, 1884-02-21
Fro.h Friday SDaily.

. John Woodley WAS III town again to-
day. He is getting to be thorough
bred Cmnlacum granger:
Jackman Il Terry have 40 cords OF
wood on Union wharf, brought theirs by
the Dispatch, on Morgan L Hastings
scOw.
Steamship Mexico is at Union wharf,
and will sail for Frisco tonight, Among
her passengers are: Miss Mary Wood
and Miss Clara Roushe.
We are indebted to Mr.. Jos. B. Libby,
of Coupeville. for valuable favors. Mr.
Libby is the Poplar treast:fer of Island
Co. May his shadow never grow less.
One Cf the Jenne brothers was in town
last evening with his young wife and lady
friends. from WILDLY Island. Mr.. Jenne
is one o, the prosperous farmers of that
locality.
Messrs. Jackman & Terry are deter
mined to be up with the most enterpris-
ing business men in town. By notice
elsewhere they notify the Puble that
after this date they will deliver meat to
! their customers, free of extra charge, to
all parts of the CITY.
! At the teachers examination this week
there were six applicants. Certificates
were granted, as follows: Annie Van
Bokkelen, ID grade; Elizabeth Bartlett,
81 grade; F. Willard Ritter, u grade;
Miss Eliza Payne, ID grade; Isabelle 1.
Butcher, u grade; Stella NJ ElStabrook,
% grade.
1t is not often that we lslye cause to
apologize for the the appearance of this
paper, but the present is an exceptional
case. Our press rollers were made IN
the summer. and are now tuo hard for
use, on account of the cold weather, We
expect to have set of new rollers in
few days, when the difficulty will be OBJ
waited.
Mr.. T. Seidel, of T. Seidel & Co, own
ers of the Chuckanut stone quarry over
at Belhngham, is in town. MIR. s. in-
forms us that they employ six men in
the quarry regularly, and that if they
get the contract to furnish building stone
for Mr.. Eisenbeis' new building a much
larger working force will be put on at
their quarry at once.
.'Boss" Smith has just returned from
trip through the Chehalis valley. He
says he found it a cold, snowy country,
and was informed that there was ice
four inches thick in the Columbia river.
We learn that ice has formed in the
Snohomish and Skagit rivers SO as to
stop navigation. but it is hardly four
inches thick, and travel is not likely to
stop for more than three or four days.
The funeral of Mrs. Capt. Cushing
took place this afternoon at 2:30, from
the Presbyterian church, Rev. Jno. Reid
officiating. Capt. Gushing keenly suffers
| the pangs of grief over the sad loss that
has deprived him OF the young wife OF
his bosom, who walked SO trustingly at
his side. His poor motherless babes,
of course, are scarce old enough to
realize their loss, but to him it comes
with crushing force.
ISLAND COUNTY Island County is
about sixty miles long, is composed of
WILDLY and Camano islands, has pop
ulation of 800, and the value of its taxa
BILE property, as per assessmant rolls of
1888, foots up $40, 7,O5s. Marriage IL
censes issued by the auditor during 1888,
are as follows: jan 10th, VIM. II.
Johnson and Miss Minnie Van Wormer;
May 2Sth, Benjamin Ure and Mrs. Emily
Campbell; June Oath, r. II. Straub and
Mrs. j. E. Terry, Dec. 9th, Torres Olsen
and Miss Kelen Belensen; Dec. 31st,
Henry Mcbride and Miss Alice NJ. Gar
rett. CoupeVille is the county seat, and
is thriving village. Pearson & Blowers
store, located there, does large busi-
ness in general merchandise. John
Robertson also carries large ard varied
stock Of goods,a branch of the mammoth
mercantile esta blishment of Waterman
& Katz, of Port Townsend. George
Campbell, the irrepressible, runs large
hotel where he and his good lady ac-
commodate the hungry public. Ths
place has two saloons, both conducted
in decent and orderly manner-one by
Mr.. Leach the other by Mr.. ]. II. Beavo.
A late addition to the place is a fine new
drug store, owned by DR.. I. NJ. Harrison,
who il also practising physician, and is
highly recommended as highly educat-
ed and hrst-elass doctor. His store ii
supplied with q full line of goods usual
iy kept in a drug store He is well
pleased with the place and expects his
wife and child, we are informed,
Will join him there in the early spring.
Island county is prosperous, we'll gov
erned, fertile and pleasant, and its in
habitants are evidently contented. There
are several other points of interest, and
much of value to be written concerning
it, but as an ARGUS reporter left this
morning to make tour through that
section, We will leave further mention
for him.
The entertainment given last evening
by the Nellie Boyd Company was Ger
tainly one of the very best Port Town
send people were ever favored with.
Solomon Isaacs" was presented in a
manner that called forth unstinted ap-
plause and held the crowded audience
in rapt admiration for over two hours.
Miss Boyd is dramatic artist of high
ability, and is supported by company
combining special adaptability with
versatility. The play furnishes a wide
range for display of dramatic talent, and
in its leading part is quite affecting.
Miss Boyd amply sustained her brilliant
reputation, while the man with the