Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-01-04
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

Hon. OR. Holcomb spent Saturday
last in Spokane.
Wheat market today: Bluestem
81 cents, Club AZ cents.
Clinton Staser, lawyer, does gen.
eral bankruptcy business.
We would call your attention to the
changed ad. OF Bauer Bier Co. in this
issue.
If you are looking for good BUSH
ness building don't neglect to see
Holcomb & Zent.
Messrs. Clever & Laing the WASH
tucna merchants, were in town the
front part Of the week.
Just cast your eye over the change
in the NEWS ads. this week, work Of
the fine italian hand of the major.
James Watson, farmer from the
sandhill country, was trading with
Ritzville merchants last Monday.
We have good business place for
sale cheap. Come early and see what
it is.-Holcomb & Gent.
Born-On Monday, January 2, 1899
at $3.50 p. m. to the wife of W. R. Cum
ningham, jr., a 10-pound boy, so DR..
Adams informs us.
w. F. Beal and &c. Sullivan, prom
inent farmers from the south side Of
the bailiwick were transacting bust
ness with us on Saturday.
A liquor license was granted to
johnson & Margraf at session OF
council held Dec. %, 1898, which ad-
ded $3.50 to the city treasury.
Read what w. r. Peters has to say
to you in another column pertaining
to matters and things in general,
powerful interestin' readin'" as Hor-
ace Greedy said.
Sheriff J. w. Williams, Deputy
sheriff Lamars and Charles Willard,
the latter desperate character, in a
desperate fight at Seaside, Ore, OIL
Dec. 80, were all killed.
1t has been reported that Mr.. o. M.
Lee and Mrs. Frona Davis were mar
ried at Spokane day or two ago, but
no positive information can be OBJ
tanned by the NEWS man.
Councilman John Bovee has been
on the sick lit for . few days with
something that looked like measles,
but he has recovered sufficiently to be
at his place Of business today.
DIR. F. R. Burroughs received tels-
gram last evening from Lamona on
the Great Northern calling him to
Crab creek to attend the sick child of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. w. Lamona.
Adams county had a million dollar
snow storm on Jany. 1st., eight or ten
inches OF snow, two million bushels OF
wheat at fifty cents, surely this is a
happy newyear for the farmer.
You should now do your best to
write it 1899, keep the new and good
resolutions you have made for the
new year and, last but not least sub
scribe for the Adams County News.
Mrs. 8. M. Hair has been suffering
from a severe fall she received last
Thursday evening, having slipped upon
the icy doorstep at her home a half
mile south of town. We are pleased
to note that the lady is recovering.
David Richardson. the we'll known
wheat buyer and successful business
man, came IN on Mondays passenger
and will remain in the city for few
days looking after his interests here.
He will return to his home in Seattle
soon.
F. r. Bailey, general agent for the
Plano Manufacturing company of
West Pullman, Chicago, came down
from Spokane Sunday night and is
comforting with the local agent, G. o.
Greene, in reference to the outlook for
business for this year.
All parties having past due notes at
the Adams County Bank are hereby
notified to call and have same settled
in full by Feby. LIST, or same will be
placed in an attorneys hands withor
further notice.-Benj. Martin, cashier.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin Of San Fran
cisco has been found guilty Of murder
in the first degree for causing the
death Of Mrs. J. p. Dunning BY end
ing box Of poisoned candy to her in
Dover. The condemned murderess
will be spared ID ignominious death
on the gallows, the penalty being fixed
At life imprisonment.
James Grant, the architect and
builder. who recently completed the
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