Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-17
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

The body of Morris NJ. Stafford. who
was drowned some time since, has been
recovered.
The steamship Al hi will leave San
Francisco for Bellingham bay ON August
I'D. The llatien Republic leaves San
Francisco on August 70.
Important messages are at the the the
telegraph office for Miss Josie T.. smith.
). ;. Anderson, Chas. Dewey H. :. Hur-
ton. Oscar w. White.
a change of time has been made Ia the
time liable 0t the j. Il. Mcdonald The
boat VIII hereafter leave Tacoma for Bel
lingham bay on Tuesday aud Friday at
u m. aud Seattle uu the same evening at
. p. m.
There has been scarcity of mutton In
the city for the past week aud Mr.. Alsop
was finally compelled to charter the
Avengal and bring 100 head of sheep from
the Islands. The steamer and cargo ar
rived yesterday morning.
\ party consisting Of eleven persons
came directly through from Chicago To
Fairhayen over the Great Northern aud
Canadian Pacific. The baggage checks
were al marked to Fairhaven via the
Great Northern and are the first checks
OF that great system To be brought here.
The city safe, weighing about lO,OD
pounds, came il on the State Thursday
morning: IL looks as big as house and
Will not be- an easy thing To haul up the
NIL some doubts are expressed by City
Clerk Riedel regarding the floor of the
council chamber being strong enough to
hold II up.
The Belllngham Bay gas company have
"A large force of men EMPLOYED digging "A
ditch ON Harris street for their gas mains.
The pipe for the main is expected daily
and will be- laid Immediately Almost
every boat brings In some pipe and IL Is
expected that the main will be laid BY
Wednesday or Thursday.
A brutal fight took place YESTERDAY
afternoon near the corner of Mckenzie
and Eleventh streets. A retired prize
fighter and bully knocked drunken man
down and kicked him four or five times
before being stopped. The brutal coward
alterward attempted to pick another row
and was promptly arrested.
Seven young men. among whom were
Nessrs. GamWell, Pettibone. Green. How
ara and McAdcmS. started Friday even
ing la the sail boat belonging to NJ VI.
l'icken for Victoria by way of Port
Townsend. DR. ID. Brown accumpau-
led the party a far a. Anacortes wnere
he left them. and reports that they were
having glorious time.
An entertainment is being arranged bv
he ladies Of the Presbyterian church.
Miss Hattie Kellogg, who has the affair
u charge j. arranging a splendid pro-
srammc consisting of music. both vocal
md Instrumental. intersperscd with re-
citations 10y herself. The programme will
De- published in the HERALD as soon as
irranged.
The business lone in Judge Curry's
ourt the past few DAYS was a. follows:
Iohn Fishclpuint, prddling without
icensc fined - and costs j. Donovan.
trunk and disOrderly third otlcnse fined
10 and ten days. Dan Gallagher. drunk
nd dlsOrdcrly second oilcnse. so aud ten
ayS y. II. Clark. disturbing the peacr.
Orfeited So bail.
Mckinley. Staight a Butler are in re-
cipt OF a letter from Chicago capitalist
tatiug that he had noticed an article on
'airhaVcn in Chicago paper and that
e was dcsirOu> Of investing aud asked
Jr some further information The item
nferred to was probably one of the inter
Jews with Col. Nisscher, editor Of the
lERALp. who Is advertising Fairhavcn
cry thoroughly throughout the east.
One day last week a Chinaman came
ITO the city and left Immediately for
hamilton. Friday his baggage followed
nd Wariinger Mcclellan becoming sus-
licious of the OdOr emitted therefrom
illed Custom Officer Macarthur aud to-
ether they searched the mongolian's be-
ngings. Their search was rewarded by
aiding three cans Of opium which the
hinaman was trying to smuggle into the
iuntry. The dope" was coniiscated