The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-21
TERSE Tales OF A Week
"The Herald" SeaTGhli6ht Thrown Over
City and County.
MEDLEY OF INTERESTING LOCAL ITEMS
photographic Eats os Gossip, society
News, Personals and Happenings
Gathered About North Yakima
and Her EnyironIng valleys.

Is. u, TINS week
The Yakima Gun club will hold clay
and live bird contest on Thanksgiving
day.
j. NJ. Gilbert left on Tuesday for a
= brief business "trip to the Gray's Harbor
country.
Balfour Ker left on Monday for Wash
ington, ID. c., where he will enter the
Columbia law school.
ID. w. Simmons is prominently men
toned for one Of the vacant positions on
the board of state fair commissioners.
J.E Ryan, II. b. Kigg, Joseph Metz
ger and Fred Chandler left on Sunday
last for the Columbia river at Priest Rap
ids to spend a week in hunting ducks
and geese.
Attend the ball to be given at Mason's
opera house Saturday evening for the
benefit of Yakima's football eleven. 1t
will be an enjoyable entertainment in
good cause and ut low price.
A drunken Indian was run over near
Kiona on Thursday last by a passing
freight train. The body was 80 badly
cnt to pieces as to hardly require the
coffin which vas sent from this city on
Saturday.
A marriage license was issued on Nov.
10th to Garnett II. Cochran, OF Prosser,
aged Is years, and Miss Lille May Arm
strong, of Nllah, aged 10 years. They
secured the consent OF pa and ma.
The property OF the Yakima Soda
Springs company was sold at sheriff's
sale on Saturday last to satisfy judy
ment in favor of Stanton Cady Tor 1876 81.
Attorney Lewis d. Campbell, of Tacoma,
bid it in for the mortgage.
Mrs. Delilah Grainey, wife of Thomas
Graney, died at her home in this city on
Thursday last Of typhoid-malarial fever.
The funeral was held from the M. E..
church on Sunday morning and was
largely attended.
Divorce proceedings have been com
menced ny Rose Parker VS.. Orlando
Parker on the ground Of habitual drunk
enness and failure 10 provide. They were
married ia Yakima City on Jan. 4, 1886,
and one child is the fruit of the marriage.
Scott SHETLAND, chairman OF the repub-
lican state central committee, was Yak
ina visitor on Friday last. He held a
conference with Col. Hewlett, X. B. Mil
roy and few other party leaders regard
ing prospects OF the next campaign and
the steps to be taken to bring about re-
publican success at the polls.
The Epworth Leaguers OF Yakima and
Kittitas counties will hold joint con-
vention at Elensburg Nov. %, 20 and 80.
An elaborate program has been arranged,
the best talent in both counties having a
place on the order of exercises. Quite a
large delegation from this city will be
present.
The city council met Monday evening
and passed the new salary ordinance cut
ting off all stipend for the health officer
aud reducing the monthly salary OF the
clerk from sou to $40; treasurer, $50 to
$25; marshal, $50 to SO; policemen, $50
to $40; ditch tender, $45 to $50. This is
q total reduction OF $40 per month. The
building ordinance WAS laid over until
the next meeting OF the council.
The reception given to Grand Master
Jerry Fortane by the Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs OH Monday evening was a most
enjoyable affair. Addresses we're made
by Mr.. Fortaine, Mr.. Partridge, of the
Washington Odd Feliop, and Past Master
George 5. Courier, all Of which are high
ly spoken OF. The balance OF the evening
was taken up with recitations, songs,
and in the enjoyment of II splendid sup
per furnished by the Rebekahs.
At the business meeting OF the Epwortll
League on Wednesday evening last the
suing year: President, Chester Walton
first vice president, Lucy Schaffner; Sec
ond vice president, j. ). Neelanus; third
vice president, +. L. kelso; fourth vice
president, Marie Schalfner; Grace Shan
non, secretary; +. +. Miller, treasurer
Mrs. n. Evans, superintendent of junior
league. Plans Tor aggressive work for
the coming year were outlined, and a
series of lectures lor this winter planned
for, Judge Graves and other prominent
speakers having been secured for the
course.
Our citizens should enieayor to uphold
Yakima county IN the struggle with Kit
tltas for the supremacy 10 manly sports.
Yakima carries the pennant in hose
races, foot races, and every other contest
excepting baseball, and now our boys are
going on TO their own dung hill" TO en-
deavor 10 bring back the houor5 for foot
ball on Thanksgiving day. Their ex-
penses will be considerable, and it is not
fair that they should stand the entire
brunt, so "A dance has been arranged for
Saturday night at Mason's opera house
the net proceeds OF which are 10 be given
to the Yakima boys TO tighten their bur.
dens. The tickets have been placed al
90 cents (witlin the reach OF all and
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