The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-08-19

II. f. Dean, the we'll known lumber.
man OF Hot Springs Is in the city.
]. Leahy of walla Walla, Chinese in
spector for this district, is 10 the city.
DR.. l.. l.. Porter, OF Roslyn, was Q
Yakima visitor for couple Of days this
week.
At the last meeting Of the city council
the new bond of Treasurer Pressey was
approved.
Mrs. George Donald has returned from
the coast where she has been spending
the past few weeks.
A. +. Bissell of Carthage, Mo-, is a
new arrival in the city. Mr.. Bissel is
an architect by profession.
Kittitas county is advertising for bids
for building bridge across the Gle Elum
river and also across the Yakima at
Tborp.
A. F. Smelling and family and Harry
spend week or more in camp on the
south fork of the Cowychee.
Attorney Fred Parker is confined to his
home with sickness. DR.. Hill reports
that he is getting better but is liable to
be kept from business for some time.
Rev. N. Evans and family and Miss
Lacey, of Walla Walla, who have been rus
ticating at the reservation soda springs
the past two weeks, returned to the city
Wednesday.
Earl, the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs
p S. Renter, celebrated his sixth birth.
day on Tuesday afternoon by inviting
about ~ OF his playmates to his home
where games, ice-cresm, ETC., helped to
while away many pleasant hours.
There is report that the sisters OF the
convent and of the hospital are to be
transferred to some other station in the
near future, probably next week. This
will be learned with much regret by
many who have formed close friendships
with the sisters and have come to admire
their many good qualities.
Eied, August 9th, of paralysis and
dysentary, Mrs. Nellie Crory. wife OF
Robert Crory. The deceased was about
80 years of age and most estimable
woman. The stricken husband has the
fullest sympathy of this community In
his bereavement. The funeral will take
place at O'Clock Sunday afternoon from
the family residence on Natcheez avenue.
A jolly party consisting of Helen Dixon,
Lille Carpenter, Minnie Leach, Etha
Henderson, Laura Stewart, Mable Stew
art, Elsie Leeper, Nellie Wells. Henry
Leach, Herman Leeper, Fred Atcherson,
Clyde Stewart, Ray Dixon, Claude Stew
art and Alfred Thompson, are encamped
at Soda Springs under the chaperonage
of Mrs. Leeper. They are known as the
Camp of the Happy Hottentots.'
DR.. NJ Mendelsohn, oculist.optician,
late of San Francisco, is here for the pur-
pose of correcting errors of refraction. If
you have any trouble with your eyes or
with your glasses, see the doctor at once.
DR.. Mendelsohn is endorsed by all the
leading physicians of the state of Calfor-
MIA, of this state, and also the local prsc-
titioners. He is graduate Of Heidelberg
College, Germany. and guarantees salts
factory results in all cases at low rates.
All examinations free, and if glasses are
needed they will be furnished at low
prices. The doctor may be seen from
$50 q. n. to 5 30 p. M, at Hotel Yak-
ma, room 2. Silt
The many friends of Harr T. Donovan
in this city will be panied to learn of his
death at the Fannie Paddock hospital,
Tacoma, on Tuesday last. A letter from
his brother Charles, who was summoned
by telegram but who arrived too late to
see him alive, states that he passed peace
fully away. surrounded by his family and
relatives. In his last moments as he
realized the end was drawing near he
sent his regards to many Yakima friends
and bid those about him a fond farewell.
Mr.. Donovan has for the past five months
been terrible sufferer from rheumatism
and paralysis. which resulted in his
death. He was aged 80 years and leaves
a wife and child, besides his parents and
brothers and sisters to mourn his early
demise.
One of the surprising features of the
klondyke excitement was the sudden sale
of the grocery store of II. A. Griffin to
Andrew Mulhuland and Will Lemon and
the departure of Mr.. Griffin on Wednes.
day for Seattle to take steamer for the
north. No intim alton had been given te
the public of such a move although i,
had evidently been in contemplation 70,
some days for on Sunday last Mr.. Griffin
visited his wife, who is encamped al
Soda Springs, and informed her of his
decision and made other arrangements
necessary for such an important step
He was accompanied by Owen T. STRAIT
ton, who had secured backing for the
trip from the "Quskers" who have at
trscted 80 much attention on our streets
OF late. Stratton Was a schoolmate oil
one of thrm and wasn't long in making