I'll
Sound for some years and is no
looking over his old stampin
ground with the view of locatin
among us Mr.. Maxwell was one
largely interested in mining propt
sitions in this county, and was il
strumental in opening UP IL
placer mines on American cree
some II years since.
Henry S. Jones received yestel
day draft for 81 900, being til
insurance in the Woodmen of I'll
World, carried by his son vii
who died at Manila. Owing to TIL
distance from the United States
has taken more than the usu;
time for the order to ascertain I'll
facts of the death, but they HAY
been very prompt and the pole
was paid without any trouble. II
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