The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-12-03
LOCAL BREVITIEs.


next Monday.
The Capital addition will soon have
water and light.
The firemen propose giving a masque-
rade ball on Christmas Eve.
Fred Miller's connection with the
land Office terminated Monday.
Born, at North Yakima, Dec. l, TO
the wife Of Leroy Stark, pound boy.
The old Northern Pacific brewery
building on Second street is being torn
down.
The city tax rolls will be in Treas
urer stsinweg's hands for collection on
Monday next.
Mrs. Z. S. Mikkelson has disposed
Of her restaurant to Stuart 4 Son, who took
possession to-day.
&C. L. Gano has purchased the Ford
4 Miller boring plant and will 90 after
artesian water on his Mckee claim.
Patents are at the land office for G.
z. Simmons, H. J. TagEe, Martha A.
Filler, o. E. Purdin and J. W. Hiatt.
-"Col. Kid" will have a hearing be-
fore Justice Henton this morning on the
charge Of drawing a revolver on Nelson
J. Short.
Filings were made on eight home.
steads at the land Office Saturday. The
land was principally in the Sunnyside
country. T
Clarence Meek is among the recent
new arrivals here, and has opened q
roller skating rink in switzer's opera
house building.
The fire bells were sounded Thursday
morning, caused by an incipient blaze in
Andy POpovich's saloon. The trouble
was caused by a defective flue.
All parties DESTROYS Of having side.
tracks and depot improvements at Yak
ina City, as per understanding, will re
port next Monday morning, Dec. Z, with
teams and scrapers.
The second artesian well is now down
over $50 feet. Water is up to within
thirteen feet Of the top, and there are
strong hopes that good stream will b
struck within the next few days.
Seattle is without 4 mayor. Harry
White suddenly resigned Monday night
and 1t is now claimed that he was forced
TO take tbs action on account Of the dis
covery that he hhG Seen pursuing doodle
tactics"
The desert land contest Of P. d
Brooke VS.. Lucy b. Thomas was up for 4
hearing before the land officers this week
The testimony was somewhat voluminoui
and the officers have not rendered a de
Cision as yet.
Thomas o. Powers, who was at one
time employed in this city as foreman on
the Washington Farmer, committed sui
eide at Portland recently by taking NOR
phine. His troubles all came from ex'
cessive drinking.
"A boniface from the Sound country
has been in the city for several days past
figuring on the purchase Of the Hotel
Yakima. He was summoned by tele.
graph to Tacoma, Thursday, before any
conclusion was reached.
w. D. Walker, for a long time past
in the employ Of H. A. Griffin, and T. J,
Redman, until recently with Sawyer 4
Pennington, have purchased ]. H. Car
penter's stock Of groceries and will con
tinue the business in the Mason operl
house building.
Quite an excitement was caused IL
the Natcheez valley last week by the ex
posture Of q man who had been employed
on the Selah ditch, and who had becomI
engaged to q young lady Of that section
while having q wife living at Ballard, OF
the west side Of the mountains.
Work on the big ditch viii be closeC
down the first Of next week and all meT
paid off and discharged. Seventeen mile
Of the ditch has been completed and h
all ready for the water to be turned in
This will end the work for this winter
but it is expected to resume it early ii
the spring.
The ladies' guild Of st. Michael
Episcopal church want to see all Of thei
friends present at the Rainbow Fair OF
Thursday and Friday evenings next. Thu
entertainment will not only be very pleas
ant socially, but there will be the mos
attractive novelties in the way Of Christ
mas goods on sale.
Hon. H. J. Snively has received (
letter from Attorney General W. G. Jones
in response to the protest against draw
ing warrants in favor Of the agriculture
college, and stating that he will hear thu
arguments at Tacoma on Saturday, Dec
8. Mr.. Snively has his case made anC
will leave tonight FOR the Sound. H,
has strong hopes Of success.
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