The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-05-31
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 THE
Herald's" Busy
Readers.
BRIEF Personal NEWS NOTES

G. p. Wilcox returned on Sunday from
the Sound.
Rev. A. H. Lyons has gone to the
Wenatchee valley to spend two weeks in
mission work.
+. w. Dooly and family are spending
the week with Mr.. Dooly's parents in
the Sunnyside country.
Fred Parker was laid up for couple
of days last week with a game" ley,
the result of being kicked by horse.
Born, Friday, May 18th, to Mr.. and
Mrs. f. Lauderdale, son. The little
one lived but short me and WAS
buried on Monday.
Thos. Sinclair returned to Seattle on
Saturday H recently purchased con-
siderable timber land which is occup ying
his time at present
1t was Edward Handy, aged % years,
that died from the result Of an abscess on
the 2lst inst. The local papers OF last week
We the name as Joseph Handy.
Miss Daisy Beach, one OF the public
school teachers, returned on Friday last
10 her home in Kennewick. Many young
friends OF Miss Beach accompanied her
to the train.
The Grand Hotel, formerly the Horton
House of Elensburg, has closed its
doors. Crofton & Co., the proprietors,
left the town and their creditors after be-
ing in possession about three months.
Mr. Arthur Overpeck, the chief me-
chanical constructor Of Charles H. Yale's
great spectacle, The Evil Eye" was
nearly two years in working out the
models OF the stage mechanism used in
the piece all of which is covered by let
tiers patent.
Agent Lynch was in the city on Friday
last and informed THE HERALD that the
government had approved OF the plans
for water works at Fort Simcoe,
submitted by Engineer Redman and in
structed him to advertise for bids for the
constructionwork.
Bogus Henderson, who has been in the
hospital for long time past owing to in
juries received in barbed wire fence
while breaking horses for E. w. Dooly,
was out of the hospital for the first time
on Friday last. He is able to navigate
with the aid of crutches, but it will be
months before he will have the full use
OF his leg.
I. A Matthews Of Helena, assistant
general freight agent of the Great North
ern, spent couple of days in Yakima
last week in an endeavor to induce sheep
men to immigrate to the Great Northern's
territory, under promise OF good feed and
plenty of range land. As far as known
he met with little encouragement.
Yakima was predominant at the con-
yention of the Red Cross societies of the
state at Spokane last week. Mrs. NJ. r.
Banker was elected president, to succeed
Mrs. John B. Allen, and Mrs. q. A.
Graham was selected as assistant cores.
ponding secretary. North Yakima was
named as the meeting place for the fourth
annual convention to be held the fourth
Tuesday in May, 1901. Mrs. Banker re-
turned from Spokane on Saturday.
X. w. Dunlop returned last week from
Cle-Elum. He said that the men work
ing on the Ida Elmore had been paid off
and that the next 200 feet OF TUNE ling
had been let by contract. He also
brought the news of big strike on the
Elizabeth, mile above the Lynch group,
wherein nine ounces or $3.50 in gold to
the ton had been obtained. This mine
is one of those under bond to the Scotch
company of which Mr.. Young is the
manager, and fifty men are now EN-
ployed in developing it.
Years of success and the testimony Of
thousands of ladies, including the high
est and most noted women of the United
States and England. who have been re-
stored to health after all other methods
Of treatment had failed, prove that the
"Viavi' treatment is the only rational
system of treating diseases OF women.
Purely vegetable it supplies a clean,
wholesome food to the muscular tissues
and nervous fibres. 1t acts as prompt
specific for all nervous and other troubles
common to women. Mrs. DR.. Bowman.
.Viayi' specialist. office over Otter *