Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-02-24

John Wells have made application
at the Lewiston land Office for
patent on the Queen of the West
at Florence.
II. M. Poyneer of Elk city wish
es to call the attention Of pilgrims
to the Hump to the fact that he car
ries full line of liquors, cigars and
Pabst bottled beer.
Mr.. HI. Edwards, the book keeper
for the Big Buffalo company, ar
rived on today's stage and will
have his Office in the McDermid
corner Main and Coon
This being the pastors regular
time for holding services at Cot
tonwood, there will be no services
in the Baptist church on Sunday,
but will be Sunday school at
usual hour.
Alexander & Freidenrich have
for the last week cold several largo
orders for the Buffalo Hump.
This firm II making a great effort
to supply the wants Of the camp.
They are up-to-date outftters.
While the skies are gloomy and
the wind clustering with occasional
flurrics of hail on the prairie, Mr..
Kattenbach reports over the phone
that the weather at Lewiston is as
warm and bright as midsummer.
Judge Ballou of Colorado, who
has been visiting his old friend,
Colonel Danford, of Lewiston, If
in town, and intends opening a
mining brokerage Office as soon a.
q suitable location can be obtained;
The regalia for the new K. p
lodge was ordered few days ago,
and is probably now on it's way
here. The finest to be obtained
was ordered, and the whole para
phanalia will not cost less thar
5000.
Jake Kidwiler of Day ton arrived
on today's stage, en- route to Jack
son bridge, where he will inspect
some placer grounds belonging tx
Messrs. Kirby and Armstrong. /
the ground is favorable develop
ment work will begin Immediately
P. +. Fisher, mining maj
from Spokane, is at the Jerse,
House. AS soon as the weathe
permits he will make trip to tn
Hump. Mr.. Fisher says all alonI
the line from Spokane the who'll
country talked Of nothing but tn
Hump.
A successful and we'll attende,
dance was given last night b.
Marion Williams at his residenc
three or four miles southwest @
town. There were fully fort
couples present and a good tim
was had by all. A large humble
of young people attended fror
Grangeville.
The many friends Of Professor {
o. Knepper, President of the Stat
Normal school at Lewiston, will b
deeply shocked to hear that he
seriously i'll with pneumonia. Hi
son Ed, who is teacher of classic
at the Barton college, Wash, ha
been telegraphed for.
| Late advices from Mt. Idah
have been received to the effet
that the Florence stage road frol
Slate creek is completely blocked b
newly fallen snow. The Costo
brothers have given up all hopes I
opening the road for the present
snow is still falling heavily. The
are making the trip by rawhidinl
The interview with A. L. Harcl
elrode of Rabbit creek published
yesterdays issue of the DAN
PRESS has already drawn the a
tention of one capitalist to tn
section. +. p. Sherwood,
| Spokane, a prominent mine own
. and promoter, states that sin
, reading the account of the mines
the Mallick district given by M
, Harchelrode in this paper, he HI
determined to take a trip to tn
region before visiting the Hum
He is particularly anxious to e
. anime the prospects on Big cree
and Rabbit creek.
1t is authoritively stated tn
Dick Ruddy of Genesee and Eel
Warren of Lewiston have arrang
1 to start another stage line fro
Lewiston that will be run in CO
n nection with the Coston brothe
: through to Buffalo Hump. Coach
with a capabity of eleven passe
). gers will be run with six hors
Q and the trip to Grangeville will
made in one day. There will
four changes Of stock to Granl
;, vile. As soon as the coaches a
= stock can be gathered here the Ii
will be put in operation. This W
make two good stage lines frt
. Lewiston to the Hump and there
. ample business for both of thu
s. even now, when only the advan
guard is going in.