The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-02-20
THE LOCAL SKETCH-BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts of Paragraphs Gathered
in the Metropolis OF Central wash
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding Il.
The bicycle craze is again on.

The bicycle craze is again on.
Mrs. Cyrus Walker left on Saturday
for Seattle for couple of weeks.
Mrs. Andrew Bard, wife OF the Luther
an minister, arrived on day from
New Whatcom.
Mrs. Alex Miller and Miss Mercedes
Thompson were confirmed in the Episcopal
church, by Bishop Wells on Wednesday
evening.
DR.. Wintermute left this morning for
San Francisco to stand examination for
appointment into the naval service as
surgeon.
Mayor Chas. Lake has retired from the
saloon business in Yakima city, and has
now plenty of leisure to look after the
municipal interests.
Chas. Foster, formerly clerk OF the
Hotel Yakima but now the travelling
representative of New York glove
hOuSCy was q uhIulb NlbltOI Ou 1utsuhy
Mrs. III. E. d. Merry left Monday even
ing for Spokane where she will be met by
her husband and accompanied to Ross
land, B. c., where Mr.. Merry 10 in the
employ of the lie Roi Mining company.
The Mission band of the Presbyterian
church expect to have their ''jug break
ing" on Friday evening, Feb. 28th, at the
home OF j. HI. Carpenter ON Fourth ST.
Light refreshments will be served and
an interesting program given. All are
invited.
A. F. Smelling and wife returned on
Tuesday from Spokane. Mr.. Smelling
says that the Falls city is taking on an
appearance of thrift and that there is
considerable excitement there over the
proposed opening of the mineral district
of the Colyille reservation.
Frank Sharkey shipped six car loads OF
of beef cattle from this station to Taco
ma on Tuesday. He said that they were
the choicest lot of cattle ever shipped
from Yakima. They were mainly from
the Mckee Company's ranch although 26
head were raised by w. S. Mills.
F. X. Hiscock returned on Monday
from Syracuse, N. Y, where he has been
spending the past two months with his
parents. He says w. B. Dudley started
west with him but stopped off in Mime
sofa for visit OF week. Mr.. Hiscock's
partner, Mr.. McCook, will not return to
Yakima until the fore part of next month
Charles Lille, late city marshal, was a
passenger on the east bound train Mon
day, for Spokane. Mr.. Lille thinks that
the portion of the Colville Indian reser-
walton which has aroused the covetness
of the mining men will at once be thrown
open to the public and he sees in this an
opportunity for getting hold OF some val
liable property.
Mrs. Harriet A. B. Corts, sister of
Mrs. Edward Whitson, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Sharp, Taco
ma, on February 18th, after long suf-
fering. The deceased was fifty.six
years Of age. The body was embalmed
and sent east to be laid beside that of her
husband in Michigan. Mrs. Whitson,
who had been with her sister since De-
cember, returned home on Saturday g
train.
State Fair Commissioner John Reed is
in receipt of a letter from Governor Nc
Graw to the effect that the official an
nouncement of the appointment of Mes
sers. Hare and Cameron, as fair commits
sioners, had been delayed awaiting a re-
ply to letter sent to John K. Reavis,
who has moved from the state, but that
If nothing was heard from Mr.. Reavis
within the next few days he would pro-
coed to fill all vacancies in the board so
that the commissioners might early get
to the work of arranging for the coming
fair.
s. t. Psckwood, formerly sheriff of
kittitas county, came down from Ellens-
burg on Tuesday. Mr.. Packwood is now
one OF the leaders Of the populist party,
and in conversation with representa-
tive OF the THE HERALD stated that the
populists expected to carry that county as
they we're we'll organized and growing in
strength. At the last election one demo-
c-at was successful and the balance of the
ticket was carried by the republicans
with pluralities ranging from to ~.
Mr.. Packwood feels confident the Pops
will sweep the Kittitas field this fall I'M
less internal strife disrupts the plans as
it has done before when victory seemed
within the grasp. Regarding the popu-
list party in Yakima county Mr.. Pack
wood said he had considerable doubt
about the claim advanced that it had the
lead in voting strength as similar claim
was made in '94 without any foundation.
He gave tacit approval to the statement
OF friend, who then put in an appear.
ance, that the populist party in Yakima
had no confidence in those who were un.
dertaking to run the organization.