Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-19


| herself or was drowned In Lake Wash.
ingtOn, The company have set detec-
/ tives at work, and already have estAb-
| llshed the fact that the missing girl
| took train for Portland and h now In
| hiding, instead Of her body being nt the
bottom Of Lake Washington.
NJ. II. staight, Of Lynden, was in the
| city last night Mr.. Staight has lust
returned from II trip up the Fraser
| river m far "a Chiiiiwack, the great
farming section Of the mainland Of
| British Columbia.
Reports from various sections Of
| Whntcom county, and from San Juan
| island, are to the effect that the yield
Of -tra yberrics and other fruits this
/ year will bc enormous. What ~ wanted
Just now il little more sunshine and
a good deal less ram.
A Canadian Pacific folder Just issued
shows lBcllingham bay Ia be on the
| trunk line Of that road. A well-kn0wn
citizen takes comfort from this, and
predicts confidently that within u few
/
ship here aud start on voyage round
the world. And this voyage can now
be made, via the Canadian Pacific
lines, for 5000, over 1900 miles.
]
"There Is something strange, 10 say
! the least, about the city hall c0ntrnct
muddle,' said New Whatcom citizen
] yesterday "Thcre doesn't seem to be
| that freedom Of discussion which there
! should be-. Either thc contractors are
| right IN their demands or they are not.
| II the architect h right the contractors
are wrong The architect II supposed
| tn hr II competent man, and rcliable,
aud hr ought to know what lac n talk
! ing about. This muddlc H becoming
mouotonous. IT should be ended at
once, 80 far a. the council are able 10
cnd it,"
The "hor4c ordinance" in New
Whntcom provides that horses may he
impoundcd, but there n TO pound; IL
also provides that the owners may be
prosecuted, bat the officers, after lind
ing the hprsr, cannot find his owner,
aud ~ the owner must be- found before
lac can be- prosecuted the horse goes
! free. 50 The ordinance Is not a bowling
I
amended 30 ~ 10 make it effective.
"You cannot expect 10 gather cher
/ rie- IN Kent at the season Of Christ
mu-,n was the opinion that Miles
-tandiHh arrived AT after the first sting
! Of the disappointment Of Prisclla's re-
| fusnl Of "his hand and heart" was over,
| but this b. the season Of the year when
| you may expect to hear the trout liars
stand on street corners aud occupy
chairs in the tHvcrn4 aud spin forth
stories galore. One -uid yesterday, and
/ hc meyer blushed: -Four years ngO
caught trout in Lake Whntcom, Just
/ opposite Heycillc island. that weighed
nine pounds; il snapped my pole In
| twain and shot for the shore. The
| piece Of fishing pole caught in the root
Of tree floating in the lake, aud the
| trout actually worried itself 10 death,
aud had no trouble ih landing him.
! Aud more Than tunt, ] actually found
four l-h hooks embedded iH his laws,
and two Of them had apparently been
there for years" And another man
present had seen the same trout.
Thomas Il Simpson, who are prcpar.
/ Ing "A handbook ii Whatc9m county,
have received n number of proofs ~
cngTaviugs made In Chicago which
| will adorn the work. The engmvings
are really works pf nTi, showing many
views of the land aud rca scape, the
manufactures aud products Of the
county. The work will be credit 10
] the enterprising publishers and must
| prove Of much value 10 the county.
| The illustrations alone are excellent
| teachers, and will convey " them
selves striking object lr-4Onz. The
printing aud press work are being done
at the HERALD office, and Manager
Ryan, Of the job department, aud
| Freshman Quigley are artists la their
( respective lines.
Superintendent -tangroom, Of the Is.
/ u. d Is. &. r., yesterday asked County
I Commissioner Malluy for copy Of
| Banning Austn's report Of the Ruby
/ creek pathfinder "Certaln1y," said
/ the genial commissioner, and opening
I the drawer he handed Mr.. stauRrOOm
"A document. Some hours later Mr..
/ 5fangrOpm returned. 81 find no refer
ence Whatever ~ any trail In this
paper be said "Y0H must be mis-
takeu" said Mr. Malloy, aud taking
the paper from Mr.. StaBgr00m'= hand
/ he iOuud the very comprehenflve Opin-
! ion Of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
| Howard on the road law. The laugh
was on the commissioner.
A beautiful organ j. 81 be given
away. For particulars call al the Pa
cihc Shoe Store, 1895 Holly street, New
Whatcom. g. A. Watson, proprietor
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