The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-06-10
Brief Bits Of tXS Gathered From The
Highways and ByWays Of Life.
PERSONAL and IApERSOyAL JOTTINCS
.sNews" ~ Something That H. Not
Generally known aud Here Read.
ers of '.The Herald" Will find a
Couple OF Columns Of IL.

Judge Carroll b. Graves 10 to delive
the Fourth of July Grafton at Elensburg
J. W. Draper, claim agent of the North
ern Pacific, WAS in the city on Frida,
last.
The state Normal school at EllensburI
will close for the summer vacation ol
Wednesday of next week.
Messrs Edward Whitson, Geo. Donald
aud d. w. Simmons returned on Satur
day last from the Sound country.
The father OF II. j. Rand OF the Colum
bia Meat Market arrived here from st
Paul, on Friday Of last week, to remain
for a couple of weeks.
Theodore Steiner, after two months ex
perence in the restaurant business il
Portland has sold out. The HERALD il
not advised of his next move.
The trial resulting from the killing o
John Beck by Frank CASTLE, at dane,
at Cleveland last winter, cost the tax
payers of Klickitat county over thous
and dollars.
Louis Lachmund was in the city
several days during the past week end a
result of his visit there are chattels OF
the growing hop crops of Capt. Rober
nnp, and Ionrua Eax
Engle and George Steinweg accom-
panied the Sharkey shipment of sheep t.
Chicago on Saturday last. The experl
ence will be valuable and cheap one fo
couple of very good boys.
The Yakima Orchestra will not give
their usual weekly promenade concert or
Friday evening, June IL, but a weel
from that evening promise to give ou
people the best program of any OF tn,
series.
Mr.. Alex Sinclair, who WAS q delegate
to the grand lodge OF Odd Fellows held ir
Seattle, returned on Sunday last, accom-
panied by his wife, who has been on the
Sound for some months for the benefit O
her health.
s. S. Purdy, the operator at the depot
expects to leave about the LIST of July
for Victoria on three months leave o.
absence, 1t is not, rs yet known who
will take the might tick' during hi
weI-merited vacation.
The sermon at the Christian church or
Sunday morning will be addressed to the
children. The subject for the evening
service will be Friendship, Love anC
Truth, and will be especially for Ode
Fellows and Rebeccas.
Rev. Carlos Spaulding, who died al
GoIdendale on May 25th, after sickness
OF nearly two years was in charge.o of the
the Yakima valley circuit of the Colum
bia River conference of the Methodist
church during lS77-7S. His last words
were praise the Lord; it pays to be 6
christian"
Commissioner B. F. Barge returned
from visit to Ellensburg on Monday
He says that j. Ii. McNeely, the newly
appointed commissioner to succeed Judge
Goodwin, is the editor of the Evansville
Indiana Journal and was formerly the
law partner OF Jno. w. Foster, the vel
known diplomat. Mr.. McNeely is ex
pected here next week.
Mr.. Chas. McAllister has been in the
city several days this week while hit
sheep are being moved to the mountains
He says the Landing season has beer
very satisfactory on account of favorable
weather. The increase of his band wal
IS per cent, and from band in thu
vicinity of Prosser the reported increase
WAS 100 per cent. Mr.. McAllister esti
mates that the average increase in tn,
county has been IS per cent.
Mr.. w. W. Tracy, of Michigan was il
the city few days this week looking Ut
Statistical and other facts regarding tn,
Yakima valley in the interest of friend
who propose moving to the west. Mr.
Tracy reviewed the files of THE HERALI
and said that nothing was more indica
tive of the general condition of the countr,
and OF the people than the local papers
This is fact which many of the mer
chants OF Yakima do not seem to properl,
appreciate.
On Saturday last Wilson & Goodman
shipped 20 cars Of sheep to Chicago
Pap" Wright cars. and Frank Sharkey
10 cars. There was considerable contes,
among the representatives of the railwa,
lines between st. Paul and Chicago
Frank Parker of the Northwestern and J
w. Casey of the Milwaukee being pres
ent, but finally there was an amicabl
settlement and the business was divided
between them. The shipments were t,
the Darlington Commission Co.
Sheep eheailhe 10 aoout over III AK
ma and the sheep are being driver
towards the summer range in the noun
tains. The Roger boys, with a numbe
OF other shearers. have gone to Montan,
and will stand ready to match any crew
of that state in shearing contest. TIL,
Rogers are wonderfully swift but lik
most rapid people their work barrel,
passes muster. There are a number O