Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-29
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

MIs j. 4. Hayden returned from
Portland yesterday.
The city treasurer yesterday paid
%, ,l5o.43 on sewer warrants.
The Umatilla arrived yesterday with
freight from San Francisco.
Il. II. Holbrook returned yesterday
from Seattle and Tacoma.
Attorneys Brown q Brownell. of
Everett, are at The Fairhaven.
The Dispatch will take an excursion
body invited
A lively bush fire was feeding on a
sIashing on the hillside beyond Happy
Valley yesterday.
Mrs. ID. ID. Pagan and Mrs. l.. II.
Dodson left yesterday for Harrison Hot
Springs for weeks vacation.
Among the recent additions to the
Worlds Fair display collected in this
city Is a fine sample of Connecticut seed
leaf tobacco.
Attorney III. Y. Thomson returned
from Portland yesterday, TO be present
during the session of the state board Of
equalization and appeal.
David Wilson, the well-known can
italist and real estate man of Tacoma.
is at The Fairhaven attending the
session of the tide fiat board
A practice game Of base ball will be
played at the brick yard grounds at 2
O'Clock today. All interested I'm the
game are requested to be present.
W. A. Hardy Is on the dry dock for
repairs and j. A. Munich has been
called from Mount Vernon TO conduct
the business of the firm for few days.
There is no longer any doubt that
the boom is coming. A faro layout
came to town yesterday and the tiger
awaited his victims in his lair last
night.
The Art League Of this city will hold
business meeting at the house of Mrs.
Il. W. Gillette on Monday afternoon at
O'Clock. A full attendance is re-
quested.
l.. s. Gates, from Everett, and J A.
Munich, from Mount Vernon, will be
here to assist the local team in down.
ing the New Whatcom business who
think they can play ball.
B. 5. Grosscup, of Tacoma, a we'll
known attorney, is at The Fairhaven.
He is interested in tide land contests
coming before the session of the COM
mission i'm New Whatcom.
Services will be held in the Baptist
church, on Fourteenth street, near the
corner Of Mill, on Sunday, July 81. at
1880 p. m, by Rev. g. +. Brownlee. of
New Whatcom. All are invited
During the day yesterday four trans
continental lines were represented i'm
the railroad yard, the Great Northern.
Canadian Pacific, Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific each having one or more
cars here.
Considerable interest Is being mani
tested in the coming ball game be-
tween the business men Of Fairhaven
and New Whatcom next Thursday.
An effort Is being made I'm New What
com to close all business houses from 2
until o'clock.
T.. II. Clingan and j. j. Kennedy and
wife, prominent citizens of Great Falls,
Montana, are at The Fairh wen. Mr..
Clingan Is heavy real estate owner i'm
Montana, and II looking over the op-
portunities for investment on Puget
sound. He expresses himself as well
| pleased with Fairhaven's prospects and
natural advantages. He Is friend of
Attorney +. S. McCord.
DIR. Thornton requests all who are
raising flax, corn, rye, wheat, barley,
oats, tobacco, fruit or vegetables to send
him at the rooms Of the commission
here such samples as they think are
best for the Worlds Fair exhibition. If
any who are engaged in the culture Of
the above articles and have especially
fine crops will notify the doctor at
Ferndale he will call on them and
select suitable samples.
An alteration between an employ
ing fisherman and his employe, In
which the latter attempted TO settle the
difficulty by shot gun arbitration,
caused breeze of excitement at Ocean
dock Wednesday, The employe wanted
some money, and upon the refusal Of
his employer TO pay him he produced a
shot gun and threatened the direst
consequences. Fortunately the COM
batants were separated before the gun
went off. The parties were from Point
Roberts.