Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-30
WARRINGTON.

from Seattle.
The Spokane Stock Exchange has
been incorporated.
Whitworth college is going to be NOV.
ed from Sumner to Tacoma.
The Socialist colony at Harmony,
Lewis county, has dissolved.
1t Is virtually settled that the Sno-
homish county fair will be success.
A saloon within block of Seattle
police headquarters was held up recent
ly.
Joseph N. Spinrod, barber of Seat.
tie. was run over by train in Tacoma
recently.
A parasite plant called the dodder, Is
attacking clover and alfalfa in Eastern
Washington.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
Church of the Sacred Heart, at Seattle,
was laid recently.
Work on the Inland Telephone line
between Asotin and Anatone Is prog
ressing rapidly.
During the past eight months 1872
prisoners have been received at Walla
Walla county Jail.
Frank Boyle, aged 16 years, was
drowned while crossing the Yakima
river, near North Yakima.
James McGary. of Ritzville, was
bound over to the superior court in the
sum Of $3.50 for stealing cattle.
Lee Comstock, II year old boy OF
Spangle, was accidently shot in the left
arm recently while out hunting.
Jack Howard, of Republic, is under
arrest on the charge Of being the person
who murdered w. w. Banning recently.
George B. Kabrick, of Vancouver. was
run over by passenger train and
frightfully mangled, one leg being cut
off.
The city of Walla Walla has sold
$350,O00 of bonds, Of which $4,000
were general municipal and $4,000
were sewer and water bonds.
A protest is being raised by the peo-
pie of Olympia against the removal of
the territorial seal from the capitol to
the University of Washington.
John Roberts, Northern Pacific Sec
tion hand at Pullman, was recently SER
iously injured by being thrown from
a hand car and having the car pass over
his head.
Burglars broke into the Northern Pa
cific depot at Olympia, recently. blew
open the safe and stole $16S in cash.
Nothing but cash was touched.
A big impetus was given In Seattle
to the movement which has for Its OBJ
ject the reception and entertainment Of
the First Washington regiment on its
home coming.
7. b. Cheer 70 years old, an inmate
OF the county poor house 81 Ihehalis.
was struck by the engine of work
train the other afternoon near Newau-
KUN, and instantly killed.
There are few Washington volun-
teers sick and destitute in California.
Governor Rogers has asked the people
OF the state TO help them out and there
will probably be generous response
II has been discovered at North Yak
ina, that through an error at Olympia,
Yakima county tax payers have been
called on to pay about $4,000 more Of
state taxes for 1898 than they should
pay.
Last year of the IL mills levied for
city expenses OF Tacoma, 6.35 mills was
for interest on bonds, which, according
to city comptroller Lister. will be In
creased to about 8.5 mills the present
year.
James Templeton, bachelor farmer,
6s years old. living near Penewawa,
was found lyins in the road one mile
from Colfax recently. unconscious.
One rib was broken and his head, neck
and shoulders were badly bruised. His
hack was lying bottom up and badly
smashed. The team was missing.
James Boggin, Jr.. who is in the en-
ploy OF a threshing crew at Anatone,
was accidently caught by the tumbling
rod, which connects the separator to
the engine, and he was whirled around
sevehal times at a rapid rate. The un-
fortunate man was stripped of all Of
his clothing excepting his shoes and a
collar band. Mr. Broggan was not SER
iously hurt, barring few skin bruises.
The Rattlesnake country OF Yakima
county has been considered good only
for stock ranches until this year, when
II has been thoroughly tested for wheat
growing and has stood the test 30 well
that those who have land there will
sell only for fancy prices. 1t Is now
believed that this section will prove
to be one of the best wheat growing
tracts in the state.
Following are the apportionments In
eastern Washington Of the school fund:
Adams, $2,320.s6; Asotin. $1.551.2s;
Columbia, s5,191.s4; Ferry, $3.50;
Franklin, $3O42e; Garfield. s3.0os.oS;
Kittitas, ss.S67.74; Lewis, s1o,197os;
Lincoln, s6,176.07; okanogan, s2.-
645.6s; Spokane. $24,949.04; Walla
walla, ss.421.91; Whitman, $16.5s7.1o;
Yakima, $5.56i.55.