Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-07-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

Rev. Geo. H. Newman will preach
in Paha Sunday afternoon at o'clock
July 9.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Everett are
spending the week with friends in the
country.
Earle 7. Copp OF this city, prom
Using young typo, is on the News staff
this week.
If in need OF well it will pay you
to see Irby & Benward the Missouri
we'll drillers.
r. P. Smith has been laid on the
shelf for a few days with rheumatism
but is convalescing.
j. H. Bowers, farmer of Delight,
came up yesterday in time to take in
the latter half of the celebration.
County Assessor Dugal Nelson
was appointed Notary Public June
20, 1899 for period of four years.
r. Clyde Kennedy, Assistant CASH
Ter of the Adams County Bank, is
away on short vacation at the Coast
Cities.
Prof and Mrs. G. H. Knapp spent
last Friday visiting at the pleasant
home of Exec. Commissioner and
Mrs. Jno. N. Olson.
w. Little, of Fletcher, who has been
taking treatment at Medical Lake for
Rheumatism was in the city Thurs
way on his way home.
Harvey Gritman left Sunday morn
ing for the Buffalo Hump mining
country i'll Idaho, travelling overland
with 3 saddle horses.
TIL, receipts of the Redmen's ball at
opera house were $3.50. An orchestra
from Pynn's military band furnished
the music which was first class.
The board of county commissioners
will be in session all this week. The
official report of the proceedings will
appear in next issue Of the NEWS.
Messrs. E. F. Miller and Will Ken
nedy leave tomorrow evening for a
ten days vacation playing around Spo-
kane and vicinity OF Five Mile Prairie
Frank johnson and Robert Potts
will ship another train load of cattle
from Ritzville to Dickinson N. d.
next Saturday, for D. B. Zimmerman
the king OF stock bus ers.
Mrs. Richard Siemons and two
children, of New Whatcom, arrived
Friday morning and will visit few
weeks in this city with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Klaas Schnell.
Owing to the quarterly conference
at Ritzville July 9th. the regular
services at Lamona and Bonanza have
been withdrawn. Preaching as usual
at Griffith f. ]. James.
The familiar faces of Ben Hutchin-
son and Hugh Dunlap were among
the participants at the celebration
yesterday. They returned to their
ranches on Lower Crab creek today.
Sheriff Hill, last Sunday, conveyed
Mrs. Sarah s. Williams, of Hatton,
to the asylum at Medical Lake upon
a commitment issued by Hon. G. III.
Neal, Judge OF the Superior Court.
The firm OF Finnell & Gribling who
have been conducting the Temper
ance Billiard Rooms has been dissolv-
ed. Ed. Finnell retiring and Mr..
David Gribling continuing the bust
ness.
Mrs. T. H. Methven and children
are to start to-day on 50-mile trip
by wagon to visit her sister, Mrs.
Orrin Couch, near Ritzville. She ex-
poets to stay a week.-Cheney Free
Press.
Crazed by worry, Paul Reuther a
stone mason from California, last
Friday morning jumped to his death
from the Post Street Bridge at Spo-
kane into the river below and was
seen no more.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Goodykoontz,
of Fletcher, spent Saturday night in
the city, the gentleman being on
his way to Spokane while the lady
will visit with Mrs. s. NJ. Hair for a
few days.
Herbert Folger, of San Francisco,
manager of the Phoenix Insurance
Company of Hartford Conn. spent
last Wednesday afternoon in the. city,
on his journey homeward from a
visit to the head Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton e. shipman
returned Sunday moraing after sever
al months absence on an extended
pleasure trip through the eastern
states and looking as though they had