The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24
SHELTON, FRIDAY. MAY. "a. 1889
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.

LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
Get your C,nlies and Nuts Of E. P.
Dunbar.
Short form mortgage blanks, for sale
al this Office.
Mrs. Doble is quite i'll, at her home in
Happy Valley.
Chas. Leake moved over to the Webb
farm this week.
House to rent. Apply to VIM. II. AS
mus, at the Shoe Shop.
Geo. d. Young made professional
trip to Tacoma this week
decoration Dav. Let US not forgetft,
even If we cannot honor it.
Wiley and Frecburger will pay ~
cents dressed for Beef in hOOf
Call and see Freeburgcr ard son'silarge
stock of Dress goods, Boots and Shoes. =
Mrs. Ansorge Of Lebanon, Oregon, is
visiting her daughter Miss Clara Ansorge.
Finest and best varieties Of all kinds of
fresh meat at Wiley and Freeburgers. 3
Rev. G. T. Mead will preach at NJ. d.
Stewards every Fourth Sunday at IL
O'Clock.
Go TO Mrs Eaton's for DrA Wood
wards expanding, health restoring, life
preserving corset, $3.50.
Lewis Munson came down for several
DAYS visit here, after u seige of nearly
four months of illness at home.
Nh and Mrs. Kncelanl, Arthur TaY-
Tor, Speed shelton and o. LeFranc were
in Seattle on land business this week.
TO LET: Furnished Rooms to rent by
day. week or month. Enquire Of Mrs. f.
A. d ipman, Cor. Railroad and sixth streets
Grand Lodge X of 2. met in Olympia
this week j. 3. Shelton and other
Knights from this vicinity are in attend
ancc.
A splendid time is reported at the
Dance at Chas Grigg's on the Duck
worth place, near Kamilchie last Friday
night.
Joseph Leasurc, living in Thurston
County, hung himself in a barn Friday in
fit of arrangement. He leaves wife
and six children.
Mr.. Asmus informs US that his orches-
ira will lie open to engagement by Balls
and parties after June LIST. Their music
is SAID to he excellent.
The Methodist Sunday School is ar
ringing for an excursion to Hunters
Point about the 22nd of June. All chi l.
'irca Oh ScnOOi go Tree.
Hugh Morrison returned Monday after
spending nearly two years in Canada,
and is much surprised at Shelton's
growth. He logged on this flat years ago.
Mrs Petit of Hoquiam is visiting al
Mrs Young's Mrs. Carrie Mcleod
and Miss Dolman made the overland
trip from Olympia and remained one
day.
The Editor has received a splendid So
calibre Marlin repeating rifle from the
Marlin Arms Co. Of New Haven, Conn.
The gun came through by Express very
cheaply.
What is this they tell us of the youn 6
man who went sniping, and shot bob
tailed duck, loaded with powder for the
occasion. He now probes the cigars he
smokes while waiting Il r Next"
Elab Dunbar was in Port Townsend
last week, as representative of the Shell
ton Lodge to the Grand Lodge |. 0. o. f.
The merting was fully attenoed and the
order is in prosperous condition.
The creditors of LeMuuvon met last
week, and agreed to set betwee tn M
selves dividing what spoils they coaid
T ach. David Shelton is the heaviest
his hands.
Rev. Myron Eells was over from the
Skokomish Reservation last Monda*.
He states that about forty Indians voted
at Skokomish and that some forty-to,r
have been given patents. and are suppos-
ed to be qualified voters.
Preparations are being made to move
the house formerly occupied by +. whit /,
10 the ground Il. 10 ming \. II. AndeTson's
residence 1t is proposed to remove the
root house, and also the Satsop round
house to more convenient POSITIONS.
Lon Edwards will do the work.
What about having a regular old
Fourth Of July celebration in Sael on?
The towns around us are already taking
the matter up, and we must move
shortly or else al migrate to OTHER points
to spend the Fourth, and we dent care
to DO that Some one start tie ball
rolling.
The pupils of the Providence Academy,
Olympia, are making great preparations
for a Musical and Dramatic Entertain
inent to be given by them in the Hall OF
the Sisters Scheol on Tuesday next the
2Slh inst it is to be hoped all will at
tend as the affair promises 10 be grand
one. \ number of the pupils are from
this County.
David Shelton went before the bo@rd
OF Commissioners last week and sue
cecded in getting the confines OF Shelton
set apart as separate road Gis'fics
This means that all the road taxes CD
lecicd from It's people win be spent on
It's streets and roads, ami that me ms
much tor the future appearance OF the
streets
Now that Shelton is becoming quite a
Town. with numerous children, as well
as older ones, crossing the railroad
Track, II would be we'll to have the trains
slacken their speed in passing through
town The child OF Hugh Currie had
narrow escape the other day. The trains
run too fast for public safety.
AT Judge Duubar's last Monday even
aug pleasant surprise party was given
10 Horace Dunbar, on the attainment oil
s nis majority A goodly attendance OF
tr'ends and neighbors filled the rooms
enjoying themselves the young folks In
uhncing and the elders in chatting. and
"'er spread O! good things, TIE party
"Jo nned in good order to await the