The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-02
TOMBSTONE SOCIETY
D0sn-s OF the Gay iu Arixona's Cav -.
Booming MotrOuolis


DOin.s of the Gay iu Arixoua's Cav
Booming Metropolis.
Bill Skinner is endeavoring to mali.
q list OF Tombstone's Four Hundred
The task is extremely difficult. He M
sooner reaches the neighborhood q,
four hundred names than the vipilants
turn out and he is obliged to turn on.
fifteen or twenty as deceased. You
have our sympathy, Bill.
Another of our society buds has bean
taken from us. Grizzly Adams, of Skull
Gulch, was last night quietly married to
pretty Lizzie Todd. of this place. Mr.
Adams comes from an excellent family
and Is In every way worthy of tho
young lady. 1t will be remembered
that he shot his former wife at Skull
Gulch last summer while on a drunk
Our good wishes 60 with the happv
couple.
Several of our ultra-fashionable
young men are making q determined
effort to introduce the style of wearing
their pants outside of their boots. We
are somewat opposed to innovations
1t would not be we'll, we believe. to
Introduce Partisan fashions too RAPIDLY.
but this style might be permitted at
weddings and other Ger emonious At.
fairs.
The Progressive Poker Club" met
last week at old man Skinner 8, and WEI.
entertained royalty by that prince o.
hosts. qh prizes were exceptional
beautiful. one being an 1perack-
looking-glass. much-prized rarit,.
Crackers, sauerkraut and whisky We
served throughout the evening withou,
stint. There is no family whose posi-.
ton in, Tombstone society is more Sc.
cure than old man SINNERS.
The United Order of COWBOYS" held
their first annual banquet at the China
mans on Monday evening. Covers
were laid for forty, but only thirty
seven were present. 1t was agreed
that the portions of the absent mem
bers should be equally divided among
those present, and by this equitable
arrangement, what threatened at the
time to be a serious disturbance was
avetted. 1t is just such delicate dipl0.
macy as this that is making Tombstone
society famous throughout the country.
The affair passed off very pleasantly,
The regrets of the absent members
were presented by committee of v:gi
lants. 1t was merely another affair
about ahOrse. The organization passed
resolutions of sympathy, and voted to
attend the funeral in body
The Tombstone Society for the AID.
vancement of Literature met at the
art rooms last night. A paper wa.
read by Shorty French on Chau.er.
He prefaced his remarks by few
words, explaining how ne came to be
considered an authority on Chaucer.
He was in the neighborhood of Show.
down, it seems, when the stage was
stopped and the mails robbed last fall.
Among the larger parcels il the mail.
bags was a volume of Chaucer. A
sense of exquisite delicacy prevented
him from explaining how the volume
OF Chaucer fell to his lot. During his
protracted stay in the mountains sub,
sequent to the robbery, this was the
only mind food he was able to obtain.
This was unfortunate in a sense, AS it
irretrievably ruined his spelling, and
to a man who has always shown such
a deep interest in mail matter this was
indeed misfortune; but it made him
an authority On Chaucer The lecture
was erudite to fault and deeply in
teresting. Tom Hall, in Life.