Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-27
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WORLD
FROM HOME AND ABROAD
Occurrences Odd and CuriOus-Busi-
ness Matters and Affairs-PrsOns
Worthy of MentiOn-NOtes of
Crime and Accident.

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to withstand earthquake shocks
An immense sun dial, certainly the
largest in the world, it at Haydn Horoo, a
large promontory extending 5000 feet
above the Aegean sea. As the sun swings
around the shadow of this mountain it
touches, one by one, circle of Islands,
which act as hour marks.
The Topeka (Kan.) city council has
passed an ordinance imposing yearly tax
of $4,000 upon premium stamp companies
and upon business firms making use of
the premium stamps. The stamp COM
panies will contest the collection of the
tax in the courts.
Twenty thousand ex-Confederate SOL
diers will hold reunion at Atlanta, Ga,
from July 20 to %, inclusive.
The eight public bath housese in Phil
adelphia We're patronized last week by
23O, S05 men, women and children.
Experiments made in the irrigated
parts of California and Arizona show that
good dates can be raised there.
At Dawson City, Klondike, the price Of
flour has fallen from $75 to So a sack
and gold dust is selling for SIS an ounce
Omaha union printers who go to wal
will have their dues RENTED, and, i
married, 81 week will be given to theil
families.
Considerable damage has been done t.
mountain towns on the Isthums of Te
hauntepec by a series of earthquake
shocks.
The New York Cotton Exchange pro
poses to suspend brokers' who perpetratt
wash sales by means Of fictitious quo
tations.
Six members of family of the name
of Won Zostrow, of Sherburne, N. Y, have
died of trichinosis from eating raw pork
Orders have been received at the navy
yard, Charlestown, Mass, to expend $40,
600 in repairs upon the old frigate Min
nesota.
The phosphate camp at Ponpon, s. c..
is wildly excited over the finding of $50,
900 in gold by two negro diggers, who
dug up a large chest and divided the
contents.
A case of goods received in New York
recently from Liverpool, England, had the
| following message written on it in large
letters "NIay success and glorious vic
tory attend you, Brother Americans, in
your just cause of humanity, is every true
Englishman's wish. Success to the Star,
and Stripes. j. w. L."
| The Nebraska State Board of Agricul
ture reports this years wheat crop one OF
the heaviest ever raised in the state. The
yield will exceed 100000, 900 bushels, and
the grain is sound and of excellent quail.
| ty. Corn is also in splendid condition
and an immense yield is anticipated.
Officials of the treasury department re-
port that the entire war bond issue OF
500, 100000 has been taken by the people
in small amounts, and that the money
sharks have been baked in their intrigues
to secure bonds by fraudulent means.
Uncle Peter Surprise of Cedar Creek
township, near Crown Point, Ind, has
just celebrated his l05th birthday, and is
still strong and active and in good
health. Not day passes that he does
not share in the light work around his
sons farm, and when not engaged in this
he spends his time in grubbing trees. His
only wish is that he may live to ITO years
old.
The highest honors at the commence
ment exercises of the Kansas City college
young woman graduate. She was Miss
Harriet Benton of Odessa, Mo. She re-
ceived diploma and also a gold medal,
which was the first prize for the highest
grade in all the branches taught at the
college.
The Oldest living author in her majes-
tvs dominions, Mrs. Catherine Parr
Trail, is now living in rather straight
ened circumstances at her home at Lake
field, Ontario, in her 9th year, having
maintained literary activity more than
80 years, and exhibiting in her old age
bright and keen interest in all that
makes for the welfare and improvement
of her race and country.
Andrew Ferguson of Gilman, Ind,
cailms to be the oldest man in that state.
He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
in 1892, and consequently is LOG years
old. His sister, Bette CarroIlton, who
lives near Franklin, Ind, is 100 years old,
and his brother, who died IL years ago,
was ll2 years. His mother died at 49,,
and his father lived over 100 years. Fer
guson is strong and remarkably active
and expects to live 10 or IL more years.
At Clinton, Ia, last Sunday, Paul
Dengler, a Chicago and Northwestern
railway baggageman, on returning from
a trip found a note from his wife stating
she was losing her mind, was not fit 10
live, and was going to die and take two
children with her. Search resulted in the
discovery of the three bodies in a barrel
partly filled with water. The heads of
the victims were submerged, but the feet
protruded. Mrs. Dengler was 3S years
of age, and the children years and 10
months respectively.
Pink Hodges, ex-city marshal of Kyle,
Tex, was shot and fatally wounded by
Frank Martin, well known business
man of the place. They had renewed
an old quarrel. Hodges was wearing a
steel breastplate but a number of the
shots penetrated his body.
The same flag which was hauled down
by order of Cleveland will be hoisted on
the government flagstaff at Honolulu,
when Minister Sewell takes possession of
the Hawaiian islands in the name of the
United States.
The wrecked Spanish cruisers at Santi.