The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-06
YAKIMA and THE STATE.
Interesting Items Of News from Yakima
and Its Suburbs.
bits OF Gossip. Facts, Fancics, Per-
ssnnis, and a Hodgc-Podge OF
Paragraphs OF Every
Description.

Alex. Miller returned from the Sound
Sunday.
Rev. F. McConaughy. Of the Ahtanum.
is visiting the Worlds Fair.
1t is reported that the consul general
ship TO Singapore, India. was rendered to
Chester A. Warner, of Colfax, who de-
clined the honor
S. NJ. Graft and Henry Young, Of FL
lensburgh, made the bicycle trip to Yaki.
ma recently, but they were glad to make
the return by rail.
Pasco is now dryer than ever before.
This is due to the burning of the brew
cry which was the property of v. d. Lay
and valued at $1,000.
Mrs. Thomas B. Howes and son Har-
old, Of Portland. arrived in the city
Saturday, to spend several weeks with
Mrs. Fred r. Reed.
Judge and Mrs. s. G. Henton returned
from Tacoma on Friday last, where thev
were in attendance upon the wedding OF
their neice, Miss Catherine L. Cobbler. to
James W. Slayden.
The report that Paul Schulze ia to
marry Marie Wainwright is denied. The
marriage couldn't legally take place for
six months. as Mr.. Schulze has but re-
Gently been divorced.
Ringing Brothers greatest circus on
earth" is now in Minnesota and dated to
show in Yakima this summer, II the
hard times or Dakota zephyr doesn't
get hold OF it We can expect 1t early in
September.
The Seattle Telegraph says: Speaking
in all seriousness, is there not better rea-
son to call the mountain Yakima than
Tacoma2" Certainly, it is mainly in this
county, and most assuredly it would be
better to call it Yakima than Raineer.
The Prosser Falls & Priest Rapids
Canal company filed supplemental arti-
cles of incorporation Saturday, with
81 ZOO, 600 capital. The object of fling
supplementary articles is to increase the
field for work, to include Yakima and
Kittitas counties.
The Press Times predicts that il Seattle
ever gets through having governors and
senators she will be delivered Of a con-
gresham in the person Of Samuel II.
Piles, who recently defended Ursula Un-
flung Boyd. Piles is very likely a good
man, but he has a protuberance in his
name which would probably prove a
handicap.
Col. T. F. Cakes, president of the
Northern Pacific, has been offered the
presidency OF the Burlington system at
much larger salary than he now receives.
1t is reported in Chicago that he will At
cept the tempting offer. The Burlington,
or 20" road as Il is commonly called, is
being rapidly built towards the northwest
coast, and It is claimed that Col. Cakes
services are wanted largely on account of
his knowledge OF this country.
d. NJ. lessee, state fruit inspector. re-
ports that there will be good crop Of
fruit on the Sound il it does not fall on
account Of cold rains. He says regarding
new fruit pest which is causing much
havoc along the Columbia river below
Umatilla: II am inclined to believe it 10
q blossom moth. II is about the size of .
house fly, but without wings, and is the
most hideous looking insect ever saw.
1t works in the buds on apple tress, and
seems to touch nothing else. Just shake
tree but slightly and thousands of them
will fall to the ground. Over 800 trees.
it is reported, have been killed in that
section this season by this pest 1t is
something that has never before appeared
in this section"
Joseph F. Sinclair, the new depart
ment commander of the G. A. R., has an
nounced his staff appointments as fol-
lows: Assistant adjutant general, NJ. NJ.
Holmes, Stevens Post, No. /, Seattle;
assistant quartermaster general, Jere-
mish Condway, Lieutenant Cushing Post,
No. 56, Ballard inspector, A. j. Smith,
]. L. Reno Post, No. AZ, Spokane; Judge
advocate, w. F. Prosser, Meade Post, No.
8, North Yakima; chief mastering officer,
C. NJ. Pierce, 7. p. Price Post, No. 30,
Centralia: acting assistant adiutant gen.
eral, ]. o. Clarke, Meade Post, No. 0,
North Yakima; chief OF STAG, w. F. Tay-
lor. Sheridan Post, No. A, Tacoma aides
de-camp, Edward Bristow, Larrabee Post,
No. Is, La Conner; John Broyles, Stead
man Post, No. "a, Whatcom T. s. Smith,
Faragut Post, No. Is, Port Townsend;J.
B. Clarke, Commodore Foote Post, No.
"a, Sidney, address Mandrone; w. w.
Perrigo, Miller Post, No. 81, Seattle; W.
L. Whittemore, Bnrnham Post, No. "a.
Kent; +. T. Curtis, Ladd Post, No. IL,
Puyallup; A. L. Blair, f. NJ. Stanton
Post. No. SO. Heller City; George Hart,
Grover Post, No. 81, Auburn; A. Wood
worth, Custer Post. No. 8, Tacoma; P. J.
Knapp, Saunders Post, No. So, Kelso
J. E. Mcdowell. Parsons Post, No. IL.
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