Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-22

NO. 80
ABOUT TWO CITIES
| w. {. Allerton has on exhibition in one
| OF the windows of his stationery store A
huge looking knife-bludgeon would be a
| more appropriate name-whch is sup
posed TO have been welded by one Kame-
kaha, king OF Hawaii, when he went on
| the xarpath. The knife somewhat re-
sembles an Arkansas toothpick. and is
altogether murderouS looking article.
A neatly printed legend conveys the in
| formation that King Kamekaha, on a
certain bloody occasion previous to his
departure to the kingdom of Ponemah,
| slew twenty-Jhree men with this blade OF
steel 1t has haudle like an OK yoke
and blade like gem paper cutter, and
| II the other fellow wasn't looking might
! prove "A dangerous weapon in the hands
| OF an enraged savage Mr.. Allerton pur-
chased this snickersnee from a sailor be-
| longing to the bark Java, but he failed 10
| obtain certificate as to its murderOus
! record duly subscribed and sworn to be-
fore a notary public.
The street railway company has re-
moved the switch on Front street, at the
| foot of the Garden street cut" And
will be no more, as il is rapidly filling up
with landSlides on either side.
The corner of Dock and Holly streets,
next the COlumbiI National bank looks
as though IL had been struck by a shower
of meteOrlites from the aggregation OF
burned out carDOns collected there from
the electric light aboYe.
Councilman j. Il. Smith. of Blaine. was
in town yesterday. Mr.. Smith. besides
having the honor Of representing Blaine
In the municipal council, Is also running
hotel and logging camp at Drayton at
one and the same time. lie reports the
international City picking up and rapidly
recovering from the boom which struck il
| three years ago. Nearly all the shingle
mills are in full blast.
Charley Moore, the logger of Drayton.
is looking for for a location on Lake
WhatcOm. lie has an excellent logging
outfit and will probably start camp on
Sam FOrteath's claim. The logging bust
ness on the lake is rapidly assuming large
proportions.
A NookSack City gentleman was hustl-
ing last night in order to find the county
auditor The cause Of his anxiety was
his desire TO procure marriage license,
and today IL will probably transpire that
the popular hotel proprietor and the belle
OF the Nooksack town have been made
one flesh. Bre'r Jones, OF the Reporter,
will no doubt lay aside his ZOilean pro-
pensitieS long enough to give the happy
couple graceful send-oif-in which he
eXcels-in his next issue.
A small army might have been seen
| yesterday afternoon marching with mea-
sured tread from the court house to Thir-
teenth street II was composed Of the
! judge, the jurors, attorneys aud bailfIs
Of the court on a trip of inspection, To
view the bone Of contention in case on
trial in the superior court. And a., in
/ good military style, they rounded the cor
/ ner of the handsome Roth block the eyes
Of many looked longingly towards
| "Chuckanut.'
+. T. Vernon is thinking seriously of
importing a number Of jack rabbits from
Kansas He thinks that the sight Of a
Jack would warm the cookies OF the
average Kansas heart during these dull
times.
II may not be generally known that
Bellingham bay is regularly visited by
shinglc buyers from Tacoma and seattle.
but such is the case. And this fact alone
augurs well for the shingle business In
Tacoma the manufacturers do not suffer
facturers-a lack OF cars Unable to fiji
their orders they have to visit Belling-
ham bay and buy enough 10 meet the de-
mands Of their customers.
w. Il. Leitch will this spring prospect
TeXada and the gulf for minerals, base
and precious. After he has satisfied him
self as TO the mineral bearing properties
of these islands, he will visit Chicago
"A "a
Volume !, number /, Of the Champion,
the new POpulist paper, successor to the
Times, made It's appearance last night.
with VIII ID. Jenkins name at the head
as editor. The paper Is Populist all the
way through, and Will no doubt be an able
exponent Of the peculiar political belief
of the Populists. The advent Of the
Champion gives the Populists two organs
although the Argosy can scarcely be
called an all wool and a yard wide
PODulist sheet.
J. Blake formerly connected with the
blanchard Logging company, is in the
city. Mr.. Blake says there is a strong
probability that the company Of which
General Alger is the chief stakeholder
will erect a big lumber manufacturing
plant at Chuckanut bay in the near fut-
ure At Edison this is looked upon as an
assured ldct. Inc logging company Is
shut down at present, but the indications
are that work will shortly be resumed.
l.. w. Nestelle leaves today on an ex-
tended Eastern trip, during which he will
take In the Worlds fair. II is hinted i'm
private circles that Mr. Nestele will not
cOnfine his time and attention solely 10
the booming of Washington coal and tim
ber lands, but that during his absence he
will also devote himself 10 immigration
work,
Late reports received from the Ruby
Creek trail hunters state that the party
had attained an altitude Of 1000 feet
above sea level and encountered three
feet Of snow, and were ascending still
higher, with the prospects OF finding
practicable pass somewhat vague