The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-13
LOCAL RREvITIEs.

The Northern Pacific is putting in
$500 feet Of side tracks at this place.
-Diptheria is again playing sad havoc
down in Goldendale and other sections of
Klckitat county.
Mrs. Nellie Presby, wife of W. b.
Presby, died at Goldendale, Oct. 3lst,
from blood poisoning.
Rev. A. NJ. Allyn, Baptist state mis-
sionaTy, will preach in the school house
Sunday, Nov. 10th. All are invited.
The Yakima Coal company's adver-
tisement appears in the Sound papers for
proposals for boring to the depth Of 1900
feet.
Rev. J. T. Eshelman will begin
protracted meeting, at Marks school
on the Ahtanum, Friday, Nov. 18th, at
Up. IN.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
will give public Thanksgiving dinner
on Thanksgiving day, Nov. eth, at one
O'Clock.
"A new sidewalk is being built on the
south side Of Yakima avenue from the
Hotel Yakima to Sixth street. 1t is an
improvement that was much needed.
1t is reported that eastern capitalists
are negotiating for the Yakima coal lands
on the Cowlitz, and the prospects are
favorable for the contamination Of the
deal.
BY the time The HERALD reaches its
readers North Yakima will be lighted by
electricity and reveling in water from the
finest system Of waterwOrks in the north
west.
Yakima has some friends in South
Bend. The capital vote there was: Olym-
pia 95, North Yakima 81 and Ellens-
burgh 4. Olympia had Il paid worker
there.
The state teachers association will
convene at Spokane Falls, Dec. 3lst, for
q three days session. Arrangements are
being made for excursion rates over all
railroads.
The county commissioners adjourned
Wednesday evening. They acted on a
large number Of bills, for which warrants
were ordered drawn, aggregating ten
thousand dollars.
-Sheriff-elect Dan simmons horse was
frightened into running away Wednesday.
Although the horse took spin Of u
couple Of miles into the country the eN-
tent Of the damage was broken buggy
spring.
The unreliability Of the late census
is shown by the registration of voters.
The census gave Goldendale greater
population than North Yakima, and vet
there were an even $50 voters registered
here against l59 in Goldendale.
1t would surprise some western, as
well as eastern, people to know that
alfalfa is being harvested in Yakima in
the middle Of November. Such is fact,
however, and twenty acres of this succu-
lent feed is now being cut on the Gull
land ranch, west Of the city.
The Royce & lansing entertainment
at the opera house, Monday evening. was
we'll attended, and a very funny and
artistic performance it was. Royce is q
whole show in himself, the banjo, guitar
and mandolin playing was Of high art
order, and the support throughout was
excellent.
The county commissioners have de-
cided not to build a bridge across the
Yakima at Kiona, at least not at the
present time, but appropriated $3.50 for
the purchase Of a cable and the building
Of ferry boat. This work will be done
under the supervision Of Commissioner
J. N. Brown.
Tuesday was admission day, on
which day, one year ago, Washington
began statehood. In Governor Ferry's
inaugural address he stated that the 18th
day Of November would always be dcsig-
mated as admission day, and il ought
very properly to he placed among our
legal holidays.
"A man and woman who showed con-
elusive indications Of being from way