The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-07-25

LAcoSSER, July 23th.

LAcoSSER, July 23tb.
Archibald Swinton, a resident of the
SkAgi., who WAS drowned last week,
leaves q wife and family.
From reliable sources we learn that
the body OF the young man Armstrong.
who fell from the steamer Josephine
last spring aud was drowned. has been
recovered by the Indians and buried By
them.
". R Andrews, Esq. the efficient
school clerk Of thi, district, reports the
assessment of the district a. S54 900.
The numbe. Of pupils enrolled CT school
age is As.
John Minus, q young boy l6 years
old. in the employ Of Mr.. Davis,
blacksmith Of this place, while out
hunting Oh che of the islands near town
in company with several others, his
gun fell from his hand and went off,
the charge Of sho. and wad passing
through the muscular part of the arm,
tearing it away in 9 most shocking
manner, also fracturing the radius bone
The physician in attendance reports
the case very serious one. but will no
doubt be able TO savs his arm from be :
ing smputsted. Moral.-Young men
don't 60 hunting on Sunday.
NJ. 3. Cook, of the Marietta Hotel.
keeps fine wines. liquors and cigars,
also two splendid billiard tables, where
the lovers of the game can rest assured
they will be we'll treated.
Quite a number of our young and
old folks attended party at Mr.. Cur
rier's Friday evening, and report hav-
ing splendid time
L. l.. Andrews, Esq. is happy he
killed his first deer last Thursday. Ac-
cording to agreement, your humble
correspondent carried it to camp dis
lance of over mile. 1t got heavy.
What does all this mean? Captain
Potter, the ever accommodating boater
of this place, has purchased from Mr..
Conner five lots and intends building
soon. Now if the Captain was . mar
ried man we should know what he
would do with it. but as it is. we are all
in query. Well. success, Captain. in
your old days.
Town quite dull at present.
Mr.. Joseph Alexander, of the Lac"n-
ner drug store. carries o full supply of
drugs. patent medicines, etc. Any
thing in that line Joe will accommo
date you with at reasonable prices
for cash. Of course.
Mr.. johnson returned today from the
Skagit gold mines for supplies and
only remained about two hours. He
reports Mr.. Armstrong As having found
Q pocket from which he washed ont
twelve dollars liz very short time.
The miners are very sanguine over the
present prospects.
What has become of the editor of the
Laconner TriJunes We think the pa
per will be o hoax. Several parties
here are very anxious to know Of his
whereabouts. well. we presume they
would be-"
Robert Alexander and Justice Dwelly
are building two boats. length l6 feet.
width feet 6 inches, q beautiful mode.
to build from. Then we can Jump into
the boat and all take ride.
Mr.. George Caches returned per
Chehalis last evening bringing with
him . book-keeper for their house. q
Mr.. Willisms he balls from the ban
ner county of Oregon, odd Yamhill."
The agency at this place of the Ken
lucky Colony Association changed
place Of boarding today reason for it,
cannot tell. Probably you know why.
Mr.. Editor Were you ever in the
same fix?
DR.. Sparkling, physic at the Tula-
lip Reservation, gave our town call
this morning. He has been visiting
the sick Indians Of the Swinomish Re-
serve, and returned per steamer Joseph
inc.
YAKIMA JIM