The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-01-03
LOCAL news UP To date
The First Session Of the Council an
Interesting One.
BERRYHILL ACQUITTED AND SKIPS.
The Sunnyside Ditch Goes Into the
Hands OF Three Receivers, OF
whom George Donald, OF this
city, ~ one.

The first session OF the new council was
held on Tuesday evening with Mayor
Redmsn and Councilmen Badger, Hill,
Imsland, Sinclair and Simmons present.
After brief preliminary address by
Mayor Redman the council proceeded to
the regular order of business.
The bond of City Attorney J. NJ. New
man, with George S. Vance aud w. L.
Palmer as sureties, and that OF Marshal
Lille, with III. L. Tucker and w. I.
Lince as sureties, were approved.
The mayor delayed appointment OF
committees other than that OF finance, on
which he named Hill, Badger and Cox.
The council elected ID. w. Simmons
president of the board to act in the ab.
sence OF the mayor.
The casting OF lots for the long and
short terms resulted in Messrs. Diteman,
Badger and husband securing the two
years terms.
Marshal Lille recommended the ap-
pointment of John Bartholet rs his dep.
uty, but the council ignored his wishes
and selected F. f. Craig and r. A. Grant
j. j. Backer was reelected fire engineer
and day policeman; ]. L. Schwartze,
sexton and George Wilson, engineer.
The latter position was contested by Syd-
ney Arnold, who received two votes out
of the five cast. There is per diem of
s. attached to the position, but for all
that it doesn't seem to be particularly re-
munerative, as Wilson occupied thu posi-
ton last year and failed to get in single
days work. Another rich position is
that of city scavenger, to which w. w.
Curry was chosen. There is no salary
attached to it, but the official is given
the privilege of rustling for himself and
retaining all he makes. Competition is
not barred.
A. p. Fulkerson was elected C ity JUS
tice to succeed S. G. Henton, receiving
four votes to one for Frank Rodmsn.
The marshal was instructed to work
city prisoners on the streets whenever it
COulu Ue uOue 10 advantage.
The clerk was instructed to re-advertise
for bids for city printing, the council tax
ing the unprecedented action OF "holding
over" for two weeks the opened bid of
THE HERALD. This was evidently the re-
suit of the blatant talk of a man named
Freeman, who formerly published pa
per here and left the town to catch on to
the Anacortes boom, only to return
again, when that place was worked out
and dead, in hopes of being able to again
get in his work on Yakima, which the
older papers, through continued and per-
sistent efforts had helped to build up.
Fortunately there is a provision of the
law which shuts out these bushwhacking
and temporary sheets.
Berryhiii IL Acquitted ana skips.
Quivering all over, the results of fear
and morphine, the Berryhill girl and an
abandoned female companion covered in
the darkened private room Of saloon on
Saturday night last. Berryhill had been
acquitted OF the charge of assault with
intent to commit murder, on the grounds
OF self-defense, and fearing bodily in
jury from the woman she had shot she
was hiding until the opportunity present.
ed for getting away from the town. She
is now gone and Yakima is rid, at least
for the time being, of another of those
foolish girls who can see but the glitter
and tinsel of the life of shame, and are
unable to realize the mental misery,
hardshios and early death-the result
either of the suicides weapon or disease
brought on by dissipation and otherwise
controvertlng natures laws.
The mulatto Thompson's comely, white
wife was the principal witness against
Miss Berryhill at the trial before Justice
Henton; and she gave her testimony for
the conviction of the defendant with all
the force and virulence OF outraged affec-
tions. But she weakened when it was
shown that she had gone to Berryhill's
room armed with knife, which she had
that day bought at hardware store, and
that the shooting occurred after she had
raised the weapon from the folds of her
dress and was moving upon the Berryhill
in threatening manner. Another bit OF
testimony was that previous to the trag-
edy and while upbraiding her smoky
complexioned husband for the miscella-
neous manner in which he displayed his
affections, she worked herself into fit of
rage and slashed his clothes into ribbons
with her newly acquired knife-whieh
was picked up from the floor of the room
where the shooting occurred after Miss
Berryhill's arrest.
Berryhill has gone and perhaps the
Thompsons, too; but there are many 9TH
ers OF vicious nature, criminal history and
undeserving poverty who should be made
to take the road. Yakima has experienced
crime and undesirable notoriety enough
OF late, and it is time that the ohscour-
ings should be compelled to move on.
Let citizens provide for those who are
poor through sickness or misfortune: but
1t is time to separate the sheep from the
goats, and force the latter to browse in
some other back yard. Marshal Lille
will find the fulfllment of this luty one
that citizens will appreciate.
I'm Receivers Hands.
The affairs of the Yakima Investment