Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-07
BRIEF MENTION.

tric;ty on the tower system.
The most innocent of girls knows that
man is in love with her shortly before he
knows it himself.
assoon as we divorce love from the
occupatlons of life we find that labor de-
generates into drudgery'
Rev. Joseph Wolfe, late of Greenville,
Illinois. will preach at Alden Academy
on tomorrow, Sunday, July Sth,) at IL
O'Clock am.
Miss Emily Hagadorn returned by the
steamer Hope from her school on San
JUN leland to spend her vacation at the
home of her parents.
Subscribers receiving their papers with
an Y marked upon them are reminded
that their subscription has run out, and
they arc requested to renew.
The steamer Libby with "Noah's Ark"
in tow, and the steamer Yakima with
Howard & Griffiu's boom of logs, lay an
chored IN Burrows Bay over Sunday.
The Chinese are reported to be buying
large blocks of real estate In the northern
bar. of Victoria, where they intend to
erect business houses. Poor Victoria
MARRIED. AT the residence of the
BRIDES father, at Edison, July 2d, 1888,
by Rev. Z. o. Tade, Mr. Melbourne Wat
kinson and Miss Ada Glkey, both of
Samish, w. I.
Capt. u. y. Hill, Treasurer of King
coualy. arrived a, Aracortes by the
steamer Washington, on Thursday, bring
ing with him his family, who will spend
the summer here.
Mr. Geo T. HARRISON, School Superin>
tendeut OF Wnatcom county, visited our
public school at Alden Academy on June
aOh. He reports the condition of the
school satisfactory under the management
of Miss Carrie Graham.
The road between Lake Erie on Fida'go
Island to Burrows Bay, distance OF
aoOut OUT anu u NAH uiifs, ""o euiNSfNo
last week and will be opened this season.
This will open wagon road clear
through from Ahacortes to the bay.
An Anacortes citizen offers the follow
ing solution to the mysterious shower OF
meat reported 10 have fallen in Kentucky
few years ago. He suppnses that COW
was taken up by wnirlwind, was
dressed into beef by the angels, AID
rained down On the righteous.
English capitalists are on the move to
purchase coal and IRON lands on Puget
Sound, and perhaps 10 other parts OF this
coast, to II great extent. Already consid-
trable foreign capital has been invested
in that way. 1t Is all right if the coal
and iron interests are developed thereby.
After the extreme heat that prevailed
in many of the States ut the beginning OF
the month, the State OF Colorado was Wis.,
tied by heavy snow storm on the 9Th OF
June, which extended over large area OF
bhht otuie- Vudt VINO tuc u"ttSi WV"
the weather down thcrel No such freaks
have occurred here.
The Ferndale camp meeting will COM
mence on July II aud will continue one
week. The steamer Gazelle will ply be-
tween Wbatcom and Ferndale during the
time. A number OF prominent ministers
will be present, and many people are ex-
pected to be gathered together. Every
body is invited to attend.
The steamers Washington and Idaho
came in on the 9th loaded down with the
excursionists who hal been away cele-
brating the Fourth. A picnic party cele-
brated the day among the big trees at
Graham's landing on the lower Harhor,
and were treated to Strawberries and
raspberries, the gift of Mr.. 0. Graham,
whose fruit gardens are near by.
The new steamer Willie, lately launched
at Seattle for the N0oksack trade, will
take some time yet before she will be
ready for business. She will be valua-
BILE accession to the trade on that river.
Capt. Ellis has been much longer than he
anticipated in getting her ready, but ex-
poets to be in time to carry on a good
trade before the season is over.
A pleasant party from Anacortes, con-
sisting of Mrs. Amos Bowman and chill
dren, Mrs. Mary Bowman, mother Of Amos
Bowman, formerly of Blair, Ontario
DR.. T. Il. Guilds, wife and children OF
Austin, NoTada; Dr. a. G. Bowman, wife
aud children, oil Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Messrs Frank and Albert Graham, and c.
Nelson and Miss Ellen Nelson of Ana
cortes, went on a sailing cruise across Fl.
dago BY, by the trim yacht Nip and
Tuck, Capt. Tom Wooten, on the 1st Of
July, for cherries on the fine fruit farm OF
MIR. George W. Crandall, near March's
Point. MIR. Craudail has valuable piece
OF timber aud farming land lying between
Flda'go and Padila Bays, OF which about
hYe acres have been planted with apple
Pear, plum, prune and cherry trees, all o.
which are thrifty and vigorous. and {
large portion of them are bearing heavy
crop of splendid fruit this year HI,