The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-02-23
THE LOCAL NEWS BASKET.
Interesting Items Of News from Yakima
aud Its Suburbs.
Bits Of Gossip, Facts, fancies, Per-
sonals, aud n Hodge-Podge Of
Paragraphs OF Every
Description.

The number Of sheep Cameron Bros.
sold to F. G. Sharkey last week was 800,
instead Of 5000 as reported, for which
a, 400 was paid.
Capt. J. 7. Simmons, Chris. Scow and
Albert Saylor returned from a deer hunt
ing expedition, in the mountains. last
week. That is all they did-hunt.
Superintendent J. q. Lawrence left for
Olympia Sunday morning to work in IA
vor OF the passage through the senate Of
House bill No. Ill, relative to assessment
for the maintenance of the public schools
A bill>,has passed the lower house of
the state legislature making it criminal
offense for anyone to abscond and defraud
creditors. The bill to prevent the sale of
cigarettes or cigarette papers was also
favorably acted upon by the same body.
7. F. Maher returned on Thursday last
from the sound country where ne spent
seventeen days in looking after public
and private business, the former being in
the interest Of the location Of the state
fair at Yakima, for the success of which
he is very hopeful.
The editor of western paper speaks to
delinquent subscribes as follows: 1.-THE
wind bloweth, the farmer soweth, the
subscriber oweth, and the Lord knoweth
we are in need Of our dues. So come a
runnin', ere we 60 gunnin', we're not
a funnin', this thing of dunnin' gives us
the everlastin' blues.'
At the state encampment OF the Grand
Army, Sons OF Vsterans and Women's
Relief Corps, which will be held here in
June, an effort will be made to have Yak
lima selected as the place of permanent
encampment. Mr.. Robert Scott says
that at q minimum estimate he placed the
number of visitors, who will need enter
tainment at 800.
In the senate on Friday Of last week
the appropriations committee submitted
q report showing the printing OF the state
had cost $ll5, 900 in the past two years,
and called attention to the extravaganza
of the state officials in printing unneces-
sary voluminous reports; $52 500 was ap.
propriated to meet the deficiency for the
printing of the fiscal year.
An eastern genius has reversed the
order of drop nickel in the slot. He
has invented machine which is useful
during hard times. Industrious men out
of work can turn the crank of one OF
these machines and thereby store electri-
cal energy for the benefit OF the owner.
At given number of revolutions the
machine passes out nickel.
Agent Humphrey has been engaged
lately in examining and sorting out I'M
claimed express packages for shipment to
Portland where they will figure in the
"Old Hoss" sale. Some of the articles
were peculiar, to say the least, and a
number of Yakima people must have
been very hard pressed far coin to permit
them to come before unsympathetic eyes.
The new postal money orders which
have been ordered by the government
will soon be issued. In the new system
there is little or no complication. Sheets
will be issued calling for amounts from
one cent to three dollars, which can be
torn off to suit the purchasers. The post
master will have no writing to do on it,
the sender simply endorsing it the same
rs q check or draft. One cent will pay
the charges on any amount up to three
dollars, instead OF five cents as at pres
emit.
The recent teachers examination result
ed in the granting of six second grade GER
tificates and an equal number Of the third
grade. Superintendent ]. G. Lawrence,
Prof. w. M. Heiney and Mrs. Bessie O..
Needham composed the board of exami-
ners. Those securing second grade GER
tiicates were Miss Ina Phillips, F. d.
Eshelman, Miss Mae Conrad, Miss Edna
G. Haines, Miss Helen d. Cochran and
William M. Walch; third grade-Miss
Eva +. Lampson, Eldridge Crosno, Mrs.
Emma Roberts. Miss Ellen Ketchum,
Miss Jessie A. Roth and Edward Young.
Superintendent Lawrence speaks very
highly OF the character, intelligence and
education OF these applicants.
The poor down-trodden barber, who
has so few joys that he nearly goes into
raptures when called 'tonsorial ar
tiste," has recently had revenge most
sweet for all the kicks and cuffs of out
rageous fortune. 1t occurred at Tacoma,
where Barkeeper Ed Montgomery dis
puted with the man of razors and shears
about the shampooing fluid. The barber
maintained it was pure alcohol, while
Montgomery declared it was nothing but
soap and water. Montgomery offered to
let the barber touch a match to his head 4,
which was then soaked with the fluid.
The barber did so, and sheet of fame
Immediately shot up in the air. The
victim yelled, and the barber tried TO
rub the flames out. The more he rubbed