Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-20

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planting and will have two acres Of pota-
toes, besides quite "a quantity OF small
1rultS set out this year. Judge Curry is
an enthusiastic admlrer of ''tha Islands"
ana, with many others, he believes that
they are the garden spot" of Western
General Frank Armstrong, the recently
| appointed commissioner of Indian affairs.
is an old friend of City Treasurer Hender-
son, who nursed him during \ serious III
! ness OF some weeks duration several wears
ago Mr.. Henderson says CeyelanG has
made no mistake in appointing General
Armstrong 70 this position.
Sheriff Requa is OF the opinion that il
the present dullness continues there will
not be any law cases TO be- tried next
term. In the language of the sheriff,
nowadays there is not IA dOggoned thing"
new in his Office eXcept-and apologies are
hereby rendered in advance-the new lady
clerk.
T. @. Nickin is personally engaged in
putting in sewer tlume on q street, be-
tween Fourteenth aud Fifteenth and is
as he says, trying to do little honest
labor.
C. II. Warner, the custom house in
SpectOr who has for a year past been in
charge of the boundary station OF Sumas.
leaves in few days for KaslO, where he
has an interest IN some valuable mining
properties. Charley" is very popular
with the travelling public and custom Off
cials but unfortunately is not Democrat
and sees the necessity of hXing up some
thing that will be paying Investment
for the time when Republican custom
house officials are no more. All plans are
made Tor his departure for the mountains
as soon as he arrives at kaslo aud his
partners are only awaiting his arrival to
push out la search of a portion of the hid
den wealth of that district
A HERALD representative Yesterday
visited the employment agency Of II. X.
Watson ON the vladuct, New Nhatcom,
not because he was looking for a job him
self, but because he wished to learn some
thing about the demand aud supply of
labor on Bellingham bay. Aud he did
said Mr. watson: The demand for
laborers exceeds the supply; that is Tor
good, honest, everyday lab0rers. OF
course, have lots of applications for soft
Jobs Nearly every day along come
some who want TO get job as BANK
clerk, grocery or dry goods clerk, or who
want 10 tend bar or drive a delivery
wagon, or Ia fact anything which is pop
ularly supposed TO be a soft snap. But
va
they Will see me again Yesterday / had
TO telegraph 10 Seattle iOr ten men 10
work on the NOOksack bridges, as / was
unable to secure the men here. Some
times men have come IN here aud struck
my wlie Tor Two bits with which to get a
meal, after reading the wants ON my
oil board, saying at the same time, that
they didn't want that KIND OF a JOB. One
class OF help is very scarce heie: that is
female help, such as COOKS and house SER
wants. Wages vary from Slj 10 SIS per
month, and then We cannot begin ID till
half the requests for help We receive. On
the whole, ~ may be- said that We are un-
able TO MI half the demands for ldbOrers
which we receive
Inquiries as to fares to the Worlds fair
at Chicago continue To pour into the vari-
Gus railroad Offices. The railroad OIL
Gals, as yet, are unaUle 10 inform an
anxious public the amount which will be
charged per capita for a trip 20 Chicago
and return. The schedule OF rates, now
ever Is expected in "a few days said
railroad official yesterday: I'VE are re-
celvlng inquiries every day, touching
rates To and from Chicago, from residents
of the Bay cities. and there is no doubt
that Whatcom county Will contribute iJs
quota to the vast numbers that viii visit
the worlds fair this year. The only
thing To tie deDlOred Is that this countys
Ndob ihophi1No dit Albb bbbbtl ltll tothbtus
for, as you know, actions speak louder
than words, and "a good collection OF our
products would speak far more loudly
than all the elOquence OF our most gifted
splelers who Will take in the great
show.
John Feigh returned yesterday from a
weeks visit in Seattle. Speaking OF APP
pOinJments TO federal offices, Mr.. Feigh
said that the fight for collector Of Gus
toms, In his opinion, lies between j. q.
Saunders, of Port Townsend, aud w. H.
Talbot, OF Seattle, the latter having
good show. lie thinks that M. j. Ma
lOney has the inside track for United
States marshal, but that he has strong
competitors In steve Judson, of Pierce,
aud X. "A. Hutchinson, of Lincoln county.
As TO the other big federal plums, he
thinks they are badly mixed, ana no one
knows into whose mouth they will drop,
Mrs. Annie Sears, wife OF the genial
editor of the Times, was injured In
street car on the Seattle cUnsOlIdd ted
street railway nearly two years age.
Mrs. Sears jumped from a car To AVOID
collision with WAGON. and she received
injuries which will render her an invalid
for life. Suit was brought against the
company in the superior court Of King
county and verdict was obtained for the
plaintiff for $1,000 The company ap-
pealed on the ground OF excessive dam
ages. but the supreme cOu. on Tuesday
affirmed the verdict of the lower court.
lOCAI AND PERSONAL