The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-07-25


Simcoe, the guest OF J. l.. Banks.
United States postal inspector W. A.
Robinson Was Yakima visitor on Tues
day.
G. L. Gano and family left Tuesday to
establish camp at Hanging Rock, on
the Natcheez.
J.B. and Ed. Fogarty of Ellensburg,
have been spending several days in the
city this week.
Frank Nagler, Ed Merwin and John
Foster started Wednesday for prospect
ing trip to Gold Hill and Mount Tacoma.
Frank Horsley, A. B. Weed, Fred Klein
and Ralph X. Nichols left last week via
Soda Springs for the Tietan basin, to be
gone two weeks.
Yakima cantaloupes will be ripe andiin
condition for the market next week. The
acreage is considerably larger than it was
last year, as the fruit always finds ready
sale at good prices.
LII. Dills and w. o. Knox left on
Saturday last for the Gold Hill mining
district, where Mr.. Dills is interested in
several claims. They expect to be gone
two or three weeks.
TT. ]. Bicknell, while endeavoring to
water his grey horse In the Yakima river,
near Zillah, last Friday, drove into a
deep hole, and, despite the efforts OF Mr..
Bicknell, the animal was drowned.
A marriage license was issued Tuesday
to l. T. Day and Miss Anna Haye. The
HERALD, along with numerous friends,
extends congratulations and best wishes
for health, happiness and prosperity.
There will be preaching in German at
the Congregational church at 1880 a. m.
Sunday by Rev. II. E. Linse, minister
of the Evangelical association. Every
body invited, particularly those under
standing German.
Miss Steele, sister OF J. M. Steele
of the Water, Light and Power company
stopped over in the city on Tuesday on
her return to Portland from Illinois,
where she was recently graduated from o
leading seminary.
J. M. Gilbert reports that he had ripe
tomatoes from his garden on Sunday last.
There will be a much larger crop this
year than in 1894, as the percentage of
blight is very much less and the season
has been quite favorable.
Thomas Lund left on Wednesday for
Roslyn, at which city the new brewery
now in operation there proposes on Sun
day next to give a German picnic. Ev-
erybody knows what that means. Mr..
Lund will undoubtedly enjoy himself
hugely.
Lee Hoffman, OF the well-known bridge
contracting firm OF Hoffman d Bates, &C.
cidentally shot and killed himself with q
target rifle while picnicing near Portland
on Sunday. Mr.. Hoffman was well
known in Yakima through the bridges
built by his firm in this city.
John Ralph has arrived from Colfax,
and will take charge of the telephone ex-
change on the first OF August. The sys-
tenn is to be rebuilt with 65.foot poles,
carrying the wires above the tree tops.
Two carloads Of these poles have already
been received and two more are now on
the road.
The Congregational people decided last
Sunday to hold no more services in the
church till the third Sunday in August,
giving the pastor an opportunity for a
vacation during the hot weather. There
will, however, be services conducted in
the German language each Sunday morn
ng during the vacation.
Mrs. T. F. Maher is back from Ellens'
burg, where she was called owing to an
accident which befell her daughter Mabel.
The little girl was pulled from a horse
by companion, and striking on her
head sustained q severe scalp wound
Twenty-four hours Of solid sleep brough,
Miss Mabel around all right.
Fort Simcoe is nearly deserted by the
government officials, Messrs. Banks and
Ramsauer being the only ones remain
ing. Agent Erwin and wife, DR.. Wilgus
]. o. Holt and H. ]. Kilgour having
gone to Tacoma to attend the Indian in
stitute now being conducted by DR.. w
N Heilman, superintendent of Indian
schools.
Prof. Hartley, Of the Ahtsnum acad
envy, left on Monday for his old home al
Mt. Morris, Ill. He will spend fiv,
weeks visiting throughout Illinois, and
will combine business with pleasure by
doing some missionary work for this val
ley and the academy where he is EN-
ployed. He expects to return about Sep
TENDER /.
John Reed leaves early in the comini
week for Tacoma and Portland, the OBJ
ject Of his visit being to try to secur'
some good reductions on rates for Ros
lyn coal, which he expects will be uset
in large quantities during the coming hoI
curing season. Mr.. Reed thinks tina
competition will have the effect of appre
ciably lowering rstesIon both wood an'
coal this winter. The yards at the depo