, 1883-06-23

Had the bullet that was fred ihto the
side Of Kohlhauf Il Abel's building, las
Saturday, been directed two feet higher i
would have penetrated both sides and
caught our young friend DR.. Stoll about
the diaphragm, as he was sitting on the
other side Of the house in line with the
shot. Doc. is perfectly satisfied with the
result, as he has no desire to have his
avoirdupoise increased by the addition oi
spherical lead.
A person passing tho office Wednesday
morning might have been led into the
belief that the editor was being filled fun
Of air holes by some manipulator OF the
argumentive revolver, basing their opin-
ion on the iusilade Of reports. But they
would have been mistaken as the noise
was made by the flying corks Of soda bot
ties furnished in large numbers by 5. u.
Whitman, who had Kindly volunteered TO
drown the office. The fluid is lemon and
sarsaparilla soda manufactured by j. IL.
Daniels, Walla Walla, for which Mr..
Whitman is agent for Spokane Falls.
One Of the horses that aids in dragging
around Glover & Gilliam's truck took 1t
into his head to do a little fast travelling
on his own hook Tuesday morning. As
the boys were hitching him up he broke
away and made dash through the mar
row passage way back OF the buildings
fronting on Howard street, between Main
and Front streets, jumped upon the side
walk west OF the Fife building and was Rt
last stopped in front Of the City Drug
Store. The rattle Of the harness and grav-
el made devil Of a clatter and created
some CONSERVATION for time. No dam
age resulted.
F. T. Clarke, Esq, one Of our most en-
ergetic real estate agents, has secured the
large corner room on the second floor OF
CannOn's block directly over the bank,
which he is fitting up for an office. With
out exception this is the best located room
at present in the city, having clear view
over the city in every direction except the
northwest. It is spacious, well lighted
with high ceiling and very tastily finished.
Mr.. Clarke will furnish il in a manner be-
fl ting the surroundings, and when once
settled down can congratulate himself
upon possessing as comfortable quarters
as the most eXacting could desire.
An Indian as drunk as brace Of lords
made an exhibition Of himself on the
streets Monday. From all outward ap-
pearances the liquor acted similar to what
II does on a white man. His legs were
just as eccentric, the air Of foolish ine-
briefly just as intense, and the thickness
Of his speech just as remarkable. The
question naturally arises, where does the
Indian procure his liquid And with an
unsatisfactory tone the answer echoes
back, Where2 The punishment for sell
ing intoXiCants TO the savage is not half
severe enough. It should be so terrible
that one example would frighten all others
from engaging in the same unprincipaled
business.
. 1t is not often we attempt TO perpetrate a
joke, and even then the effort may be
shrOuded in obscurity, yet II is sadden-
ing 10 have a stagger Of the kind drop
dead and cold in its infancy. The other
day a stranger with a head too large for
his hat, who only needed leather patch
over his eye and gilt title burnt into the
lower floor Of his pants to make Of him an
encyclopedia, was reveling in the criticism
Of a supposed error he had discovered in
a copy OF n REVIEW, not falling on the
point. II makes us weep copiously to
think that hereafter we will be compelled
to go around armed with a cOld-chisel and
mallet and calk paragraph into some
people in order to reach their under
standing