Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-05
NEW wHATCoM NOTES
Andrew f. Rnrleich. of Seattle

Andrew F. Burleigh, of Seattle is
registered at the Bellingham.
Olympic circle, c. l.. :. c., will
meet this evening at the house Of &. G.
/ Fisher on Front street.
Rev Il. +. Brownlee, of the First
Baptist church, is expected to return
from AnacOrtes this morning.
w. II. Seymour, the original Ko-Ko
of the first Mikado company and the
well known whiskey fighter, is in
| town.
Judge Hill headed party of Demo-
Gratis who left for Lummi yesterday
afternoon to address the citizens of that
place.
Matters are extremely quiet in police
circles. The officers are becoming tired
of doing nothing. The city is in a
highly creditable state of peace and
order.
Washing for rubies in the sands of
the NOoksack is a new industry in the
county. Several valuable stones have
already been found and the work is
being pursued with vigor.
Il. Tobiasson, of Lynden, one of the
most prominent members of the Peo-
pies party of that section, was in town
yesterday looking after the interests of
the candidates of that party.
The bark Germania, which was re-
ported on her way here to load lumber
at the Cornwall mill for San Francisco,
has gone to Seattle where she will load
a cargo of Black Diamond coal.
Col. G. NJ. Atkins, who went to Chi
cago as a member of the governors
staff to take part in the opening cere-
monies of the Worlds fair, is expected
to arrive home today or tomorrow.
Alexander d Co. have been appointed
agents for the Bay for the United
States Encaustic Tile Works, of Indian
apOlis, Ind. This company manufact-
ures for interior floor and hearth decor
atoms.
People coming into town from the
South fork of the Nooksack report the
run of salmon so great that the small
creeks flowing into the river are full of
| fish, many of which have been crowded
out on the banks.
The county commissioners will con-
vene Monday. The principal business
to be transacted is the tax levy. The
assessment for the county is much
lower than for last year, which will
probably make the levy somewhat
higher than a year ago.
Cards Were received by friends in
town yesterday announcing the mar
riage of Granville w. Felker and Kate
f. Pence, in Seattle the previous day.
| They were registered at the Arlington
yesterday, and will make an extensive
wedding trip before they return.
A sale of bonds to the amount of
$4,000 will AXE place at the county
| treasurer's Office this afternoon at 2
o'clock, on account of school district
! No. 90, which includes Blue Canyon.
Sealed bids have been called for and
the sale will be made to the highest
bidder as determined by the school
directors.
A letter has been received here ask
ing for information of a confidence
man who is supposed to have escaped
to this town. He, with his wife, vic.
timized large number of Seattle mer.
chants by the old game of large check
and small purchase, the merchant giving
the rascal the difference in change, tC
have the check returned by the bank
marked "nO funds.n
Marshal Mcintosh is at present en-
gagged in sending out notices to delin
quent city tax payers requesting them
to step in at the captains Office and
settle. These notices are printed Oh
the new postal cards, ladies' size, anC
are very neat little document. If you
owe any taxes you may have an oppor
tunity to see one of these little cards
the use of which has not as yet becom,
general.