The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-04
USUAL WEEKLY GRISl
PaFasrlphic PsncillnsS Of Herald" Re.
porlerS In their Search for News.
MANY MATTERS or LOCAL MOMENT
Local items Regarding NlisceiIane.
Gus Events Which Have Trans.
pired In and About North Yakima
During the Past week.

HOlu series OF reNlNal ueetinSS.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Chas. Thompson
has gone to California on a trip com bin
ing business and pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Newman have
left for st. Louis is hopes that the change
will benefit the health of the former.
G.. II. Cock is in the city. His oyster
parlors at Pasco did not prove dividend
payer and creditors took possession Of
the place.
Mr.. o. Libby returned on Monday
from the Sound country. He says the
business conditions of Yakima are better
than those of any city he visited.
Mr.. Crawford, the confectioner, is
having the wooden building next to H.
b. Scudder's office fitted for store purposes
and will move thereto in the near future.
Senator-elect George Turner passed
through Yakima Monday night, bound
for Spokane where great reception was
given him at the Hotel Spokane on the
following evening.
In this issue appears the advertisement
OF the new firm of f. G. Hall & Co. who
will open, in the building adjoining the
store of Fred Pennington, a choice and
complete line of boots aud shoes about
February llth.
Harvey G. Barton died at his home in
Ellensburg Thursday, Feb. 4, after a
long illness, from consumption, aged 81
years. The deceased was a son-in-low OF
Capt. J. L. Summons. The funeral will
be held at Ellensburg on Saturday.
ExSherif Dlley is contemplating en-
gazing in the sheep business with Miles
Cannon. The latter gentleman is an
active aspirant for appointment as re-
ceiver of the U. S. land office, for the
Yakima district, the position now held
by A. l.. Slemmons.
The Northern Pacific has filed it's an.
swer in the suit brought by j. w. Nc
Naught, late general counsel of the
company, in which it is asserted that
Col Mcknight owes the Northern Pacific
$l35 ,000 including liability OF $40, 900
as one of the bondsmen OF the late Paul
Schulze. -
Behind the counter Of |. II. Dills 4
Co, is missed one of the clerks who has
been identified with that firm since it be
gan business. Mr.. Vance proposes,
about Apil LIST, to open a place OF his
own, in the building now occupied by
H. b. Scudder. The line will be gents
furnishings"
Fred Chambers return from Rossland,
b c., was quite unexpected but he said
every avocation appeared to be crowded
and there were plenty of idle men who
were willing to accept almost any kind
OF work. This fact with the additional
one of board being $50 month deter.
mined him in returning to Yakima.
The contract between the Northern Pa
citic and the Pullman Palace Car Co, ex-
PRED last October after being in force for
ID years. A new ten year contract has
just been entered into providing for 80
standard and 30 tourist coaches. The
competition between the Pullman and the
Wagner companies for this service was
quite spirited.
j. b. Catron is at Olympia looking
after his fences as an applicant for
appointment as warden of the state peni
Tertiary. 1t is rumored that the govern
or's favor in this direction rests between
Mr.. Catron and w. A. Cox, of Yakima
and Deep Creek Jones of Spokane. Mr.
Cox is also at Olympia closely watching
the moves on the political chess board.
The library ball was the largest at
tende public dance given in the city in
many year Mason's opera house had
been decorated for the occasion, and the
several lady patronesses served bouillon
and crackers in one corner. All present
seemed to enjoy themselves and none
left until "Home, Sweet Home" was
suggested by the music. A snug sum
must have been realized by the associa-
ton.
The festival of Sun Neen, or Chinese
New Years, began on Sunday night. As
predicted by THE HERALD the ceIebra-
ton is not on such an elaborate scale as
in past years as the Cinnamon have felt
the consequences of depressed business
as we'll as their Caucasian brethren. Few
firecackers have been burned as vet al
though the Celestials expect to have a
demonstration of this kind some eve ming
during the latter part of the week. The
festivities are supposed to last for sixteen
days, but only seven are generally OBJ
served in this country.
+. ID. Cook has an interesting relic in
a watch which his father carried. The
date of its make cannot be told but it is
evidently quite ancient. 1t Is an open
faced silver watch with an outside me-
taIic casing. The latter case has a cir
cular opening. showing the movement Of
the hands, surrounded by Roman mum
erals indicating the hours. Opening the
back case OF the watch proper reveals
another case on which is inscribed mi
Chronometre,' aud another circular