The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-02

The Second Quarterly Examination
OF Teachers will be held at Fri lay Har
| Dor commencing May 8.
Mr.. Samuel Taylor, merchant at
Lopez, transacted business at the county
seat the first of the week.
Thomas Bros, and others, will i'm.
mediately put in a herring trap at
Waldron.
Miss Libbie Bradshaw is visiting
with the family of Deputy Collector
Geo. A. Ellsperman, at Blaine.
Let the Eagle scream! Slipin your
Hides, Pelts and Furs. Prices raising.
r. [. MORSE, Whatcom, Wash.
County Attorney, w. HI. Thacker,
received news of the death of Il sister,
in Wyoming, during the past week.
Orange Cider, Soda Water, M Tx
Shake, Lemonade, Comb Honey, Nuts
and Candies galore, at MURRAY's.
g. M. Johnson, ex-Deputy Collector
au Roche Harbor, who now owns Il
shingle mill on the NoOksack, Sun
dayed at his old home OH Lopez island.
&C. E. Taylor, at one time manager
Of the Falrhaven hotel, at Fairhaven,
is now in Ogden, Utah, in charge of a
hotel.
The case of Chas. w. Angel VS.
Island county was dismissed in the
Superior Court of Kinj county last
Monday.
Everything is lively around the
cannery. A gang, of men, is erecting
the new buildings and the cinnamon
are making cans.
WIN. Fowle is up-Sound purchasing
a stock of groceries, and when he re-
turns will built an addition to his
residence and open grocery in it.
j. Greenberg, of the firm of Green
berg Bros, of Whatcom, has been i'm
the Harbor with small stock of gents
furnishing goods, for the past two
weeks.
The basket social which was to he
held at Union Grove, tomorrow Fri
day. night has been changed to social
dance. Fifty cents per couple. Ali are
invited.
The steamer Buckeye will soon he
ready for service again. The upper
works are being placed i'm position, and
sponsons are placed Oh her to insure
! safety in future.
Ashton w. Thomas loaded his
family and household goods onto the
SIoop Katie Thomas and moved them
m TO his ranch Oh WaldrOn Sunday
He will devote his time to his herring
fishing interests this summer.
County Supt. T. L. Dyer this week
publishes notice of the comparative ex
animation, for candidates who wish &c
attain free tuition to the state normal
school. Candidates must I've at least Il
wears old, if males and Is if females.
The Island was shaken by slight
earthquake at $40 o'clock "Wednesday
afternoon. A slight rumbling sound
was heard, accompanied 10y tremor'
which shook buildings, ratified crocKer!
and scared timid ladies.-Island County
Times.
mfr. 81. II. Smith had very I'm
fortunate runaway near Josh Wottoh'
Mace the last of the week. lie wa'
leading his horses through a gate w'e'
+bav became frightened and broke ava,
fr,m him and ran into tree kililfls
one of the horses and dislocating one 0
.ho other horses hips, and damagln;
the wagon and harness quite oa"il
This is very unfortunate for Mr.. o'n'''
:. ,oovas him without a team ant
his crops ilol aii i'
During the past week number O
the Young men around tow" nave u''
successfully tried to dive down 10 IN
..bottom of the sea" and fastea a IN
} onto the piledriver hammer which MI
Hix lost. in twenty-five feet OF water
diving bell was improvised out OF
; wh;skev barrel, and several perso"
attempted to descend IN It put ,,, 'o ~, :,
the air pressure too great o" t'e'r ear
/, However Howard Conrad rein'l'lea =
tho bottom two minutes and f"rty-t"
seconds. but did not sri''cee'' IN h''S'.'
line fast to the hammer, owing -
fact that it was buried IN the h'''''