Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-01
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

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The work Of pianking Donovan avenue !
Is rapidly being done The planklng gang /
have gotten down a. tar as fifteenth |
street, aud the material is on the ground ,
ief the balance of The work.
The school house on ths Hill Is about
completed and viii be- ready iof occupancy
la a few days lie exterior has been
painted and the building uoW presents
line appearance.
Jack Dempsey, Dave Campbell aud
Paddy Gorman are expected 20 arrive ia
the city this morning. and viii tonight
give a sparring exhibition 70 TING tasiho
Theatre. These men are all well known
pngilists. and IL is safe % Say that They
will draw very large houses hati here aud
on Friday night in Nehome
Yesterday morning The steamer state OF
Washington Wa crowded With passengers
fof this CITY. some Of course being resi-
dents here. hut the majority Were stlang-
ers " h0 Wrrp coming here 10 locate.
Many OF the men had their families with /
them and one If ihs passengers counted /
in ali twenty -siN children under the age
Of nine years.
The pavemenis on the principal streets
should he cleaned ah HOW that the
weather has beeu settled a. yesterday
the town va blled With dust from these
streets. The cost would only be- triiing
compared with the cost 81 the goods that
are being ruined by hfsiHg iilled With dust.
some one should take hold OF this matter
and see that il IS carried out. even though
the expense has To be-. detraSed bF sub
,cription.
\ petition was circulated aiming the
property holders au isaffah.-p street yes
ieriay. for be grading of that thorough
fare from one end To the other. The pc
tifion was NsFk generally signed and the
will be- 81 great heuett To- h. eitA a. 10
will give another good drive. and iu
very short time MANY buildiugs pf all
CLASSES viii Iie ere.ted thereon
Dude Gale. E.q.. arrived FOO the city
Yesterday GA The STATE of Washington
from hi, home ia Elieu>hur-. lieNill re-
main iu the city several day looking
about fuf loration lie reported large
humber af strangers iu Ellen~hurg before
he left. most 81 hom We're delegates o.
the Grand Army eHcampmrut. which J.
being held there tai, week. % !, expected
that there wiil he ahuHi Hsn old ~nldrrs
ia attendance.
Mr. D. r. Insiev uiiuruei yesterday
from tive Nri'h> nip 90 New York Mr..
lnsies said last evening That d. vas very
glaa indeed Ia return AMI also plral~t'tl
Ia mote the mau} Improvement, made
since Ai. departing frnm here. MANI
p,.r-.tnS &C bis acquaintance. hs
said. would it. nut lefe this coming >um-
mef ami Tire majority IL them nitha view
10 lpeating he thinks that there will be-
very large influx 1T persons truui the
iaf east this ~ea~Hu a. there j. great
deal 81 talk of The suuud c,Hluity aud thai
he said. j. favorable.
4 new Zee j. io De-. seen lchiud iiie ,-unn-
ter az the fairhaVrH hotel. and 10 j. that
81 the neN clerk Nj. g. ". Bow man ~ he
has only Just arrived from his hone IN
California. Mr.. liaa man expects fu maxi
fairhafnn hi> home and J. vera vel
pleased 18th tue cifN. IL has had greai
deal 90 experience lu the hotel hu>iues.
and all aiih whom hp come, in contact
will find him al afiahle and pisa>an
Nuung gentleman. He ~aK~ there j. mucl
more business lifo here than ia Californi;
~ that state j. very duh HIS year anf
even the large cities >e.In qrirt ami dull
aud merchants report vert paor ~ptin.
trade.
The work 81 having llte water main~ IL
the STREETS ia this city has hren complete,
aud the force 81 men that have hcen eu
pleNed on the work has heeu tran~ferrei
TO the main conduit which leads fruu Z H.
city limits "a Lake Paddpn. This Wurl
viii he pushed a. fast as Possible. aud u
about two weeks will b. completed. " he
the water will he turned uu and fIr ciii
ZenS vii be accordingly happy A. 500
a. this j. accomplished the men sill b
put al work laying he pipes in Beiline
ham and vicinity.
The fairhaKem l.aud company mill /
Bellingham y ill commence operations
week from Monday II NO unforeseen ever
urcur>. THIS mill viii give pmployme
10 large farer at men. and when ruf
ming 10 It's full capacity. 10 runnectiu
with the other mills 10 the city. viii :
able u about supply the demand for Inn
her. At present many buildings in n
90 D. III
81 practically 80. owing 10 a lack Of ma
terial The mill 80 be- lighted hg elei
lric lamps. and from the start Viii ru
do ube time.
The grading work ON the Fairhayen
Southern railway j. progressing very raj
ids aud in feW DAYS will BE- pushed at
still faster rate. Nj kafz. the contrae
tor. said last evening that he would ha,
this part Of The work done hy the frs
July. The engine for the drilling b.
been pl aced aud Yesterday was operat,
FOR the first time The drill used j. know
a. the lugerspli drill. aud Boz daf or rs
will BE- iu tine running order. At pre~e
there are about hfty men at work b
tween this ellis aud Srhome. aud Mondl
next m ore than that MANY more viii
al work Electric lights will b. plac,
along the line and the work viii th
progress lfaih ni ghf and day
Work va, Yesterday commenced in d
hricky ards of tie fairhaNcn Brick cot
pany un Fifteenth and Railroad. and ~
la con fiuurd- Tho company has 80
fine plant aud 81 til Ia feW day. he al
10 turn ont enough brick 10 supply Il
home demand The machinery is the be-
made. and a. the clay j. IA fine ~ is 10
found anYW here iu the stale. there j.
doubt that the hrick viii be- rqual ia tho
made Ia any part of the country III
will make great di ference Ia the hnil
fUH an l...a
Ia the present time an the hfics, used hr
has been shipped iu. thus making q
prices ~ high that o. build with Them VI
almost imWar iicahle.
Again there are % great many tram
ia the city. and after dark iu the event
the lower part ~ the city T. almost an u
'afe place To- 20 These parasites ha
teen attracted here hN The reports Of {
The town. and knowing t0u that a. pr,
rnt there j. uo police force. aud They e.
do A. they please. II Viii he "A great
lief to the IS hole city. w hru after elrrti
the>s men can be- made To- leave the toe
q else have tn he put To- work ~ {
streets. few DAYS In hr chain gang
he host possible method Of curing III,
fellows ~ desire 10 live In this rlima
They de- not relish work aud will give {
tuwus Wide berth than have any
rangements for making them dn III
which They 50 hCa rtilN dislike. There
no possible excuse for idlene~s 10 this q
a. there j. Al present much more WI
to he done than men can be found
do g..
Last night about ~iX u'cluck uutc
crowd 81 men we're gougrngatrd at
corner of Fourteenth aud Harris stree
having been attracted there by hg
II seems that shoe maker. whileat woi
noticed sneak thief fake pair Of sh,
from his place Of business. and immet
ately started iu pursuit Of the ofiend'
Al the cornrf lac caught him and at on
demanded his shoes. which the man se
unWilllmgy surrendered He had
sooner given them to the Ughtful owl
than the latter commenced to get eN
hy striking the man la he face Ii