Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-06-17

TO notice with what punctuality the stea>
mer Dispatch discharges its duties as
a mail boat. The boat should arrive &C
cording to the mail contract at 10 o'clock
on Saturday morning; but owing to an
accident having befalen them, in backing
too close on the rocks and breaking off
one of the four blades of the propeller,
they did not arrive till four in the after
noon. In consequence of having broken
one blade of, the one en- the opposite
side of the hub had to be fixed in q
like manner. To do this it was neces-
sary to run the craft on the beach at high
tide. and do the repairing at low water.
Sunday night the boat was successfully
gotten of the beach and ready to start on
the return trip at half past four, twelve
hours after arriving-the contract only
calling for four hours delay. After rum
ming to Birch Bay, about six miles from
SemiahmoO, the boiler or something gave
way, filing the galleys with dense clouds
of steam and the fre-room with water.
This caused another delay of an hour or
so, to say nothing of the unpleasantness
of the situation, especially for lady pas
sengers. There may be no immediate
danger from explosion or shipwreck,
owing to the unsafe condition of the
boiler and the machinery in general, but
people do not fancy being delayed from
"a to 4s hours in travelling 80 or 40
miles. What we need is something re-
sembling punctuality with our mails and
we are in hopes of seeing change for the
better alter the present contract expires.
The New York Tribune of May 2Sth
publishes an article concerning missing
widow by the name of Suddith, and who
is now wanted to claim her right to a
large property. According to the state
ment of R. s. Crane, her lawyer, Mrs.
Suddith was young, high-spirited wo-
man, whose husbands fortune at his
death amounted to nearly 100000. The
husband died in California, where he had
been banker. After his death conten-
ton arose between his relatives and Mrs.
Suddith. Her friends in the west had
given her a limited supply of money, and
she went east to wait until settlement
could be effected; but her money soon
gave out and she found great difficulty in
supporting herself. Mr. Crane heard
that she had been compelled to part
with many articles Of jewelry at pawn
shops, and she had shown much grief and
despon dency. Recently Mr.. Crane
learned that Der presence was needed in
court to bring about peaceable settles
ment of her husbands estate, but a
search failed to reveal her whereabouts.
Mrs. Suddith's friends, Who reside IN the
western part of this territory have writ
ten letters expressing great anxiety re-
gsrding her fate.
AT Mount Vernon, during the recent
food, the high water cut away the bank
Immediately in front Of and partially un-
der the store Of Clsthier and English.
Fears were entertained at one time for the
safety Of the building. 1t is their inten-
ton to drive piles and form breakwater
in front of the store.
The logging camp of Griffin & How
ard, situated on the Allard- Wooten farm,
Fidalge bay, is doing brisk business
just now. Although employing but
seven men, the output OF logs is proper
ally equal to that Of many of the larger
camps.
There is considerable complaint from
farmers on this and adjoining islands at
the destruction of their young lambs BY
eagles. On Allen island these aerial ma
lauders appear to be most numerous, and
many young lambs have been killed by
them.
Considerable damage was done to
the farms along the Nooksack by the re-
cent freshet. Many valuable farms have
been flooded. 1t is generally conceded
to have been the highest stage of water
ever before known on that stream,
Capt. Blackenton. of Guemes island,
is about to let the contract for the build
ing Of schooner, to be used in the trad-
ing business. He lett for Seattle this