Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

The planking on Twelfth Street i h.iny
torn lp preparatory IA changing The
grade
( NJ. s.. sly steam laundry will hr in
lul operation today. The engine wa>
-tdfi,4 Yesterday and an the rnachIperv
va iifad ." work -mooilly.
/ h. Steamship Premier Is on the drv
t"cb az LsquIHialt undergoing repairs.
lin' rs'~ali af the rercnl collision With tn,
t.a"'u OF the Pacific.
al hiHa mile ~ hi.h iiiumina a.. the
'oanienance OF Assessor Owen yesterday
haS nrd by the recent addition L.
his .Hmlly OF nine pound hoy. Mother
and child both doing we'll.
Mes>r>. Murchison n Rabcock who
nae the contract for grading Eleventh
-lreci. are pushing the work ~ fast as
lf'ssihlc Al present they have thirty
liVe men employed aud win pui on fifteen
teams tomorrow.
Assessor Owen has appointed the fol-
lowing persons as deputies: w. &. Car
psnler. ehi.i deputy: :. l.. Tapping. &.
II. Baker. \. i. Banks and V. :. clifford.
Efforts are being made Ia have the assess
mcni roll, completed by the first Of July
Census Enumcrator Rafferty, reports
thai he is progressing very satisfactory
with his w1rk. lie has an The district
south OF Harris and east Of Fourteenth
Ms whole district. comprising an of Fair
haven, completed 10y the time specified by
law. July ii.
The men rugaYed IA blasting out tho
7tump> un Eleventh street placed some OF
ihr pnNdcr - near ~ The water pipe
sesictdat afternoon that when the blast
was fired the pipe hurstcd and the resi-
dents 81 ihc northern part of town were
cVWpcilea. Ia 20 without water until the
treak could h. repaired
The church Of the Assumption at Sc
holue was dedicated on Sunday morning
last lay the catholic bishop of Washing
ton. who also administered the sacrament
OF confirmation Ia a Number of children
The services were largely attended by
neuplr from FalrhaVon and Nhateom.
The church l. u hand~nme ediiice and re-
heeis credit ON It's pastor and the congre-
cation.
Among the Passengers arriving on the
state ol Washington was on- lane china
mIn HIS arrival created considerable
excitement Ia certain quarters as ID was
fumorrd that h. was simply the advance
gnard ol an army Of coolies who were
coming To work ON he road. II is need
less 10 stato that The rnmor was without
foundation nevertheless the parties for
whom be was going Ia work wished 10
avoid ans trouble aud sent hin back 10
Seattle from whence he came.
The State ~ Washington brought IN
yesterday morning a complete railruad
graders rulhL iaeludiug forty mnir-
consigned Ia Mccoy a % Brien. railfnad
ulractors. The outiit will be sent 10
the front Immediately. and will be used
ia building the road between Fairhaven
aud Blaine. Orders were received by the
contractors to push the work ~ rapidly
~ possible. aud IL Is proposed 10 com
mence laying track by the 18th Of July
aud complete the grading by the ist of
August.
Nothing shows more evidence OF the
prosperity Of our Young city than the
frequent visits OF the representatives OF
wholesale houses from the coast cities.
aud from the East. attracted by the un-
eNamplcd opportunities for making large
sales to our merchants. The hardware
business i especially well represented.
and tiates a Grasier, our hardware mer-
chants, are constantly securing the low
est quotations from all points aud are
thereby enabled 10 offer goods al prices
that surprise all Ability aud ample
means are the leading factors of thcir