Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-01-27

From Mondays Daily.
d. T. Davis is out from Buffalo
Hump.
E. Gordon went to Cottonwood
yesterday.
NJ. w. Byland of Spaulding is
in the city.
John Nevin, of Freedom, was in
town Saturday.
Compositor wanted at this office.
Apply at once.
James Ryan the musician Ia up
from Lewiston.
John Nevin Of Freedom Sunday.
ed in Grangeville.
There will be q masquerade bal
at Cottonwood Friday night.
Captain j. w. Murphy has re.
sumed his old station at the forge
P. H. Ready was passenger te
Lewiston on the belated stage yes.
terday.
AAndy Kavanaugh is out from
Warren to recover from an attack
of la grippe.
Seth Jones is reported very ill
with typhoid fever at his home
near Denver.
| Two more of Lewiston's chinese
citizens arrived in Grangeville or
Sundays stage.
The Modern Woodmen of Amer.
ca will give grand ball on Wash.
ington's birthday.
The foreman of Reynolds Bros.
distillery arrived on the stage yes
terday from Virginia.
Superintendent Orchard has
rented the Jones residence prop
erty on South Hall street.
Miss Aileen Green is much bet
ter today and will be at her accus
toned place in few days..
r. BoRN.-In Grangeville, Idaho
January II, 1899, to the wife O
Rev. Frank Brown, a sou.
The Rebekahs will give mas
querade ball at Odd Fellows hal
Friday evening, February 10.
P. M. Christianson, j. L.,Wilsol
and G. L. Brock were passenger
on Sundays stage from Lewiston
Alexander & Freidenrich yester
day received consignment of wei
snow shoes for the Buffalo HUM
miners.
II J. A. Wilkinson, Of the Bargain
Store, went to Lewiston Saturda
to buy goods from eastern drum
mers.
~ The stage broke down in tn
Pearson lane Sunday morning an
the passengers had to hoof it int
town.
The Grangeville dramatic clu
are contemplating the productio
of that excellent mining drama
"Placer Gold," in the near future
J. J. Bennett has returned frol
r a trip to DeLamar and goes int
e Elk City in day or two o
|, mining business.
IN Editor F. p. Turner is up frol
Stuart on townsite business. q
i reports big fight on between o.
:. posing factions in regard to th
Q Main street lots.
ri Mrs. Clemens and child arrive
- - from Lewiston Sunday and wei
? into Newsome this morning to joi
= Mr.. Clemens, who has been resi-,
ing in that camp for the past yea
!. " Steps are being taken to organ
q ize lodge Of Knights of Pythi'
Il here, there being enough membe
to constitute good strong lod,
without the addition of new m
- terial.
.TIThe proprietors are centempla
ing putting ON another stage {
y the line from Lewiston to Grang
vile, the stages now on the lii
y being inadequate for the increasil
business.
I'd The Chinese New Year arriv
on Thursday, February 8. The
:, last year had 13 months accordil
" to the Chinese calender, and t
celestials here are arranging 70,
t. pretty thorough celebration.
L. j. Morrison is up from LIE
p iston on his way to the Hump
u locate claims. His intention is
TX locate several claims in a grou
incorporate them and combine
H. the assessment work on the gro
at upon one claim.
On Once again we rise to ask I
a authors of the Code Commissi
20 bill to point out the clause of
en- constitution which authorizes
he legislature to delegate its law-ma
'er ing powers to any commission
to any purpose whatsoever.