The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-29
TERSE TALES OF A Week
1.-THE Herald" Searchlisht Thrown 0Yef
City and County.
xIDLEY OF INTERESTING LOCAL ITEMS
Paragraphic Bits Of Gossip, society
News, Personals and Happenings
GATHERED About North Yakima
ana Her Environing valleys.

is in the city this week.
A total eclipse of the moon is scheduled
for September 3rd and 4th.
Miss Grace Perry, Of Cheney, is visit
ing the family Of Prof. Mills.
Mrs. +. B. German, of Fairhaven, is
in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. A. j..
Willis.
T. g. Redfeld and family and Orlando
Beck and family have returned from Soda
springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Saylor left for
Tacoma Wednesday for a visit of two
weeks.
Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher and grandson
returned Monday from three weeks
visit to Tacoma.
Mrs. A. B. Ross returned Tuesday
from visit of several weeks with Mrs.
Andrew Gibson at Martin.
Il. E. Sperry and wife left on Wednes-
day for visit OF week or ten days at
Tacoma and neighboring resorts.
School Superintendent ]. +. Brown and
Manager Dickinson of the Republic were
passengers on the west bound train for
Tacoma Wednesday.
Matt H. Williams and wife arrived
here from Walla Walla, Tuesday, with
the intention of remaining. Mr.. Will
lisms is horse trainer.
Mrs. VIM. Ker and children, the Misses
Bessie and Lucy Scudder and James B.
Thomas, left on Wednesday for Lake
Hatcher to spend couple Of weeks.
T. w. Akin, OF the department of the
interior, who has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. l.. T. Erwin, at Fort Simcoe for
some weeks past, left for the east on
Tuesday.
Court F. Meyer and his sister, Miss
Meyer, returned from Seattle Wednesday,
where they have been selecting the fur
nishings for their new home on Natcheez
avenue.
Miss Elva Baxter returned Monday
from her summer outing with friends ct
Martin. The Rev. Alfred Brown left
camp the same day on his way east via
the Canadian Pacific.
F. d. Estes, a brother-in-law of County
Clerk j. M. Brown, is in the city from
Wenatchee. Mr.. Estes has purchased
property in Yakima and is preparing to
remove here with his family.
Nye Taggard, John Napier, Jos. Hay
wood and Louis Boyd returned from their
trip to American river and Dumping lake
on Tuesday. They report having had a
very pleasant time and to feel much phys
ical benefit from the trip.
John Reid. friend of Alfred Chase OF
Mob Hill, left on Tuesdays train for Spo-
kane in anticipation of obtaining berth
with the engineering party of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy road, which lie
now in the field. Mr.. Reid is a civil en-
gineer by profession.
The reports in circulation that McGon-
lyle killed man in Idaho and that his
brother was hung is denied by friend
who has been intimate with the family
for the past thirty-six years. This friend,
in a communication to The HERALD, says
that McGoniele never was in Idaho and
that his brother died in California with
smallpox.
p. A. Bounds and family and Harry
Moran and family returned on Monday
from the Tietan basin, where they en-
joyed most pleasant outing of several
weeks. They killed big black bear and
q cub and had all the grouse and trout
they could eat Mr.. Moran reports hav-
ing found big mud spring in the basin,
the roaring of whose waters can be heard
for several hundred yards.
A rumor obtained circulation on the
streets Tuesday that Mrs. j. E. Schwsrtze,
wife of the city sexton. had attempted
suicide, owing to domestic troubles. An
investigation proved that the report had
no foundation other than that there was
trouble between the couple, due, 1t ia
said, to the alleged fsmiliarities of Mr..
Schwartze with an adopted daughter,
who is yet in her teens. Several days ago
Mrs. Schwartze sent q neighbours son to
the city for bottle OF lauaanum, and on
this the report gained currency that self
destruction had been attempted. It is
said that arrangements have been made
for division of the community property
as a preliminary step to divorce pro-
ceedings.
d. E. Lesh returned on Tuesday from
Tacoma and Seattle. where he went to
interview commission merchants and
look after the condition OF the fruit
market. He says an average of upwards
of 100 crates of cantaloups are being
shipped daily from his ranch to the
sound, and as they bring about 20 cents
net per crate on board of the cars at Yak
lima the prices are fairly satisfactory.
How long these prices can be maintained
is probIematical, as tramp steamers from
San Francisco are bringing the fruit sur
plusage and refuse of California to this
state at nominal charges. Mr.. Lesh says
the Northern Pacific has q very satisfac.