Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-08-08
round ABOUT RITIY|LLE.
HAPPENINGS IN CITY AND COUNTY
Personal Paragraphs and interesting
News Notes OF Both Local and
General Importance.-Th Events
of a Week Terse!y Told.

of Week Terse!y Told.
Mrs. F. r. Burroughs and daughter,
Ellen, were visiting Spokane Tuesday.
L. c. Van Patten went to Pasco
yesterday for a brief visit with his
brother.
r. H. Weber of The Dalles Nurser-
q les, has been in the city the past week
taking orders.
Rev. T:ller will preach at the Chris
tian church Sunday, Aug. II at IL Il.
M. and s p. M.
Mrs. Z. j. Hallin visited Spokane
Saturday to place an order for fine
line of fall millinery goods.
James Fletcher and son, farmers OF
Rattlesnake fiat, were transacting
business in the burg Saturday.
TT. Garvey, the painter, has re-
turned from Tacoma where he has
been spending month in his family
home.
Lincoln Laughiin returned this
morning from Whitman county where
he has been absent for several weeks
attending college.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Armstrong, a
newly married couple OF Cow creek,
were visitors in the city last Saturday
and guests at the Pacific.
NJ. f. Cochran on Wednesday last
finished putting down a.well for j. L.
Bronson at Hatton. The well is $50
feet deep, water raising 80 feet.
Fred Clodius, the young lumber.
merchant, was one of the party who
visited Victoria, b. c., last week. He
is now home again and at his pCst of
duty.
Mrs. II. b. Eaton and children Of
Mt Clifton, Va, will arrive about the
. 10th inst. where they will juin the
husband and father ut the farm homo
near Griffith
Sheriff II. Z. Hill left last MY Tor
Pendleton, Oregon, with requlsition
papers for John q. DuD1is who will
answer to the charge of larceny in the
Superior court.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphus p. Smith
are in today from their farm on the
fiat. The lady recently returned from
a trip to the Eastern states where she
went year ago.
F. II. Benge and Jesse Milton, two
well known gentlemen who are III the
stock business in the southern part OF
the county, were among our business
men last Monday.
Edgar Binford and J. W. Goody-
koontz, farmers from the fiat, were. in
Friday. They state that nearly all the
grain will be headed and in the stack
by the close of the present week.
Mr.. and Mrs G. F. Porter left Sun
day morning for Dayton on a business
and pleasure trip. They will b. away
for two weeks. The photogra gal
lery WILDE closed during thei: absence.
Professor Brown OF Walia Walla,
will speak in the Congregational
church, Sunday morning, Aug. u. In
the evening at $3.50 O'Clock he will de-
liver his interesting lecture on "Young
America"
Byron L. Sutton, one Of the wheat
kings OF Adams county, has purchased
a half block on Piety Hill west OF the
college from Messrs. Greene 4 Prouty
where he will erect fine residence
and move here with his family for the
winter.
The following Adams coLnty citizens
have been drawn upon the jury in
United States court convening at
Spokane in August: Grand jurors,
Elmer Terry, Delight, VIM. Leslie,
RitzviIle. On petit jury, Earl Prouty,
J. F. Coss, Jr,, w. X. Kennedy, Ritz
vile.
The Pacific Hotel has many new
and model Improvements and a force
has been employed in repairing and
renovating every part Of the building
until it presents a very neat appear
ance and is giving satisfactory accom-
modations to the public. Mr.. Margraf
understands his business we'll
John Fruhling, an orphan boy 10
years OF age and 4 grandson OF Mrs
John Bnnger, widow lady living 8
miles southwest ofstown. lwas locked
up in the county Jail lat Thursday
as an inco1igible youth over whom
no one has any control. IL il report
ed that an effort will be made toshave
him committed to the reform school.