The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-02-28
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
In the Metropolis OF Central W ash
ingson and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding It.

child oil Mr.. and Mrs. j. Underwood,
less than year of age, died at Prosser
on Mondsy last and was buried on TIES
day.
Julius Pincus, the we'll known hop
buyer, came over from the sound on
Monday on business before the superior
court. He returned on Wednesday.
l.. X. Freeman left on Sunday last for
Ogden, Utah. 1t is understood that he
will move his paper to that point il he
can make satisfactory arrangements.
A six month old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Fulkerson, living on the Cow
ychee, died on Sunday last, after pro-
longed illness, and was buried on Mon.
day.
Thomas Lund aud Court +. Meyer will,
about March l, begin the erection OF four
neat cottages on Natcheez avenue, east
of the partially completed new home of
Stanley Coffin.
Ex-Mayor Huson, of Tacoma, was
Yakima visitor on Monday. MIR. Huson
is a stakeholder in the Y. l.. I. company
ditch, near Kennewick, and his visit here
was on business connected Herewith.
The Yakima people will have two
causes for self-congratulation on Monday,
March 4-the adjournment of congress
and the appearance at Mason's opera
house of the Pat Rooney combination.
These are times when dollar will go
very far in the purchase of goods. LON
bard & Horsley, however, are making
bargain propositions away below figures
ever before dreamed of. Note their new
ad. in this issue.
r. L. McCook arrived on Monday even
ing from Tacoma, where he has been en-
joying long visit and will devote his
energies to ranching and fruit and hop
raising during the coming summer at the
McCook- Hiscock farm on the Mckee.
The building now occupied by Mrs.
Cary and Spinning & Co. is to be remov
ed next week to lot on First street,
& Sons will Immediately begin the erec
ton of their new business block next the
Kershaw-Taft bullding--they having sold
the wooden structure to w. L. Steinweg.
w. L. Steinweg secured on Monday
subscriptions TO the amount of $l95 fer
the publication OF descriptive pamph-
let of Yakima county for circulation in
the east, and the subscriptions with the
exceptions of s21 were paid in cash. The
pamphlet will be edited and circulated
under the auspices of the Commercial
Club.
The College club meeting, which was
to have been held on Tuesday night, was
postponed until tonight. The club meets
at the usual place, the Hotel Yakima
parlors, and will on this occasion be ad-
dressed by Col. w. F. Prosser- who will
defend the gold standard idea in the
money question as a reply to Mr.. William
Ker's article fsvoring free silver. An in
teresting evening is anticipated by club
members.
Again the Hotel Yakima is called upon
to mourn that it is compelled to feed tran
sents other than those who pay for the
same. On Monday night the cellar under
that hostelry was entered for the second
TINA and f0AI a. lid 10 hot
first stolen was taken. The amount lost
will probably be covered by $50. The
thief entered through detached door in
the coal bin, climbed down a small win
dow or air shaft into the cellar, ate
quantity of edibles and escaped with
bacon, ham, tea, coffee, sugar and canned
goods galore. No clew was left, but a
party is under suspicion and is being
closely watched.
Local sportsmen will be pleased to hear
that, in conformity with the proposal
recently appearing in THE HERALD, Rep
resentative Foster has introduced bill
(Which has passed the house) providing
for state game warden, and q deputy
warden in each county-the fees of the
latter to be paid from fines collected from
violations of the statute. Should the bill
become law, Mr.. Joseph Metzger should
be named as warden for this county He
is one OF the most enthusiastic sportsmen
in Yakima, has spent considerable money
10 endeavoring to stock the valley with
quail and Chinese pheasants-and he
had something to do with the introduce
ton of the present bill. He would be a
good man for the place.
Pat Rooney's farce company will pre-
sent at Mason's opera house, Monday,
March 4th, Mr.. CarrolPs laughing festi-
val, Lord Rooney" The company
comprises Matte, Josie and Master Pat
Rooney, and several other well-known
New York favorities, all of whom have
won deservedly prominent place on the
farce comedy stage. Lord Rooney" is
one Of the most successful comedy attrac-
tons on the road. The dialogue in Lord
Rooney" is said to possess more literary
merit than is usually found in farce
comedies. 1t is sparklingly witty, and
without plot or play would of itself be ex-
ceedingly enjoyable. The story of the
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