The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-05-25
THE LOCAL NEWS BUDGET.
Interesting Items Of News from Yakima
and Its Suburbs.
Hits Of Gossip, Facts, Fancies, Per.
sonnis, ana a Hodge-Podgc OF
Paragraphs of Every
Description.


A. NJ. Crandall. late of Puyallup, is
planting 10 acres in the Sunnyside to
sweet potatoes.
The firemen will give dance OF Ma
sons opera house Saturday, June 8, for
the benefit OF the G. A. X. and Sons of
Veterans encampment.
During the four and half months that
s. G. Henton has been city justice he has
turned over 500 into the city treasury in
the way OF fines and fees.
A SCHNEIDER, the Second street ieweler,
received q new safe on Saturday last,
weighing $500 pounds. He expects to
receive his goods and be ready to open in
a few days.
Clarence Z. Cline arrived here from
Seattle on Monday for short visit with
his brother, Fred Cline, Of the First Ma
tional bank. Mr.. Cline IS on his way
to Chicago and his former home in
Canada.
Officer Yeates made tour through
Chinatown Wednesday night looking for
a lawbreaker and captured lot OF pipes
and other opium paraphernalia. Ac-
cording to the law these will he de-
stroyed.
The school directors OF the North Yaki-
ma district met Tuesday evening and
reelected Prof. w. NJ. Heiney suprinten-
dent of the city schools for the ensuing
year. There were % applications for
teachers positions on file.
All floating indebtedness OF the city OF
North Yakima is now paid warrants are
worth 100 cents on the dollar. and there
are 5000 in the treasury. This is good
showing for the present council to leave
as legacy to their successors.
The fight for the office of city treasurer
seems to be between Frank Spain aud
Charley Gordon. w. d. Walker was
candidate but has withdrawn. For city
clerk Harry Coonse and A. p. Fulkerson
appear to have the strong pull.
Ii. d. Brewster, son of Henry D..
Brewster, the celebrated carriage manu-
facturer OF New York, is in the city prov
ing I'D on a section of desert land in the
Sunnyside country. Mr.. Brewster will
leave here in a few days for the east,
thence for France, where his family is at
present.
Marshal Cock has been under the
weather for week past bot is again able
to be about. The indications are that he
is about to retire from public service and
THE HERALD desires to add its testimonial
to that OF many citizens that his services
as marshal have never been exceled in
the history of the city.
The new board of regents of the agri
cultural college is not satisfied with the
location or conditions at Pullman, and
refuses to make any more Improvements,
claiming that the thermometer registers
from 10 to 80 degrees lower than at Yak
una. anu tIN 'AhllS vi an MINIS arc NJ ltdSb
two months behind The Tacoma Ledger
states that the regents will endeavor to
have the legislature authorize the removal
of the college to Yakima.
The Northern Pacific new fast train
service will be inaugurated ON Sunday
next. Agent Humphrey has not as yet
received the time schedule, but thinks
there will be little change in the time of
arrival and departure of the east bound
trains, but that the west bound trains
will both arrive in the afternoon or early
evening. The run between Tacoma and
st. Paul by the express will be made in
II hours, reduction of about Is hours
on present time.
The season OF entertainment completed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Z. B. Kelly on Saturday
night was most enjoyable one as it re-
suited in bringing forth much local dra-
matte talent. The ladies and gentlemen
OF Yakima who took part in the series OF
plays acquitted themselves with great
credit to themselves and their tutor, Mr..
Kelly. Mrs. Agate, of Ellensburgb, car
ried the parts assigned her with much
skill, and the Knights feel under deep
obligations to her for her kindly assist
auce.
Monday evening young man named
Scott, who is better known as "Scotty, !"
had dispute with Nose Adams, in a
saloon, over a small note. Scotty pulled
gun and after being disarmed picked
up porcelain cuspidor and hurled it at
Adams. Adams either ducked or Scotty
was poor marksman, for the cuspidor
struck Myron Caulkins. and cut two
inch wound in his scalp, which DR.. Hill
repaired. Scotty was arrested and fined
$40 by Justice Henton. He made appli-
cation TO appeal the case and while the
appeal bonds were being prepared he
skipped ont and has not since been seen.
warrant was issued last week for the
arrest OF young man named Cassell for
being too handy with his gun and too pro-
miscuous with his threats to use it. The
complaint was sworn out by his brother
in-law, E. NJ. Lambson, and the occasion
of the trouble was widow who lives on
the west side of the track She was 60
ing to her home with Lambson, one night
recently, and when in front of the house
Cassell iumped ont of hidiny and ao,r;,k