The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-28
TBRSE TALES OF A Week
1.-THE Herald" SGarChlisht Thrown Over
City and County.
MEDLEY OF INTERESTING LOCAL ITEMS
Paragraphs hits of Gossip, society
News, Personals aud Happenings
Gathered About North Yakima
and Her EnvIroning valleys.

See advertisement OF the renowned elo-
cutionist elsewhere in this paper.
Born, at North Yakima, Nov. 23rd, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Shank, recently of Seattle,
daughter.
Louis Lachmund shipped three car
loads OF over 800 bales of hops to Horst
Bros, New York, on Saturday last.
Rancher Million, Of the Selah. is the
happy father Of an eight pound son,
which arrived at his home the first Of the
week.
Benz. G. Chaplin, the great character
artist and dramatic impersonator. al
MasonTs opera house next Monday even
ing.
George Smith and wife of Houst on,
Mimi, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
C.D MuraDe. Mrs. Smith is a sister Of
Mr.. Murane.
Duck hunting on bicycle is somewhat
of d novelty but that is the way Henry
Shuk is doing his sporting and he always
comes back with his wheel loaded down
with birds.
Thos McKeever has secured grading
contract on the Clark's Fork division oil
the Mort hern Pacific, and left for that
point on Thursday with fifteen teams Of
horses and grading equipment.
The children of the NJ. E. Sunday
school, assisted by Mrs. Prof. Harnly,
Miss Lee, Mrs J. NJ. Gilbert and others
will give musical and literary entertain
. ment at the church on Friday evening
Dec. 9th.
A charming little party was given in
the dining room of The Bartholet, Tues
day evening, to properly celebrate the
10th birthday of Birdie Bartholet. There
were enough children present to form
three quadrlle sets and a very happy
evening was passed.
Governor McGraw will make his selec'
ton of state auditor, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of l.. r. Grimes, in
day or two. There are numerous ap,
plicants for the position including Mayor
J. L. Frost and Ed. Dixon OF Ellensburg
and T. NJ. Reed, Sr., OF Olympia.
The Northern Pacific will discontinue
the free delivery of express packages in
this city, beginning with the first day oil
December. The express rates are Ger,
tainly high enough to justify the contin'
u,nce of this accommodation but the
company evidently think otherwise.
With pleasure THE HERALD calls the
attention OF its readers to the advertise
nent OF Ashcraft IL Kinsey, the enter
prising merchants, which appears in to-
days HERALD. They have built up q
large trade through careful attention to
business and low prices and propose 10
increase this trade by continuing these
methods.
DR.. G. j. Hill suffered relapse of his
late sickness last week and SO serious did
his condition appear at one time that
fears were entertained regarding his life
and kilograms were sent to Astoria sum
moning his mother, Mrs. DIR. Owens
Adair, who arrived on Saturday night
While DR.. Hill is at present suffering con
siderably from rheumatism his medica
attendants do not apprehend any serious
trouble.
Judge Carroll B. Graves, will, on the
evening OF Dec. l1th, open the course Of
lectures under the auspices of the Ep
worth League OF this city, planned fol
the coming winter His subject will bt
'The Primal Thought" The other lee
turers already secured are: Professors
Getz and Mahan, of the state norma
school, Ellensburg; Attorney w. L. Jones
of this city Rev. Shanklin of Seattle and
Chancellor Thoburn of the Puget Sound
University, Tacoma.
The dates of the Washington state fail
are so fixed by the legislature that fol
the coming year the fair will be held fol
one week, beginning on Sept. 26tb ane
ending on October End Secretary Johr
Reed has this early taken the matter il
hand and as a result OF his correspondence
is in receipt of letter from G. Il. Irwin
secretary Of the Oregon state fair, WHIT
writes that in compliance with the re
quest of Mr.. Reed, and in order to avoit
clash of interests, the Oregon boart
has fixed the date OF opening that fair oil
October 9th.
Mr. Edward Whitson returned from
Olympia on Saturday last where he wa
engaged in looking after the interests O
the plaintiff in the case OF William Mabi
vs.. Lemuel G. Whitaker and wife, in
volving 1900 acres OF land in ThprstoI
county. Through ruling of the presid
ing judge the case was decided agains
Mabie, hut Mr. Whitson believes that al
error was made in constituting the law an
being convinced that the law and justic
Is on his side will carry it up to the stat
supreme court,