Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-29

the CITY,
T. L. Perkins Of Spokane, was in the
city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Nance of Fresno
CAL, are visiting friends in the city
for few days.
Mrs. s. M. Hair was reported very
ill yesterday at her home just in the
outskirts of the city.
Hon. s. A. Wells, receiver of the
U. s. Land Office at Spokane, was
down on business Sunday.
Charles Sinclair, who was called
home by the illness OF his mother, left
yesterday for Portland, where he is at
tending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert s. Elder OF
Washtucna, were among our visitors
this week, registering Tuesday night at
the Pacific Hotel.
Geo. Ingram, subject of Queen
Victoria, was granted final naturaliza-
ton papers upon the testimony of
Alexander Strachan and J. G. Shorno,
on Monday last.
Ritzville Hardware Co. have just put
in Washington Light plant in the
new brick block of VIM. Snyder, and
one for Clark Long at Paha. Fred G..
Bier did the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Bassett Of
Washtucna, attended the Nashville
Students show Monday evening and
while in the city we're guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Snyder.
Dinner on Dec, g by the ladies OF
the NJ. E. church will be given in the
Blackmer building corner second and
Z streets, instead of the opera house
as previously announced.
BY the number of twinkling stars
visible on one evening of late it was
observed that after all astronomers
predictions and watching for the pros.
pective shower, all the stars failed to
fall.
Leslie, young son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. Kaufman while at play last
Monday fell and broke his right arm
square off between the elbow and
wrist. Dr.. M. Adams set the limb
and the little fellow is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. Maude L. Greene and Miss
Hattie Henderson, national lecturers
and workers for the W. G. T. U. and
l. NJ. Board are in the city the guests
Of Mrs. Haight, and will be present at
the meeting of the M. E. Ladies' Aid
Society which meets with Mrs. Haight
at 2 o'clock today.
Thursday, Dec. 18th, 1899, will make
the Tooth anniversary of the death of
George Washington. The day will be
observed by the Masonic fraternity
the world over with exercises suitable
to the occasion. Ritzville Lodge No.
10l has committees arranging for the
event in this city.
A young lady Of Ritzville sat on the
front porch FOR two hours the other
night waiting for the kissing bug to
come along. By and by when her
parents were in bed, the bug came. He
was five feet eight inches tall, weighed
1877 pounds and smoked cigarettes.
Her lips were not swollen bit the
next day.
All correspondents will please take
notice that in order to insure the pub
LEGATION OF their matter it must reach
this Office not later than IL o'clock
noon OF Tuesday. Also that all COM
munications must be signed by the
writer. We do not intend to publish
your name, but we must know who
you are. All anonymous letters will
meet the same fate--the wastebasket.
The mass meeting at court house
Monday evening for the purpose Of
nominating city officers was well at
tended and the work OF the conven-
ton was excellent. Representative
sober, successful business men, all
having large property interests are
upon the ticket and the election OF
such men iIsures an intelligent, safe
and economic conduct of municipal
affairs for the ensuing two years.
That Adams county people are
industrious, progressive and public
spirited no one will deny, but there is
one thing we cannot refrain from
mentioning and which is not in keep
ing with our good reputation. We
have neat court house and no seats
in il. Surely people, whether they
hare business or not in this public
building, are entitled to be made COM
Portable while they remain, without
. sitting on hard ben ches without backs