Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-01-20
NOTES OF A WEEK.


Tom Pearson is up from White
Bird.
Miss Belle Mcpherson is very
i'll with lagrippe.
The Cottonwood pos toffice is to
have an entire new outfit of furni-
ture.
Mrs. Arthur Cantril has been
quite i'll ut her home near Mt
Idaho.
The little daughter of "Doc''
Montgomery is sick with chick
en-pox.
Mrs. f. B. Simmons started yes
terday for q short visit to Green
wood, B. G.
An exciting life insurance war
has been on in Lewiston for two
weeks past.
A. Friedenrich and wife left via
the Lewiston stage for months
visit to Portland.
Fully 100, 900 900 tons of bitum.
inous coal was mined in the United
States in 1898.
Jas. Schoeber, of Cottonwood,
passed through Grangeville en-
route to Mt. Idaho.
r. McGregor and J. M. Moore
were passengers to Florence on
this mornings stage.
His Honor, Mayor Henry Wax,
left for Lewiston this morning to
be absent = few days.
H. Hanson, P. T. VanNess, v.
NJ. Costello and A. j. Payne ar
rived by stage from Lewiston to-
day.
T. B. Ball shipped last week to
Seattle one carload of Camas Prair-
ie hogs and four carloads of beef
cattle.
A. j. Smith reports two of his
children quite i'll with chicken-pox
and another suffering from typhoid
fever.
G. w. Stewart and sons have
purchased the E. P. Russell ranch
in Lake precinct. Consideration
$500.
The religious Indians at Lapwai
are waging bitter war against
the gambling element on the res
ervation.
| Cashier w. w. Brown of tht
Bank of Camas Prairie is agair
confined to his bed with at attack
Of pneumonia.
Harry Poyneer, of Elk City, i
the first on the outside to remi
$3.50 for six months subscription
to the DAILY PRESS.
Will Smith who has for tw,
months been a typhoid fever suffer
er has SO far recovered as to be on
riding Saturday evening.
Samuel I. Owings is no longe
publisher of the Moscow Times
Democrat having severed his bust
ness relationship Herewith Jan.
Work was resumed on the waite
works this morning and as soon a
the necessary connections can b
made water will be turned into tn
the Coon street main which ex
tends to the Grangeville roller
mills.
Mrs. J. A. Swartz at last report
had recovered consciousness, an
while not considered out Of DANCE
has fighting chance for recovery
Will Mcpherson is very i'll {
brain fever at the residence of hi
sister Mrs. Carrie Aram. Sma
!. hopes are entertained of his recoV
! cry.
Editor Parker is still wrestlin
with the grippe under cover of tn
Y blankets and it will be some day
before he will get into the harnes
1 again.
Mrs. A. d. Gritman and thre
n children, for several weeks tn
guests of Mrs. Homer Matteson O
South First street, returned hon
yesterday.
p By an agreement between tt
post Office departments of the tw
nations the prices of money orde
: have been reduced between IL
: United States and Canada.
William Springer was passel
ger on the Elk City stage tn
! morning. Before returning
Grangeville he will visit the CAM
Of Newsome, Elk City, Dixie an
! Buffalo Hump.
" Mr.. Cox is recovering nice
L from the effect of his recent CO.
@ @ fiict with wild COW, and althou9
Q severly disfgured is still in Il
= ring. He talks Of going to Mexi