The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-01-04
VERY MUCH IN LITTLE.
i Batch Of Items Interesting to Our
Home People.
YAKIMA AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
Activity In the Lever End Of the
County - Movements In Kitsisas
and Eisewhere-Entert I'm.
formation Generally.

correspondent vi lnG OuiutnuNte
Courier says in the last issue of thai
paper: II see an article in The YAKIMA
HERALD beaded "A bad road, Igiving q
very good description Of the condition oil
the road along the Satas, but that leaves
knus the almost impossible crossing of the
Toppenish and it's slough. Let us join
The HERALD and, II 1t is Agent Erwin's
duty to see to the repair OF the road, LEI
us have the Klickitat and Yakima com.
missioners call the agents attention Ia
the matter. II not, let them divise some
other means to get the work done. The
road should be repaired by all means"
Nearly Que hundred men are carried on
the payroll of the irrigation company at
present.
An Angora goat was shipped from
Prosser Falls to North Yakima. 1t is re-
ported that it was sent to the A. o. u. w.
lodge at that city.
Very recently the Rev. ID. G. MacKin-
non, Of North Yakima, visited this city
and conducted service in the school
house. The way being clear and no other
church society being in the town, an or.
ganization was effected with the following
officers; G. II. Denley, warden; Fred r,
Reed, secretary, and +. Rich, treasurer.
An application for church services was
sent to Rev. l.. II. Wells. ID. D., bishop
of the diocese, signed by many of the
people OF the town. Rev. MacKinnon has
visited this parish every other Wednes-
day since organizing and conducted SER
vices in the school house A Ladies'
Guild has been started with the following
officers: Miss E. Rich, president; Mrs.
Holt, secretary, and Miss NJ. Cary, treas
urer. Plans have been made for the
erection OF church building and it is
expected that work will commence on il
soon.--Prosser Falls American.
l was informed that Mr.. johnson had
gone to Yakima to bring his famed to
kiona to be married. They will occupy
the old school building which Mr.. Neil
has made into nice residence.
The presiding elder, G. M. Booth. Of
lehe N. =. church has appointed Rev.iJ.
Giezentanner to take charge OF the work
embracing Kennewick, Pasco, Wallula
and Umatilla. He wishes you to an
aounce that there will be preaching at
Kennewick at ii o'clock on the first Sun
day in January.
DR.. Ely, Of Kennewick, and an eastern
capitalist or two were visiting our town a
few days ago and say that Kiona will be
in the Swim" with Kennewick when
spring opens and the immigration breaks
loose. They say that there is no excuse
for men to be out Of employment in this
country, as they assayed the dirt all the
way up from Kennewick and found that
it would easily pay ~ per day to anybody
that would get in and mine it. That the
coil is full Of gold in more ways than
farming, is quite evident.-Kiona Notes
| in Columbian
Hon. Ii. j. Snively, Of North Yakima,
was an Ellensburgh visitor this week.
Attorney F. A. Frazier, of North Yak.
ina, was in the city Thursday.
Mr.. ]. Z. Ryan, who recently estab.
lished himself in business at North Yak.
ina, spent Christmas with his family in
Ellensburgh.
Nothing new has developed in the
search for the body OF Eric Erickson, who
lis believed to have been drowned in the
Yakima river. 1t ia understood that the
Indians are prosecuting the search, but
nothing is definitely known Of their
movements.
The delegation OF teachers to the state
convention at North Yakima returned
Friday morning, the session having ad-
Iiourned Thursday evening. They report
having had an interesting session, yet the
attendance was not as large as expected
They were royalty welcomed and are loud
in prsise OF the hospitality of our sister
| city.
Died, in this city, Friday evening,
hecenlber ~. OF typhoid fever, Mrs. Tillie
rsfcDonald, wife of +. s. Mcdonald, q
pioneer of Elensburgh. Mrs. Mcdonald
was the original preemptor, before her
marriage, Of what is now the Homestead
sidition to the citv Of Ellensburgh. She
sold the property in 1890 to w. r. Abrams
and others who plated the addition, re-
serving for her own use block adjoining
First street where she built residence
which she occupied at the time OF her
death. -Ellensburgh Register.
A New York court has decided that
piano-torture is not nuisance and that a
person addicted to the piano habit may
torment the instrument and the neigh.
borhood from 7 a. m. to IL 80 If said
piano-caiter so elect. The ways OF the
courts are past finding out.
The Iowa woman who dumped her hus-
band into we'll, threw rocks in after
him and then emptied a shotgun upon
bis devoted head was no reader of the
newspapers. Had she been. she would
have known that the divorce laws OF
Iowa afford much neater and less dan
gerous means Of getting rid OF uncongen-
ial matrimonial partners.
1t will interest those who are interested
in women TO know that there are in this
country twenty-five hundred women prac-
ing medicine. There are two hundred
and savanfv. five who ara rani,lar r,raach-