Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
Local.

Apply to Joseph Sweeney.
day. They have large lot of work.
Mr.. Izett, the inspector OF customs
WAS ut Laconner Wednesday.
The Daisy passed north by Decep-
ton Pass and Slip Harbor Wednesday.
DIR. Kellogg, ei WILDLY island, re-
turned from Whatcom ON the Nellie
Wednesday.
MIR. Moultrie, of Nooksack, was
down on horseback at the county seat
Tuesday.
Mr.. w. A Wampler has taken the
McTaggart and Gilkey farms at Edison to
work thi season.
Daniel Mcintosh, of San Juan mas for
sale pair of work cattle, nine years OLD;
girth feet, inches; price, 1925.
The steamer Susie tied up at Ana
cortes Tuesday night, and on Wednesday
went to Orcas island.
The Nellie took aboard about eigh-
teen tons Of stone Wednesday morning at
Chuckanut quarry for Seattle.
Miss Anna l.. Dale, of Edison, has
accepted the Samish school and will teach
there the coming summer. The school
commences Monday.
Mr.. Shade Wooten has sold his farm
on Fidalgo island. near this place. to Mr..
Noah Nelson, lately of Minnesota, for
$3.50 cash.
One week more Of good weather and
the farmers on the flats will have put into
the ground the larger portion OF their
seasons crop.
The stills for Milne Bros oat meal
mill at Laconner were laid on Wednesday.
Three men are at work on the mill and
progressing finely.
--Gladstone's government was beaten
May Sd on the Irish question. The old
man weakened and the Irishmeu may
now have chance to try home rule
They have a hop at Whatcom every
Tuesday evening regularly. People max
ing the round trip and those waiting for
the mail steamer To start on schedule time
find the diversion agreeable.
Mr.. Harvey, late arrival rom Iowa,
and Mr.. Nesselroad, Sr., Washington
colony members, have gone into the
Samish district. where they will work in
the logging camps for the summer
A new church is being built on the
Indian reservation Mt Lumm Ivy the
Roman Catholic denomination. The site
is on the opposite side OF the river and
bay from McDonough's store.
Mrs. James McEroy, of Seattle,
sister-in-law OF Mr.. McElroy the wells
known lumberman of the Samish, and
sister of Mr.. John Collins of Seattle,
made the round trip on the Welcome
Monday.
1.-THE man who don't know enough
TO put ON clean shirt and wash his face
"n Sunday, can't he expected to know
enough to take paper" said our devil
the other day. Right your ar
We are informed by Mr.. Vernon, of
Whatcom, that he is not the proprietor of
the Whatcom House; but that Miss Anna
Inks and her brother are the proprietors.
Our correspondent made a mistake,
owing to report at the time the hotel
changed hands.
Mr.. B. N. McDonough shipped from
his post, at the mouth of the Lummi, by
the Nellie Tuesday. $4,000 shingles, 500
gallons of dog fish oil, 200 or 800 dozen
eggs end lot of other country produce.
all going to Seattle.
MIR. Harker, brother of one of the
Taber, Harker & Co. partners of San
Francisco, after visiting this place and
Whatcom has gone up Skaget river. He
knows all about saw mills and the lumber
business.
Along the proposed canal around the
NOoksack jam the timber has been cut
away, and the contractors and farmers,
though now busy putting in their crops,