The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-07-15
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Brief Bits Of News Gathered From The
Highways and ByWayS Of Life.
PERSONAL and lMPERSOHAL JoTTINGS
"News" IL Something That - Not
Generally known and Here Read.
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Couple Of Columns Of IL.


W. L. Splawn, of Yakima city was a
Seattle visitor during the past week.
w. /. Lince and family left yester-
day to spend the heated term at Soda
Springs.
Fred X. Reed has gone to Washington
ID. c., on business connected with his
mining interests.
Dan Caukins and bride we're up from
Prosser Sunday to spend the day with
North Yakims friends.
W. A. Bell, of the Yakima Hardware
Co., WAS Tacoma visitor during the past
week He was accompanied by his wife.
Rev. Leon Green, OF this city, was an
attendant upon the meeting of the Co.
lumbia Baptist association, at Wenatchee
this week.
Mrs. VIM. Ker, with her son and
daughter, Graham and Roby. drove down
from the Swauk on Friday last and re-
turned tDbTe OH TUESDAY.
t Stewards two sons spent three
days fishing in the Tieten basin last week
and brought back about 100 trout many
OF them weighing from . pounds to 4
pounds.
Walter J. Mlroy came in from Leaven
worth, Wash, on Friday last and has
been the guest of Col. and Mrs. l.. S.
Hewlett during the week. He expects
to leave in few days for the Swauk.
Adjutant General Mcintyre has made
favorable mention of Corporal II. f.
Coombs on account of his proficiency in
drill and has decreed that he is entitled
to wear the gold braid as mark of dis.
tinction.
Winfield Harper, whc formerly resided
in this city, and who has conducted sew
eral newspapers in this state and Idaho,
including one at Pasco, has been appoint
ed fret assistant mail clerk with head
quarters at Washington. His salary will
be $500 per year.
Representative Scion Williams, of
Seattle, spent Saturday last in the city.
He has been member of the legislature
for two terms, the last time being elected
as a silver republican. Mr.. Williams
says the silver sentiment is increasing
very rapidly over in his district.
Max Boyle and Irvy Bounds returned
on Sunday from their long bicycle trip.
Their tour included Goldendale, The
Dalles, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and
home via the Stampede tunnel. They
were thoroughly tired out when they
reached home having found hard road
to travel on this side of the mountains.
Money may be awfully scarce but it is
not indicated in the fact that over $42,-
600 YVES paid into the county treasury
during the three months ending with
June Both. On second thought per
haps this is largely the reason for it's
absence, for on the states estimate of the
county's population it means per capita
tax OF 81, which has been Withdrawn
from circulation.
Salvation Army meetin gs every night
excepting Tuesday. Sundays at a. m.
knee drill 10 30 a. m. holiness meeting;
3 p. m, free and easy;s p. M, salvation.
The subject on Saturday night. July II,
will he the New Women, and on Sunday
night, July IS, the Caterpillar Christian.
A general invitation of welcome is ex-
tended for all of these meetings.
Tacoma News: In Yakima, during an
argument over a trivial matter, Conkling
stabbed llackett five times. He surren-
dere1 to the sheriff. Hackett sent word
that he would not prosecute, $50 Conk-
ling was released" Yakima officials
should wake up. Who prosecutes crime
in that county? Is it Mr.. Hackett or
the state of Washington?
The music loving public OF this city
will have a treat on Tuesday evening
next, when the University Clef Club,
composed of quartet of young ladies,
from Puget Sound University, will visit
this city and render one OF their select
programs. Miss Harriet Caughran, in
structor in elocution in that institution,
accompanies them and will appear in
comic, dramatic and pathetic readings.
They come most highly recommended.
Their appearance In this city win be at
the NJ. f. church, under the auspices of
the Epworth League.
The Walace-Coburn Hardware COM
pany have exhibited in one of their win
dows the past week specimen of the
Russian thistle, which was found along
the railroad track not far from the city.
Those who are acquainted with this
plant, which of late years has proven
such a trial to the farmers of South Da.
kota, are not at al anxious to see it in.
troduced in this section of thu country,
and all means possible should be used
to prevent its spreading. These thistles,
when once they get started, are very hard
to exterminate. The most prolific and
dangerous means of spreading is by the
seeds, which, when ripe, float through
the air like down aud are carried by the
wind far and near. Wherever these