The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-07-30
SNAP SHOTS At YAKIMA.
The Herald" Reporter Takes Photo
graphs Of Local EYents.
pm PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All sorts Of Paragraphs Gathered
In the Metropolis OF Central wash.
ingten ana from she Great and
Fertile CounsrY Surrounding Is.

Operator Purdy, Of the depot is taking
an outing at Soda Springs.
Ice cream and cake at the Salvation
Army barracks Saturday night.
Hugh Ramsauer and Lee Cody came
In from Fort Simcoe Saturday, returning
home Tuesday.
W. @. Stayt will speak in advocacy OF
free silver at the Mob Hill school house
Friday evening, Aug. 7.
Justice Rodman performed the cere-
mony Wednesday that united in marriage
w. u. CLARK and Bertha g. Stranz.
The governing board Of the CONNER
cial club met on last Saturday evening
and after attending to few minor mat
ters adjourned until Sept. l..
The regular services will be conducted
at the Christian church next Sabbath.
Morning theme: Spiritual Degenera-
tion." Evening theme: "The Portents
OF Church Union"
Edward Whitson, DIR. W. H. Hare and
Auditor F. G. Hall returned early this
week from Lake Katcheez. They report
the mosquitoes great drawback to an
otherwise ideal camping spot.
A. G. Swindlehurst and Geo. N. Tues
ley expect to leave by team for The
Dalles and thence down the river by
steamer to Portland on Monday next.
They will be gone about week.
w. II. Wilson of Seattle, who spent
several months In Yakima during the
spring, for the benefit of his health, is
again here and is making arrangements
for bis family to join him in q few days.
Carl Jensen, the Prosser druggist,
spent q couple Of days in the city during
the past week returning home Tuesday.
He says the sentiment for Bryan and BIZ
metallism is very strong in his neighbor-
hood.
Matt. Stanton returned on Monday
from the east accompanied by his cousin,
w. M. Darlington. Mr.. Darlington is
the senior member OF the firm Of Darl-
ington, Quick & Boyden, dealers in live
stock, Chicago.
Auditor Hall received on Wednesday
$5,764.75 from the state treasurer being
the quarters receipts under the barefoot
schoolboy" act. The amount Yakima
county paid to the fund was 50, 1875. 18 so
it is clear gain of $263l.57.
Capt. J. M. Newman and wife returned
on Friday last from st. Louis where they
were at the time Of the great cyclone, be-
ing only block removed from its path.
They also spent some time in Illinois
visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. George Arrewsmith is enjoying q
visit from his sister, Miss Arrowsmith, OF
Victoria, B. q. The young lady is an
expert tennis player holding the cham
pion medal OF British Columbia and be-
ing the winner in q tournament ct Ia
coma.
A convention of free silver republicans
has been called to meet in this city,
Monday, August 10th, for the purpose OF
perfecting the organization Of the party,
placing in nomination candidates for
county Offices and to select delegates to
attend the state convention at Ellens-
burg.
A new commission house known as the
Yakima & Northport Commission Co.,
started 10 to do business in this city the
latter part Of last week under the man
agement of W. A. Stuart. They expect
to ship principally to Northport, WASH,
and Rossland, B. c., where they have
branch houses.
A. B. Ross left on Saturday last for Ia
coma where he had engaged steamship
passage for Shanghai, China. Mr.. Ross
will be gone for two months and II the
conditions there are favorable for bust
ness he expects to make an extended
stay. in which event he will send for his
wife who is now visiting relatives in
Canada and the eastern states.
JOHN Michaels returned on Monday
from Kittitas county where he bonded
the Blue Jacket mine and two adjoining
claims to q company OF Seattle and Cali
fornia men who are now In possession of
the property and vigorously pushing the
development work. Mr.. Michaels also
has q claim near Fish lake which lie
showing great richness and which ex-
perts have said is the equal Of any mine
in the state,
Oscar vansyekIe. Of Yakima City, was
brought before Justice Rodman last
week charged with violating the Law re-
garding the spraying OF fruit trees. The
complaining witnesses were s. w. Maxey
OF the horticultural board and Deputy
Inspector Chas. Lee of the Old Town.
The Law prescribes that the spraying
shall be done with certain solution or
Ito equivalent. Mr.. yansyckIe escaped
on the grounds that bis trees were spray
cd with the equivalent"
Councilman Pulley denies that he
brought mp the matter Of the city park at
the last session OF the council with a
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