The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-07-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Speciai SAFE OF percaies, DC ana GA al
J. J. Macdona!d's. q
John Corkish, the wood pipe manufac.
turer OF Olympia, is a guest of the Hotel
Yakima.
Robert Rennie left on Tuesday for Hot
Springs in hopes Of benefiting his physi.
cal condition.
Trainer Webb, who was in charge Of
Lord Kennedy's stables at the state fair
last year, lie in the city.
Mr.. John Fisher, brother of T. L.
Fisher, arrived here on Wednesday from
Indiana and may conclude to remain.
There are twenty crates containing
1000 tin trimmed fruit baskets in the
depot warehouse for G. P. Wilcox. This
is no indication that the Yakima fruit
crop was badly injured.
Mrs. Mary Downs and two daughters,
OF Aberdeen. arrived in the city on Tues
day in hopes that the change Of climate
will prove beneficial to one Of the young
ladies, who is very low with consump
ton.
Among those from the neighboring
towns who attended the reception to
Congressman Jones the following were
noted: ). j. Harrison, s. T. Woodin,
H. NJ. Lichty and George vetter, Sunny
side; S. p. Flower and J. L. Brewer,
Mabton; Col. A. G. Walker and Z. M.
Douglass, Zillah; A. J. Burge, Wenas.
Charles Donovan, late deputy county
treasurer, succeeds Walter Gervais in
the First National bank. Mr.. Donovan
is IN every way competent to FIJI the
position and his host OF friends are con-
graduating him upon securing position
where advancement is certain for one of
his talent as an accountant.
The summer is an off season for theat-
rical performances and Manager Larson
is not disposed to force entertainments
upon the public during the hot weather,
so there will be nothing at his theatre
before August 81, on which date Russell
& Drew's "Quo Vadis" has been booked.
Following this, Palmer & Cox's opera OF
the Brownies" will be presented on
Sept. IL.
DR.. o. NJ. Graves expects to leave on
Saturday for northern Georgia. He will
be joined at Spokane by his wife. who
will accompany him east. The doctor
has half interest in seven veins Of free
milling ore extending for distance of a
mile and halt. His partner writes him
that there is enough ore for many gen.
erations. 1t averages 81 in gold per ton
and can be worked for dollar per ton.
DR.. Graves and his associate have mill
already in operation and the doctor
thinks be had better give his personal
attention to it, although he expects to
return here in about month to com.
plete the closing OF his business affairs.
H. Larson, with his wife and three
boys and. two peculiar looking dogs, took
Mondays east bound train. Mr.. Larson
had complete camping outfit, with
tents, guns, fishing rods and all the para
phernslia imaginable. When asked
where he was going, he said he didn't
know, only he WAS going camping. "Will
stop off some place down the road" he
remarked. Have been in North Yak
ina a week and 1t is time to move on.
Have been camping for the last four
years. This railroad business is picnic,
but l have had some pretty tough trips
when my boys and have had to do the
packing We travel lighter then. each
ing much OF our equipage. 1t is not
pleasure all the time, but we see the
country, gain experience and manage to
retain robust health" The train pulled
up at the depot, and with wave of his
hand to the reporter, he hustled his fam
lily and dogs aboard and vanished into
the smoker.
The entertainment given by Kellar at
Larson's theatre Monday evening was
certainly the most remarkable OF the
kind ever given in Yakima, even if he
did cut out some of his best illusions. 1t
was an entertainment we'll worth the
money and the attempted solutions and
explanations of the various tricks have
been feature of the general run of con-
versation ever since and have wed for
first place with the comments on Prof.
Barge's remarkable speech at the recent
reception given to Congressman Jones'
LILLE HERALD will not undertaka to tell