Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-19
NEW wHATcoM NOTES

E. Y. Geassett, the assistant city
clerk, is about again, and will soon be
entirely recovered from his recent acct
dent.
The executive committee in charge
of the Fourth of July celebration held a
meeting last evening in the city council
chambers.
Captain Eldridge returned yesterday
from the Republican convention at
Minneapolis. He came over the Cana
dian Pacific and thus avoided the
washouts now delaying all travel over
the Northern Pacific.
Miss Llewellyn, who was reported to
be suffering from small pox, in the
York addition, has so far recovered
that she is able to be about the house
daily, but has not as yet been allowed
to see any one outside of her family.
The directors of school district No. 90
yesterday sold 500 of their school
bonds to G.. H. White q Co., of Ia
coma. The price realized was par, the
bonds to run six years at six per cent.
interest. The money realized from the
sale is for the erection of a school
house.
Company F is busily engaged in
preparations for the ten day camp duty
at American Lake. The members of
the company are to report at the armory
at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning and pro-
coed to the Sehome dock, where they
will board the steamer Premier for
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Parr have sent
out invitations for the wedding of
Rosanna Jenet Carew and John Lewis
CosgTove, which is to take place at the
Catholic church on June IS. A recel.-
ton will be held at the residence, cor
ner g and Seventeenth, from to II
O'Clock.
The Bellingham Bay Caledonian
club has notified contributors that they
will not be called upon for the amounts
they subscribed TO the fund for the
clubs entertainment. All expenses of
the field day will be borne by the club
and all lovers of sport are invited to
join in making the day a success.
The report of the engineer on the cost
and apportionment for the construc-
ton of the James L. Scott ditch, in
township 40 north, range 8 east, has
been filed with the county commits
sioners. The proposed ditch is to be
three and one-half miles long and will
drain about 1000 acres. 1t will be on
the south side of the Nooksack, into
which it will enter i'm section 80. The
total cost, as estimated, will be S4,S13. AZ,
and hearing viii be called within
few days for the benefit of all interested
parties.
County Surveyor Cupples yesterday
sold the contract for the construction of
the Benson ditch to +. L. Palmer at a
price which will average about sixteen
cents per cubic yard for all the work.
The contract was sold in seven different
sections, each of which was secured by
Palmer The work to be done includes
the clearing and the building Of seven
in addition to the ditch exca-
walton. A contract was signed with
the county commissioners, and a suit |
able bond will be executed at once.
a woman living in the York addi-
ton was found by the police at late !
hour Friday night in the Stockholm !
saloon OH Elk street, where she was
n disturbance and refusing to !
leave the place. She was taken to the !
city Jail and locked up until yesterday |
morning, when she appeared before |
the court and pleaded guilty to the !
charge of drunk and disorderly. The |
fine and cost were RENTED and she |
was allowed to depart, on a promise |
that she would return to her home and !
remain sober.