The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

IL ouO CITY yesterday.
Mr.. Peter Kirk, of Roche Harbor.
was in the city last Saturday.
Mr.. E. P. Newhall, of NewhaIl. was
in the city Monday on business.
Mr.. Robert McLachlan, of Deer Har-
Dor, was in the city the last of the week
on business.
Mr.. Andrew Newhall went to Seat
tie, Monday night via Anacortes, on a
business trip.
Hon. John S. McMillin, of Roche
Harbor, is visiting up-Sound cities on
a business trip.
Mr.. James Ross returned home on
the Buckeye, Monday, after an absence
of about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maio, of Grind
stone bay, Orcas island, were in town
yesterday on business.
Miss Annie Mullis returned home on
the Thompson, Monday, after an alb
sence of several months.
Mr.. Robert Mervyn, our popular vii
lage blacksmith, is now having an ad-
ditiOn built to his home.
The exterior of the new Presbyterian
church is now nearing completion and
the structure presents very fine APP
pearance.
Rev. Thos. Mcclure, of Seattle,
Presbyterian Synodical Missionary, is
in the city on business connected with
the church.
Mr.. VIM. Shultz, of Roche Harbor,
was a passenger on the Thompson,
Tuesday, enroute to up-Sound points
on business trip.
Mr.. L. B. Carter, the popular pro-
prietor Of the Blue Front Store, went
to Seattle on the Thompson, Tuesday,
on short business trip.
Mrs. A. Mclean, of Fairhaven. left
for her home, on the Buckeye, Satur-
day, after weeks visit with her daugh-
ter Mrs. F. N. Culver and family.
DENTISTRY.-Dr Lee Baker. of
Port Townsend, will be in Friday Har-
Dor September 81 to October End. All
parties wishing work done, call early.
Mrs. M. r. Noftsger and two chill
dren returned from Seattle on the Str.
Lydia Thompson, Monday, after two
weeks visit there with her sister Mrs.
Lord.
Mrs. Chas J. Glllingham and chill
dren, of Seattle, arrived in the Harbor,
on the Thompson, Monday, and are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Farms
worth.
The steamer Sehome was in port
at the Island Packing Co.'S. plant, con-
signed to Balfour, Guthrie & Co.'S.
agent at Tacoma.
Mrs. John G. Berry, of Seattle, who
has been in the city for some time past
the guest of Lieutenant and Mrs. Per-
ry and family, returned to her home
the first of the week.
In a note received here recently
from Messrs JnO. l.. Blair and Jno. L..
Murray, who are mining in the Olym-
pic mountains, they state that they are
doing we'll and are in good health and
spirits.
Mr.. w. J. Mclean, of Montgomery,
Alabama, Master Mechanic of the Ala
bama Midland Ry., left for San Fran
cisco, Calf, Saturday, after few days
visit here with his sister Mrs. f. N
Culver and family.
The Friday Harbor public schools
opened on Monday morning last with
| So pupils enrolled. With Prof. Tuck
er in charge of the grammar grade and
Miss Lou Warren the primary grade,
this school year promises to be very
successful one.
An entertainment will be given in
Odd Fellows hall, on Thursday eve
ming, September 30th, by the celebrat-
ed ten Peak Sisters. Proceeds to be
applied toward furnishing the new
| church. Admission Is cents; children,
10 cents. All are cordially invited to
be present.
The friends of Mrs. Ed. Sturgeon
will be glad to learn that since their
removal to the Queen City she has sue
cessfully undergone SURGICAL opera
ton which has brought forth most ex-
cellent results, and that she is fast
gaining strength, and promises to be
perfectly well and hearty in the very
near future.
i If YOU are in need of fine clothing
shirts, etc, send your order and meas
ure to the well known firm Of Irving
& Cannon, Merchant TailOrs, Room
Colonial Block, Second Avenue ane
Columbia Street, Seattle, Washington
They guarantee perfect fit and entire
satisfaction. Place your order now fol
an overcoat.
Mr.. James T. Geoghegan, who has
for several years been the voluntary
weather observer at East Sound, il
undergoing siege of the Alaska golc
fever and is on his way, with three
companions, to the Copper river coun
try, where the fever microbes vii
probably be frozen out of his system
this winter. We hope he will recover
all right and "strike it rich."
A recital, under the auspices of tn
ladies OF the Christian church will b.
given at Odd Fellows hall, on Friday
October 9Th. They have succeeded II
obtaining the services of Miss Ella De
voc. of Seattle, who comes to us yer.
: hiohIv recommended as an elocution
list. The ladies guarantee this enter
tainment to be strictly first-class IL
: every particular and respectfully sollcl
good attendance. Further motto
next week.
Mr.. Eugene Stewart, second engin
ger on the mail steamer, "Lydii
) Thompson, met with most palnfu
, accident on Friday last, while the boa
: was lying at the Sweeney dock. IN