The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-02-14
THE NEWSPAPER REALM
Brief, Pithy and Bright Items from
The Reporters Pencils.
THE YAKIMA NEWS In PARAGRAPHS
lettings from Life and Com ments
ON Incidents Tn the Busiest and
Most Progressive section OF the
Great Northwest.

Phil Otter and wife left on Monday
for months visit in California.
The firm OF A. T.. Larson & Co. has
been dissolved, Lake Frank and f. l..
Jacobs retiring.
The Misses Cary entertained a small
and informal party of their friends at
cards on Friday evening last.
The supreme court has reversed the de-
cision OF the lower court in the case of S.
Kremer ct al, appellants, VS.. w. Walter
ct al, respondents.
Rev. Daniel q. MacKinnon, formerly
pastor of st. Michael's church, has ac-
cepted parish in Nevada, Missouri, for
which place he will leave about March /.
Alice Bailey, who returned to Harrng-
ton, Wash, short time ago after a
lengthy visit in Yakima, Was married i'm
mediately thereafter to F. a. Harris, a
young business man of that place.
Peter Bellies had a personal encounter
with his hotel cook at Puyallup the other
day, and the kitchen king was thrown
in jail-from which he tried to escape,
but only succeeded in breaking leg.
The neighborhood whist club was pleas
antly entertained on Thursday evening
last at the home of Col. w. +. Prosser.
Among the guests not members were Mr..
A. b. Wyckoff and Gen. James NJ. Ash
ton.
Prof. j. q. Lawrence, who was tender
ed the prncipalship OF the Roslyn schools,
has written the board of directors of that
district that it will be impossible for him
to accept the position. He will remain
in Yakima.
Emily Bancker and her splendid COM
pany of comedians will give Mrs. Mus
graves successful play, "Our Flat" at
Mason's Saturday evening. This comedy
had successful run of 100 nights at the
Lyceum theatre, New York and $50
nights at the Strand theatre, London.
President Parker and Secretary Reed
left on Sunday for Olympia, in response
to telegram from Senator Lesh. 1t is
expected that their services will be valu-
able in securing prompt action upon the
several bills introduced in the house and
senate for state fair relief They will
probably be gone for week.
Mrs. w. L. Connolly was the prime
mover in pleasant surprise party in the
form OF dance on Friday evening last,
for Mrs. M. Sckorn-Mr. Schorn's CARR.
age repository on Front street being
transformed into ball room for the occa-
sion. A merry party enjoyed the dance,
and the hostess was thoroughly and
pleasantly surprised"
The interior department OF the federal
government has sent report to congress
concerning sales of public lands. Among
other beneficiaries. the Pullman agricul-
tural college gets $4,000. "Of all sad
words OF tongue or pen, the saddest are :
why didn't we double that Ten?" We
should have received the original invest
ment intact by this action of the de-
partment.
At the last business meeting OF the
Yakima Commercial club, Mr.. James M
Gilbert was unanimously reelected secre
tary of that fiourishing organization. As
nearly all of the work of such body CEN
tiers in the secretary, and a club prospers
and progresses as the secretary broadens
its field and attends to its multitudinous
researches for facts, figures, data, ETC.,
valuable to the community, Mr., Gilbert
may well he pleased with this tacit recog-
milton of his ability and energy.
The 6remen have generously agreed to
give the proceeds of the sale OF tickets for
the Calico ball, which will be held at
Masonic opera house this evening, to the
Library association; and the financial re-
|, turns of the ballot for the most popular
Ut over W lut
Ladies Aid society for the benefit of the
poor. Let everyone be at the bali this
evening and while enjoying good time
have the satisfaction of knowing they are
helping worthy institution and giving
assistance to the needy.
Peter Bellinger, well remembered here
in Yakima, who sold Little Arthur La
Moure into slavery among the Indians,
walked out Of the supreme court of Vic
toria, B. c., free man last week. The
defense was that the crown could not
prove that he had been kidnapped, or
that he was not Bellnger's son; and I'M
der the peculiar wording OF the statute
Justice Drake decided there was no law
to convict. Bellinger wanted to take the
boy with court consent, but the justice
denied him the right to his custody until
| he could prove the boy was his. The po-
lice have not been able to get any evil
dence from Michigan. Bellinger may be
re-arrested for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
CT. Wheeler, Of st. Cloud, MIMI, in
writing OF recent trip through the coun-