Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-11-13
Adam Brightman saturday lett his

team standing in the street while he
went after mug OF beer, and during
the interim the big horses got in.-
patient and tore away up Main street
through the motley crowd, and de-
posted themselves and their load ol
lumber at the First National Bank,
snubbing up the whole shooting
match on the heavy electric light
pole, causing the "nigh boss" to jar
loose from his moorings and do the
skating act along the sidewalk on his
left ear from the corner of Second
and G streets to the entrance OF DR..
Adams office, distance Of nearly
forty feet. The high telephone pole
at the corner of the Hotel Ritzvile
was broken off squarely and fell, al
the same time demolishing the large
arc lamp suspended at that street in
section.
S. I. Dyer, of Niger Lake in the
southern part of the county, a stock
man and an educated old gentleman
now in his 10th year. spent Saturday
in town, stopping with his old friend,
Malcolm Reed. He was in the rich
gold mines on American river, Cali
fornia, in '52, was one of he earliest
settlers at Pomeroy, Garfield county,
this state, and has lived here for the
past Is years. He is a man well read
and posted and an entertaining con-
veisationalist.
T. M. Bruce, one OF the leading
business men CT Hatton, was up to
see our burg and its people last
Friday. The enterpr;sing gentleman
is engaged in the real estate and in
surance business at that point, and
in partnership with J. NJ. Batten, the
United States commissioner at that
point, will push their lines with vigor
from this time on. Read their new
add appearing in this issue.
Louis Walton, ex-county clerk, who
is now engaged in farming, was in
yesterday to finish hauling this years
wheat crop, which, with that of him
self ard brother, Fred d., amounted
to 10, 900 bushels. We acknoW ledge IL
pleasant call from the courteous gen.
teman, and we will also have the
pleasure of sending him the News for
another twelvemonth.
A surprise party was given to James
Guier at the home Of his parents,
Wednesday, November 6, in honor OF
his seventeenth birthday. The pleas
ant evening hours were spent by the
young people present in entertaining
parlor games and other merry cxer-
cises. Refreshments were served and
everyone bid adieu, wishing Mr.. Guier
many returns OF the occasion.
A daughter was born on November
3D. to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kohihauff,
OF Spokane. Mrs. Kohlhauff, nee
Florence Poole, was formerly engaged
in teaching in this county, ana came
here from Michigan with Prof. W. w.
Hutton and wife ten years ago. Mr..
Kohlhauff is a brother-in-law OF
Harry Hayward, manager of the
Auditorium, of that city.
Mrs. William Mckay returned
Saturday morning on the North Coast
Limited, from her visit with relatives
in Nebraska and St. Paul, MINI. The
lady enjoyed the trip, but indicates
pleasure at being safe at home again
The many friends OF w. ii. Turner,
OF Odessa, will be glad to know that
the misfortune he met with last week
in which his eyes were burned by the
premature explosion Of a cartridge, is
not serious.
Mrs. ID. A. Darling and Mrs. Smith,
of Spokane, sisters of the Lee boys,
were in town during the latter part Of
the week visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs B. F. Lee, on E and Third
streets.
G. b. Roberts, of Erie, Penn, an
acquaintance of the Davennys, Greenes
and other Youngsville people Of this
city, visited several days here, leaving
for his eastern home Monday night.
Mrs. w. r. Cunningham, Jr., re-
turned Thursday from two months
pleasant visit with her parents in the
old home at Blue Springs, a suburban
town of Kansas City, Mo.
Antoine Faucher is back from Mos
COW, where he was in charge of the
big contract Varded Faucher d
Garvey, to paint TIE State University
of Idaho at that place.
"The Wrong Mr.. Wright" is a
rollicking, refined entertainment that
will surely fresco melancholy faces