The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-10
YAKIMA and VICINITY.
Flash Lights Oh Men, Woren and EIents
Of This NeishborhOOd.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN NEWS ITEMS.
Paragraphs which Are Iuteresting
TO Everybody, whether They
Live In the Modern Garden 81
Eden or the outer world.

Born, Saturday, May 9th, TO the vile
Of ID. F. Bunnell, a son.
DR.. h. NJ. Savage and family left last
week for Erie. Kan, where they will
reside.
J. II. Bradford, jr., expects to go to
Prosser Saturday on a visit to the Van
Marters.
Stanley Coffin was passing around inn
ported cigars on Friday. Msy 4th, the oc-
casion being the birth Of his first child,
daughter.
The city was thronged with Indians on
Sunday last, they having come in from
the hop fields, where they are employed
in tying the vines.
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers is
q popular preparation in one bottle, and
colors evenly brown or black. Any per-
son can easily apply it at home.
A box car passed through Yakima last
week billed at Puyallup to the "Populist
Mayor of Spokane" and marked per
sonal effects" When opened it was
found to contain couple OF dozen mem
bers Of Jumbo's army.
Grand Master Spain, of the A. o. U.
w.. realizes that there is something
aside from glory attached TO his Office.
for in the first three weeks OF his incum-
bency he hasshad to answer over 200 let
tiers from the subordinate lodges and
member Of the order.
Ed Mulligan, manager Of the Farmers
and Traders Co operative store. has been
on the sick list the main par: OF the past
week and his place in the store has been
ably filled by Alecx Brandenburg, who
reports business as being very satisfac-
tory. Over $500 worth of supplies were
furnished to the hop growers on Satur
day last.
Jerome Bunnel, brother OF Mrs. j. c.
Liggett, arrived here last week from Fort
Dodge, Iowa, and is looking around with
view to locating. Mr.. Bunnell is on
crutches from the effects OF fall. and on
reaching Yakima he found his brother-in-
law, Marshal Liggett, also on crutches
and his sister do sn with severe attack
OF Ia grippe.
Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher. recently from
Tacoma, who purchased FIVE acres OF M.
B. Sandmeyer late last fall, has now
completed building comfortable resi-
dence in the north end Of town, and has
started work on greenhouse, the ground
diminsons of which are l0x20 feet. Mrs.
Fletcher has also planted 500 fruit trees,
800 of the best variety Of winter spples,
and 200 of other kinds OF fruit trees.
On Saturday last Col. Henry Cock
shipped to the new town Of Sunnyside
2, 600 shade trees Of the box elder, locu.t,
silver poplar, blue ash and catalpa varie-
ties for planting along the streets. The
irrigation bitches in the town have been
completed and are now carrying water.
The trees were obtained from the Lean
ing and Morford nurseries and will be
planted under Col. Cocks supervision.
Contractor W. II. Parker, OF Prosser,
returned from Portland last week, where
he held a conference with H. c. Lead.
better. Mr.. Leadbetter said the bonds OF
the Yakima Irrigation company had
been sold to Holland capitalists for $780,
600, on which 10 per cent, or $4,000,
had been deposited, and Mr.. Leadbetter
instructed Parker to hold himself in
readiness to begin work on the canal by
the 10th of this month.
The depressed financial condition OF
the country doesn't seem to have put a
damper on the Leadbetters, for, on Fri
day last, there were filed with the aud.to
of the state of Oregon articles of incor-
poration Of the Columbia River Trans
portation company, by H. c. Leadbetter,
f. W. Leadbetter and c. A. Bullen. The
capitalization is 1000 and the purposes
to operate line of steamboats, and
barges between Cello and the head Of
ma vigation OF the Columbia river.
There were made in the Washington
State jute mill at the peni'entiary, Wslla
Walla, Wn., during the month of April
working tweniy-three days. 1886
grain bags and 1850 wool bags, which
are forty inches wide and ninety inches
long, these latter being manufactured to
meet the needs OF the wool growers Of
Eastern Washington. They have now on
hsnd, subject to sale. 100000 grain bags |;
.O65 wool bags, 374 pounds each; 500
ore bags, ! ,90S oat bags. $3.50 pounds
fleece Irvine and 1878 Yards hop cloth.
King county has elected twenty dele
gates. headed by Leigh r Freeman, to
attend the convention OF the State Tax
payers Ieagne, TO be held in this city on
the I'd Of June. In almost every county
leagues are being organized and the peo-
pie seem aroused to the necessity Of
action. In Pierce county league with
an immense membership has been
formed, embracing such Hell-known citi-
gems as Nelson Bennett. Ez-a Meeker,
Robert Wingate, w. II. Fife, Joshua
Pierre, F. D. Barto, A. C. Brokaw, J. A.
Wintermute, II. S. Huson, l. w. Ander-
son, Thomas Carroll and II. c. Wallace.
The Northwestern army OF Coxeyites
has been passing through Yakima for the
past week, in squads OF from twenty to
half dozen times that number, safely
tucked away in box cars, and bound for