The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-06

Mrs. o. A. Fechter has gone to Wis
consin on visit to the relatives OF he
husband.
The ladies Of the NJ. 4. church will
serve dinner at the Hotel Bartholet or
Decoration day.
a. VI. Toby and Frank McCandless arr
in the city from Ellensburg, having made
the trip on their wheels.
Mee9rs. Cartwright and Barnett o
Yakima City, will leave on Monday will
a band of saddle ponies for the Rosslanc
district.
Married, at North Yakima, May 9th
by Justice Frank Rodman, Louis Lsnct
of the Cowychee, to Mrs. Augusta Shane
of Parker Bottom.
"Mud" Powell and Dick Ball are max
ing arrangements to go to their mining
claims in the Gold Hill district. They
will leave in a few days.
Yakima Association Of Congregations
churches will meet with the Ahtanun
church next Tuesday and Wednesday
beginning on Tuesday evening.
On Tuesday Sheriff Shaw arrested +.
Sanford, at Pasco, on the charge OF steal
ing horse from ID. j. Stevens of the
Ahtanum. Stanford is now in the coun
ty jail
State Senator ID. Il. Lesh and A. l.
Siemmons, receiver of the U. S. land
otii"e, have taken to riding the bicycle
and the grace displayed by them on the
wheel is the subject OF general comment
Bishop O'Dea, of Portland, will arrive
in he city on Saturday and at 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning he will administer con
tirmatlon at st. Joseph's Catholic church
This will be the bishops first visit tc
Yakima.
"California Dick" peregrnatlnl
printer who is known all over the coas
and who spent the past few months in
Yakima, left on Wednesday for the Me
thow country where he claims to hold
some mining interests.
Lon Elliot, Fred Leach and Tony Kuhr
lett with saddle and pack horses yester
day for the Rossland district where they
expect to open u restaurant. They are
all familiar with the business and Elliot
formerly kept restaurant on Front
street.
Twenty-seven carloads of firecracks rs
in bond passed through the city las
week fCr the east. This is reminder
that the Fourth of July is not very fal
Off and if the day is to be fittingly OBJ
served in Yakima there shou d be nc
further delay in making arrangements.
+. F. Rogers, son of Governor Rog
ers, arrived in the city on Tue day, from
Puyallup. After spending day in the
city and another one as the guest of F
X. Hiscock he left for Spokane. Mr.
Rogers did not think any definite time
had been decided upon for the visit o.
his father to this city.
Geo. G. Arrowsmith was married al
o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, May 9Th
to Miss Emma LaBissoniere. The cere
mony was performed in st. Joseph's
church, by Rev. Father Sweere, in the
presence OF relatives of the bride and 9
few friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Arrowsmitt
have gone to housekeeping in the resi-
dence OF T. NJ Vance.
Geo. Bounds returned to Seattle OF
Wednesday accompanied by his brother
Will They will sail for Juneau on Mon
day and in August leave for the Klon
dyke taking in band of cattle. Mr.
Geo. Bounds is interested in the Discov
cry and three other claims on the Klon
dyke and he doesn't propose to again re
turn to civilization until his fortune il
made.
Altao, 2:O9a4, the fastest trotting de
scendant of the great Altsmont, and
with the possible exception OF klamath
the greatest harness racehorse ever pro
duced in the northwest, died at Portland
on April Goth. Altao's record mile wai
made at Terre Haute, Ind, in August
1895, the middle half being made il
1:021a and as there was nothing to chase
him out he logged under the wire il
2:O934.
]. ID. Mcintyre, civil engineer WHIT
formerly lived in Yakima and has latel,
been a resident of Seattle has been 40
pointed brigadier general of the stat,
militia. In a fulsome statement regard
ing Mr.. Mcintyre the Seattle Times saw
he planned and carried to successful
completion the first ditch at North Yaki
ma, and altogether he has constructed
over 400 miles OF irrigation canals. )
This is, indeed, news to all our citizens
That section OF Front street which coulc
properly known as "Niggertown," wai
the scene of a disgraceful row on Wed
nesday. Two colored wenches known al
Hezzy and Katie Garrison, one of whom
is registered prostitute and the oths
should be, got into an alteration ovel
their Illicit manner of living and thu
amount of billingsgate that flowed from
their mouths was sufficient to fill up thu