The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-08-16
SHORTSTOPS
What Is Going on Daily Of Interest to
All Our People.
BRIEF PERSONAL NEWS NOTES
Items Of Personal and Local Mention Put
Into Condensed Form for 1.-THE
Herald's" Busy
Readers.

According to the assessors report there
are 9,736 horses, 16,407 cattle, 1873 ,222
sheep and 2,767 hogs in the county.
Wanted-A girl for general house work
in family of four. Apply at r. ]. Curry e
tailor shop. 81
Mrs. George Schlosser, OF Riverside
CAL, is IN the city visiting her mother,
Mrs. A. D. Miller, and her brother, Fred
Miller of the North Yakima Drug store.
Mrs. VIM. Rehmke and children re-.
turned to Ellensburg on Monday after a
visit Of couple of weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. SCHNEIDER.
Articles of incorporation OF the Sunny
side Cemetery Association were placed
on record in the auditor office this week
by George Vetter.
Joseph L. B. Higgin had several min
ing claims filed on behalf OF the Big
Thunder Mountain Gold Mining Com.
panv, in the Summit district, this week.
Notice of assessment work was also
recorded.
Born, Saturday, August IL, to Mr..
and Mrs. John Curry. daughter. THE
HERALD joins with many friends in ex-
tending congratulations and best wishes
over the happy event.
Capt. M. s. Scudder and F. X. His.
cock returned on Tuesday from Hoquiam
and Cohassett Beach where they have
been spending the past month.
Mrs. Jay Lynch, Mrs. Mary Hughes
and Miss Winona Greene. q niece Of
Mrs. Lynch, arrived from Fort Simcot
on Monday. Miss Greene left the next
day for her home in Spokane.
0. w. Stoner, of the Washington
Evaporating works, returned to Seattle
on Tuesday after starting the furnaces in
his Yakima plant. Fifteen tons OF eyapo
rated potatoes will be the result OF the
present run.
John Cleman aud L. e. Sperry returned
from camp on Goose Prairie Saturday
Mr.. Sperry has gained in weight but fail
ed to recover the full use of his voice.
Congressman Jones and Ex-senator
John L. Wilson were on the train Mon.
day bound for Tacoma to engineer the
proceedings in the republican state con .
yention.
w. A. Maxwell, the editor of the Pros.
ser Record, passed several DAYS in Yaki-
ma during the past week. He was a
delegate to the republican county conven.
ton and appeared to enjoy city life.
A train load of thirteen cars of mules,
billed from Florida to Seattle and des-
tined for China, passed through Yakima
during the past week. Uncle Sam owned
the animals and paid the freight bills.
Prof. Reuben Sch wartze has been
elected principal OF the public schools at
Buckley and has sent in his resignation
to the directors of the Mob Hill district
with whom he was under engagement to
teach during the coming year
Leonard Liuce. OF Mob Hill, brought to
THE HERALD Office Saturday two potatoes
of the white msshanick variety which
weighed ~ lbs. Mr.. Lince has eight acres
in potatoes and expects to average be-
tween twelve aud fifteen tons to the acre.
W. A. Cox, who holds responsible
position in the state asylum at Medical
Lake, was Yakima visitor on Saturday
last. Mr.. Cox is delegate from Spo.
kane county to the state democratic con-
vention which meets in Seattle on Aug
ust %.
Joseph Cooper, q brother-in-law OF Ed
ward Remy. arrived in the city Thursday
from Nome. Mr.. Cooper is the proprietor
Of the Palace hotel and saloon at Nome
and as his business does not permit OF
his remaining long away he started back
on Sunday and will 20 in by the way Of
Dawson where he also has interests.
The residence OF Thos. Woolsey, who
lives four miles from the city and directly
west of Joseph Stephenson. was de-
stroyed by fire early in the evening OF
Thursday last. Mr.. Woolsey was in
walla WaIla at the time but the place