The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-14
THE LOCAL SKETCH-BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
ALI Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
I'm the Metropolis OF Central wash
ington and from the Grcat aud
Fertile Country Surrounding It.

An $l8 macintosh was stolen from
the front OF |. III. Dills' store on Saturday
last.
j. p. Flood, G. s. Dillon and George s.
Stone Of this city were visitors to Seattle
during the. past week.
Ben 4. Snipes has returned from
Klickitat county with 100 hogs which he
bought for the sound market.
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renew
er is, unquestionsbly, the best preserva.
tive of the hair. 1t is also curative oil
dsndruff, letter, and all scalp affections
Colonel L. s. Hewlett has been invited
to be delegate to the immigration con
vention at st. Paul and deliver an ad
dress on irrigation 10 the northwest. HI
is unable to accept.
F. A. Pressell, telegraph editor of the
Tacoma Ledger, spent several days In
town and country during the past week
Mr.. Pressel is the owner of ranch In
the Sunnyside country.
"Trilby," the pet wildcat belonging to
+. w. Roach, which for time was one
of the attractions in Moore & Moore's
show window, has returned to her native
heath, having broken the chain that
| fastened her to her new home in Prosser
Turn the racals out"-the familiar
party-cry-may be applied to microbes as
well as to men. The germs OF disease
that Turk in the blood are turned out
by Ayers Sarsaparilla as effectually al
the old postmasters are displaced by q
new administration.
Mrs. S. Louise Ackerson, who returned
to Puyallup recently after a pleasant
visit in this city, is quoted by the Citizen
as saying that the Yakima fair was the
finest one she ever attended, the Indian
dances and display attracting her atten-
ton particularly"
Thomas j. Redman was up from
Parker Bottom on Saturday. He is now
teaching the school in that district and
has 80 scholars in charge. Mr.. Redmar
has had considerable experience in
teaching and was formerly principal of @
school in Missouri with an enrollmen,
of 125.
P. G. Bacon, of Sunnyside, displays a
radish that is another instance of the
wonderful fertility OF Yakima soil. II
measures 25 inches in circumference, %
in length, and weighs seven pounds. Mr.
Bacon says that had this specimen been
| properly irrigated he would have needed
a stump puller to remove it.
G. Fl. Bartlett, OF Easton, has let the
contract for large store building to be
erected at Yakima City, and work has
already been commenced. The dimen.
sions are 25x75 feet on the ground and
two stories in height, and will be hard
finished throughout. Mr.. Bartlett will
conduct general store and buy and sell
all kinds of produce.
The residence of John Egap, the finest
10 the town of Sunnyside, was destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 4th inst
The fire was Of incendiary origin, as Mr.
aud Mrs. Egan we're visiting on the sound
at the time. Fortunately there was an
insurance Of $1,000 on the building. and
by the loyal aid of neighbors most Of The
furniture was saved.
Mr.. Joseph Daley left on Sunday fol-
st. Paul in response to a telegram from
Gordon & Ferguson, leading matters and
furriers, asking him to accept the posi-
ton OF travelling salesman on the north.
west route, and guaranteeing expenses
in case the conditions are not satisfac.
tory. Mrs. Daley and child have gone
to Tacoma ON a visit.
THE HERALD has received copy of the
first issue of The Outlook, little paper
published by the pupils of the Indian in.
dustrial school at Fort Lewis, Colorado
where Miss Alice Simpson. of Yakima
is one of the teachers. 1t is very credit,
able production and shows that the chill.
dren of the plain and forest realize and
are taking advantage of the educational
opportunities offered by the government
The cases of the alleged violators of the
Sunday closing law were called for hear
ing on Friday last before Justice Rod
man. l. P. Englehart appeared for the
prosecution and II. j. Snively for the
defense, and the complaining witnesses
were ]. L. Stackhouse, Frank Fry
Charles Harris and Robert Perry. The
case of Shardlow & Mcdaniel was brought
to hearing, the defense being the belle
that the law was unconstitutional that
it was class legislation. irregulsrly passed
and improperly on the statute books
Mr.. Snively stated that it Was the inten
ton aud desire OF his clients to abide by
all laws, but that they believed THU
measure invalid and consequently haC
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