Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-02
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


II. II. Harsha, of Seattle is in town
again.
The city schools will close for this
year on Friday, June IL.
Bennett Hose Company will give n
grand ball Monday, evening, June l3.
ID. r.. Huntoon left yesterday for the
east expecting to be absent about six
weeks.
}. f. Sutherland has gone to Revel-
stoke, Il. C., to look after mining in
terests there.
The {. p. II. is selling round trim
tickets to the Chicago and Minneapolis
convention for single fare.
The regular monthly meeting of the
yacht club will be held at the city hall
this evening at s O'clock.
Morris Jones, clerk of school district
No. A, yesterday commenced taking
the school census Of the district.
f.. l.. Craner, auditor of the Great
Northern coast lines, was i'm the city
on business yesterday, accompanied by
| his bride.
A license TO wed was issued for
| George w. Smith, of Seattle, and Cora
Anderson, of New Whatcom, by Audi
tor Collier yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. l.. Dickinson re-
turned from Seattle yesterday morning
on the Premier. They report a rough
passage across the straits.
III. w. Whipple, of Chicago, and w.
Bruce, of Tacoma, representing the
Rollins Investment Company, are both
at The Fairhaven.
l.. l.. Mum, of Freeport, ILL.,, an old
cqualntance of Mr.. John Black, was
IN the city yesterday, accompanied by
his son, q. l.. Mum, of Tacoma.
Bruce Cornwall, of San Francisco.
son of Hon. p. b. Cornwall, arrived
Yesterday morning, and is visiting at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Edward
Fischer.
If the young ladies give tea at the
reading room Saturday afternoon a
vote on the state flower will be taken.
Otherwise it will be deferred until the
following Saturday.
Mrs. J. II. Wharton and children. of
Butte, who are visiting friends i'm this
city, go to Orcas Island to-day to re-
main week or two, after which they
will go to Alaska.
f. ID. Miller, The genial clerk of the
Fairhaven, started for his old home i'm
Cincinnati yesterday on a thirty days
furlough, his first return since coming
to this country three years ago.
! A first class Pullman coach loaded
with delegates to the Presbyterian gem
eral assembly, returning eastward via
the e. p. r., will pass through this city
on the northbound train this afternoon.
A. f. Bunker, Of Chicago, is at the
Fairhaven. He is visiting the country
with view to prospecting our coal re-
sources. As his name indicates he is
coal mining man, being heavily inter-
ested in Illinois mines.
At the regular meeting of Bennett
Hose Co. No. |, held last evening, the
Officers for the ensuing year were in
stalled as follows: Captain, II. Schloss;
assistant captain, +. Bannister; secre-
tary, Frank O'Dell; treasurer A. S.
Balch.
Mr.. j. III. Bloedel gave swell dim
ner party at the Fairhaven last even
ing. Those present were Col. and Mrs.
u. w. Christopher, Mr.. j. f. Wardner,
Miss Christopher, Miss Hakes, Miss
Wardner, Mr.. Il. G. Newman, Mr.. G.
w. Howard and Mr.. II. b. Kane.
The strawberry crop Is reported short
in California and it is expected that
many thousands of boxes will be ship
ped from this state and Oregon. Large
quantities of Orcas island berries have
already been contracted at from eight
to ten cents pound.
An intimate personal friend of NJ. G.
McDougall intimates to HERALD re-
porter that that popular bachelor is
arranging to become a benedict, and
that he may be expected TO return
double any day. When last heard
| from he was at the Northern hotel in
Seattle swapping fables with ex-Mayor
| Turner.
Colonel J. J. McCook, the prominent
/ New York attorney and Presbyterian,
one of the prosecutors In the Briggs
heresy case before the Presbyterian
general assembly at Portland, passed
through town in his beautiful private
car, cleopatra" on special at 4:30
O'Clock p. m. yesterday, enroute to
Vancouver whence he will return via
the &. =. II.
Arrangements have been made at
Everett whereby the visitors of the
Epworth League excursion next Sat
urday will be conducted through the
principal factories. The boat stops two
hours at the paper mill (Lowelll, and
half an hour at the nail factory Ever
ett). Those who wish to do so will
have ample time on leaving the boat at
Lowell to look through the paper mill
and walk across the peninsula, board
Inc the boat again at I.owall