Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-19
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Notes of Interest Gathered by
the Herald's North End
Representative
The Big Sale a Big Fizzle and
Dwindled Down to Moth
ingness
A Tour Through the Spacious
Electric Power House,
Thugs and Thefts

NJ. l.. StangrOOm, superintendent Of the
Bellingham Bay and British Columbia
railroad company, will arrive from San
Francisco today on the steamship Mexico.
The big deal, the sale of railroad and
lands belonging to the company after thor
Ough investigation, seems TO have shrunk
into nothing more than hoax originated
by some and spread broadcast by many.
Close inquiry revealed the fact that Mr.
Stangroom left for San Francisco on a
vastly different mission. and any such
idea as has been rumored lately, says
Master Mechanic A. f. Rowe, never oc-
CURED TO Mr.. Stangroom. The road is
still the Bellingham Bay and British
Columbia railroad, and is most likely to
remaiu so for some time to come Inquir-
les made Of other railroad authorities
uniformly confirm the above
New Suits Filed
The following new suits was placed on
file yesterday with the clerk Of the super
Tor court:
In the matter of the estate of Mary
Cain, deceased, ID. 5. Cain, the husband
OF the deceased in q petition. makes APP
plication for the Enthusiastically Of the
estate Of his wife who died intestate.
The WILDLY Land and Investment
company vs.. Alfred L. Black and Ada
Black, II. y. Strand and Josephine
Strand is a suit that involves the possess
sion OF lots number one and two, section
10, in township 80, north OF range one,
east, TO which the defendants, Strand and
wife, hold a tax deed with quit claim
deeds from Alfred Black and wife and
wherefore plaintiffs pray that their quit
claims be declared void and the property
returned TO the plaintiffs, the righful and
original owners.
Three informatiOns for criminal action
were filed yesterday by Prosecuting At
tOrney Albert 5. Cole. They are as fol-
lows:
BURGLARY
The State OF Washington vs.. Pat
O'Brien, alias Frank Rivers. The de-
PENDANT is charged with burglary, com
mitted as follows: During the night Of
the 27th Of February. 1891, the prisoner
broke inlo the stOrerOom owned by Nc
Coy 81 O'Brien, railroad contractors iu
Fairhaven, and stole therefrom blankets,
robes. pants, etc. amounting TO the value
Of Sl59.lO. The witness for the state are
j. b. Lynch, w. T. l.. Suiter. A. l.. Me-
Coy, Pat Cain and W. 5. Parker.
BUBGLERY
The state Of Washington vs.. Tom Doyle.
alias Tom Barrett, charged also with the .
crime Of burglary, committed at the same
time as the above, Doyle being the pal of
Pat O Brien and assisting him in the rob
bling Of the store of Mccoy & O'Brien. .
Witnesses for the state the same as above .
FORGERY
The state Of Washington VS. T. NJ .
Doyle A. Z. Cone, against whom was
brought the charge of having committed
the crime Of forgery. The defendant, on .
or about the 10th day OF November .
forged q check on the Merchants Ma .
tional bank in Portland, which read as
follows: Portland, Oregon, November
6, 1890 Merchants National Bank. pay
to +. NJ. Doyle or bearer, 81 600, - and was
endorsed by +. NJ. Doyle and James
Judge. The forged paper was presented
at the Citizens bank in Fairhaven for
payment on the 10th Of November and re-
ceived the amount the check called for
The following are the witnesses for the
state: p. w. Strader, w. 5. Parker,
Charles d. Francis, c. A. Clarke Smith
Shay, Mrs. +. N. Doyle, Frederick Petit
bone, John T. Bull.