The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-06-27
4 SaVoFy Dish Of PottaSs Made Up Of
Current Event 10 Yakima.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF ALL KINDS
That Busv Reporters Use Every En-.
aeaver 10 satisfy the Public Ap.
petite for News 10 Evidenced ny
These Columns.

ian0.
r. A. Hume was in the city on We'd
nesday on business before the local land
office.
H. f. Dean, of the Dean Lumber COM
psny, Hot Springs, is in the city on bust
ness this week.
Miss Maud Stone leaves to-day for
Puyallup, Tacoma and Marion, to spend
the summer with relatives.
Mrs. G. ]. Hill and child leave on
Monday next for Clstsop beach to spend
the summer with relatives.
Will Graves, the well known Ellens-
burg attorney, was q visitor in the city
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thomas G. Grffitts, the we'll known
Spokane criminal lawyer, was visitor in
the city on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Phil Otter, who has been visiting rela-
tives in California for the last two
months, is expected home about July 4.
Rev. d. D. Proper, Of Seattle, state
travelling missionary Of the Baptist church,
WAS a guest OF G. NJ. Mckinney on Mon
day.
The Tacoma Nsws says that Miss Min.
ME Unthauk, who is prominent young
society lady Of that city, is contemplating
visit to this city.
A very pleasant surprise party was
given ct the residence OF James Curran,
on Thursday evening Of last week in
honor of the birthday anniversary Of
Miss Anna Curran.
Mrs. Frank G. Sharp, Of Tacoma. arriv.
ed in the city on Tuesday from Walls
Walla, on her way home from Washing
ton, D. c., and will remain in Yakima
over Sunday as the guest Of Mrs. Edward
Whitson, her aunt.
1. w. Dudley, late secretary of the Y.
/. & l company, was on Tuesday ap-
pointed receiver of that corporation. The
complaint, filed by the Cataract bank, OF
Niagara Falls. N. Y, charges that the
company is insolvent.
Born, near Zillah. June %. to the wife
of David H. Correll, daughter. THE
HERALD's informant says the father is
happy. the mother doing as well az could
be expected, and the baby has lungs Of q
power sufficient to run thrsshing ma
chine.
One Beaumont. q gentleman of leisure
and addicted to the continuous imbibi-
ton Of spirituous liquors, was find IS
and costs by Justice Fulkerson on Tues
day for the too promiscuous qualification
of his penchant in this direction. He is
doing time in the city Jail.
Considerable complaint is being made
about the deplorable condition of the
sidewalk along the west side Of Second
street, between Yakima avenue and
Chestnut. This thoroughfare is almos,
as busy as the avenue, especially upon
market days; and the city dads might
persuade property owners in that district
10 put in some needed repairs.
Rev. George Waters, of the Yakima
reservation, called at THE HERALD Office
Tuesday, on his return from the Ne2
Perez agency. He says the Indians are
expecting their money about July from
the sale Of the reservation lands to the
government, and, as there are abou,
1000 Indians among whom the the fun d.
will be divided, each man, woman and
child will receive about $500.
His friends are saying that lady from
Tacoma had Nels Short jumping side
ways" one day this week. She called al
his house while he was away, and in
formed his wife that the house occupied
by her and her husband had been builded
upon lots on which she had been paying
taxes 40 the owner for several years; that
she had purchased them through local
real estate dealer, had never seen them
beforehand was sure she was right.
When Short went home at night and
heard the news he was paralysed. 1t il
said he rounded up all the city abstracterf
to find II he held clear title. and that he
afterward wasted half day in trying to
learn who it was had thus frightened
him-discovering that she had gone te
Tacoma on the morning train. The lots
she owned were found to be situated
Just one block to the west of Mr.. Shorts
property.
In the county bastile 10 an old man, 55
years of age, who will now have an
abundance OF time on his hands to think
what a miserable wretch he is. Hi
name is Frank Egbert and he was brought
up from Zillah, on Monday, by c. S
Hale, after preliminary examination be
fore Justice eager on the charge o
assault with attempt to commit rape
Egbert worked for Farmer johnson, who
has ranch near Zillah, and Mrs. John
son, who had left her seven year-old
daughter in the house. while she went Il
strawberry garden, some fifty yards dis
tant, heard the little one cry and hurried
back in time to see Egbert running from
the house. She found the girl on the bee
with her underclothes unbuttoned anS
dlsarranged and from the story then told