Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.



Tomorrow is grounding day.
A good life insurance.-a pair of wet
weather shoes.
Otto VanBuren who has lain so
long at the Pacific hotel is out on
crutches and recovering nicely.
Chris Kyriss, E. Sheppard and G.
M. Smith poured the oil. of gladness
into the News Office Saturday last.
The Lee brothers are drilling we'll
on the ]. M. Kaufman place.
The Garrison brothers of Delight,
and s. L. Thomas of Hatton, spent
Saturday night in the city.
Mr.. Orr H. Greene boarded the east
bound passenger Tuesday morning for
Spokane. His little daughter, Lucille,
accompanied him.
The Adams county tax rolls for the
year 1898 have been turned over to
County Treasurer Shaw, and taxes
will be due and payable February 7th.
The local camp M. w. OF A., No.
5595, installed officers last Friday
evening. Chas. N. Lamoreaux is v.
G., w. w. King, Clerk and J. G. Ash,
Adv.
DR.. Richardson, the optician, re-
turned to Spokane Sunday morning.
He did splendid business while here
and promises to return in about three
months.
Rev. J.H. Everett, though suffering
severely from Lagrippe, preached an
exceedingly interesting sermon Sun.
day night to highly appreciative
audience.
Rev. G. Graedel filed two returns on
marriage licenses yesterday with the
county clerk, Geo. Greenwalt to Anna
Lebsak, and Peter Wurtenberger to
Julia Pflugrad.
We are reliably informed that q
new string orchestra has been formed
among some of our leading society
people-sextette. Practice two even
ings each week.
L. G. Huffman, prosperous farmer
of the fiat and fine young man, on
Thursday last obtained license from
the county auditor to wed Miss Min
ME Staley of Washtucna.
The evangelical Lutheran GENET cry
east OF town at d. Stoeckman's place,
will be dedicated Sunday next at 1880
in the morning. The dedicatory SER
mon will be preached at IL o'clock at
the church.
The Ritzville Hardware company,
the new strong combination, will have
10 carloads OF machinery shipped into
the city within sixty days. They ex-
pecs to find sale for at least 30 car
loads in the spring.
w. F. Zwick of Seattle, special
agent for the Imperial and Lion fire
insurance companies OF London was
in town Monday. w. r. Cunningham
jr., was appointed local agent for the
Imperial and E. d. ellison for the
latter.
Among those shopping in town
Saturday we noticed Thos. Durry,
Hugh Rankin, Henry Kaufman, G..
H. Kanzler, Mr.and Mrs. ohm Melon
aid, M. L. Burkhart, T.Benton Smith,
Sandhill Smith and Rattlesnakefat
Smith.
The lands embraced in townships
Is and 16 north, range 81 e. WIN. are
now subject to entry under existing
settlement laws. These townships
were withdrawn from settlement in
1895 since which time the lands en-
braced therein have not been subject
to entry.
The city council are having the
we'll corner of c and Main streets
cleaned out and deepened. When
this is done the city water supply will
be enlarged and the quality improved.
Other improvements in the city water
departments are to be followed up as
fast as the work can be done.
Elmer E. Shook who has been en-
ployed on the j. M. Cochran well drill
for some time states that they obtain
ed an abundance Of water on his place
at . .dapth Of 1876 feet which stood the
test Of furnishing 200 gallons per
hour. They are now boring on the
Abr. Johanson farm.
James L. Bronson, the Hatton mer-
chant, will remove to Newport, Idaho,
where he is interested in mines. His
son-in-law, Mr.. Otis AIgoe, succeeding
him in the business and postmaster
ship at that point. Thus Adams couia-
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