The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-20

d. f.. Lesh returned on Saturday from
his short trip to Tacoma and Seattle.
W. N. Granger left on Wednesday
morning for a short visit to Tacoma and
Seattle.
Special Agent Atkinson, of the United
States land department, is again in the
city looking up fraudulent entries and
proofs.
Mrs. Knesley arrived here on Thursday
last from Missouri, and will make her
home with her son, William Knesley, OF
the Cowychee.
Evangelist Vernon J. Rose closed his
season of revival services last night, and
on Friday will give lecture at Mason's
opera house on 1.-THE Dawn OF the New
Civilization"
Louis OFT and family expect to leave
for Tennessee early in the new year, to
make their home near Chattanooga,
where Mr.. OFT proposes to engage in
market gardening.
Mr.. Thomas Lund left this morning for
Tacoma to ride the goat belonging to the
society OF Elks. Mr.. Lund is high in
the order and proposes to establish a
lodge in Yakima this coming year.
Those interested in the topic 1.-THE
Light of the World is Jesus, or the Dark
ness of Infdelity." will do well to hear
Rev. G. A. Salyer at the First Baptist
church on Sunday evening.
Miss Mamie Maher, who is attending
the Visitation academy at Tacoma, heads
the roll of honor for November with a
standing of 100. Only one other young
lady OF the academy received that rating.
A considerable interest is being shown
in the Sabbath evening service st the
Baptist church. Two we're baptised last
Sunday evening, and it s expected that
others will follow on next Sabbath even
ing.
The seventh annual session OF the
State Teachers association will be held
at Everett on the 20, 81 and 2Sth of this
month. Among those who are to read
papers are w. M. Heiney, J. g. Lawrence
and c. J. Macintosh, of this city.
Work at good wages may be hard TO
get, Just at this time, but work at some
price is not. THE HERALD is informed
that thirty or forty men can secure en-
pleyment at sl.5O@1 rs per day, clearing
sage brush, in the vicinity of Zillah.
At lecture delivered in Seattle on
Tuesday night last, DIR. d. J. Pierce, Of
that city, exhibited petrified bone,
thought to he part of human being,
taken from the lower miocene tertiary ;
the locality being 1876 feet below the sur
face OF George p. Eaton's ranch, in the
Sunnyside. DR.. Pierce declared the relic
to be at least 500 900 and perhaps 1,000,
coo years old.
Robert Warner, a member of the firm
OF Lindeke, Warner & Schumacher, St.
6ul, uiduC NO iot Nicit W 4 ahi"S thif
week in the interest of his house. He
fell completely in love with this city and
it's environs, and states that he proposes
buying property here in the early spring
He will also induce friends of his, who
are now looking for location, to remove
to this valley and engage in fruit culture
Not the least of Agent Humphreys
woes 10 the illness from which he is now
recovering. On Tuesday night some
sneak thief entered his cellar and ex-
tracted some choice winter apples and
quantity OF excellent mince meat, which
had been stored for use during the holi-
days. There is no clue to the perpetrat-
ora fact which particularly arouses Mr..
Humphreys ire, as he is rapidly deve
oping his old-tme hearty appetite.
Miss Maud Maher, second daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Maher, will be mar
ried in the early morning OF December
20 to Oscar Latimer, of Ellensburg. The
nuptial knot will be tied by Rev. S. H..
Cheadle, the ceremony being performed
at the home of the BRIDES parents, at
$50 a. m. Miss Matte Williams and
John Patchett, of Ellensburg, will offici-
ate respectively as bridesmaid and
groomsman. The party will then take
the west bound train for Ellensburg.
where wedding breakfast will be served.
Yakima manufactured matches are
now upon the market and are finding a
ready sale at private houses. When con-
sumers find out their good qualities they
are expected to call for them at the stores
thus eventually bringing the goods to
the grocers' counters. OF course, if they
be found of inferior quality, no orders
will be expected. Those seen by the re-
porter were of first class grade AND
should be easily disposed of. About
HOO packages were dipped for the first
output, work having ceased with that
number on account of lack of power at
the factory.
S. q. Roper, OF the Sunnyside valley,
has placed upon the market quantity OF
amber Cane" syrup, made by him on
his ranch. The product this year ran 1856
gallons to the acre, but Mr.. Roper thinks
it will 20 fully 200 gallons to the acre in
'95. Back in Minnesota 80 gallons per