The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-01-29
LOCAL RREVITIEs.

will hold forth.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. r. Milford enter
tanned q few friends Thursday evening,
January END, at stop whist.
The bill extending the time for the
payment Of taxes to March LIST, and re-
hitting penalties, has become law.
Sheriff Simmons has appointed A. L.
Dilly his deputy. His choice is q good
one and meets with public approval.
Born, at Portland, Sunday, January
18th, to the wife Of General Passenger
Agent A. D. Charlton, Of the Northern
Pacific, q son.
Baptist services at the east side school
building Sunday, February LIST. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Preaching at II 4. m.
and 7 p. IN. All are cordially invited.
The HERALD is in RECEIPT Of a copy Of
the Statesman and Friend Of Indie"
published at Calcutta, from Allen G.
Mason, who is making a tour Of the
world.
Robert G. Ingersoll and Henry b.
Clifford will make a tour Of the state
during February. An effort will be made
to get Ingersoll to deliver a lecture in
Yakima.
Arrangements are being perfected for
dividing the city into two wards. The
division will not interfere with the coming
municipal election to sanction the issue
Of bonds for the construction Of sewerage.
The Farmers Alliance will meet in
the city hall February 7th at l O'Clock to
perfect their organization. Judge Stair,
s. o. Morford, NJ. B. Curtis and others
will address the meeting, Farmers are
earnestly requested to turn out to the
meeting.
An athletic club is being organized in
this city. The meeting to perfect organi-
cation will be held Saturday night in the
old Buckley building on Front street.
Instruction in boxing, wrestling and
fencing will be given by A. A. Allen and
R. P. Carroll.
-Messrs. Geo. Vance, Ed Wilson and
F. S. Woodward have recently filed on
$50 acres Of government land in the
Mckee valley and will soon take up their
residence with the intention Of periecting
their homestead claims.
Three runaways occurred Wednes-
day, but no serious damage resulted from
either. The most excitement was created
by the Cochran team, which dashed down
Second street, carrying one Of NJ. J.
Unger's hitching posts with it. The
post tripped up the horses, and the dam
age was slight.
w. H. James carried OFF the silver
medal at the Good Templar's spelling bee
Tuesday evening. Fred Parker was the
last one who went down, and he slipped
up through putting only one in "bil,
liards." There are to be seven more con.
tests, when the prize winners will com
pete for grand trophy.
"A social and supper will be given by
the W. G. T. U. at Good Templar's hail.
on the corner Of First and A streets
Wednesday evening next, beginning at {
O'Clock p. m. There will be one table
devoted to q good old-fashioned New
England dinner, at which genuine
pumpkin pies" will be among the at
fractions.
Rev. and Miss Cornett entertained
their friends at their rooms in the Cad
we'll block Tuesday evening, with music
games and charades. There were present
Mrs. Mary Ogden, Miss Dora Allen, Mis-
Fulkerson, Miss Guilland, Miss Nation
Miss Rawson, Miss Nichols, Messrs
Frank Bartholet, W. L. Conley, ALDER
Fulkerson, A. B. Ross, H. H. Lombard
and Charles Lombard.
The last two treasurers Of Yakima
county have left the Office leaving a de
felt behind. To prevent this in thu
future q citizen recommends the Missouri
system where the handling Of the county
funds is bid in by national bank, thu
officers Of the bank being placed undel
heavy bonds for the faithful accounting
Of the trust funds. The suggestion Il
worthy Of consideration.
Sullivan, Fitzsimmons, Dempsy and
the balance Of the pugilists are nowhere
The greatest fight on record occurred in
Yakima county between Saluskin and
another Yakima Indian who fought fol
four days and four nights without takinl
q single mouthful to eat. When tiret
nature would not permit the strife they
would fall down and sleep for q few hour
only to 60 at It again. The battle was
for the possession Of squaw.
An old time Yakimite in relating
"reminiscences lately stated that the only
instance in the state were the coroner haG
arrested the sheriff occurred in YakimI
county in 1875 when Coroner James Aller
arrested Jake Burch, the first sheriff o.
the county, for cattle stealing. Allen
served his papers on the Ahtanum road
when Burch said don't bother me, I'm
going to Yakima city," and go he did
Nothing was ever done with the case.
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