The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


A. A. Turnbarge is keeping the
"GordOn" in our office humming this
week.
"A communication from the Hon.
Mr.. "Maloney" will be published next
week.
"A Good, fresh, five-year-old mich
COW for sale. Inquire at this office, or
of Frank Guard, this island.
james j. Doyle is improving quite
rapidly and will be on our streets as
soon as the weather will permit.
j. I'll. Nichols, commissioner from
Orcas, was in attendance on the Com
missioners Court, the first of the week.
John l.. hurry and Newton Jones
were delegates to the Republican Sena-
torial Convention, held at Anacortes,
last Saturday.
Mr.. Colin Ross, an old time resident
of the island, but now of Vancouver,
B. c., visited with friends here, during
the past week.
Wesley Warner, of Lopez, came
over Monday morning, to represent his
district at the meeting of the Board of
Commissioners.
Mrs. Rogers, English Camp, caught
twenty pound silver salmon, one day
last week. 1t is very seldom that this
species of salmon attains this size.
The ISLANDER office is turning out
job-work at the rate of $4,000 per day.
At this rate we are making almost
enough money to keep the paper going.
Fred E. Pape, Auditor of Skagit
county and the Democratic nominee for
the office of State Senator for this dis
trict, paid Friday Harbor a brief visit
the fore part of the week.
The most fortunate man we have
seen for a long time was one who was
in our office last week. He said that
the only thing he was in debt for in the
county was the ISLANDER.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs.
Idel Nichols has beeh granted pension
Besides some five hundred dollars back
pay she will receive a goodly monthly
allowance for the support of the minor
children.
Mrs. c. w. Morse came down from
Seattle, on the Utopia Saturday evening
bringing her household goods with her,
and is now ensconced in the new home
which Mr.. Morse had prepared for her,
north of town.
Frank Quimby, practicing attor-
ney of Burlington, Skagit county, was
one of the delegates from Skagit county
in attendance at the Democratic Sena-
torial Convention, held in this city, on
Tuesday evening.
The Str. Lydia Thompson will take
an excursion to Tacoma, Saturday, and
will leave Tacoma Sunday night; this
will give the excursionists all day Sun
day, which is German Day, at the Inter
State Fair. Fare for round trip, includ-
ing admission to the Fair, $3.50.
MIR. T. E. Wiley, 146 Chambers ST.,
New York City, says that Ayers Sar-
saparilla cured him of dry and scaly
honor, from which he had suffered in
tollerably. He adds, II have not now
a blemish on my body, and my cure is
wholly due to Ayers Sarsaparilla."
Fred E. Pape, auditor of Skagit 20.
received the nomination for the office
of State Senator, on the Democratic
ticket, at the joint senatorial convention
held here Tuesday evening. Mr.. Pape
is said to be one of Skagit county's most
popular citizens and will, undoubtedly,
make strong run.
B. w. Holloway, the well known
Whatcom jeweler, will be in Friday
Harbor for week or ten days, conf
mencing on the 9Th, and will be pre-
pared to do all kinds of watch and clock
repairing. He will also have a stock OF
iewelry and optical goods, which he
will sell at "Hard Times" prices.
Joseph Sweeney is selling flannel
made of island wool. Almost all OF last
wears island wool clip was sold to the
Washington Mills, at Seattle, ana
norton of it now returns to us in the
form of a very good grade of flannel,
which sells at from twenty-five to fifty
cents per yard. Call at Sweeney's store
and inspect it.
A general changing around will
take place, among some of our citizens,
in few days. Mr.. J. Binswanger will
move his family into the Bowman
house, near the postoffice, and James
Ross and family will move into their
residence, at the head of Spring street.
which is now occupied by Mr.. Bins
waneer. William and John Douglas
will take charge of the Ross Saloon.
Charley Basefeard sent a cut of OF
a limb of q Hungarian prune tree, Ill