The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-16
Entertaining Items From City, County,
State and Everywhere.
DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TOLOcAL NEWS
Paragraphs In which all The Her.
aid Readers are Interested.-A
Cyciorama OF the Events and Ges.
sip OF the Week.
As bell without clapper.
Useless aud forgotten lies,
SO doth the business of the man
Who will never advertise.

John d. Cornett was initiated into the
order Of the Elks on Thursday last.
d. E. Lesh was a passenger on the
west bound train for Seattle Monday.
T. III. Shannon, the boniface OF the
Zillah hotel, was Yakima vie::o7 on
Saturday last.
VIM. Mcmillan left on Saturday last to
spend week with his family at Cling
and to visit the cities OF the Sound.
Judge Erwin left on Tuesday for We.
natchee where he will look after the in.
terests which the Yakima Indians have
in that section.
Eggs are on gold basis--eght cents
per dozen. 1t hardly pays for the wear
and tear OF producing them, let alone the
cost of maintenance OF the fowls.
Geo. p. Eaton, secretary OF the State
immigration Association, arrived in the
city Monday to look after his property in
terests in the Sunnyside country.
Deputy Marshal ]. b. Catron left for
Spokane Monday to be present at the
session OF the Federal court He expects
to be absent for week or ten days.
I. w. Moore and bride returned home
from the Sound on Saturday last having
cut their trip short on account of the con-
tinued rains on the west side OF the
mountains.
Robert Sterling, the popular young en-
gineer OF Sunnyside, spent Friday and
Saturday of last week in the city greeting
friends and attending to business before
the U. s. land office.
Miss Emma Williams, after pleasant
visit of week with the family of D. w.
Simmons, returned to Ellensburg on
Monday. Miss Williams was accom-
panied home by Mr.. Simmons and his
sister, Mrs. Barton.
Walter J. Reed OF Gle Elum, was a
Yakima visitor on Saturday last. Mr..
Reed is greatly worried over the coHdi-
ton of his wife's health, she being in a
very low state for some time past and at
present in the hospital in Tacoma.
| Mrs. Green, mother of Mrs. Ed. F..
| White, left on Thursday night OF last
| 10 Hksaau4 haa haax,
member OF Mr.. Whites household for
the past three years and of course the
parting was one Of sorrow for all MEM
bers of the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood and Mrs. Privett
returned to Ellensburg on Tuesday after
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam ChappelI
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cook. On Sem
day the ladies visited their birthplace ON
the banks OF the Yakima, near Zillah,
under the escort of Mr.. Cook.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Sam Vinson
passed through the city on Monday with
couple of prisoners for McNeil's. Island.
Mr.. Vinson is convinced that he has
struck it rich in mining property and all
OF his friends hope that he will not be
disappointed in the outcome.
Exalted Ruler w. II. Hare of the Eks,
has named the following officers for the
ensuing year: Esquire, S. @. Henton /;
chaplain Ira p. Englehsrt; inside guard,
E. NJ Reed. DIR. G. J. Hill was elected
to fill the vacancy in the board of t.ns-
tees caused by the election of John Reed
as tyler.
Spokane, Walla Walla, Lincoln and
Franklin county delegations nassed
through the city on Monday bound for
the state democratic convention at Taco
ma. They were all standing on silver
platforms excepting those from Walla
Walla which were for gold and the adj
ministration. Walla Walla always was q
good deal of back number.
West Coast Trade: The land depart
ment OF the Northern Pacific has COM
menced the work OF appraisement OF its
lieu lands in eastern Washington and
Idaho. These lands include about thirty
five townships and embrace some OF the
finest agricultural lands. Many settlers
have located upon them and these will
be given an opportunity to perfect titles
on ten year contracts at low prices.
Prosser american. Mr.. T. w. Moore
and Miss Julia Smith of North Yakima
were married in that city last Tuesday
evening. The groom is the popular mer-
chant who visited Prosser a short time
ago and the bride has been one OF the
leaders in the best society in North Yaki-
ma for some time past. They have the
best wishes of an unusually large num-
Der of friends in starting on their voyage
over the sea OF married life. After the
ceremony they took the east bound even
ing train for Prosser, remaining here I'M
ill the west bound train arrived and then
departed for visit on the Sound.