Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-13
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LOCAL TOPICS.


t THAT s. Africa Covert, the we'll
i contractor, has skipped sy the
the moon, leaving much I'M
fipished business and many creditors
TO mourn his untimely departure.
About two weeks ago his wife left,
giving out that her destination was
the St. Joe River, for an outing spell,
and few days later Mr.. Covert left,
ostensibly for Sprague, and he has not
been seen or heard from since. He
has several buildings here under
course of construction, among them
being the store building of o. R
Haight, the I. N. Peyton brick and
the H. E. Gritman block, the latter
named gentleman being fully pro-
tected by surety company bond. A
number of the leading business houses
are much interested in his where
sbouts. 1t is possible that some I'M
avoidable circumstance is OBTAINING
Mr.. Covert and he may step in any
moment and right everything. He
has, since his coming here from Penn
sylvania some two years ago, been re-
aarded as an upright man in all his
,deaiings, and his unexplained absence
10 causing some speculation. Several
suits were filed last evening. The St.
Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. claim
$l,150.36, and the Pioneer State Bank
$1,325.11. Attachments have issued
against his realty and residence prop
erty on Jansen hill, and all kinds OF
rumor is afoat.
w. s. Purdy, farm laborer, was Sc
vere!y and probably fatally injured by
q freight train at Paha last week in
his endeavor to board moving car,
and is now in the Sacred Heart hos
pital at Spokane. He has previously
worked in the harvest fields in this
vicinity and at the time Of the acct
dent was in the employ of w. III.
Monday. No word as to his condition
has has been received since he was
taken away. His people are residing
in New York and have been notified
by the county authorities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Morris OF Will
lis, are in town today. They live
nine miles west in one OF the richest
parts of the county where the country
lies in slight and picturesque undula-
tion. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris are pio-
neers OF the county and familiar with
its early struggles and privations al
ways attendant in opening up
frontier. They are now comfortably
situated and very well provided with
this worlds goods.
Theodore Seegar, merchant OF
Sheboygan, Wis, accompanied by his
family, arrived Friday morning. He
10 q brother Of Mrs. Hugh Rankin
and has come here to stay and will so
into the merchandise business in this
city. Mrs. Seegar Is an expert m;!ln-
er Of many years experience and was
formerly Miss Alice johnson of their
home city.
The fall and winter session of the
State Normal school at Cheney will
open September 9th, under the skill
full guidance Of Prof. Lewis B. Alger.
most able and experienced educator
OF great success. An announcement
OF particulars for those who may be
interested appears in another column
Of this issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred SchalI OF Beth
lehem, Pa are among the many new
arrivals and will remain month WIS.,
iting AL. Rickert and family, n brother
OF Mrs. Schall. The gentleman is an
iron manufacturer aud is favorably
impressed with our country.
Joseph Nj. Smith, a carpenter, aged
81 years, died at noon today in the Pa
cific Hotel annex, of tonsilitis. He
was born in Portland, Ore, but has
lived in Washington over twenty
years. He was a single man and left
little or no property.
Prof. w. J. Lansing of Lind, who is
being mentioned for the nomination
Of county uperintendent OF schools,
was in the county seat Saturday. He
is principal Of the schools at that
place and also proprietor OF the I'M
dertaking parlors.
Mrs. Bert Linn, wife of the attorney,
has arrived from Colorado Springs
and joined her husband. who has
lately entered into partnership in the
law business with w. W. Zent OF this
city.
Threshing will not last more than
three weeks in Adams county this
gear. The ample supply OF machines
and help will make the shortest run
ever had in the county. All reports
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