The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-03-16
ERALDINGS.

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Mrs. p. II. Shannon left Monday for
Tacoma, to be absent a week or ten days.
Fawcett Bros received a car load OF
handsome carriages and buggies this
week.
Mrs. j. L. Rosenfeld left for Portland,
on Friday last, to be absent about q.
month.
Miss Mollie McDaniels is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Milford Thorp, Of Kittitas
county.
State Auditor l.. A. Grimes arrived
from Olympia Wednesday and spent the
following dav in the city.
o. V. Cannon, formerly a partner Of
P.J. Herke in the candy business, is now
resident OF New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Fly, OF Lower Yak
ina, we're the guests OF Governor and
Mrs. Church, at Everett, last week.
Colonel J. II. Taggart is another OF the
many who see prosperity in hops, and he
is arranging to plant ten acres to this
crop.
The Misses Carrie and May Young
have returned from Ellensburgh, where
they havo been attending the Normal
school.
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here this week from Illinois, and have
purchased and moved onto tract of land
in the Sunnyside country.
Walter ]. Milroy arrived from Olympia
on Wednesday to take part in the nego-
tiations for the purchase of some prop
erty in which he is interested
o. T. Stratton and Editor Mcclure, OF
the Spokane Chronicle, arrived on Satur-
day last from Olympia. Mr.. Mcclure
left for Spokane the following night.
There is wonderful giggling girl at
tending the Deestrick Skule, and no one
should fail to sec her at the Ahtanum
academy on exhibition night, March "a.
Postmaster A. C. Walker was up from
Zillah this week shaking hands with his
numerous friends. He says TIE HERALD
is very popular in the Sunnyside district.
The Horton house of Ellensburgh
closed on Saturday. Mr.. Steiner says
the furniture will be moved to this city
and sold, Ellensburgh is now without q
hotel.
The reported rich strike in the Swauk
mines, by which the mother lode" OF
the district was discovered, and the
assays showed 500 900 per ton, proved to
have no foundation.
County Treasurer George Nevin is 80
seriously i'll that his life is dispaired Of.
He has been confined to his bed for sew
eral weeks, and fears are expressed that
life cannot be prolonged many days.
Frank Bissell is over from South
Prairie looking after the improvement of
sixty acres of land, which he has pur-
chased from the N. p, Y. & X. 1. Co.
Mr.. Bissell says he will at once place his
land under thorough state of cultiva-
ten.
The fourth OF the series OF literary en-
tertainments for the benefit OF the public
library will be held at the residence Of
Mrs. II. II. Allen, on Saturday, March
Is, at 8 O'Clock. Mrs. Guy Sterling will
furnish paper upon Venice with illus
trations, and appropriate music will be
rendered.
George 2. Eaton, OF Tacoma, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Yakima, look
ing after his sunnyside ranch. Mr..
Eaton will plant forty acres to hops this
spring. He stated to THE HERALD re-
porter that the contractor informed him
that work on the Zllah bridge would be
commenced within six weeks.
George Graham has succeeded J. G.
Liggett as N. p. cashier at the depot, and
Mr.. Liggett resumes his old position as
warehouse man. The change was found
necessary owing to the demand for a
cashier who was also telegraph opera
tor. Miss Jennie +. Davis has arrived
from Puyallup and taken charge of the
Western Union office, which was made
vacant through Mr.. Graham's promotion.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Donald enter
tanned their friends with progressive
euchre Wednesday evening. Mr.. Voor-
hes and Miss Dunning secured the first
prizes, and Mr.. Sperry and Miss Eta
Cary the BOBBY prizes. Those present
were: The Misses .Dunning. Donald,
Nichols, Rose Cary, Eta Cary, Cudlip,
Fulkerson, Merwin, Cooper, OF San
Francisco, and Vaughn; Messrs. Vance,
Stratton, Charles Hare, J. Donald, Dills,
Worries, Sperry and III. Fl. Lombard.
The Indians Of the Ahtanum have been
indulging in pom-pom or tomanimua
dance during the past week to propitiate
the good spirit into sending chinook.
The Indians have lost great number OF
cayuses on account Of the long and severe
winter. and they are getting afraid that
they will have none left. The pom-pom
has been held at Yallup's place. and for
four days and nights the dancing was
carried on with little intermission. VAL
lup furnished three beeves to feed those