The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-12-13
BRIEF Personal NEWS NOTES

Read the list of premiums to be given
away Christmas at Coffin Bros. 4S
Girl wanted for general housework.
Apply at Chicago Dry Goods Store. D..
A. Hanna.
A meeting of the fire department
occurs this evening at 1880 O'Clock at
the city hall for the annual election Of
officers.
Albert Lank, an old neighbor of c. b.
Mcconnell from Oxford, Indiana,
arrived Saturday morning and is look
for location.
Mrs. Cary is displaying an elegant line
Of handmade Battenburg and Mexican
work doylies, center pieces, dresser
scarfs, etc., and remarkably cheap-from
%, 35, so cents, $1.0O to $500. 1872
Contractor James Stuart has crew
of twelve men engaged in repairing the
county bridge across the Yakima at
Prosser. The bridge will be closed to
all travel except by footmen for about
three weeks.
The pupils of Fairview school are pre-
pairing for an entertainment to be given
on the evening OF December 81. The
program will consist of dialogues, reci-
tations, songs, etc. A small admission
fee will be charged.
Mrs. j. r. Gard suffered severe burn
about the face on Wednesday morning
She was attempting to kindle the fire
with coal oil, which ignited more quickly
than she anticipated, the flame striking
the lady's face. 1t is not known how Sc
rious the burn is, but it is thought to be
slight.
Norris Elgin, son of A. D. Elgin of
Tampico, was thrown from horse Fri
day and fractured his arm. He was
engaged in breaking a broncho pony to
ride when the horse pitched him to the
ground. Drs. Baker and Fletcher were
summoned at once from this city and
the wounds dressed.
Charley Churchill went to Mckee on
Friday last to get a wagon which his
brother Bert was using. A quarrel en-
sued in which Charley knocked Bert
down; the latter recovered his equili-
brium, secured club and won the fight,
and now Charley is going around with
his head swathed in bandages.
H. NJ. Gilbert is shipping his large
bean crop to the markets of the east
and the west. The prices received
range about 3lacents per pound. He
has harvested and threshed 1000 sacks
of 100 pounds each. The beans were
threshed by the ordinary threshing ma
chine, having the cylinder teeth proper
ly arranged. His beans are the
brown Mexican, white California and
red navy varities. They yield under
ordinary fair crnditions from 40 to 60
bushels per acre, thus giving an income
Of $S5 to $125 an acre.
The entertainment given at the Fruit
vale school house on Friday evening of
last week was a success in every par
ticular. The evening being exceptionally
pleasant, the room was filled. The pro-
gram, which was of literary and musi-
cal nature, was we'll rendered and re-
ceived the approval of all present. The
patrons are looking forward to another
one in the near future. A sufficient
sum was realized from the last enter
tainment to enable the district to make
a good beginning toward library for
the district, which is a most worthy
object and which is receiving the support
of the people OF Fruitvale.
Mems fancy ties, suspenders, muffiers
and umbrellas at ]. J. Macdonald's.
Open evenings pleaeant time to do
your holiday trading. j. J. Macdonald.
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