The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-10-07
Brief Bits Of News Gathered From the
Highways and ByWayS Of Life.
PERSONAL and IMPERSONAL JOTTIEGS
"News'' is something That IL Not
Generally Known and Here Read
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Couple Of Columns of IL.

A bowling alley is the latest schema
OH foot.
Mayor Fechter is confined to the house
by illness.
Samuel Storrow and family are expect
ed home in few days.
Roy Stuart of the Mckee vale,
aud his sister entered the Ahtanun
academy this week.
School commenced at Riverside schoo
house on Monday morning with Mis-
Carrie Young teacher.
The matter of establishing a cannery il
once more being considered, this time by
a man from Sears, Illinois.
Mrs. Forbes has been visiting in Cleve
land, whittier her husband went few
days ago to bring her home.
G. V. Bissell has been making som,
very tasty additions to his property OF
Second street opposite the court house.
Misses Emma GIBBS on and Lilly Bel
OF the Mckee valley, will start for Ellens
burg tomorrow morning to attend thu
ttate normal.
No improvement can be reported il
the condition of Mrs. Mikkelson who lie.
very low at the family residence on All
tanum avenue.
&C. Wallace left on Monday morning
for an extended trip that will take il
Chicago, st. Louis, Denver and othel
points before he returns.
Miss Gretts Thornton, OF Tacoma, has
been engaged to teach the school in dis
trict No. Is, Natcheez. She will arrive
in North Yakima tomorrow.
At the meeting of the Knights of Pyth-
las next Wednesday evening, there viii
be work in the third rank. Resident
members should endeavor to be present
and visiting brothers will be made wei
come.
The hotels and lodging houses have
been full to oSerflowing this week. A
man and wife who arrived on Tuesday
nights train bad to walk the streets til
morning because they were unable to gel
room.
Chief of Police Baker expects to enjoy
a few weeks vacation, beginning on Sat.
urday next, when he will accompany a
trainload of sheep to Chicago. While
there he will visit brother whom he has
not seen for seventeen years.
The Sister school has an attendance Of
80 scholars against only about 40 last
year. New books have been ordered and
will arrive next Monday and as there is
no charge for tuition it is expected that
the attendance will increase still more.
The local lodge, Patriots of America,
are arranging for a series of open meet
ings or socals once each month during
the fall and winter. On the last Tues.
day evening of this month the first of q
series will be given. Music by orchestra
and gramophone will be leading fea-
ture of the entertainment
John Michaels bought out Harry Con-
stantine last Friday and thus becomes
the proprietor of the Bartholet Hotel.
Mr.. Michaels is an Old hotel man and
brings long experience with him into the
business. As soon as his deal was closed
he sent for his family, which had been
stopping at Cle-Elum for some time.
d. G. Currie and Maggie Russ were
married at the residence of G. E. Nc.
Even last Thursday evening, Rev. Ulys-
ses F. Hawk officiating. The wedding
was quiet one. only few friends being
present. The happy couple left on the
Friday morning tram for Californis
where they will make their future home
Parties of Hollanders from Orange City
Iowa, and from WILDLY Island, have
been looking over the Mckee valley witt
Mr.. Wynberg during the past week
with view OF settling. We understand
that they are well pleased with the pros
poets, and have secured locations. Th,
indications are, that there will be quite {
settlement of HolIanders in the Mckee
valley.
Chss. s. Wood and family arrived
from Chicago this morning to locat,
among US. He is a steamfitter by occu
patton and has been in the employ of tn,
railroad company for five years. Since
last May he has had to work on hal
time, which did not pay his living ex
penses, so he concluded to move west
while he could. He says the companie.
are cutting down time and prices and
men are being forced to quit by twos anc
threes every day.
The attendance in the city schools las
Monday was nearly % per cent greater
than the attendance on the Monday
previous, and it is expected that it will
be still larger next week. There are only
about 40 vacant seats left, and the aver
age attendance is AZ, placed as follows
F. H. Plumb, AZ; Elsie Ferrell, "a; Edns
Haines, SO; Lettie Kingsbury, Sc; Isabel
Yeates, So; Grace Stephenson, 90; j. B
Ingram, 40; Grace Shannon, AT; Jen
ME Sherwood, Al; Albertine Rodman
80; Mary Young, 80. Total, 5l4.