, 1883-12-20
Whatcom County News.

Esr-i"-.I
VIM Hew,.ts has sold nut at LaGou.
ncr and Will locate on BeIingI,a,n Bay.
! Alex. Charles was in tn. city Monday
evening rn route for Seattle, where Il,
goes to negotiate forFrrndaIe property.
Married Nov. 29th at the St. Charles
Hole! IL Fe.ndaIc. by Rev. John Ten,
nant. J. VI. Watson to Miss Carrie sis,
son beth OF terndalc Mr. Watson gave
a ball on the night of the 18th at tie
hall. the party Was select. being all III
Vited guests
by the recent floods in the NookSack
river, Mr.. E. ii Cudworth and ot!:ers
have lost several hundred Thousand feet
z OF saw logs. The boom near the mouth
( Oh the river containing about I,2G0 GO
! feet broke, and many logs have gone Ia
sea. The exact loss has not yet been Us.
certained, but ssill probably reach 35U.-
/ OOO or 100000 feet. The loss viii be u
very serious one to say the least.
Mr. ID. W. Alverson, of San Fran
cisco, i'll comp2 ny with Iir. Thos. Hern,
/ OF Portland. Will ccmucuce immediately
the erection Of Il steam sawmiH at Sem
| iahmoo, near the mouth uf California
creek. The mill will have u cutting
capicity of 10000 feet daily. \ tub and
pail factory Will be run IN connection
with the mill. 1t is expected to have the
machinery iii running operation by May
lst.
HaHI
Alexander, Cole & Co. have just opened
large stock of goods ut Mt. Vernon ana
are having large store built.
Clothier " Eng lish have given the
Odd Fellows lot at Mt. Vernon, upon
which they propose 10 build hal l4U&6O,
two stories high.
One hundred and fourteen money
orders were issued at the La Conner
postofiice during November amounting
to Si4OlO 10; l3 paid in, S2233 10. 16post-
al notes issued, S4692.
Jasper Gates Is building fine two
story residence at Mt. Vernon, Frank
Bartlett is also building new house, and
DR.. Mcntbourn has reftted the lingley
chateau for Il hospital
An unusually high freshet occurred ON
the Skagit last Saturday and Sunday,
causing considerable loss of property in
logs and live stock. Several thousand
feet of logs were carried out into the bay,
and were only gathered up at considera-
bic expense or lost. The Wilbur house
at Lyman was carriad away, and water
stood knee-deep in the store and other
houses at Mann's Landing. The Holy
oke ranch on the South Fork was flooded,
and forty head of cattle drowned be-
fore they could be driven to place of
safety. Fortunately, however, it &C.
CURED at season when no crops were
overtiowed or damaged.
A grand ratification meeting, attended
by citizens trom every precinct III the
new county, was held at the town hall
on last Wednesday evening, at which
reception was rendered Messrs Kincaid
and Power i'll recognition OF their service
in the Legislature, and particularly for
the passage of the division bill. Mr..
John McGlinn acted rs Chairman, and
DR.. II. Vernon delivered ' Y hand
some congratulatory addr ess,at the clos
of which he presented Represpufed Kin
caid Il splendid gold.headed cane, and
10 Councilman Power u fine costly
editoria! chair. The happy recipients
responded in appropriate remarks, ex-
pressive of their appreciation of the
honor conferred upon them. Mr. Sam
uel Calhoun. Mr.. John Ball and others
made congratulatory speeches, after
which the meeting adjourned.