Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-04-05
LOCAL AND Personal.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

G. w. Bassett, the founder of WASH
tucna, spent Monday night in the
burg.
c. E. Amsbaugh, the hotel man OF
Lind, was visitor on Saturday and
Sunday.
| E. G. Crouch, stockman from the
lower part OF the county, came up
Saturday.
Ralph X. Nichols of North Yakima,
internal revenue inspector, is here on
official business
Andrew Mcqueen, ex-county COM
missioner of the Lake Colville section,
was in on business Tuesday.
Mrs. E. B. Oliphant, wife of Attorney
Oliphant, with their son, arrived in
Ritzville Tuesday night from Weiser,
| Idaho.
Sheriff Hill and Deputy r. H. Lee
conveyed M. G. Cochran to the hos
pital for insane at Medical lake yes
terday.
March 31st was Good Friday and
was generally observed by our German
brethren throughout the city and
country.
Judge c. II. Neal held session OF
Superior court on Monday. The reg
ular term with jury will be on the 4tll
Monday in May.
The man who was arrested here last
week for a'saulting and nearly killing
brakeman on the Palouse road was
not the guilty person, it seems.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Shipman con-
template visit to their old Ohio
home. expecting to start about May
LIST, to be absent several months.
Uncle Sam Armstrong, the brush
travelling man from Lind, brought in
two big grips loaded with fine brush
goods from the factory, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. N. Lamoreaux
left Sunday morning for an outing at
Couer d. Alene and will return when
the health OF Mr.. Lamoreaux improves
]. M. Start is building a residence
and barn for his son-in law, Ed Gas
kell, near Bemis. Mr.. Start does not
expect to return to Kansas for several
months.
E. B. Oliphant has received trio
OF registered white Plymouth rocks
They are beauties, and Lawyer Oil.
plant puts in most of his time herd
ing them.
Faucher & Carney, the painters who
have been spending the winter in Ia.
coma with their families, are here
again and will resume work as soon az
the weather will permit.
A thunder shower was a novelty
which visited Adams county Monday
These occurrences have been very rare
heretofore, and some one has hintet
it that the change is caused by the in
fiux Of Missourians.
Governor Rogers appoints Friday
April 18th, as Arbor day and recon-
mends that the people observe the
same by planting trees, vines, etc., fol
adornment of homes and public
grounds OF our young state.
4 Photohania is new disease tha
has developed in Ritzville. We know
of one very serions case where thu
dread mania has SO developed that thu
afflicted person swiped his own picture
Ask the county clerk for particulars
John Dooly Of Walla Walla, an ole
time Washingtonian, was with III
Thursday, and not caring to be al
Irishman any longer took out his frs
citizen papers and clapped filing or
a fine quarter section OF Adams rea
estate.
DR.. Ira A. Cottingham left Thursday
morning for Missouri for the purpose
Of winding up his business affairs in
that state, after which he expects tt
return to Adams county to reside per-
manently, so we are informed by Hon
J. M. Adams.
The pastor Of the First Congrega
tional church has been requested tt
repeat discourse preached sons
weeks ago upon the subject, "Hell as
taught in the revelation Of God
Complying with the request the pastor
| will preach this sermon next Sunday
morning.
Sermon Outlines.
BEGINNING Sunday the 9th I will