The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-01-19
SHORTS1OPS
What is Going on Daily of Interest to
All Our People.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES
Items Of ersonal ami Local Mention Put
Into Condensed Form for The
HeraId's" Busy
Readers.

M. and Mrs. Horsley have gone to
California to visit friends and relatives.
Col. Miller declares he is going to APP
peal the Roman case of unsavory men,
DRY.
The Patriots reading room is now 10
Gated in the apartment formerly occupied
by Judge Moulton's court.
Snyder & PEBBLE will appeal the Ed
mission bond case and likewise fro the
decision of Judge Davidson in the Rob.
erts perjury case.
Davis, the marble cutter, is subscriber
to the Fort Scott, Kan, Tribune. and he
says that the details OF crime in that sec
ton are simply appalling.
Some idea OF the coldness OF the few
days snap Yakimans experienced this
winter may be gathered from the fact
that the dirt on the avenue was frozen to
a depth Of three feet.
There was partial eclipse OF the sun
on Thursday morning last between : 80
and o'clock. The cloudy weather in
Yakima, however, obscured the view.
1t lasted about thirty minutes.
There were several passengers on the
west bound train from this city Sunday
night. Among them were Prof. Barge,
Miles Cannon, Attorney Guthrie and Dan
Lesh, presumably bound for Olympia to
witness the opening play in the senatorial
football match.
B. F. Barge was up from Yakima yes
terday II. F. Bean came up from
Yakima on Monday and remained sew
eral days "A disease affecting the ears
is very prevalent in town and afflicts old
and young. 1t is very painful. -Ellens-
burg Capital.
A. w. LaChapelle, formerly of this
county, who went to Alaska last year
with Peter Gervais, writes home to his
family in Chelsn, says the Leader, that
he is in Dawson safe and sound and met
IS. o. Morford, an old Yakima neigh Dor
Of his" He thinks the country is greatly
overrated.
Judge Preble received letter from
Canada Monday with the new Can adian
postage stamp, which is pronounced in
favor of British expansion. colored
map of the world on the face of the
stamp shows the colonial possessions OF
greater Britain, with the motto, 1--WE
hold vaster empire than has been"
The chinook OF the early part of the
week bids fair to do away with the glo-
rious sport of sleighing. The avenue has
been the scene of much hilarity and en-
joyment recently and sleighs drawn by
| dogs and cayuses, as we'll as thorough
breds. have been numerous and varie-
gated.
r. Pate, an old resident of Yakima,
was suddenly stricken with apoplexy
while hauling hay for Mr.. Diteman on
the Mckee Thursday last. He survived
but few hours and was buried on Sat-
urday from his late home on the Mckee.
He leaves a wife ami family of five
children.
George Wilson, of the Wide Hollow
Artesian Well company, was in town
Monday. He stated that his we'll had a
light flow and would be down to a depth
of 1000 feet at the close of the day. The
we'll boring has been in operation year,
several neighbors sharing the expense,
but Mr.. Wilson is to bear all the cost if
the flow is success.
The difference in time betu cen North
Yakima and Manila is best seen in this
comparison: When it is | o'clock this
Thursday night (or Friday morning. it
is O'Clock Saturday evening in Manila
Our soldier boys were landed on Decem-
Der ! and given quarters in the arch
bishops palace and grounds. The pipe
organ in the bishops church is the larg-
est in the world.
The federation of labor at its recent
convention unanimously adopted reso-
luton in favor of bimetallism. VIM
Lee, ST., is in receipt of printed copy of
the proceedings of the labor congress in
Spokane, which also came out for 16 to /,
last spring. This contains a splendid
resolution OF Mr.. Lees for bimetalism,
to whose sagacity the congress was in
debted for the timely presentation of the
measure.