Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-20
BRIEF MENTION.

A foot of Snow fell at Laconner last
Monday.
Sam Hoyt is second officer of the City
of Quincy.
Henry Edens of Guemes is back from
California.
Oscar Drew is climbing the ladder as
assistant engineer Of the Idaho.
McCurdy of San Juan is building an
other lime kiln on the west shore.
@. w. Bowen has built house on his
presumption claim on the Nooksack.
The Quincy was late on her up Sound
trip this week on account of the storm.
Joseph A. White Of Semiahnoo has
sold his farm for 5000. He will move to
Tucoma.
A family OF Millcrs now occupy the
; Wilson place ON the north side OF Decep-
ton Pass.
Asbury s. Hart OF Anscortas cut split
and stacked up seven cords of wood one
day last week.
Justice Lee, proprietor OF the Eureka
kiln, is improving the works in capacity
and otherwise.
The Hope has been coming in regularly
ON Tuesdays, connecting with the inside
boats, for Victoria.
Mr. Elbridge Sibley Of Anscortes has
manu- scturcd lot OF wheelbarrows and
taken them to Laconner.
J. Jones sold his farm on the Nooksack
to Mr.. Cayton of Missouri for $500. MIR.
Cayton will start q dairy.
George Higgins herewith assumes
charge of the NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
on behalf of the publishers. The paper
will keep up its lick.
Mr. Place is still pertinaciously pio-
neering at the Pass Lake, holding his
own and Conway's places--a paradise for
a retired millionaire.
The Grey Eagle Cabin, reminiscent of
the exploits Of john Schultz OF Burroughs
Bay, Fidalgo Island, is now occupied
by Matt Ansteinson, on whose place 1t
was built. Schultz 10 cutting wood at
Friday Harbor. 4.
Mr.. jenkins OF Guemes island sointime
since advertised for widow with chill
dren) tor housekeeper. A lady from Vic
toria answering the description. children
and all, has assumed the household duties
of the jenkins domicil M
The Evangel steams through the islanda
semi irregulsrly. With speech and song
(why notr this handsome little steamer
may yet accomplish worthy mission
without proving herself loss on the
hands of her well intending builder.
The Scurr Brothers of Roche Harbor
| are building another lime kiln beside
their older one. The two will turn cut
l25 barrels per day. Around their works
o,e can pl,in'y see the outlines OF little
town at the northwest corner of Ban Juan
Island.
The Best mansion at Lake Erie, Fidalgo
Island, has becn nicely finished With rus
tic. Mr. Best's settlement in this roman
tic spot, along with his heroic deeds 10
the matter OF rosds, wall some day when
Fidslgo has grown older. be good story
to tell
TIE 6ne Chickering piano landed
here by the steamer Idaho for Alden
Academy WAS taken by wagon to ito des~
tination on Wednesday. In several
places the road was abstructed by trees
blown down by the storm, which had to
he cleared away TO allow the passage Of
the wagon.
SRsAron GROVER of Oregon has intro
duced in Congress a bill giving lie right
OF way and a land grant for railway
"from some point on Puget Sound, by
way of Bellirgham Bay" to connect with
the Canadian Pacific at or ucar New West
minister. This is the Shore Line Com
pany's project.
The steamer Josephine, from Seattle to
Skaget River. blew up at Port Susan on
Tuesday evening. Eight or tn persons,
among them Sammy Cavanaugh of FL
dslgo, were killed outright, and quite a
number we're hurt. The passengers we're
seated at the table. All ON one side were
killed. Those on the other side escaped
from the ruins
There is now wagon road open and
occasionally travelled BY wagons all the
way from Anacortes to the Deception
Pass mill OF Bsnn q Christianson. Tho
road goes BY Alden Academy, Matt Ap-
steinsons and Bcst's to Lake Erie school
hoxss, where. BY one road you encircle
Lake Hgie to the mill, and 10y another you
continue on around Fidalgo Bay as far as
MaIchs. Turning Oh 1t Compton's you
can 50 on your velScipede AZ tar as
G!ovsr's, on Swinomish Slough.
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