The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-10-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Overalls, any size for so cents. at
Sweeney's
Ma Oats s,, wanted by Baum the Grocer.
You cannot afford to miss the elocu-
tionary treat tomorrow evening.
Mr.. A. E. Chalmers, of West Sound.
was In the city on business Tuesday.
Cider made on shares or for hire
Glder for sale. J. G. CLINTON, Friday
Mr.. John e. Werner, of Anacortes
was in the city the first of the week on
business.
Mr.. VIM. Shultz, of Roche Harbor
went up-SOund the last of the week on
business.
The work of discharging ballast from
the bark "MennOck" began on Tues
day last.
Mr.. and Mrs. John HI. Hull, of Sim
clair island, were in the city last week
on business.
Mr.. James King and family returned
from a visit to Seattle, on the Thomp-
son, Monday.
Mr.. w. o. Clark, of West Sound.
was transacting business in the county
seat Tuesday.
Mr.. Walter Lanyard returned ON
the Thompson, Monday, from trip to
up-Sound points.
Mr.. James FARMLAND has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Richardson. M.
A. Carr resigned.
County Surveyor A. P. Vaughn, of
West Sound, was in the Harbor OH
business Tuesday.
Mr.. Alexander Chalmers, of Doe
Bay, Orcas island, was in the city last
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. Joseph Sweeney returned from
business visit to the Bay Cities on the
Thompson, Saturday.
Mrs. X. w. Perry and daughter
made friends in Port Townsend short
visit during the past week.
Fifteen cases of new shoes Just re-
celved at Sweeney's. Call and get the
best bargain you ever had.
Capt HI. H. Hudson and Mr.. J. F.
Mahlstaff, of Shaw island, were in the
city on business yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Mckay, of Port Towns
end is in the city visiting her sister
Mrs. Newton Jones and family.
The steamer Utopia was in port Sun
day evening andsloaded 500 cases of sal
mon at the Island Packing Co.'S, dock.
Judge E. d. Warbass, deputy COL
lector of customs at Roche HarbOr, was
in the city the last of the week on bust
ness.
I am sole agent for the celebrated
Portland Alright Stoves. They are
the best and will be sold cheap. Jos.
Sweeney.
Mrs. A. H. Sitter returned from Ana
cortes, Tuesday after few days visit
with her sister Mrs. VIM. j. Dickson
and family.
The schooner Wanderer came into
port Monday evening with a cargo OF
finishing lumber for Mr.. James Kings
new residence.
Eleven longshoremen who are now
loading the British bark 'Mennock"
arrived from WhatcOm on the steamer
Buckeye, Monday.
Mr.. John Buckley has been spending
few days in the city attending to his
duties as chairman of the board of
county commissioners.
County Commissioner VIM. Graham,
of Richardson, has been in the city for
the past few days attending the Octo-
Der session of the board.
Mr.. J. HI. Nichols, County Commits
sioner from East Sound, has been in
the Harbor for few days past attend
| ing the October session of the board.
DIR. [. Nj. Harrison, of Roche Harbor,
| went to Seattle on the Thompson, Sat-
urday, to visit his family who have
taken up their residence there for the
winter.
Miss DeVoe is star along her line.
| She will give an entertainment in Odd
Fellows hall tomorrow evening and
YOU will be we'll entertained if you go
and hear her.
None such as Miss DeVoe for elocu-
tionary merit has ever graced Odd
Fellows hall. She will be here tomor-
row evening and you should by all
means go and hear her.
Everyone desires to keep informed on
Yukon. the Klondyke and Alaskan gold
fields. Send 1Oc. for large Compendium
of vast information and big color map to
| Hamilton Pub. Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr.. e. d. Grant, of Whatcom, the
we'll known stevedore, is in the city.
Mr.. Grant has taken the contract to
load the bark nMennOck" and is here
with ten hngshoremen for that pur-
pose.
The acknowledgements Washington
correspondent says that Thomas Nc
Clever. of Orcas island, whose pension
claim was rejected in 1895 on the
oround that he was not disabled for
manual labor in a pensiOnable degree,
has been advised to file new appllca-
ton under the general law.
! Our water front certainly presented
a very business-like appearance on last
Sunday evening, when the BRUSH Dark
i Mennock; the steamer Utopia; the tug
Queen City, with two large scoWs ioau,
ed with salmon boxes, and the 1siaho
Packing Co.'S. steamer Michigan all iy-
l. 4. r 6o time