The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-08-30
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MIR. Harry Crib returned to his
home in Astoria, on the Utopia.
School Books, stationery, thread,
cigars, candy and nuts at Fowles.
Frank P. Baum, postmaster at Port
Stanley, was county seat visitor last
week.
The young people will have house
warming in l.. B. Carter's new ware
house, Friday evening
MIR. and Mrs. Frank, of Seattle,
are visiting with Geo. Beck's family,
in the Valley.
Judge w. III. Thacker's family will
move into the Woodruff house in the
near future.
Mr.. w. F. Lieben, merchant of
Seattle, has been spending a week in
Friday Harbor.
MIR. Geo. Hess and J. L. Davis, of
Lopez, were county seat visitors the
first of the week.
Deputy Sheriff, Ed Delaney, spent
Sunday with his brother, T. r. Delaney,
at Port Townsend.
Mr.. A. N. Mcdonald returned to
his home on Shaw island, from Orilla,
WASH, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Evans, of
Victoria, are visiting with the latter's
sister, Mrs. Orrin Boyce.
Miss Velah McCrary, of Roche
Harbor, visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Jensen, last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. HeideIrich and
wife, of Seattle, visited with the latter's
parents during the past week.
The engagements of Miss Zoe Seiger,
of Meridian, to Jas. Cooper Wheeler, of
Tacoma, has been announced.
"A full line of School Books, Blink
Books, Stationery, Base Balls, Thread
and Notions, at Will FOwle's.
Smoke from the various slashing
fires has made the atmosphere very
disagreable during the past few days.
Mr.. J. w. Moore is acting mail
clerk on the Lydia Thompson and E.
J. White is taking in the Fair at
Tacoma.
Miss Cara B. Lake returned, last
Saturday, to her home i'll Seattle, after
ten weeks visit with her sister, Mrs.
G. B. briggs.
MIR. J. Binswanger, the genial pro-
prietor of the Friday Harbor Store,
spent the past week up-Sound buying
goods for his store.
Mr.. P. T. Baker, local organizer of
the "Mystic Workers of the World"
has been in town during the past few
days, looking after the local lodge.
The dance at Union Grove hall,
for the benefit of No. II school, last
Friday night, was a success in every
particular AID melted the district $42.
Rev. John Todd and family, who
has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. r.
M. Wansbrough, left Tuesday for their
home in Detroit, Michigan.
John Kelley, the popular dentist,
is erecting a dwelling house Oh a piece
of land purchased Of Dan Madden.
Jim Mervyn has the contract to build
the same.
The mail steamer, Lydia Thompson
is being fitted up with more state rooms,
to accommodate her fast increasing
passenger traffic, between Seattle and
the islands.
Joseph Sweeney is adding to his
stock, of General Merchandise, each
week and now has his store building
nearly filled up with fine stock of
new goods.
Mrs. M. A. Woodruff and daughter,
Pearl. will leave for Vashon College
next Saturday. Mrs. Woodruff will
act as matron, and Pearl will attend
the college.
The Fairhaven Box Co., Fair
| haven, Wash, manufacture all kinds of
baskets, boxes and fruit packages. Their
prices are low, and satisfaction guaran-
teed. Give them a trial.
james Mervyn has just finished
a fine large barn for Peter Lawson, and
the young people of the North End
will initiate the same with q social
dance Saturday night.
The San Juan Trading Company
received $500 worth of Dry Goods
from San Francisco during the past
week, and now have fine line of ladies
dress goods, fannels, notions, etc.
"A large portion of the forest on
Orcas island was on fire the first of the
week. Newhall's sawmill caught fire
several times Tuesday, but SO far as
we can learn no damage has been done.
School Clerk Ellsperman has just