Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-17
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

he steamer Eliza Anderson will from
TINS time on make three trips TO Blaine
from this city She will 70 over on Tues
day's, Thursdays and Saturday, aud
VIII return on the following day.
Yesterday there We're i've steamboats, .
Tied up az the ocean wharf at the same .
time. All Of them report as much bust F.
ness as can be taken care OF ON their sew .
eral rontes, and still more j. expected.
The +. W Pmdy came in yesterday
afternoon with "A small boom of logs from
1 tsaladN for the FairhaNen Min COM
pahy. She left again in the evening for
the same place. and ON her return from
there viii take a cargo of stone tu Ia
coma.
Mr.. Smith, a FairhaNcn contractor. Was
yesterday awarded the contract for paw
ing and grading broadway street iu
hatcom. Mr.. smith will commence the
work at once. and by putting on "a large
force oil men. viii push 10 10 completion
The lade, OF the city are cordial, i'm
Nlted To attend an Orange Suciablc" this
afternoon, AT the residence of Judge kcl-
logg. The ladies of the Presbyterian
church have the matter n charge aud
they promise hearty Welcome aud guud
time lo those " no attend.
The scow ChuckannL belonging To the
Fairhaven and southern railroad com
a
Mhart from the harkeutinc. | nclc John.
The load On the ScuW will DE discharged
al the company'> mill where 10 will hc
prepared for finishing lumber,
Owing 10 the numerous fires iu the tim
her along the line of the Postal Telegraph
company the service has been >omcW hat
demoralzed FOR a day or two. The officers
ana empl0Ne> OF The company here have
done everything po>Siblc to assist u the
work Of repairing aud have succeeded
admirably
The ROYAL restaurant aud rhup house
on Mckenzie street between Tenth and
Eleventh. Fairbanks brother, prupri-
rtor>. i place where Wholesome and
plentiful mea may be- obtained az a light
charge. and where the >cr> ice j. of q
character which j. always pleasant. a
Tact which adds much To the ENJOYMENT
OF gaStronomic performances
About dusk last evening two Italian
" "hscrmau returned from an expedition
aud brought with them haiihu W hich.
on being placed On The scales. weighed "a
llitle over sixty pounds. They said thar
the catch the past week had been quite
good. both IN quantity aud quality. and
they were well satisfied The fishermen
on the bay are sending hundreds of
pounds iu the Tacoma and seattle mar
keis. a. the supply here j. far greater
than the demand.
The water al the Wharl has hrru YER,
scarce for the past few DAYS for some UNI
accountable reason. TUESDAY the ferry
boats were obliged 20 Use salt water for "A
time, a. no fresh water could %. obtained.
and the result was that 10 fuamrd Zoo the
boilers and both boats had tu be- taken Oh
their run for several hours The steam
h"at men, Ike all others iu FairhaNcu.
are anNiou>ly awaiting the time " hen lac
water system Of the town will hc COM
pleted and abundance of pure water can
he obtained Tor every purpose
The gospel meetings which have been.
ana are being. held iu the Tabernacle
are attracting great deal aitcn-
Of church people hat with thn>r
who are not considered church gucr>. 4
large number have hrpu present 40 all the
meetings and have thoroughly rujovcd
them. The services will De- continued
every evening this week With the cNcpf-
iisl OF saturday. when there will De- "a
meeting Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. All are invited tu attend
both meetings.
The Fairhaven Plumbing cumpau, viii
Al once erect large thrcc--tory brick
building on the corner OF Tenth
aud Mckenzie streets Nr>~r> John
Black and +. W Gillette are
al the head Of this rompan,.
aud Will push their business % the front
Their building will ho occupied ON the
hr>t noor by themselves. for a plumbers
supply house aud work shop. and the uu.
per stories will DE arranged for offices and
llNing rooms. The building will De-
trimmed with sandstone and viii present
a me appearance The building through
out viii he lifted with the most approve
convenience.
Arrangements have bccu made fur an
Improvement of the mail service ON The
sound which viii give Fairhavcn two
mails per day from the upper sound. and
one OF them seven hours earlier than at
present thus enabling people here 10 get
Their letters early enough in the after
noon to reply To them and get the rrplic.
ia the mail for upper sound port, the
same afternoon. The steamers Sphump
and NORTH Pacific viii carry through. fast
mails from Tacoma tu Blaine. touching
only al Seattle. Port Townsend. Ana
cortrS aud the hay cities en- route. Tho
present mail steamers. George T.. starr
and Idaho vi continue. ~ heretofore.
touching az all way points.
Yesterday morning about eleven o'r clock
those persons who happened tu be- iu TN,
n,ighborhpod Of the Queen Chop hou.s
on Ienth street. were attracted los the
cries aud noises made hV TWO men co,,ks
in that establishment For some rim,
past there have been petty ielousic, and
quarrei> between these TWO men and yp,-
terdaN they got little beyond their usual
limit aud knock down tight cnsucd
minutes one Of them. q Dutrbmuu. cnu-
cludcd he had enough and got away. Not
however before hc had been badly beafen
about the head and face. by his autagn-
INST; me victor and smaller man. was
hardly injured. and seemed tO thorouuhI, /
enjoy the appearance aud discontinue of
MS buflN antagonist. ~ mo- warrant
was sworn ont. no arrests were made
For some time past tho ritilrn, n the
hay elite, have hrrn cNerting Themselves .
10 get through mail from seattle. In
70 the present time the mail >crNirp has
been ehilielN inadequate Ia the demand, of
lhe people and much Inconvenience has
been caused thereby What iSa>kod IL,
direct mail between Bplliurhgm ba, and
Seattle thereby shortening tho hnir, nf
transportation between the two point.
about twelve hours Matters have Guaif,
taken tangible form and the result will h.,
known To- very few day>. An insprrt,i
~ the postal system has hrru ordered To-
look into tho matter and maL"a report
rms Will be- done az once aud on receipt
# biz rrparf ~ Washington. the change.
u recommended Will be- Immediately made
NJ prescott the eastern mail arrives loo
seattle about nine o'clock in the morning
and the same hour Joe the evening and /.
not started from there until eleven at
night Tor this city. The mail steamers
are due here al two n'clock iu
the afternoon. but the, morn frr
quently arrive AZ that hour ON the uofu- ,
ing following. Owing to the numerous
stops I9r freight. passengers aud mail
nut llttle can be done toward ~torteniuu
the hours. Should a direct mail line H.
put on the steamers will arrive here about
noon each day. aud will leave abuui Two /
clock the same afternoon with the ont .
going mail. ,
FAIRHAvEN AND SOUTHERN.
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