Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-09
Round About R,tzville.
81 know not what the truth may be-;
lll tell IL as TWAS told to me-"

Rev. FL. James, the Willis teacher,
came in Saturday.
Dick Coleman and NJ ". Townsend
came up from Delight Sunday.
Edwin R. Doughty, the gentlemanly
school teacher, is in the city for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcdonald OF
Cow creek. registered at the Pacific
Hotel Monday.
Frank Sargent, the Lind blacksmith
paid Ritzville visit during, latter
part of the week.
Three of kind--Born, July Is, to
DR.. and Mira. James Monroe, of Gus
ter, Idaho, three sons.
Faucher & Carney this week are
painting the fine new farm residence
OF Henry Thiel six miles west of town.
Alexander Innes, Delight farmer,
called at court house Thursday and
reports good crop prospects down his
way.
T. W. Lanham, who has carpentered
and harvested in Adams county for
several years remained over Sunday in
the city.
The News is county enterprise.
Boom this paper and it will boom
Ritzville and Adams county. We
have come to stay.
A. NJ. Craven, the Spokane attorney
spent Monday in the city with lawyer
E. B. Oliphant Oh some legal matters
in which both gentlemen are interest
ed.
d. McGillvary, the Walla Walla
banker and of the firm of Messrs.
Durry & McGilvary, the Cow creek
stockman, was in the city over last
Sunday.
r. o. Porak, the sprague brewer on
Monday last purchased the interest of
Henry Luiten in the Farmers Saloon.
The new firm name will be Porak G.
Daniels.
Mrs. DR.. J. W. Lansing and daugh-
ter arrived in the city Sunday morn
ing where they joined the husband
and father, DR.. ]. w. Lansing, a prac-
ticing physician of this city.
W. L. 0lmsteld, proprietor of the
Ritzville Drug Store came home Mon
day from his outing at Occur d. Alene
lake. The family are still there and
will probably remain a month longer.
VIM. H. Watkins, AL. S. Elder and
Benz. F. Berry, all we'll known
citizens and leading farmers from the
Flat, were among our merchants
Thursday rigging up for harvest which
is opening up this week.
Prof. Chas. G. Snyder departed Mon
day for Santa Rosa, Calf. after sever
al weeks visit with friends and rela-
tives in Adams county. Mr.. Snyder
has occupied the position of Instructor
of Sciences in the high schools at that
place for four years.
Guy +. Egbers, N. P. engineer pull
ed train through the city Sunday at
p. m. bearing sol Georgia mules
property OF the U. s. government for
freight service in the PHILIPPINES. They
were all fine we'll picked animals and
the cargo was probably worth $50, 900.
Covered with bushes we acknow-
ledge the high compliment paid us
last week by Editor Rufus r. Wood,
| publisher OF the Chronicle at Daven-
port, Wash. If the Chronicle is any
criterion to go by Bro. Wood should
have been included in the list of sue
cessful newspaper men.
]. +. Davault and wife OF Villa
Ridge, Illinois, are in the city and
visiting an old friend, Mr. Allen Meis-
enheimer, clerk in the general store
of Messrs. Clodius & VonHolt. They
came west over the Southern Pacific
and will leave for home in a few days
via Northern Pacific.
o. R. Haight arrived home from his
eastern trip after seven weeks absence.
He found his father much improved
il health at his home in Usage, Iowa.
The NEWS man profted by Mr..
Haight's visit in the way OF some
handsome specimens OF Spanish paper
money issued for use in Cuba.
Harris 6 Comparet, machine agents,
on Thursday last closed 5000 ]. j,
Case threshing machine deal with 8.
A. Osborne and VIM. Mcdonald, far
mcrs of the German settlement. &C.
Flanders. a representative of the ]. l.
Case company, was ALSO present and
much pleased with the large order
We acknowledge receipt OF COM
plimentary season ticket for ourself
and better half to the Seattle EXPOSE