The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-09
shelton, Friday, August 9, 1889.
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.

House to let. Apply to VIM. H. AS.
mus.
Short for m mortgage blanks, for sale
at this Office.
HosN:-TO the wife of Louis Derosier
Monday Aug. 5th, daughter.
Work has been begun to open up the
first street bridge, so that teams can cross
The town board met Monday evening
for the rst time since June, but trans.
acted no business.
John Dow was in town this week, and
he saws that Hoods Canal will boom
again in few weeks.
MONDAYS mail was an extra large one
but owing to an informally in its deliv-
cry it was not received that day, but
dolsd out on the following forenoon.
The Satsop Company's old camps at
Lake Newatzel burned down last week
doubtless by some careless person who
occupied the camp for the night.
The mail is now being carried by James
Harris, from Kamilchie, and they say
that on the arrival of the new boat, the
mail will be brought directly here, as the
contract calls for.
An infant child of engineer Shorter
was quite severely scalded on Monday
morning by overturning bucket of hot
water, but is coming out all right under
the doctors care,
The Shelton Banking firm has opened
an Office in the Satsop store, which they
will occupy until the new bank building
is ready tor occupancy. A +. Metzger
is cashier.
The Constitutional Convention is still
grinding away with Slight prospect of i'm.
mediate adjournment We expect to is
sue the constitution in supplement form,
as soon as it is complete.
Tom O'Neill expects to leave the en-
ploy Of the Satsop Company as Black
ss1ith, and enter business. Hiram
Dunbar is competent mechanic who
l will likely succeed to his place.
The Republican Central Committee of
Mason County will meet in the Kneeland
Hall ON Monday, August 10. Republi
cans are invited to attend the meeting, to
devise ways and means for the opening OF
tho campaign.
The new bridge across Goldsborough
creek, about a mile from Shelton is pro-
crossing, and will be passable this week
while it is being built rough road was
made around the bridge to enable the
teams TO get by.
Rev. G. F. Mead will deliver his fare
well sermon at the NJ. E. Church on next
Sunday evening. Conference meets in
September and Mr.. Mead expects TO be
transferred TO another pastorate. 1t is not
known who will succeed him in the
Shelton circuit.
David Horton, who recently came out
from Iowa, had an accident befall him
while at the slaughter yard of Wiley. and
Ffeeburger last week. In winding up a
beef on the bull-wheel, something gave
way, and the spindle in its revolutions
struck him on the right elbow, but break.
ing no bones.
Randolph Elson has been doing consid-
cradle s!ashing on his ranch near Isabel
lake. and last week set it on fire. Besides
getting good burn on his clearing, and
his barn full of hay, it spread through
inc woods.-and filled up the road in pla
ces. SO that Charles Wivell had to chop
his way out, with load Of new potatoes.
r. +. Williamson has arranged to start a
iosgng camp on section 20, near that OF
Benny Wiley. A crew is now at work
building camps and skid roads. As Wey
mouth, Day, and Mckenzie, have recent
" started up. there will soon be seven
camps in operation on the SatsOp Rail-
road
The Shelton's have made arrange
ments with the Mason Co. Central mill,
ior lOO,UtW feet Of lumber to complete
n"c new wharf and erect the warehouses
ms Will be much more convenient than
sltmer OF the others, and when finished
VII Wn' DC the steamer landing, while the
piu wharf Will be used TO supply the
o'a'S with wood and water.
The Cakes Swiss Bell ringers and Com.
euy Sketch Club, favored Shelton with a
ImIstclaSs entertainment in the Opera
mouse on Friday night The attendance
was not very large, owing mainly to the
1 Tsst alsappontments that have visited us.
,nis Cluo is excellent, each member be-
W. nrSt,class in the respective parts.
o larry Fades in his mirth provoking ia
ga" ~ contortlons proved immense, as we'll
is, charles Cowles in his eccentric spec
n railleS; Frank Holister with the banjo,
j pi"'ea an adept. The company manip-
r ro".eu me bells, in "Kinksleys Polkan
All, ,ry wen. The selections by John and
nar Se oaAeS, performed on glasses was
,%, as was the latter's execution on
%;r harp When they come again, they
VIII be well patronized.
M mrs Sarah E. Varney died in Olympia
e eI .ae 10th inst. Mrs. Varney was form
'2 lhe Wife of Hon. Salucious Garfield,
t sruIlner delegate to congress from this
SnnorY' and mother of w. G. Garfield,
a arI4y collector of customs of this place
N also OF Mrs. W. L. Church. Jr., of
DIV Dungeness. She was a resident of
, rom townsend for many years and was
thu ia' known TO all the older residents OF
a r,S cry and was universally respected
laaI beloved. Her many friends Will
Argus. ' WI" s'ncefe sorrow
uS a4e legally ADOPTED text books to be
Tern H 10 the public schools of Washin gton
Sonny ao n Tor the next five years, or until
State a change shall have been made by the
ser ;e authorities, are as follows: Ban crofi's
COM s 1l readers, Hunts speller Modern
b opptts :, hooks, Swinlon's geograpAy two
Rohns, owlnton's grammars (three books),
nhvs;@I nn arithmetic 1.-TWO books), Steele's
ory '9plogy and hygiene, Pathfinders his
s.a,sss Oaroes' brief history of the United