The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-03-04
: LOCAL AND GENERAL 5
on the Events of the World !

III. "ukuS hhlHsdutIy VI
Fort Simcoe, spent Sunday in the city.
He. Lvtle left on Thursday last for
Portland to establish an agency for the
Roslyn coal.
Miss A, NJ. Dunn has been appointed
postmistress at Parker, vice her sister,
who has resigned.
The A. o. U. w. is arranging to give
a social with an elaborate program on
the Goth Of this month.
DR.. f. +. Heg has been appointed sec
rotary OF the state board of health vice
DR.. Armstrong, resigned.
T. II. Shannon returned on Monday
from Puyallup and will spend the sum-
mer on his ranch near Zillah.
Mrs. +. +. James left last week for her
former home in Eugene, Or, having been
called there by the death OF her brother.
The will of Fem B. Woodcock was ad.
mitted to probate last week. The wife
of the deceased is named as sole execu-
trix.
The Summit Mining company has Of
fered $4,000 shares OF its stock for the
construction OF the proposed road from
Buckley to the Gold Hill mines.
o. T. Stratton, formerly of this city,
;al at 7 toI al Eab
AIRY 18th, to Miss Kate Palmer, niece OF
of the gold-democrat candidate for presi
dent.
Geo. III. Beihn, manager OF A. II. John
sons paint store, has secured patent OH
window curtain fixtures which can be
attached without marrng the easement
in the least.
A bill "exempting one typewriter from
execution has been recommended for
passage in the senate. The report fails
to state either her name or what she has
done to deserve execution.
The 20 acre hop yard OF the California
Hop Co., has been leased for two years
to A. +. Poole, Geo. Bosdet, and 0. A.
Fechter. They expect to secure crop
OF 200 bales this coming season.
w. III. GeZeptanner, formerly of Yaki-
ina, but now OF Pasco, is circulating a
petition throughout Franklin, Klicktat
and Yakima counties, for the appoint
ment of stationary engineer at the peni-
Tertiary.
John Reed is trying to interest citizens
in establishing a cold storage and ice
manufacturing plant in this city. lie
claims the cost would not exceed $4,000
and that it would be good paying in
vestment.
Mrs. Joseph Stephenson and daughter,
Miss Kate, left last week for Portland.
The object OF Mrs. Stephenson's visit is
to secure special medical treatment, while
Miss Stephenson will take a course of
study in business college.
1t is no longer close secret that Harry
Worries, North Yakima's efficient city
clerk, is to be married in June. The
favored lady is resident OF Orting and
is well known in this city having been a
frequent visitor here during the past
several years.
II. p. Murray returned last week from
Montana and reports that business
is greatly depressed owing to the closing
down OF number of the mines. Mr..
Murray expects to visit and investigate
the Gold Hill, Swauk and Gle Elum min
ing districts this year.
Recently in Illinois hog was sold for
$500 and forty-two head brought sl3,-
1920 1t is singular that breeders who
grow such valuable stock should fasten
upon them such meaningless names as
Look-me-over and Andersons Model.
Evidently even hog can be given bad
name.
A victim of tight-lscing has inst COM
mitted suicide, leaving written state
ment to the effect that the pressure on
her spine from the drawn corset caused
her to quit world in which such things
could be. With all regret for her discom-
fort, we cannot help wondering why she
did not cut the corset lacing instead OF
the thread of life.
A black woman of Cincinnati is said 10
be slowly turning white and several col
ored people at Raleigh, n. c., are under
going a similar metamorphoss, The
cause is not clear, further than that the
doctors pronounce it to be an absorption
OF the coloring matter into the system.
Ia the Raleigh cases it seems TO be con-
nected with the water drunk by the sub
jects OF this curious change. Can it be
that this is providential solution of the
race problem?
X. X. Nichols, Fred Parker, +. b.
Cline and S. G. Henton, the Commercial
clubs committee on state and national
legislation, reported ut the last meeting
of the governing board that they had
memorialized the legislature regarding
the great benefit and utility a wagon road
from Buckley to North Yakima, via the
Gold Hill mines, would prove to the
state, and had requested Senator Lesh to
zee that the bill to be introduced provid-
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