The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-17
YAKIMA and VICINITY.
Flash Lights on Men, WoTen and Events
Of This NeishborhoOd.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN NEWS ITEMS
Paragraphs which Are Interesting
to Every body, whether They
Lave in the Modern Garden OF
Eae" or che os'er world.

]. L. Smith, the contractor, is in Port.
land.
d. n. Guilland returned Sunday from
Los Angeles. Cal.
Councilman Kinpsbury is again around
after severe siege OF sickness.
Walter j. Reed, of Gle. Elum. was a
Yakima visitor on Saturday last.
DR.. W. A. Hastings left last week for
his future home IN Owego, N. Y.
Mrs. Pleas Bounds left for Ellens-
burgh Sunday on visit to her sister.
Master Patrick Lynch has returned
from the Normal school at ElIensburgh.
The fourth Demorest medal contest
will take place at the opera house Satur.
day evening.
DIR. Wheelock, who has been visiting
in this county for some time past, re-
turned to Seattle Sunday.
]. A. Mcclellan, the travelling repre-
sentative of the Post Intelligencer, was
Yakima visitor on Saturday last.
W. ii. Fife, the heaviest individual
taxpayer in Tacoma, has made an assign
ment for the benefit Of his creditors
The pupils OF Mrs. Murane and Mics
Harriet SAWYER spent last Saturday very
enjoyably picnicing in the Thomas grove.
DR.. w. II. Hare left for San Francisco
Sunday by the way Of Portland and the
ocean. He expects to be gone about a
month.
Miss Amy Wheeler. of Washington, ID.
c., arrived here Monday on visit to her
sisters, Mrs. T. NJ. Vance and Mrs
George Ker.
The Roslyn miners have made propo.
sition to the company to accept the 20 per
cent reduction if they are guaranteed six
days work per week.
Mrs. o. M. Graves left on Sunday last
for three weeks visit with friends and
relatives at Portland and The Dalles
She was accompanied by her young son.
Nearly all women have good hair,
though many are gray, and few are bald.
Halls Hair Remover restores the natu-
raj color, and thickens the growth of the
hair.
George Guilliand has received re-
newal of his commission as deputy
United States marshal. The commission
of NJ. Il. Wills has expired and has not
been renewed.
Among the deputy United States mar
shals here last week was the editor OF the
Spokane Sunday Sun and Frank Boyd,
for number of years city editor of the
Spokane ReUiew.
A carload of rhubarb was shipped from
Walla Walla to St. Paul last week, but
when the commission men tried to get
couple of carloads of potatoes they we're
unable to find half that many in the
country.
In order to give more time for thorough
organization the convention OF state tax
payers leagues has been postponed from
June I'd to June 10Th. A round trip rate
OF one and one-tifth single fare has been
made by the railroads for this occasion.
Walter n. Granger was in the city
from Zillah, Saturday, and said that the
fifteen or twenty Coxeyites who cap
tured the old ferry belonging to the com.
psny had shot the falls at Prosser in
safety, and when last seen were floating
down towards the Columbia as happy as
clans at high tide.
Fred I. Merrill, the champion bicycle
rider Of the northwest and the representa-
tive OF the Rambler wheel, was in the
city early this week arranging for the
establishment of Yakima agency. W.
ID. Walker was appointed agent. Mr..
Merrill gave street exhibition OF fancy
and trick riding while here.
Jay Brown was driving down the south
side Of the Natcheez, Saturday, accom-
panied by Miss Jones, school teacher,
| when his horse became frightened at
some Indians and bolted into the river,
but not before Miss Jones had an oppor.
tunity to jump from the buggy. The
horse was drowned and Mr.. Brown was
forced to swim out.
Dave Bryson, j. S. Bachelor, Frank
Liggett and Frank Swanson undertook TO
make the trip to Ellensbnrgh and back
on BICYCLES last Sunday, but after getting
over the Umptanum hills they encoun.
tered rain, and this. in connection with
the heavy grades, forced them to walk
for about ten miles. They returned the
next morning on the train.
S. G. Crandall recently purchased in
Portland stock of the chemical prepare
ton that is said to he dead sure death to
ground squirrels. 1t is recommended by
the government and is being used with
telling effect in the grain fields of eastern
Washington and Idaho. It is in the ma
ture of bomb, which, when placed in a
gopher hole, gives forth a poisonous gas
which descends and strikes the pestifer-
GUS little rodent dead.
Winston, Clagett and Belt, of Spokane,
says the Rereir, are not going to have
things altogether their own way at the
populist state convention at North Yaki-
MA in June. W. A. Newell. of Olympia.
Who served rs governor of the territory
from 1880 to 1884. will probably be on
hand with a hand me-down platform of