Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-30
NEW wHATCoM NOTES

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Francisco.
Yesterday was a quiet day in the
police and Justices courts There were
no criminal cases.
The civil cases before Judge Hardin
Yesterday were: Baum VS. Belanger
and Daiien VS. Hubbard.
Deputy Collector Evans, n. A. Cor.
nish and j. S. Johnston, of Blaine,
were in the city yesterday.
Forty-eight passengers arrived on the
Canadian Pacific and B. b. II b. G.
railroads yesterday afternoon.
Miss Ruth Watson has succeeded
Miss Eversole as clerk in the sheriff7s
office, owing to the resignation of Miss
Eversole.
Edmund Cosgrove returned yester-
day from Harrison Hot Springs, b. c.,
where he left Mrs. Cosgrove and family.
Mrs. COsgrove has been in poor health
for some time.
A license to wed was granted on
Tuesday evening by Auditor Collier to
Joseph Nelson Parker, of Sedro, and
Miss Francis Emma johnson, of To
ronto, Canada.
The case of Sewer vs. Shields, an ac-
ton TO recover the price of several
hogs, was on trial yesterday in the
superior court. The jury last night re-
turned a sealed verdict.
K. Y. Grassett, secretary of the Del
lenger-Cole company, has resigned and
c. B. Cole, treasurer, has assumed the
secretary's duties in addition to those
of the office he has heretofore held.
The New WhatcOm Art League gave
an exhibition at their rooms in the
Bellingham Bay National Bank build
ing yesterday afternoon. 1t will be
continued this afternoon from to
O'Clock.
Mary Buhmer, of Nooksack city, was
sent to the insane asylum at Steilacom
last August, and was subsequently dis
charged as cured. Recently she has
again exhibited symptoms of insanity,
and she will be examined on Friday
before Judge Vim.
Mrs. Pence, mother of Anna NJ.
Pence who died so suddenly in Seattle
on Monday last, and Ms. G. w. /
Felker, a sister, are expected to arrive
this morning on the City of Seattle
with the body of the deceased which |
win be inferred here.
A miner who came down from Blue |
statement that the Blue Canyon coal !
mine is looking better than ever. Re
cent developments have brought to .
light several fine bodies of coal which !
practically establishes the Blue Can |
yon as one of greatest coal producers on !
the Pacific coast.
Colonel H. A. Moore, of the Rocky .
Ridge Coal Company states that work
will soon he resumed at the mine. The .
quality Of the coal is unsurpassed on
the coast. 1t burns with a steady,
clear flame, is hard and clean, contains
little gas and scarcely any ashes are
are left after combustion. This mine
will no doubt prove a valuable pro-
ducer so soon as it is thoroughly de-
Veloped.
The grounds Of the Beilingham Bay
" British Columbia railroad depot in
New Whatcom are being tastefuiiy
decorated, and system of landscape
gardening similar to that in use about
railway stations in the east is being
laid Jut. Green lawns, with fountains
and flower plats in the center, will be
ia great contrast with the stumps and
refuse seen on the opposite side of the
track.
The Northern Pacific railroad is send
ing large Numbers of prospectors into
the KOotenay country via the Little
Dalles, and indications point to an I'M
precented rush of travellers to that sec
ton. Kaslo is now booming and lots
which originally sold for S25 are now
selling for $1,000, aud 50 rapid has been
the increase of population that it is
with difficulty that accommodations
can be found for the large number who
are daily arriving. The smelter is to
be built this summer, aud promises are
given that it will be in working opera
ton the coming fall. George n.
Taylor who, is making a tour of the
Kootenay country, arrived at the end
of land travel twenty-four hours before
the opening of navigation on the lakes
and was much disguised that he had to
wait that length of time on his way to
Kaslo.