The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-10-18
BRIEF PERSONAL NEWS NOTES

MIR. and Mrs. j. w. Peck arrived from
Tacoma ON Monday.
Mrs. Fred Janeck is in the city from
Tekoa for visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ayres returned
Saturday from weeks visit in Tacoma.
W. H. James, and son Stephen, after a
brief visit in Yakima and Spokane. left
for Sacramento on Sunday.
| Mrs. p. Frank was summoned to Buc-
oda. Wash, on Monday, by telegram
announcing the serious illness of her
mother.
Joel Shoemaker has bought half
acre of land from Orlando Beck, north of
the city. and will build residence there.
on in the near future.
Thos. Shannon returned on Monday
after an absence of several months on the
Sound. He expects to remain in Yak
ina tor some time.
j. w. Peck last week brought from
the Sound twenty cows which he will use
for dairying purposes on his Mckee ranch.
Mr.. Peck will go into dairying and hog
raising quite extensively.
Miss Minnie Leach, who has been seri-
ously i'll for some time past with fever, is
now rapidly recovering and it is hoped
she will be able to resume her position in
the post Office next week.
M. Schorn's new residence on Natchez
avenue is approaching completion and
he expects to be able to occupy it early
next month. 1t is handsome structure
and cost upwards of $4,000.
DR.. J. F. Stephenson returned last
week from Helix, Ore., where he was
married on the 3rd inst to Miss Madge
Christy. DR.. and Mrs. Stephenson have
gone to housekeeping on the west side.
Mrs. George N. Tuesley left on Mon.
day for Minnesota where she will visit
her mother and sister for several weeks.
Mrs. Tnesley was accompanied by her
Oldest daughter, Miss Viola Tuesley.
The loving cup purchased by the BUSH
ness men of Seattle for presentation to
the commercial club OF this city as rec
ognltation Of their recent reception here,
was received by George Donald on Mon.
day and is now on exhibition at the Yak.
ina National bank. 1t will be officially
| accepted by the governing board of the
club at the meeting Saturday evening.
Will Stewart, of Thomas Lund's re-
sort, flashed hundred dollars up before
DR.. Hill on Sunday, and said he was
willing to bet it on Rogers election.
After skirmish among the republicans
the money was put up and Mr.. Stewart
notified them that he had still another
hundred which he was willing to wager
ON the same proposition but it has not as
vet been covered.
The Burlington Railroad Co. insists
upon having share OF the homeseekers
travel to this state and is vigorously u.s.
ing it's cut-rate knife on second-class
tickets and has announced fare OF $2S
from Missouri river points to Spokane,
Tacoma, Seattle. Portland and way
stations. Round trip tickets $45 with
limit of 80 days. The Burlington has
made favorable rates for the shipment of
apples from Washington to the east.
James Dickson, of the Columbia mar
ket, had an accident Sunday, while driv.
ing on the road from the Old Town that
came near proving serious affair. He
had lady with him when the pole of
bis buggy let down and the horses started
on the run. Realizing the dangerous
predicament they were in Mr.. Dickson
turned the horses up against barbed-
wire fence. Both were thrown out but
the lady made q landing without much
damage. Mr.. Dickson found nearly all
the barbs there were in the panel of the
fence, and when he gathered himself up
his clothes were in tatters and his face
somewhat scared. The horses escaped
with little injury.
The fair to raise funds to he devoted to
the building of handsome Catholic
church, will be given by the mem bers of
st Joseph's congregation, in the store
rooma formerly occunied nv tho II II