The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-06-06
TERSE TALES OF A WEEK
1.-THE Herald Searchlisht Thrown Over
City and County.
SUNSHINE and SHADOWS OF LOCAL LIFE
ParagraphIc bits OF Gossip, society
News, Personals ana Happenings
Gathered About North Yakima
and Her EuvironIug valleys.

Thomas Lund was a visitor in Roslyn
on Monday.
Frank Bossong and family, of Ellens-
burg, spent Sunday in the city.
j. l.. Smith spent couple Of days in
Tacoma the first of the week.
Mrs. X. B. Milroy returned from her
trip to Olympia on Friday night last.
Messrs /. II. Dills and E. F. Benson
were visitors 10 Tacoma on Monday last.
Born, at Yakima City, Friday, May
"a, to the wife of Charles Dix. daughter.
T. l.. Bounds and daughter left this
week for Tacoma where they will spend
the summer.
Mrs. j II. Needham left last week to
spend the summer vacation with friends
and relatives in Illinois.
Miss Snodie Monroe left on Monday
morning to spend the summer school
vacation at her home in Tacoma.
Lyman Harris is an Ellensburg visitor
this week having gone there to receive
the care and attention of his sister while
suffering from a sprained ankle. i,
People with hair that is continually
falling out, or those that are bald, can
stop the falling, and get COON growth of
hair by using Halls Hair Remover.
Rev. E. Knapp, OF the Evangelical
Lutheran church, Seattle. will preach at
North Yakima at the Congregational
church on Junday, June 8, at Up. m.
Mrs. W. I. Lince and daughter, Miss
Florence, left on Tuesday for visit Of
several weeks in Victoria, B. c., in the
hope of beneitting the young lady's
health.
The governor has re appointed s. w.
Maxey, of Ellensburg, member Of the
horticultural board. This probably means
that Yakima will continue to be left to
the mercy of the fruit pests.
Lawyer John A. Brown left for Airing
ton, Ogn., on Friday last to return no
more. In his anxiety for change of eli
mate he made no provision for liquidating
numerous accounts which he had con-
tracted about town.
Will II. Wilcox, of this city, is to be
made assistant cashier in the Office OF
Thomas Cooper, general land agent OF
the Northern Pacific, at Tacoma. Mr..
Wilcox friends in Yakima will be glad
to learn of this promotion.
Health and happiness are relative con-
dtions; at any rate. there can be little
happiness without health. To give the
body its full measure OF strength and
energy, the blood should be kept pure
and vigorous, by the use Of Ayers Sarsa-
parilla.
''Tom M. Winder, Around the U. S. on
Bicycle" grsced the registry book of the
Hotel Yakima on Saturday night. Mr..
Winder arrived from Ellensburg at p.
M, having travelled down the railroad
track, and was well done up, the wheel
ing having been very severe on account
OF rocks and gravel. He left the next
morning for Pasco.
The new Northern Pacific time card
went into effect Sunday. The train from
the west now arrives at II :55 p. N.
There is no change in the time of arrival
from the east. This makes it very con-
venient for Takimans who want to make
q flying trip to Tacoma, as they can have
over three hours and half in that city
and return the same day.
Mrs. Scatchard, wife of the foreman
upon the ranch of Samuel Storrow, near
Mob Hill, had a narrow escape from
death last Saturday A horse she was
driving ran away with her, throwing her
from the vehicle into barbed wire fence.
The barbs pierced her clothing and torn
her flesh near the chest severely-but the
thickness of her wearing apparel saved
her from great or fatal injuries.
.Oregonian: Mr.. +. K. Hiscock, of
North Yakima, and Mr.. Robert L. Nc
Cook. OF New York city, arrived in the
city last evening, having ridden from
North Yakima to Portland on their BIZ
cycles. They came here for the purpose
of attending the P. A. A. G. bicycle meet
to-day, and are at the Portland. Mr..
Hiscock is son of ex-senator Frank
Hiscock, of New York.
The Northern Pacific land department
has announced that beginning June l
the rate of interest on contracts for the
purchase of lands will be reduced from z
to per cent. All the railroad lands are
being resppraised. Land Agent Cooper
says the reappraisement will probably re-
suit in an average reduction in prices of
one-third, compared with prices at which
they were formerly listed. The object of
the change of policy 10 to induce rapid
settlement of the railroad lands. The
changes are made by order OF the receiv-