The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miss Anna McMurchie returned te
her home in Whatcom, Monday.
E. p. Bailer finished picking hops
during the past week; he had 232 boxes
Alfred Douglas erected windmill
ON his fine farm in the valley, last week
Mrs. &. w. Hammond closed a sue
cessful term of school in District No. 9
last week.
Mr.. Bradner, of Mount Vernon, is
visiting at the home of s. V. Boyce, in
the valley.
The Board of County Commissioners
will meet in regular October term, next
Monday.
A. A. Turnbarge, of Argyle, spent
part of last week on Orcas, a guest of
D. P. Kepler.
MIR. J. w. Walker. of Astoria, Or,
is in our county disposing of his Lopez
Island property.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Mellen, of Trout
Lake, are the happy parents of a fine
baby girl since Tuesday.
"A Good, fresh, fve-year-old milch
cow for sale. Inquire at this office, or
of Frank Guard, this island.
Mr.. August Graham was down from
Waldron, with boat load of smoked
herring the first of the week.
Miss Flora Guard returned Friday,
from New Dungeness, where she had
been teaching for year past.
Miss Nettie Reddick, of Olga, was
a guest of the Misses Alice and Abbie
Nichols during the past week.
g. B. briggs spent part of the past
week up-Sound, investigating the mer-
it's of the American Fruit Dryer.
At the Citizens Primary held at the
Court House, Monday afternoon, j. G.
Clinton was nominated for Justice.
Thomas j. Bradshaw received the
nomination for constable, for this pre-
cinct, at the Citizens Primary, Monday
afternoon.
Hon. J. M. Ready, Populist candi-
date for supreme judge will not speak
in Friday Harbor on the LIST of October
as announced.
Geo. A. Ellsperman left Saturday,
for North Yakima, to attend the Dem
ocratic State Convention, as delegate
from this county.
The Friday Harbor school opened
Monday, with forty-two pupils in the
primary department and nineteen in
the grammar room.
The Island Packing Company is
getting a goodly number of fish, and as
a consequence things seem quite lively
around the cannery.
Kenneth Mcdonald commenced to
pick his hops Sunday morning. His
hops are of excellent quality and he will
harvest fairly good crop.
AT the citizens primary held in the
valley, Saturday, precinct officers were
nominated as follows: For Justice of the
Peace, John Stamm; For Constable,
Grin Boyce.
One of the hardest rains of the sea-
son fell Tuesday night, but Wednesday
morning dawned bright and clear, with
a strong wind, which was a great help
in drying out the grain which was still
in the field.
Capt. c. w. Shain and family, OF
Ballard, expect to move to the Harbor,
in the near future. The Captain has
had his schooner, the Echo, rebuilt and
enlarged, and will buy produce from
our farmers and merchants, and sell it
in Victoria.
To eradicate the poisons which pro-
duce fever and ague, take Ayers Ague
Cure. 1t cures without leaving any in
furious effect upon the system, and is
the only medicine in existence which
may be considered an absolute antidote
for malaria.
e. E. Allen, of Waldron, J. n. Fry
East Sound, w. III. Black, Lopez, E. c.
Nordyke and A. J. Paxson, San Juan,
were in attendance, as delegates from
this county to the Populists Joint Sen
atoriaI Convention held at Burlington,
Skagit county, last Saturday.
The recent rains have slightly DAM
aged the oats, which still remains in the
field. The greater part of the small
grain has been stocked with little or no
rain on it, and the music of the thresh-
ing machine may already be heard in
various parts of the county. The crop
harvested this year will no be quite as
large as last year.
You can't afford to miss the Hard
Times" dance, tomorrow friday even
ing. The members of the "Lime Kiln