The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-10-04
LOCAL ITEMS GlLORE|
y Feast Of NeWsy Notes Condensed For
The Herald'S Many Readers.
HOME TALES ENTERTAINMENT TOLD
The city and Comfy Have Been
Rsked and scraped for Paragraphs
which Give Promise of Proving of
More Than Passing Interest.

Harbormaster J. b. Cliff and wife, OF
Tacoma, are in the city to-day.
The Salvation Army will conduct ser
vices at the Presbyterian church on Sun.
day night, Rev. Drew being absent in
Portland.
Deputy Marshal Gulland arrested an
Indian named Dick, Wednesday, charged
with stealing cattle from the reservation
Deputy Guilland is on the track OF two
more Of the thieves.
j. b. Chapman, of Seattle, brother
Of W. II. Chapman and formerly resi-
dent of this city, is candidate for the
legislature from King county on the indie
pendent republican ticket.
Hon. Steve O'Bnen and wife, of Ia
coma, arrived here Wednesday. Mrs.
O'Brien will remain in Yakima for some
time in the hope that the warm sunshine
and dry climate will prove beneficial to a
throat trouble which she has contracted.
L. L. James is moving his sheet-iron
photograph gallery building to Second
street, between the Lewis.E ngle block and
the Cooperative store. The old site on
First street may probably have builded
upon it stone front structure by Messrs.
Switzer and Stone, its owners. in the near
future.
The marriage market has been partic-
ularly lively this week, the auditors force
having been kept busy issuing licenses
to: Jasper Mikkelson and Hannah
Lindstrom d. +. Spaulding and Flu
celia Converse; CORTLAND g. Porter and
Martha Lonemire; Robert l.. MeGinnis
and Eva l.. Huteson; j. d. Hargis and
Elminie l.. Turner.
A pleasant reception was on Tuesday
evening rendered the new Baptist pastor,
Rev. G. A. Salyer, in the church, large
attendance being reported. The welcom-
ing address was delivered by Rev. Drew,
OF the Presbyterian church, and this was
followed by brief talks on the part OF
Rev. Brown, of st. Michae's Rev. Rose,
Of the Christian church, and Rev. Warner,
OF the Methodist. Refreshments were
served and general good time enjoyed.
Arrangements have been made by
which the pastor of the Congre gational
church will give his entire time to the
work in town. Beginning next Sunday.
an evening service will be held at 80.
Taking the Bakeslee Studies in the Life
of Christ as basis, series of studies in
the life of Christ will be followed at the
evening services. All who feel an inter
est in such course of study are invited
to attend. Subject next Sunday morn
ing, as Christian Social State Practi-
cable?" Evening subject, Historical
Preparation for the Coming of Christ"
Court has been in session all week, but
no work has been accomplished beyond
the docketing Of the cases. A verdict
was this morning rendered in the case OF
the state vs. James Parker, for assault
The case is a recent one. HERALD read
ers will remember that Mr.. Parker and
Mr.. Fowler had a difficulty in the office
OF Mr.. ]. B. Pugsley over the settlement
of note, Parker waxing wroth and dan
gerous to the extent of shedding several
buckets of blood, at being called some
very pet names. The jury this morning
returned verdict of not guilty.
The Tacoma and Yakima Land COM
pany, through its president and secretary,
+. c. Burlingame and G.. M. Riddell, re-
spectively, has filed with the auditor OF
Yakima county mortgage to the Union
Savings Bank and Trust company, of Ia
coma, of call the property, real and per-
sonal, water, water rights, canals, later
ais, branches, bitches, reservoirs, rights
of-way, franchises and privileges" for
the sum of 100000. The land in ques-
ton is the acreage situated in the Wide
Hollow, and the money derived from the
mortgage is to be used in the completion
OF the Burlingame Wide Hollow ditch.
President Parker, OF the state fair COM
mission, informs The HERALD that it is
yet impossible to determine whether or
no the commission will have to contend
with deficit as result of the first ex-
hibition. considerable amount OF
money yet remains to be collected from
various sources. and an equally consider
able amount is yet to be paid out. The
local members of the commission are
holding impromptu and informal meet
ings almost every day, whenever their
business will permit, and hope to have
money sufficient to square all obligations
incurred, at least for the conduct of the
fair during the week just passed. A full
statement will be furnished for publica-
tion as soon as it is possible.
1t is with extreme regret that THE HER
: AID is called upon to announce the death
of Miss Ollie b. Parker, aged IL years
and "a days, youngest daughter of Frank
T. Parker. The deceased is the third
daughter of Mr.. Parker who has been
carried away by consumption within the
past three years. and the father in his
great sorrow has the sympathy of the en-
tire community. Miss Parker was born
in Nebraska, her parents moving to this
county while she was yet babe. Be-
fore her last sickness she was student
at the Ahtanum academy, where she
showed great proficiency in her studies