Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-01-31

jacob Buehlcr, the German farmer
of the Scheel. district, was in the burg
yesterday.
The Artisan ball the 14th gives fair
promise of being the greatest event of
the season. Attend.
II. ]. Carney, the painter, has been
playing his fine Italian hand on the
opera house seats this week.
Solomon l. Bartges, who recently
returned from Missouri to take charge
OF his farm east of the city, was smil-
ing around town Saturday.
Miss Clark, sister-in-law of Geo. A.
Kennedy, county auditor, has return
ed from Spokane where she has been
visiting friends and relatives several
weeks.
Jno. A. Thiel, leading German
and big farmer, was in Saturday, hav-
ing about recovered from the severe
accident in which he came out with a
broken leg.
Join the merry throng OF dancers at
the opera house the 14th. Hopes
orchestra Of Spokane, will dispense
delightful music for the occasion.
Don't forget the date.
Mr.. Fred ]. Elsensohn, grand patron
F. & A. NJ, of Pomeroy, arrived in the
city this morning and will institute
an order OF the Eastern Star at Greene's
hall at 8 o'clock this evening.
There will be special meetings in
the Congregational church next week,
beginning Sunday. Rev. Jackson is
expected Monday evening to remain
through the week.
Aaron Hollenshead on Saturday
last sold section of land lying seven
miles west OF the city to Mr.. Pfugrad,
a German recently from Dakota. The
consideration was $500 cold cash.
Geo. Wing, the "Jim Crow" barber
is farming his ranch near Hatton to-
day. Uncle Sam insists that home
steader should see the land thus enter
ed, once during every sir months,
hence the absence.
Adams seems to be about the only
county in the state failing to publish
the list of jurors drawn for the current
year, the same having bsen omitted
from the commissioners proceeding s
handed in for publication.
Every person with sign board is
an advertiser. But you can't carry
everyone to your signboard. The
NEWS carries your sign to all the best
people OF the city and county. Try
and see if results are not good.
o. R. Haight attended the under
takers meeting in session at Spokane
Friday and Saturday. The meeting
was conducted secretly and only those
invited by the association were pres
ent. An enbalming school was part
Of the proceedings.
A number OF young people boarded
vehicles and repaired to the lake three
miles east of the city, last evening,
where a skating carnival was held.
The body of water which is nearly a
mile long, is frozen over with ice az
smooth as mirror, and skating is fine.
Mr.. G. L. Holcomb and Miss Blanche
Richardson spent last Monday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. OFutt
west of the city, in response to an in
vitation to participate in good old
fashioned dinner being given ON the
occasion Of it being the anniversary of
Mr.. Offutt's birthday.
Fred Sandbrink, young German
farmer whose father purchased the H..
T. Jansen half-section Of land, called
last night and demonstrated his good
citizenship by ''ponying up the al
mighty dollar and looking over our
subscription list to see if bis name
was written there
An exchange remarks that mothers
frequently admit that they send their
young children 10 school simply toget
rid Of them. When you find such one
she has missed her vocation. She
should have remained maid, become
a STUMP speaker and politician and a
member OF enough women's clubs to
OCCUPY every day in the week.
The w. G. 7. L. reorganized by
Mrs. Matte N. Graves here has held
two meetings and is now in fine work
ling shape and will undoubtedly do
much good work Tie society will
meet mt tile home Of Mrs. Ella Thomp-
soii OH Friday afternoon Of this week,
ut 2:30, All members are asked to BE-
| present.
China New Year began yesterday