The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-18
Harvest Home Ball, Oct. Goth.

"A fine lot of monthly school report
cards, suitable for any school, for sale
at this office for 81 per hundred.
Miss Kate Kepler, of Orcas Island,
is visiting with her friend, Mrs. C. E.
Hackett, in the Harbor. this week.
james j. Doyle went out to his
home in the Valley, Tuesday, for the
first time since his recent severe illness.
The annual Harvest Home Ballu
will be given at the Union Grove Hail.
Friday night, October 26th The public
cordially invited.
"A piece of land on Orcas Island will
be sold at Sheriff's Sale, at the front
door of the Court House, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon, OH Saturday next.
Dentist Kelley moved into his new
house, which James Mervyn has just
erected for him, OH the land which he
bought of P. Madden, in the valley.
Quite delegation was over from
Olga, to attend the Citizens Rally, last
Saturday night. Mr.. Anthony Ohlert
brought them over i'm his steam launch
Capt. Oscar Hahn moved over from
Fairhaven the first of the week, and is
now "at home" in the old "Graphicn
building, corner West and Fourth SITS.
We have been having bright, sum
shiney weather the past week, but the
increasing GOODNESS of the nights have
warned the farmers that the rainy
season is near at hand.
A number of our citizens expected to
go to West Sound to attend the Citizens
meeting at that place, but the launch
they expected to go on failed to show
up and so they could not go.
Sheriff Ashton w. Thomas is now
"papa." He has been wearing an "I'm
the daddy of a bouncing big boy"
expression since yesterday morning.
Mother and child doing well.
AT the last meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society of the M. E. Church, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Mrs. George S. Wright,
president; Mrs. r. M. Wansbrough,
secretary; Mrs. L. L. Dyer, treasurer.
Rev. ID. J. Alberts, formerly pastor
of the East Sound Methodist Church,
but who is now located at Mt. Vernon,
is renewing old acquaintance at East
Sound. He expects to go to Chicago,
to attend the Northwestern University
in the near future.
Don't forget the Harvest Home"
Ball, at Union Grove Hall, Friday Eve.
Oct. Goth. The San Juan orchestra will
furnish the music, and the ladies OF the
Valley, the supper. This promises to
be the event of the season at Union
Grove Everybody invited.
Between disease and the many
cheap preparations which are palmed
off under the name of blood purifiers,
take your chances with disease, until
you can procure Ayers Sarsaparilla-
the only reliable blood purifier. Sold
bv all druggists and dealers in medi-
cine.
&C. T Butler, of Lopez, has just
received about 100000 worth of Dry
Goods, Dress Goods, Ladies and Gents
Furnishing Goods, from San Francisco.
Also a fine line of fiannels from the
Seattle Wooden Mills. Call and examine
goods and get prices before buying else
where.
Josh Wotton presented us with a
roll of fine gilt-eged butter during the
past week. Josh has long since found
out that there is no money in selling
grain, and for the past two years has
devoted his attention to butter making
and poultry raising. He has farm at
the north end of the island which is
well adapted to this kind of farming.
There was citizens meeting held at
Odd Fellows Hall last Saturday night.
E. C. Nordyke, DIR. Hilton. Jas. Tullock
and a number of the Citizens Candi-
dates made short speeches. All were
deeply impressed with Mr.. Tullock's
deep earnestness and open frank speech.
Jas. ]. Doyle's appearance on the stage
called forth prolonged applause.
Mrs. Jas. Calpin, a highly respected
Lopez Island lady, died at her home,
near the center of Lopez, last Thursday
night. She was taken with second
stroke of paralysis some time Wednes
day. and the death angel claimed hel
the following day. She was upwards
of sixty years old, and leaves an aged
husband, with no children, to mourn
her loss. The remains were inferred in
the Catholic cemetery in the Valley, OF
Saturday, Father Fay performing the
last sad rites.
4 The piece written about an imaginary
lnDolly Varden' convention, was al
most funny, and fthe person who wrote
it would dress himself properly and Pr
on a Ounce cap, with bell on it, ane
apply at the court, at Roche Haroor
the Duke would give him position a