The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-07-18

HERALD regarding the English crop:
The very beautiful spring gave the plant
a good start, bnt in May most grounds
were attacked by what is known Ms the
"shy Bug" which by piercing the bine
and drawing the sap checked the growth,
and in many places the plant has hardly
recovered yet. We have news now Of u
very general sphis blight and most
growers ase washing while many others
are preparing to wash should the present
very dry weather break up, it being their
opinion that while the'dry weather lasts
the vermin will do no harm on the other
hand the excessive drought of the last
two months has told on some OF the
heavier soils, and the bine is curling too
close to the pole, so that on the whole it
Is our opinion, that come what may 1t is
not possible for England to grow more
than twothirds OF her last years crop,
and We have every confidence that good
hops of 1895 growth will fetch remuner-
alive prices"
The two-year-old child OF man en-
ployed on the Bracket ranch, in the
Wide Hollow, occasioned its parents con-
siderable anxiety on Sunday last by
swallowing a quantity OF corrosive sub
Innate. The poison had been used as q
cleansing agent in renovating the house,
and had been put down ia the cellar on
q shelf, in bottle. However, the cellar
window had been left open, and through
this the baby reached for and secured
the phisl. The quantity swallowed must
have been large, because the child be-
came almost Immediately deathly sick.
Indeed, it was this that discovered to the
parents that something was wrong. In
vestigation brought out the truth, DR..
Fletcher was called, emetics ad minister
ed. and the child has now recovered from
its illness.
Allen G. Mason spent yesterday in the
city. He states that the train he came in
on from Tacoma was delayed by thou
sand and one causes during the afternoo n
and night, and capped the climax by al.
most running into wrecked freight be-
tween here and Ellensburg. The freight
was loaded with tea from Japan; and as
one OF the cars had broken an axle and
another had been derailed, the track for
miles was lined with case after case and
package upon package OF Oolong, Young
Hyson, Imperial, etc. The tea was but
recently shipped into Tacoma on the
Northern Pacitic's new liner, the Strath-
nevis, and was on It's way east. Two
cars were wrecked. but the way was
cleared late Wednesday morning.
This flashing, chilly wind, o, July,
which you've sending, please rescind, o.
July. Ears and eyes are full of dust,
while our mouths have you much cussed
For the Lords sake do let up-or we'll
bust, o, July. Summer, warm and gen.
tly thrilling, o, July, we've been used to
heretofore, o, July. When you came in
bygone years you meier moved us 80 to
tears-not to speak of ribald gibes and
ireful jeers, o, July. So it's summer
that you call this, o, July? It's stun
ner void of all bliss, o, July. Hump
yourself and shed your coat; let's leave
winter still remote. This is Yakima.
Don't you know it, o, July?
There was no session of the city coun-
Gil on Monday night on account of fail
ure to secure quorum. However, it is
very probable that special session will
be called either for this evening or some
other at an early date, because one or
two saloon licenses have expired this
week and their proprietors have ex-
pressed an anxiety to renew Immediately.
As the city can very well afford to profit
by the $4,000 to be paid in, a special SEES
sion will probably be called to act upon
the matter.
The Seattle Times is little mixed on
the proposition, but that paper commends
Yakima in the following manner: 1.-THE
people of Yakima have resolved upon
having fair this fall. although the legis-
lature did not vote any money for the
purpose. That is the right spirit to show,
and the Times hopes the fair will have
the success which such courage merits"
A game of baseball between the band
boys and the court house officials and
deputies, which was to have been played
this afternoon, was postponed on account
of the more important game tomorrow,
which necessitated the rolling and
sprinkling of the ball grounds to-day.
The game will probably come off in the
near future.
And now Colfax proposes holding q
county fair on September % to 80. She
will offer large premiums, have bicycle
and horse races, and altogether make
things hum. The Yakima spirit seems
to be contagious; it was first Whatcom
county aud now Colfax.
A party in honor OF Miss Gilmore, who
left this week for her home in DAYTON,
was held at the home of Tom Norton last
Monday evening. A large number of
friends were present, and all are said to
have greatly enjoyed the evening.
A. d. Eglin, of Tampico. is very seri-
ously i'll and suffering much from an at
tack OF sciatic rheumatism which has