Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-10-27
BRIEF MENTION.
,sclitr for the ESTEEPRIsE.

snl,sclhr fer the ESTEEPRIsE.
Three hundred grlons Of f,h oil for
sale hv Bowman & Chilhs, the Anacor.cs
m"r'hants.
Wm. Alexander oi Burrows Bay. has
solJ several heal ,f fine beef cattle to W.
Hewitt. Tor the Anacoites and Whatcam
mlrk,ts.
Henry Wooten is building dyke Along
tbr front of his firm. on Fida'. o Bay, I"
nnvent the overflow of his tide marsh ly
the winter tides.
We ARE obliged 10 defer publishing the
report nf the Lalirs Missionary society
md the W. c. +. U. till next week on
account of tho lack of space.
The passengers on the Whalcom route
the other, both the Washington and
Liaho averaging about one hundr"i I"
The trip each WY.
The steamer Emma Hayward las, S,'>
mdly night brought 10 5 attic hundred
carts and iron scrapers. and on Sundi
night the Geo E. STAIR over hundred
Cinnamon, TO he used in building the rail-
roads back oil thnt city.
Smith & Parsons of Whstcom. sue
crss.,rs to T. j. Smith e Co.. have a large
stock 'of slaves, tinwnre and hardware.
which they sell at the lowest .emuuern-
,ire ,ricrs. Visitors to What % are
f,onrstcJ ia call aud examine their
prices.
The proposed gas company at Fort
T,wus.nd asks from the city franchise
tor twenty five YEARS and patronag"
from the city of ten street lamps. In
consideration thereof, the company agrees
10 furnish he city gas Tor the lamps at
g. 50 per lamp per month, and to furnish
private individuals at the rae OF $3 DO
per thousand iect.
A Gloria Mdndi apple. measuring IA
inchss in circumference and weighing |
10. 5 oz is on exhibition at the Anac"r'rs
postniiice. and anoihcr has been received
a, this ,,llivc measuring 1873 inches around.
10th grown nn the iarm Noah Nelson.
near Anacnrtcs. Sll"~ Us TIA, place any
asn.rs in this world that will beat
Fl,lalso Island lar producing splend'd
hut
4 pan;ll, measuring :. fcri III lrng'h.
wa, slIut near Whatcon, last week, ant
his stuffed sH,u is placed an xh:i'iton IN
Ross s. Co.'S dug stone oi that cry
The beast was discovered overhead an
The limb ol II tree, straight over The tlnil.
apparently living IN wit Tor any victim
Hat might came along the path. lie wars
hioug:.t down by shot from a 30 inch
callhre revolver iu,kiiy in Possession ot
the captor, the ok ut whic, might asil,
/ have reveI scd the result between the man
md The beast i'm the encounter.
NJ. C.. w. Be.l has returned from the
Samlsl fisheries. lie reports millions oi
salmon sv arulng in the waters OF that
stream. Tar tACcc"iuS Wv S'pSS'y va '"''
rels Tor S. oring them at their Command.
The fish were taken to- the Scnlahmno
c.nnery where they brought eight cents
piece The simple process ct canning
changed he market value of the fish to
so cents IA piece. Not content with this
enormous profit, the cannery reduced the
price of the fisll below living rates TOR the
fishermen, and they quit work. thus re-
slucing the quantity put up during the
season very materially.
That the Chinese are coming into the
Territory from British Columbia by way
Of New Westminster and Whatcom is not
to lie doubted. Every week half dozen
or more come 10y that route--tlmt Is,
those who are known to come. while
many more probably come ot whom less
Is known. On the Washington last FRI
day four came who there WAS aboundant
reason tor believing were straight from
New Westminster. The fellows were
afraid to lan.l at first, aud hid on arrival
Of the boat, to prevent discovery. They
afterwards slipped up town, and now, as
far as detection is concerned, are undou'i-
tdly lost to TIE law officers.
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