Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-09-20

= James Boucher Is working III the
Harris livery barn.
+. G. Bissell has become editor of
the Monroe Monitor.
Rev. Francis NJ. Egbers was at the
M, f. conference held in Spokane last
week.
w. Frank Newland, ex-county
assessor, was shaking hands around
town Monday.
The will of Katie NJ. Oestreich has
been admitted to probate upon petit
tion of Geo. H. Kanzler.
Chas. Sinclair left for Portland Sat
urday morning, where he will attend
school during the winter.
Mrs. Augusta NJ. Harris was a
Spokane visitor last week attending
che Methodist conference.
w. c. Reeder, the furniture mer-
chant, is experimenting his large
crop interests on the fiat this week.
Postmaster Sinclair has an umbrel-
la which was left in the postoffice.
Owner will inquire OF Mr.. Sinclair.
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these:" Oh for little
light on the streets during the dark
Egyptian nights.
Mrs. L. E. Paskill, wife of our rail-
road agent at this place, left Friday
morning for visit in New York City
and other eastern points.
DIR. J. M. Adams has returned from
his trip to Hot Springs improved in
health and is again at his Office, which
fact we are pleased 70 note.
Jesse r. Harris, wife and family of
this city, are rusticating and fishing
this week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isom Irby on Crab creek in Lincoln
county.
J. F. Collier was up from Fletcher
Tuesday and informs us that wheat is
going from IL to 20 bushels per acre
in his neighborhood, and the gentle
man is in a position to well know.
There will be wedding at the
Spokane exposition. The manager,
Mr.. Bolster, announces that it isn't
every couple that can have a $1,000
band play wedding marches for them.
Wheelock B. Smith who recently
shipped several hundred head of horses
to British Columbia, was in the latter
part of the week and is preparing to
send two more carloads OF draft horses
to the same place.
Wheelock B. Smith and Others held
several hundred head OF horses in
the Mp. Stock corrals here Monday
night, being enroute to British
Columbia market. This is the second
band driven there by these men.
Sheriff Canutt of Whitman county,
threatens to sue the state for the pay
ment OF a guard who accompanied him
with an incorrigible girl committed to
the reform school. The guard was
the sieriff's wife.
Rev. Trevor Orion, formerly M. E.
church pastor here, occupied the pull
pit last Sunday evening, delivering a
very interesting sermon. He has been
given charge of district in the Chelan
country for the ensuing year.
M. +. Cochran has just finished
238 foot well for Conrad Schaffer six
miles west of town, with A feet of
water, aid one for the Garrison broth
ers at a depth of 800 feet, striking a
strong vein affording a splendid sup
ply of water.
Gideon Leonard, the staunch farmer
OF the fiat, leased his fine farm there,
resigned the postmastership at Bemis
and will move to Spokane for future
residence. Thus Adams county loses
one Of its best and most highly res
pected citizens.
Eugene Brown of Colfax, has in
vented a sack piling machine with
which on trial test three inen piled
30 sacks "a feet high in minutes. II
is claimed that $500 sacks can be pill
ed "a feet by three men in day,
which would take at least seven men
by hand.
Mr.. George 8. Snyder OF Fletcher,
has rented his place to Mr.. Richard
Harding and desires to sell all his per.
.sonal property, particulars OF which
may be found in another column
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder will depart al
soon as possible for California to at
tend Leland Stamford Jry University
Colonel D. J. Zent, Of sColville
father OF our county attorney is in
the city on business connected Will
! the Jefferson marble mine in Stevens