The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-08-27
LOCAL RRsVIrIEs.
-Chas. Carpenter has bought. r. FIJI
kins' hops, consisting Of seven bales.

-Chas. Carpenter has bought. r. FIJI
kins' hops, consisting Of seven bales.
Born, ct North Yakima, August 25th,
1891. to the wife Of Peter Heller, Q son.
Born, at Hot Springs, WASH, Thurs
day, Aug. 2Oth, 1891, to the wife Of D. E.
Lesh, q son.
The pay roll Of J. R. Peter, the
bridge contractor, amounted to $1,000 on
Saturday last.
Rev. J. T. Eshelman will oficiate at
the Christian church Sunday evening at
the usual hour.
Mr.. Cliff Cleman says the report that
he has sold his hay Is erroneous. He has
$50 tons on hand.
~. @. McCrimmon has had his First
street residence greatly improved and has
moved in from the country.
1.-THE Tacoma Globe calls Yakima the
watermelon belt and says our melons are
large, luscious, sweet and juicy.
The switchback railway across the
Stampede pass Is being taken up as IL is
not expected it will ever be needed again.
The Ellensburgh and ROslyn base
ball mines crossed bats recently to the
discontinue Of the former in q score Of II
TO 80.
Mrs. A. d. Wolvertin, Of Palouse
City who died ct Sprague from heart
failure, was brought here on Tuesday
for interment.
-The funeral services Of Mrs. Mary J.
Taylor will be held by Rev. J. N. War
field at Cowychee school house, Sunday,
Aug. 80, at 2 p. m.
M. J. Unger has thrown his two
stores into one and now has one Of the
largest and most complete mercantile
establishments in the city.
"A meeting Of the Yakima Hop Gro W.
ers Associa ton is called for Tuesday,
Sept. LIST, at 2 O'Clock p. m. at the city
hall. A full attendance is desired.
The election Of officers Of the Uniform
Rank Of Knights Of Pythias, which was
to have taken place on Saturday least, is
postponed until Saturday. Sept. 9Th.
y. R. Peter will close up his work on
the Natcheez railroad bridge to-day. He
estimates that the work in its entirety
has cost the Northern Pacific $S5,OOO.
The Anderson Live Stock Co., shipped
sixteen car loads Of sheep from Yakima
on Monday, consigned to Patterson Bros.
& Co., Of Chicago. This means $3.50
sheep.
Two new decapod engines have been
placed on the approaches to the Cascade
tunnel. The are heavier than the deca-
pods which have been In use for several
years past.
AT the meeting Of the State Bar asso-
citation, at Tacoma, to-day, q paper on
practice in civil actions in the superior
courts Of Washington, will be read by
H. J. Snively.
Mr.. George Livesley has sold his
hardware store and residence to Messrs.
Smelling and Maher, two young business
men Of Orting. The sale does not in
clude the Livesley block.
"A photograph Of the artesian well
was taken Monday showing it throwing q
stream Of water seven feet above the
surface. The photograph was taken for
the purpose Of getting out electrotypes.
IF. S. Woodward has resigned the su-
perintendency Of the waterworks and
electric lights, and will be succeeded by
John Stinsel, who has been with the
company since the plant has been in
operation. '
The Kittitas artesian we'll is down
600 feet and still no indications Of water.
The boring is in q species Of clay that is
very tough and sticky, although the drill
was previously driven through 200 feet of
sand stone.
DIR. E. L. Heg is building q very
handsome two story residence on the
bench, q short distance this side Of Col.
HoWlett's. 1t will contain seven rooms,
with bath room and the necessary halls
and closets.
The Yakima Hop Growers Associa-
ton 10 offering q dollar q box to hop
pickers and 10 making an effort TO get
white men, women and children. II is
claimed that from one to three dollars
per day can be made.
w. H. Chapman and J. B. Pugsley
took trip up the Ahtanum on Friday
last and killed 20 many birds that their
heads have become somewhat embon.
point and they are ready to match any
Of the crack shots in the field.
The Ellensburgh LOodIissr has adopt
ed the patent inside. The LOcGliser has
always been . newsy sheet and Il is no
credit to the people Of Kittitas county to
withhold that support which would war
rant Its being printed entirely at home.
The agricultural college case has been
appealed to the supreme court. The at
torneys for Pullman admit the allegations
Of fraud on the part Of the commissioner.
Yakima's brief will cover 7b pagea and