Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

should be,
But I'll tell it as twas told to me-"
Tuesday, May 3Oth, is Decoration
day.
Ed. M. Bovee, Of the city bakery,
transacted business at Spokane on FRI
day last.
7. w. Hauschild who has been on
the sick list for few days was on the
street again yesterday. .
Faucher & Garvey are putting a
gorgeous array of handsome paint on
the neat little dwelling OF Mr.. Fred
Shepley.
Prof. G. A. Godat, the mining man,
came down from Republic and spent
a couple days with us the first part Of
the week.
d. B. Zimmerman, the king of cat
tie buyers, arrived in Ritzville We'd
nesday night and will remain a week
in the interest OF his business.
NJ. A. Cisna, formerly deputy sheriff
of Spokane county and a well known
and respected citizen OF that county,
registered at the Pacific yesterday.
E. b. Oliphant, the attorney, will
move from his present quarters to a
new Office which will be built for him
soon, adjoining the millinery store OF
Mrs. Hallin.
Hon. Wallace Mount, ex-judge of
the Superior court of this district,
comprising Lincoln Douglas and
Adams counties, was in the city Fri
day on legal business.
Married-In this city on Saturday,
May 6, 1899, Mr.. Herman KrCppen to
Miss Mary Bitter, both of Adams
county, Rev. A. f. Gilman, evangeli-
cal Lutheran pastor, officiating.
G. F. Henry, u worthy young man
from Akron, Ohio, has just finished
teaching a term OF school in the AL.
bershardt district. We sincerely hope
he will remain in Adams county.
Mr.. and Mrs. D A. Scott returned
from Helix, Ore, Tuesday morning
where they have been during the sick
ness, death and burial of Lester King,
younger brother OF Mrs. Scott and
w. W. King of this city.
Mr.. Watson, with his daughter, Mrs
Mary A. Townsend, and son Robt. l..
Watson, all from the Delight neigh
borhoo1 in the southwestern part OF
the county, visited our city the latter
part of the week. %tE*
Chas. Milton, son-in-law of G. p.
Low OF this city, and keeper OF the
game reserve OF millionaire /. N. Pey-
ton, situated on Grab creek in Lincoln
county fourteen miles northwest OF
Ritzvlle, was in the metropolis last
, Friday.
The Ritzville public schools will
close it's nine months term in three
weeks. The session has been a sue
cessful one and much credit is due the
splendid corps of teachers for the
noticeable progression. 1t is to be
hoped they may all be induced to re-
main another year.
If Ritzville is to have an old-iash.
toned, bang up, fourth OF July celebra.
tiol that will make the welkin ring
} the initial steps should be taken early
and before our ncighboring sister
towns. who may become tired waiting
on us, take up the subject themselves
There is every reason now why we
should observe Indel endence day with
high spirit.
Mr.. Frank Nation and wife of Rat.
tlesnake fat, left yesterday morning
J for New Hartford, ILL.,, where they
will reside in future. Mr.. Nation and
his wife were both raised there and
their parents live there. The return
to Illinois is especially on account o.
Mrs. Nations health, which theil
many friends in this county hope will
: improve.
Last Thursday following the whole
, sale arrests of the anarchists and
murderers at Wardner, commenced by
the federal troops, the soldiers raided
the town of Burke and took into Gus
tody all the men that could be found
from the postmaster down. The cap
=. tors recognize neither class or divis
ion OF human society. A genera
) round up was made and the prisoners
herded into box cars and shipped tc
Wardner, entirely denuding the town
Of men. Give us ticket for Burke
, please.
Epworth League Anniversary.
The Epworth League of the Ritz
I, vile NJ. E. church will observe the
.o,2l. .n,,;,a,ca,v Of tho or,,an To 80,