The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-08-05
Brief Bits Of News Gathered From the
Highways and ByVays Of Life.
PERSONAL and IuPERSOSAL JOTTIEGS
ssNews' IL Something That L. Not
Gemeraliy known and Here Read
ers Of "The Herald" Will find a
Couple Of CoIu INNS Of Il.

Gus Ogden, Of the Alfalfa, returned
from Chicago on Sunday.
E. II. Timms shipped q trainload Of
fifteen cars Of sheep to Chicago on Wed.
nesday.
Mrs. John B. Catron, OF Walla Walls,
epent few days in this city this week,
visiting friends and relatives.
Miss Julia Davis has returned from a
pleasant visit in Seattle and has resumed
charge of the Western Union office.
Claude Briggs and family left last week
for the Upper Natcheez country where
they will enjoy an outing Of several
weeks duration.
Judge Erwin left for Portland Wednes-
day to purchase threshing outfit for use
on the reservation. He says the Indians
will have 100000 bushels of grain this
season.
ID. w. Simmons, +. Mcdaniel, John
Miller and Walter Treidgian, all Of North
Yakima. were guests of the Northern
Hotel of Seattle, on Sunday, enroute for
the Klondyke.
Alexander Reed, senior member of the
firm of Reed & Co., grain merchants Of
Tacoma, was in the city on Tuesday, be-
ing enroute for eastern Washington and
Idaho TO purchase wheat
Ross Van1oon, who has been doing the
piano act at Doo)ey's, got into an alterca.
ton in one of the bawdy houses the other
night, and received cut in the knee
from knife in the hands of a con- pan.
ion. The next day he left for other parts.
Edward Thorp, con of Willis Thorp,
who left Dawson City June Goth to travel
overland to the coast with large amount
of money, has not been heard from and
it is feared that he has persisted or been
waylaid.
Bert Parton won the seven furlongs
race, with his horse Lstah, at Butte,
Montana. on Monday. The celebrated
horse Don't Know has only had second
place 80 far but perhaps he is being saved
for the eastern campaign.
Otter 4 Mechtel are displaying in their
windows this week some fine samples OF
blacksmith coal from claims on the
N1tcheez, IS miles from this city, in
which they are interested. There are l8
claims all of which have been located by
citizens Of Yakima.
Cliff Stout and wife returned on Satur.
day last from trip through the Tietsn
basin and along the head waters of the
Natcheez. They were obliged to leave
their st. Bernard dog with a Wenas
farmer as the big fellow had become so
crippled by rheumatism that he was I'M
able to travel further.
Messrs. Ed. Mulligan, G. j. Hill and
Chss. McAllister returned from the
American river on Friday last after hav-
ing had very pleasant outing. They
report the fishing as excellent and mag
nficent trout Is inches long after the
head and tail had been removed, found
its way to THE HERALD editors table with
the compliments of Mr.. MullIgan.
One day last week o. B. Castle, a well
known citizen Of Ellensburg was thrown
from wagon in runaway, while going
m in hn Isotp ~
His injuries were known to be severe and
the fears which were felt for his life were
realized on Monday when his spirit
peacefully passed away. Mr.. Castle was
formerly in the liquor business and con-
sidered fairly wealthy but he had met
with reverses in the past few years and
at his death was without tangible prop
erty.
VIM. Lewis, formerly a merchant of
this city, but now resident of Loomis,
Wash, recently filed a claim with the
war department for his services as vol
untee: in the Indian wars OF 1856, has
struck snag. The records of the war
department show that Lewis gave pow
er of attorney to Hon. j. W. NesmIth in
1857 to collect his pay. and that the
claim was presented, adjudcated and
paid in October, 1861. These facts have
been recently communicated to the
claimant.
About a month ago the report was
brought down from the Klondyke that a
man named Matthias had committed sui.
eide while on his way through the White
Horse rapids. From later reports it is
found that the suicide was Alex Mathews,
ex-sheriff of Pierce county and we'll
known in this city. Mathews was the
man who had trouble with Detective Sui
livan in the Hotel Tacoma which resulted
in the latter's death through fright, Apo.
plexy or other cause. There is another
report that Mathews death was due to
the accidental discharge Oh his gun.
There seems to be considerable dissat-
isfaction expressed regarding the way the
work on the state wagon road is being
conducted. 1t is said that the present
work opposite the Rsttlesnake will cost
$4,000 for half a mile and then there would
be danger of the shale-rock sliding down
and covering IL nm at anv tima Ona NJ