The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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b. w. Holloway, Matchmaker ant
New furniture store. Fine stock. 122;
Eik ST., Whatcom. ]. III. Whaling
proprietor.
Wanted-A girl about II to work for
Coard ana go to school. Family o
-FOUR. Address, 2318 5th street Seattle
Hereafter the steamer Bay Citv will,
ieave here at II 80 a. m. instead Of I2as
heretofore. and will arrive in Whatcom
at 5 p. III.
The Doe B:y district school will
open on the 18th inst. for fnmr '
months term with Miss e. l.. Culver
as teacher.
| Paul j. Nelson and family who have
oeen living on the Nessell farm, at De-
ceptlon pass, moved back to their own
place rear Doe Bay last week.
The mail steamer Lydia Thompson
VIII soon change her time so as to ar
rive here about an hour earlier. leav
ing Port Townsend at 6 a. III. insead of
a. IN. as heretofore.
A very pleasant little party was Civ
ell at the home of Mrs. NJ P.:Ruthlef
sen last Friday evening in honor of her
daughter, Mrs. Kerlin, of Tacoma,
who has been here visiting her for the
past few days.
The San Juan Trading Co. have pur-
chased the ChattertOn stock of groceries
and have added it to their already large
stock of general merchandise. You can
get anything from toothpick to bed
room suit in this large store, and at a
price that will surely suit you.
Mr.. Alex Chalmers, who resides at
GraEite Beach, near Doe Bay, has pur-
chased Mr.. Manning's farm, situated
between Olga and Doe Bay, together
with all the live stock, farm nipple
ments, crops and household goods.
Mr.. Manning and family will 20 to
San Diego, California, to reside.
This office is in receipt of the fall and
winter, 1866 catalogue of The Mac
Dougall & Southwick Co., Seattle. It
is work of art and is very complete in
every department. II will be forward
ed to any address desired, by making
application for it to the house. To get
address, see their add on second page.
Mr.. Gene Gould returned from his
hunting trip TO Decatur island, OH Sat
urday last and brought with him fine
deer. He was evidently proud of it as
he stepped like a lord when he landed
here with his precious prize. The scribe
on this sheet can testify as to its excel
lent quality as he was kindly allowed
to sample nice piece of it.
Notice is hereby gwen that Town
ship 20, N. of r. s +. of w. NJ has
been surveyed and that the plat of said
survey will he filed in the U. S. Land
Office, at Seattle Washington, Oh Tues
day, the tenth day of December, 1895,
at the hour of 8 O'Clock, a. M, and that
OH and after said date this office will be
prepared to receive applications for ell
try of said lands.
The following paragraph is taken
from the 1895 road laws of this state
and is of general intenest to every resi-
dent of this county. Sec. Z, pages Is
and II, 1895 road laws of the state of
Washington: Every person who de-
sires to perform labor on the public
roads i'm the district in which he owns
property subject or liable to property
road tax, must, on or before the first
day of January, notify the road super
visor in writing that he desires to per-
form such labor on the public roads,
and shall give the road supervisor Il
particular description of the real prop
erty owned by him, which description
shall be sufficiently accurate to enable
the property to be identified on the tax
rolls.