The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-04-14
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Overalls, any size for so cents, a
Sweeney's
New line of Hats and Caps at Swee
ney's; also Stationery.
Easter services were held in the M
E. church last Sunday morning.
DIR. Geo. 8. Wright went to Orca.
island OH a professional visit the frs,
of the week.
Mr.. o. III. Smaby, the West Sound
merchant, visited the Bay Cities on
business last week.
Heavy 9-ounce Riveted Overalls fol
Men. all cotton and yard wide, for sc
cents, at the Blue Front Store.
Rev. Arthur B. Cort left for Seattle
Tuesday to attend the annual meeting
of the Puget Sound Presbytery.
A force of foriy-seven Cinnamon
started to work at the cannery, Mon
day, manufacturing cans for next sea-
sons pack.
Sweeney is now Offering the greatest
bargains ever heard of in wooden goods
which he has just received from the
Washington Wooden Mills.
DR.. Lee Baker, dentist, of Port Town
send, will be in Friday Harbor, on
April %, and will remain until April
Is. All wanting work done, call early.
Mrs. w. II. Parsons, of Seattle. has
been in the Harbor for the past few
days with a fine stock of millinery, and
is guest at tn Tourists hotel.
Hon. J. P. HOuser was In town this
week and held short term of court.
He will convene the regular term on
the second Monday in May next.
Mr.. Ethan Allen, of Waldron, the
newly appointed superintendent of
schools, was in town Saturday to take
the oath of Office and to attend to some
otter matters.
Mrs. A. George is at the Bay View
Hotel and will remain until the 10th.
See her Sailors and Leghoras, prices
from Is cents up. Trimmed hats very
cheap.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Gould left for
Victoria, B. c., Tuesday, where Mr..
Gould goes ON business. They will
likely go from there to Seattle before
returning home.
Sheriff Jones, assisted by Deputy
Geo. S. Thacker, started for Walla
Walla, Wednesday, with Edwin H.
Barnes, who is sentenced to serve q
fifteen-year term in the penitentlary
for rape.
AS we 60 to press we learn that Ar
thur Davis, son of Jas. L. Davis of
Richardson, had a portion of his right
hand accidentally shot off, but how
serious the wound may lie or how the
accident occurred we were unable to
learn.
Miss Pagan, representing the Won
der milliner house of Seattle, Is in the
HarbOr with a large and well selected
stock of millinery, which she respect
fully invites the ladies to call and ill.,
spect. She will be here until Satur-
day, and is stopping at the Bay View
hotel.
Mrs. A. George, the milliner, arrived
in the Hart.Or, Tuesday, and will be at
the Bay View Hotel one week, and
extends a cordial invitation to the
ladies of Friday Harbor and vicinity to
call and examine her new spring line of
millinery, which will be sold at reason
able prices.
Judge I. J. Lichtenberg, of Lopez,
who has leases of the military reserva-
ton OH the north end of Lopez island,
has also lately secured lease of Canoe
island, a small island between Lopez
and Shaw islands. Canoe island con-
tains an area of about forty-three acres,
which is leased at the nominal rental of
81, with the provision that the lessee
must be prepared to quit the reserva-
ton at any time the department may
decide it needs it for military purposes.
Mr.. J. 1. Oldham, old bachelor, 70
years of age and residing alone, was
found dead in his cabin near Deer Har-
Dor, Orcas island, last Sunday evening
by Mr.. Winfield Scott, neighbor,
who at once reported the matter and
asked that the body of deceased be
well looked after and the proper au-
thorities notified. Messrs. Ed. Cad
we'll and Henry Cayou sat up with the
remains Sunday night, and Monday
morning came here for the purpose of
notifying the coroner and county at
torney and also to get casket for
burial. AS it has often been stated by
those who knew him best that he was
frequently troubled with his heart. and
as nothing unusual appeared about his
premises to indicate foul play, the
coroner deemed it unnecessary to hold
any inquest and simply ordered that
he be buried at once. Deceased was
an old California miner, having gone
there from the east during the '49 gold
excitement and he remained in Cali
fornia until 1865 when he came TO
Orcas island where he resided until his
death.
On Tuesday, Edwin II. Barnes,
who was arrested about ten days ago
on the charge of criminally abusing
his own daughter, Minnie Mabel
Barnes, was brought before Judge J. r.
Houser on an Information filed by
Attorney King, accusing: him OF the
crime of rape. Barnes plead guilty to
the crime as charged and was sentenced
by the court for q term of fifteen years
at hard labor in the penitentiary at