The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-07-12
photographic PICKINGS.
The Plotsam and Jetsam Of Local Events
Collected Under q General Heading.
YAKIMA OCCURRENCES up TO DATE.
The Repertertai search light
Threwn Over the CITY asd sur.
rounding Country short Talks
Abeus Yourself ana Neighssrs.

Postmaster Wilkinson Is confined to
his residence with erysipelas OF the face.
Thos. Doyle and wife, Mrs. Emma
Doo!ey and Miss Merriman, of Prosser,
spent the Fourth in this city. They were
guests of the Anterior.
DR.. Mccormick spent the Fourth on
the WeDas and he reports the good, old
fashioned picnic celebration held there
was a most enjoyable affair.
Little Hank" a well.kno vn local
character. has managed to obtain posses
sion of little black bear which resem-
bles him in size and personal ap 3earance
very much.
A. B. Weed received cable advices from
London Friday that the hop market is
very much depressed. This probably
means that the English and German
yards give promise Of good crops.
&C. Ross. with his string of seven
horses, and Harvey McCune, with three
more good animals, left Friday for Tacoma
TO begin the race circuit, VIII ch opens
there to-day.
Ellensburgh now has an opera house
only in name. The building was sold by
the sheriff the other day to mortgage
company for $4,000, and the furniture
and fittings have all been removed.
The railroad company has no great need
for office employees during these times Of
extreme business inactivity, and Agent
Humphrey, in response to instructions,
has cut the force down to bedrock.
The gate receipts at the race track
amounted to about $40, an excess Of $40
on the calculations. This was necessary
to meet the expenses Of the celebration,
but now there is ample funds to pay
everything.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead, of the Mckee, were
initiated in the Degree OF Honor, A. o.
U. w, by Master Workman Spain Fridav
night, who, after the ceremony, invited
all the members to a warm-weather
spread at Metzger's.
Fishing parties along the picturesque
streams 30 numerous in this vicinity are
increasing in number as the warmth Of
the season intensfies. The waters are
vet high, however, and the success so far
reported OF our prize winning wielders Of
the rod is Indifferent.
Sheriff Simmons suffered the misfor-
tune, yesterday afternoon, to lose his fine
gold watch while on the fair grounds. He
was unable to find il, but he believes he
lost It while crawling through the fence
from the main grounds to the quarter
stretch.
Yakima merchants have three tons of
sugar tied up in Ellensburgh. That is,
they did have il, but q sugar famine ex-
listed in Ellensburgh as well as in YAK
ina, and the company relieved the dis.
tress there by opening the car and selling
part Of the shipment. 1t sold at $3.50
per sack, an advance Of 1925 on the hun
dred pounds.
J. II. Duncan and Charley Hill. who
gave battle to officers Lille and Brandon
burg on the Fonrth OF July, will now
have time to repent of their pugnacious
spirit. When brought before Justice
Clark Friday they were fined $50 each
and ordered to paw the costs. They will
probably get out of Jail some time next
month, as they haven't the wherewith to
make a financial settlement.
II. III. Thompson. Of King, who left for
the Sound Friday on horseback, is so
attracted by Yakima that he proposes to
return and make this his home. He was
delegate to the populist convention, but
is more OF q single tax man than a popu-
list. He was one of the brightest MEM
bers OF the convention, aud il was largely
through his skill and talent that disci-
pies of Henry George carried everything
before them.
Bill Cochran, ex-sheriff of King county,,
who is one of the visiting populist dele
yates, went to Agent Humphrey and had
him telegraph to headquarters demand
for train to take the Puget Saunders to
their homes, offering TO pnt up $40, 900 as
bond for the safety of the engine and
cars. 1t is unnecessary to say his de-
mand was not complied with, and now
Cochran swears that it will cost the
company 500 day for every day he has
been detained here, as his return ticket
is contract which the railroad people
are bound to carry out or suffer damages.
The past few days of warm weather has
raised the Yakima river nine inches and
prevented the county commissioners from
starting the work of repairing the bridges.
In order that the Simcoe bridge may be
made available as soon as possible, tim.
Der is being borrowed from the bridge at
Union Gap. aud the result is that the
people Of Yakima City and vicinity are
making vigorous outcry, but the COM
missioners assure thesi that the bridge
at the gap will have attention az soon as
the conditions will admit OF work.
A daring highway robbery was perpe-
trated at ii o'clock Saturday night on
the west side of the track. W. r. Smith,
an old man formerly in the employ Of the
Pioneer Lumber company, has been en-
patiently awaiting the end of the strike
to start for his old home In Missouri. His
total accumulation consisted Of s42, which
he carried about with him. Last night
when he reached the vicinity Of Paul's
lumber yard. on his way home. two
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