Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-05-14


to Mill avenue. Dickinson was an
easy winner, his opponent being out of
IL almost from the start. About $50
changed hands Oh the result.
The stuffed but stately looking bird
which stands In the show window at
the City drug store is fine specimen
of an Alaska loon, quite rare in these
parts. 1t was shot on Orcas island
about month ago and was mounted
by local taxidermist.
X. Wardrop returned to Fairhaven
yesterday morning after an absence Of
several weeks, the greater portion of
which time he spent IN California. He
reports business in San Francisco and
other California points as being exceed
ingly dull, and the outlook not AT all
promising.
The championship badge which is To
go 10 the winner in the rowing contest
to take place on Lake WhatcOm Sun
day, May -, is on exhibition at the
City drug store. The design is very
pretty and the workmanship fine. The
badge is solid gold and may be said TO
be well worth having row about.
A lodge of the Farmers Alliance will
be organized at the Rome precinct
this evening by the county organizer,
w. L. &. Adams. There will be Il
number Of speeches by the brethern,
and after all are exhausted, the meet
ing will adjourn until Sun day evening
when the parallels will again he taken
up.
j. Fred Cox, late of the construction
department Of the FairhaVen ~ South
"A 4
general Office of the Seattle ~ Mon
tana, arrived in town from Seattle
yesterday. He has resigned his posi-
ton with the Great Northern and will
return 10 his former home la Boston,
starting next Monday via the Cana
dian Pacific railroad.
Don't forget that Rev. Walter Laid
law, the brilliant clergyman of West
Troy, \, Y, and who, by the way, is
the son Of Mrs. j. +. Smith, of this
city, will lecture at Thistle's hall Mon
day evening for the benefit Of the
Orphans home. There will also be
some excellent music 10y local talent.
Tickets, only 25c each, will be on sale
today.
The Puget Sound Steam Catamaran
Navigation company is the latest Fair
haven corporation. The incorporators
are Judge DERRICK, :. j. Knight and
NJ. &. McDougall, who it is understood
control the Steam Catomaran patent,
the inventor being Mr.. Tyson. Tn
Catomaran is designed for both freight
and passengers, and will be especially
adapted for shallow lakes and ponds.
The HERALD has been informed that
there is "A man and his wife living in
this city who are in the habit of
shamefully abusing little girl about
ten years of age. The child IL an
adopted one and if the reports Of ILL
usage are as descrbed-and the HER
AIDS authority is not TO be doubted
ittis II case which,d demands the interven-
ton of the law and the punishment of
the offenders. The names Of the par
ties are Withheld for the time.
Colonel #. V. Eddy, Of Olympia, was
In the city yesterday accompanied by
Senator Frank II Richards, who INTRO
duced him to IA number of citizens
Colonel Eddy is supposed 10 be can
didate for the Republican nomination
for congress. TO IA HERALD reporter
who asked him IL such was the case he
merely smiled and said that was "A lead
ing question. The colonel, however,
has cast his castor in the ring and
will make "A struggle for the nomna-
tiOn. Colonel Eddy is lawyer by
profession and member Of the law
firm of Eddy d Gordon.