The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-14

land on Tuesdays train.
Monday last was the sixth anniver.
sary OF the admission oi Washington into
statehood.
Ezra Meeker returned to the sound on
Saturday last, after gathering in few
bales of Yaki ma hops.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Rowe has been
an attendant upon the y. S. circuit
court at Walla during the past week.
w. w. Leeper will leave for Lewiston,
Idaho, this evening to accompany home
his wife and children, who have been
visiting relatives.
]. X. Ward, who has been in the east
for some time looking up market for
fruits and other Yakima products, is ex.
pected home the latter part of the week.
MIR. and Mrs. George S. Courier gave
very pleasant dinner party to few
friends Monday evening to celebrate the
occupancy of their new home on Sixth
street.
A. II. Mcguire, formerly the boniface
OF local hotel, is now the editor OF the
Missoulian. He writes that he is loaded
down with work, but is glad to get into
the harness again.
The laws of the state declare dogs to
be property. To levy dog tax is spec
ial legislation, and is not the equal taxa
ton provided tor by law, and is therefore
illegal and void.
The general land Office has decided the
timber culture contest of w. Fl. Paulha-
mus vs. DR.. E. +. Heg 10 favor of the
former and held the land, which is in
the Sunnysde country, open to entry.
Judge L. T. Erwin was in the city
Tuesday awaiting the arrival of Col. j..
w. Renfroe, one OF the Puyallup Indian
commissioners, who accompanied the
Judge to Fort Simcoe on The following
day.
Ed Muligan, Charles Mabry, John
Baker and A. Z. Hamilton are putting in
this week on a goose hunting expedition
in the lower Horse Heaven country.
Friends of the boys anticipate feast on
their return.
Sheriff Lincoln Dilley has been sick for
the past several days with malaria. His
physician does not anticipate any serious
trouble, and il is to be hoped that Mr..
Dilley will experience no turn for the
worse, but will be able to be around again
in few days
Eugene V. Flint, brother OF p. j. and
Archie Flint, of this city, is so seriously
sick at his home in Parker Bottom that
his life is despaired of. There was con-
ference of physicians held on Sunday,
but they were able to extend but little
hope to the anxious family. Mr.. Flint's
immediate danger is from dropsy, the
outgrowth of heart disease.
One night last week a mob of Pasco
citizens organized and drove eleven Chi
nese sections men across the Columbia
river to Kennewick and warned them not
to return under penalty OF rougher usage.
The Celestials were escorted back under
the protection OF the sheriff, and now sew
eral OF Pasco's citizens are under arrest,
charged with being implicated in the en-
forced exodus. The Chinese claim that
they were robbed of between 5000 and
5000 at the time OF the raid.
Alex. Mundell, city marshal OF Rosyn,
brought to this city on Saturday last one
John Kenney, of Easton, who was
charged with issuing and passing coun-
terfeit money. When arrested Kenney
had in his possession two bogus "silver''
dollars and bottle of quicksilver U.
s. Commissioner Henton and Deputy u.
s. Marshal Catron were summoned from
Walla Walla, arriving Sunday, when
Kenney was given an examination and
bound over to the U. S. circuit court,
which convenes in Spokane in February
next.
Rev. George Waters, the Yakima In
dian who left some weeks ago for the Nez
Perez agency to build up church, writes
to THE HERALD that his first work was to
visit the Nez Perez homes, which he
found much improved since he was last
there. He is arranging to build church
at the mouth of the Sweetwater, five
miles south of the agency and two miles
from the Lapwai postofiice, where the
Indian school now stands. Rev. Waters
says many whites are coming to that sec
ton for work and most of them are flat
broke and willing to work for $40 a
month. Carpenters receive $3.50 to 81
per day..
Hon. Edward Whitson returned on
Monday from Olympia, where he went to
represent the Mabie heirs against Lemuel
G. Whitaker and wife. The property in
volved consists of 1900 acres of land in
Thurston county valued at $4,000 The
interests of the Mabie heirs originally
came up in the superior court of Thurs
ton county, but never went to the jury
through decision of the presiding Judge.
An appeal was taken to the supreme
court of the state, where Messrs Whitson
& Parker secured decision for the ap.
pelants, and the case was remanded for