The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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The holida., sand iioli,ia, cestiv;tia.
are close al hand.
y. BihswaIIger is transacting bust.
ness up-Sounl this week.
| Mrs. j. L. Blair has been quite
poorly for some time past.
Mrs. Nj. A. Sweeney, of FRIDAY
Harbor, is quite seriously ill.
L. B. Carter is visiting with his
children, at Whatcom, this week.
Cary & Clark's Speciality Company
at Odd Fellows Hall Monday night.
Mr.. A. III. Sitter, auditor elect was
III The county seat the first of the week.
Frank Dennison, of Smiths island
was county seat visitor the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Morse, are
entertaining their two daughters from
/ Seattle
d. Kepler was over from Orcas
taking orders for nursery stock the first
OF the week.
Mr.. L. 9. Nordyke has been quite
sick for the past few days, but is better
at present.
"A broken f1ange caused the wreck
ing of a couple of freight cs.rs, at Fair
haven, last week.
Eugene Wilson and John Urfer
have given UP farming. MIR. Wilson
Will move back to town
Miss Katie Buckley received a
teachers certificate at the examination
held lii Friday IIarbor last week.
The Valley Literary Society is being
fesusctated and will meet at the Union
Grove hall every other Saturday night.
Nils Svanherg, the shoemaker, has
just received large stock of clear sole
leather and viii do cobbling at half
price.
Owing to the sickness of Mr.. Nor
dyke there is no school in the grammar
department of the Friday Harbor
school, this week.
STRAYED-From Friday Harbor, last
week, a medium sized red COW, one
horn Topped. Finder please inform
Ashton w. Thomas, Friday Harbor.
"A number of our local republicans
chartered the Delta and went over to
East Sound, to attend the social given
in honor of the recent republican land
slide.
If the ISLANDER is lacking in news
matter this week it is because the editor
can't keep his mind Off of allow il
showed" See election returns in this
issue.
C. B. briggs has traded his half
interest in the Jones ranch, north OF
town, to w. IL. Higgins for his store
building and real property, at the foot
of Spring street.
a petition is being circulated and
numerously signed, asking the govern
nient TO erect a lighthouse and fog
whistle on Cattle point, the extreme
south end of San Juan island.
William Fowle, of the Port Stanley
Trading Company, was over from
Lopez, and spent Sunday with his
family at Friday Harbor. He said that
business was quite good at Port Stanley.
The Trustees of the Valley eeme-
terry intend to build a new fence in front
of the cemetery and church, and res
pectfully ask all who are in debt for lots
to pay up, as the trustees are in need Of
the money.
OF INTEREST TO LADIEs.-The scalp
may be kept white and clean, and the
hair soft, plant, and glossy, by the use
of Ayers Hair Vigor. This preparation
never fails to restore to faded and gray
hair its original color. Sold by drug
gists and perfumers.
Thomas Bros. caught 500 barrels OF
herring, near Stuarts island, at single
haul of their large seine, one day last
week. Just think of it! Five loads for
their new schooner, the Katy Thomas.
Their smokehouses, which were ell
larged last year, are altogether too small
for this years catch.
Mr.. II. S. King, of this city has
resumed his profession, as an attorney,
and his card will be found in next issue.
Mr.. King is well recommended, and is
an attorney of no mean ability, having
practiced before the supreme court OF
Idaho. He will practice before any
court in the state of Washington.
| Word reaches us that sickness pre-
vented Cary & Clark's Specially Co.
from showing up at Odd Fellows hall'
last Monday night; the manager writes
that they will be here Monday and
Tuesday of next week, the 10Th and
2otn. They come well recommended
by those who have seen them perform
in Seattle. They have an orchestra
and will give dance after the perfor-