The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-06-27

w. B. Ready has disposed Of his saloon
business at Ives Landing, on the Colum-
bis, to Josh Clary.
The marriage Of Emily Allen, Of Pros
Ger, to Charles d. Morgan, son Of Jock
Morgan, was celebrated at Mabton on
Monday.
Mr.. Garrett d'Ablaing and Miss Msude
Painter, both of whom are well known
residents Of Ellensburg and prominent
in the socieey Of that place, were married
in walla Walla on the 18th inst.
The recent frost recalls to the mind Of
an old Klickitat farmer that on the 18th
of June 1859, SO years ago, there was q
frost of the most severe character and ice
formed as thick as an ordinary window
glass.
According to this years newspaper
directory there are 225 papers and period
icals published in this state, of which
1871 are weeklies, % monthlies, quarter
~, 8 tri-weeklies and 10 dailies. Oregon
has 1879 publications.
At the government works at the Cas-
cades OF the Columbia, the contractors
have begun digging away the upper
bulkhead, and as soon as this is finished
the walls completed and the gates in
position the canal will be open for traffic.
1t il expected that boats will be enabled
to pass through by Christmas time.
The prof OF the railroad betwe
Goldendale and Lyle, on the Columbia
river, appear to be pushing work ahead.
Engineer Richardson began to cross-sec-
tioning and set the grade stakes last week,
and on Monday fifteen teams and scrap
ers with twenty-five men were engaged
to start the work Of grading at Lyle.
The suit of Mr.. Speck, of Pasco
against Ex-Sheriff w. B. Gray, Of Frank
lin county, IN which the defendant wal
charged with adultry and in alternating
the affections of the wife of the plaintiff
was tried in Walla Walla last week ant
resulted in verdict of SIS 900 damages
Illicit love seems to come high in tha
section Of the state.
On Wednesday Of last week Matthew
hcEwen, q highly respected citizen o
Goldendale, aged 60 years, committed
suicide by shooting himself through tn,
heart with Winchester rife. He left
vague note which showed that some &C
committed while residing In Utah, mus
have preyed upon his mind and csuset
him to end his life.
Goldendale Sentinel; II is said tina
nearly 100000 head Of sheep are now OF
the range in the vicinity of Mt. Adams
One sheep man estimsted that it vii
take two acres Of land to the head. Al
that rate 400. 600 acres will be required
to pasture the herds, or body Of land q
miles square. There Is plenty of room
for even more sheep on those ranges, an,
the land might a. we'll be utilized. It il
better for the heritage to be eaten off b.
stock than to grow up and furnish fue
for forest fires.
Prosser american: "a horrible acciden
10 reported from Horse Heaven, occurring
aweek ago Monday. Mrs Lyle, wo re
sides on the Parker ranch. some twelv,
miles from Umatilla, while engaged II
feeding chickens, was killed by the OK
plosion Of some giant powder stored in al
clubhouse near. She was literally blown
to pieces. one foot only being found
Only the barest particulars could b,
learned, and those were gathered from
several sources, 90 that we are unable {,
vouch for their correctness" The HER
AID learns that these facts are true, an,
that the unfortunate woman had beer
married only month.
The Goldendale party of young men VIII,
recently visited the Current mines, Il
the Gold Hill districts, are thus Spoken
OF by the Klickitat Republican: The,
reached the camp Of 4. X. Current II
due time where they were made as com
Portable as possible and lived high OF
bear, mountain goat and vension, which
the elder Current had provided in abund
ance. The lodes were In due time In
spected and found to be as the elder Cur
rent had represented them. There is n
question that the region has rich fire.
milling ore. The only question is Is +
the quantity and the Current company /
now running a tunnel into the mountain
to determine this. Two trails are bein
cut into the mines which will be fnishe,
in few days. One of these is from
Buckley, 40 miles distant. The boys de
scribed the scenery near the mines a
grand beyond description and equal
rough and ragged. The mountain wher
the principal claims are located is bal
timberless butte that rises almost pei
pendicularly into the air about q mil
high. Silver Creek which has abundan
capacity for running big saw mill, flow
like thread Of the white metal at Il
feet. Coming back the boys found q
many as 20 or 80 men pushing their va
to the mines.
Having used ChambeFlain's Coug