Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-31
LOCAL AND Personal.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.


But I'll tell it as twas told to me-"
J.H. Bowers and H. Champion made
this Office call on Thursday last.
w. F. Beal, farmer from the Flat,
drove into town yesterday on business.
F. James, the Willis minister and
school teacher, was a caller yesterday.
On Sept 21st, Vanity Fair troupe
are booked to play at the opera house.
Farmer A. Hollenshead was in today
looking after his property interests in
the city.
A nice neat new five-room cottage
on Knob hill for rent, inquire at this
Office.
Mrs. F. .. Lehman of Spokane, is
spending few days in town with old
acquaintance.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Elder of Wash
tucna, was transacting business in
Ritzville Tuesday.
W. w. Yeisley, Hatton farmer,
transacted business with our mer-
chants last Saturday.
Mr.. NJ. O'Neil of Tacoma, is visiting
few days with his soninlaw, Mr..
Antoine Faucher, the, painter.
Benz F. Berry and w. II. Watkins,
prominent farmers from the southern
part of the county, came up on bust
ness yesterday.
Geo. E. Butler of Lincoln county,
father of Mrs. w. E. johnson OF the
Pacific hotel, attended the G. A. R.
exercises here Tuesday.
Mrs. Lester H. Kellar and son, Ray,
OF Kendrick, Idaho, arrived Sunday
evening and will visit friends and rela-
tives here for couple of weeks.
H. w. Saunders, q G. A. r. veteran
and Adams county farmer who has
prospered by his honesty, spent Tues
day in the city with old comrades.
Messrs. LaFrenz, Cusick e. Co., pro-
prietors of the Model meat market,
have been making some elaborate i'm.
provements in their place Of business.
There will be the usual services at
the First Congregational church next
Sunday. The communion service in
connection with the morning worship.
Richard Coleman, a prosperous and
industrious English farmer from De-
light, sojourned in the city Friday
night and in his rounds literally con-
tributed to the NEWS man.
This Paha Sunday school will picnic
on June Sd, in the grove. A program
has been prepared and all who would
like to spend day with us should be
present.--W. F. Winslow, Supt.
We are sorry to learn that John
Mcdonald who resides on and owns
what is known as the Coss place, on
Cow creek, has been quite i'll for sew
eral days.
The collection at the Memorial SER
vice Sunday morning was $13.04,
enough to pay for the use OF the opera
house anda balance OF $3.04 which
was turned over to the Post to use as
they think best.
Philip A. Grub, agent for the Ia
coma Grain company, will leave to-
morrow for his home by the modern
pool of Saloam, Medical Lake, where
he will remain about two months be-
fore returning.
w. s. Eastman, the enterprising
barber, has just placed a handsome
case eight by twelve feet in size in his
shop which is very neat piece of fur
niture and adds much to the appear
ance OF the establishment.
Wilson Hixon of Dayton, Wash,
called in this week and furnished us
with enough OF the root of all evil ia
keep the News "a comm" for several
months. Mr.. Hixon has timber cul-
ture in the Scott district on which he
expects to prove up in the near future.
The family of Mr.. d. C. Mcconnell,
bookeeper in the Adams County Bank,
will spend portion of the summer
abroad expecting to leave for Colorado
in few days. Mr.. Mcconnell will do
the bachelor act for awhile and he
does not seem any too happy over the
prospect.
The one hundred and twenty-third
anniversary of the independence OF
our country and the first OF the fall Of
Cervera's feet will be celebrated in
this city in manneras never before
Nature will be let to take its course
and we will enjoy ourselves to beat
the band. All are most cordially in.
tvited to join in the festivities.
Prof. G.. H. Knapp was the haDpy