Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-07-01

Rev. EO. Tade, wife and daughter, re-
turned on the Welcome Monday evening.
Dan Dngwall, of Edison, passed south
on the Chchalis Tuesday afternoon.
There is said to be employed in the vas
rious logging camps on the Skagt up
wards OF 400 men
There are upwards of 100000 feet of
loose logs In the Skaget river Mt the press
ent time.
Miss Hardness returned to her home on
the Nooksack last Monday afternoon by
the Chehalis.
The Skagct Boom Co. have about
100000 feet of logs in the Skaget river
awaiting Shipment.
Capt. Geo. d. Hill and family, and
Miss Annie Sparkling, arrived from Seattle
on the Welcome this week.
Hon. O. Kincaid, Secretary of the
Skaget Boom Co., paid US domiciliary
visit this week.
The drug store at Laconner, under the eff
cient management Of S. Jorgensen, is dos
ing good business, and working up an
extensive country trade.
County Surveyor Stewart and several
Others from the neighI orhood Of Lacon-
ner have recently taken up places on the
Samsh.
Several large logs, one or two of which
were 80 inches in diameter, were put into
the water ths'week by Griffin & Howard,
at their camp just south OF here.
At Mr.. Woodcock's place on Guemes
Island, can be seen one of the most beau>
tifu patches of early straw berrics raised
in the neighborhood.
The Puget Sound Iron Co. has ordered
$50 tons of stone from the Chuckanut
quarry for the new furnace to be erected
at Irondale near the site of the old one.
The late rains have started afresh the
crops on the Nook sack, and everything
premises an abundant harvest in that To-
cality.
Mr.. Van Valkenburg and family, con-
ssting of seven persons, relatives Of VIM.
Munks, arrived at that gentleman's place
on Monday evening, on the Welcome.
Miss Amelia Haroldson returned home
on Monday evening of last week, from
two weeks visit to The family of Mr..
Poison at Laconner.
Mrs. E. S. Fouts, formerly of this
county, and mother of School Superin-
tendent Fouts, died at Central City, Ne
braska. on June I'd.
Mr.. Vernon, of the Whatcom Hotel, re.
ceived last week the sad intelligence of
the murder of his son, a promising young
lawyer, in Colorado.
The music for the ball at Laconner on
the 4th will be supplied by Frank and AL.
Graham OF this place, and Joe Goodwin
of Lsconner. This trio will furnish ex>
lent dance music.
Carrie Bradley has been convicted of
the murder of j. N. Brown, at Portland
last fall, and sent to the pententiary for
twelve years. Pete Sullivan, Der accom-
plice, plead guilty Of manslaughter, and
was sent up for five years.
s. 3. Best, living near Mount Erie, and
probably the largest sheep-owner on the
island, is busily engaged running in his
sheep, and preparing to shear. Mr.. Best
has shipped quite number on Capt.
Mangaa's sloop Top.
E. Sibley and Matt. Ansticnsen will
furnish the music for the ball, at Edison,
on the evening of the 4th. sold man Sib-
ley" and Matt. are too we'll known as mu-
sicians among the islands to need any
commentator from US.
Rev. E. o. Tade will hold devine SER
vice at the Alden Academy on Sunday
July Cd, at II o'clock A. NJ. He will
also preach sermon at o'clock in the
afternoon, under the trees in front OF the
Anacortes hotel.
The machinery tor saw mill, belongs
ing to A. Bowman & CO., arrived on the
Welceme Monday night. II will be
placed in the building, which has erected
for that purpose, on Rose Point. as soon
as possible.
Several bridges in the neighborhood of
Sullivan's slough, near Laconner, were
carried away by the recent high water IN
the Skaget, making the roads impossible
in places, and travel almost Impossible;
but at present, however, they have near
ly all repaired again.