The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-03-25
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS
Brief Bits Of News Gathered From All
Parts Of the Local Arena.
YAKIMA ITEMS and CURRENT EVENTS
Two Column of Interesting Matter
which should be Read by all who
Desire 10 Keep Posted ON what
Is Going ON In this World.


spent Sunday and Monday in the city.
II. w. Hume, of the land department
of the Northern Pacific, was Yakima
visitor on Monday.
A. l.. Diley returned on Saturday last
from Oregon where he has been looking
after the band of sheep recently purchas-
ed by himself and Miles Cannon.
John &. Boyle is home from Olympia
and new suit of clothes indicates that
his populistic principles proved profta.
ble. lie has named the baby born dur
ing his absence, Bryan Harvey Boyle.
The Goldendale Sentinel announces
that Frank Inglehart and family have
moved to Yakima county, ami that Mer-
dith Lusby and Eugene Rorndtree are
preparing to make like change OF
location.
f. J. Aldrich, of Providence, r. l., is
visitor in the city. Mr.. Aldrich spent
some time in Yakima several wears ago.
lie is interested with I. III. shannon in
a hop ranch and farm near Zllah and
expects to make another visit to Yakima
this fall.
+. \. Hackett, the Portland represen
tative of the G. b. * O., spent several
days in the city during the past week
looking after shipments of stock to the
east over his road. Mr.. Hackett was
formerly assistant travelling auditor for
the Northern Pacific.
-Four meek and lowly parsons, repre-.
senting az many denominations, recently
held union meeting near Colfax. One
of them counted more converts than the
others which aroused spirit of jealousy
From this there WAS an outgrowth OF
criticism and caustic speech and finally
a peace officer had to interpose to keep
the good men from vigorous combat.
G. A. Snowden, editor of the Tacoma
Ledger, who is in Washington, trying to
secure the appointment of postmaster at
Tacoma, writes that Senator Wilson
beyond determining who he will recon.
mend for marshal, and possibly who be
will recommend for collector of customs,
does not seem to have formed any con
illusions. Ii he has he is keeping them
carefully to himself"
4 strange woman Is Mrs. J. w. Patton
OF Portland She swallowed a set OF
false teeth which caused her such intense
agony that her physicians were Obliged
to lay open her stomach in order to re-
move the cause Of her troubles. A
thorough search failed to reveal the
missing teeth although inflammation caus-
ed by laceration WAS visible. Mrs. Pat.
ton il now recovering and protests that
she knows nothing of the whereabouts of
her property. The physicians are like
wise ipystified.
Governor Rogers has again won the
pihhIlNS va INC Nihlt pulslit VI
Olympia, by bis veto of Houee Bill No
60 for the completion Of the capitol. 70
summarize his reasons he thinks the bill
an impractcable scheme to force the
state to accept the plans formerly adopted
calling for the erection Of building
nominally costing $! 900, 900, which
~, - % 10. So. s., Il
to bring the cost down to half the original
amount, would result in building
which would be an eyes0re and dis
grace; the bill appropriated $500, 900 on a
fund which never had an existence, re-
quired the state to guarantee 4 per cent.
interest on s250,000 OF this amount, and
further that it failed to pass the House by
constitutional majority.
Rotation Of political parties in power
is not bad thing by any means, and it
Is having very good illustration in King
aud Pierce counties just at present.
Among the irregularities recently un-
earthed WAS the care OF Mrs. Dewitt
as a county charge Of Pierce county. She
seemed to be the especial protege OF
Commissioner G. II. Holmes and how
much WAS expended upon her in the past
year, is difficult to ascertain, as bills for
tie support Of the various paupers are
not kept separately, but it looks az
though er.most extravagant wishes were
gratiied. The county maintains poor
farm bug Mrs. Dewitt was provided with
a cottage on Yakima avenue at county
expense sl.50 per day was paid to a man
to saw the wood that the county supplied
and to do other chores about the house !;
her grocery bills alone in the past nine
months. which were settled by the coun.
ty, amounted to sl0Sj0, while she was
freely given orders on various merchants
for other supplies. Among the items on
one of the bills were three pairs OF hose
at 90 cents, 81. 50; 8 yards sateen, s2.l6.
Whes any county attempts TO clothe its
paupers in % cent hose and ssteen, and
feed them on canned goods and other
fancy groceries, as was indicated by the
bills, it certainly is time for a change of
administration.