The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-31
SHELTON, FRIDAY. MAY. 81. 1873.

SHELTON, FRIDAY, MAY. 81. 1889
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
Several cases Of measles in town.
Warranty deeds for sale at this office. =
Get your C.ndics aud Nuts of E. P.
Dunbar.
Short form mortgage blanks, for sale
at this office.
Painting is the order of the day, here
at present
Yesterday was legal holiday. Dec
Grafton Day.
Numerous slashings about town were
burned this week.
Wiley aud Frerburger will pay ~
cents dressed for Beef in hOof
MIR. and Mrs. John McReavy were Wis
iEng at StcilacOOm this week.
Rough lumber has taken tumble of
So so per thousand, in Seattle.
Call and see Freeburgcr and sons large
stock of Dress goods, Boots and Shoes. =
Finest and best varieties of all kinds OF
fresh meat at Wiley and Frceburgers.
Val. A. Milroy has been app pointed
postmaster of Olympia, in place OF A. ID.
Glover.
Street work is going right along, if
they are able to keep up the work we Say
60 ahead.
There w.s a hop at the Railroad hotel
Saturday night, 1t was kept up till the
wee small hOuxs.
Go to Mrs Eaton's for DIR. Wood
wards expanding, health restoring, life
preserving corset, $3.50.
The Louisiana Ministries gave an en-
tertanment at Munsons hall, followed
by dance. Thursday night.
/Mr.Anderson, Manager of the Saisop
Railroad is adding another story to the
north wing of the White residence.
To LET: Furnished Rooms to rent by
day, week or month. Enquire of Mrs. F.
A. Dipman, Cor. Railroad and sixth street
J. b. Wood will shortly open the
Butcher Shop formerly occupied by LIE,
Munyon, and proposes to keep good
supply of meats.
Strawberries are plentiful and are
growing cheap in the Sound cities, five
cents per box. The first of the season
brought % cents per box.
Remember G. w. Freebnrger and Son
have the largest stock Of summer Calicoes,
Lawns, Muslins and Dress goods ever
shown in Shelton. call and see them.
One Kimball Organ, full built and one
June Singer Sewing Machine, both new,
for sale, enquire at this office for par
ticulars. Both are good bargains.
Mrs. Petit from Hoqainm, who has
been visiting Mrs. S. G. Young, returned
home Monday, accompanied by Miss
Mamie Young.
Three men were unfortunate enough to
get their feet cut this week; Clifton
Hodge. Andy Carpenter and Mike Jones.
None Of the wounds are bad ones, but
will lay the men up for week.
No'chka, the popular tailor of Olvm-
pia, has been in Shelton few DAYS sizing
up the boys for new outfits, they say lie
has been lucky in taking many orders.
he deserves good patronage.
Salmon berries are ripening, AMI are
plentiful in this vicinity. They are q deli. .
ious wild berry, sim;'a- to raspberrics,
though yellow and black in color and
TAFT in flavor. They are much ought
for.
Clearing 10 going on in froat of the
Masonic Hall, and it is intended to use it
asa ball ground, until the march of i'm
provement interferes with the National
game Of tho Shelton players.
John Simmons, of Hoods Canal, hal
his head split open bv a falling limb
in logging camp Friday. DR.. Flanni-
gan attended the sufferer at ST. p. tcr's
Hospital aud he is now out of danger.
The:EditOr has been absent this week +.
and the paper is shor: on local news
ANY one who has not experienced the
trials of rustlng for locals in village
like Shelton. has no idea Of the work Of
filling up several columns with matter.
Among the travellers on the Clara
Brown Wedr esday night were Milas Gal
liner, David Shelton. Lewis Shelton. Miss
Znela Shelton and Willis Shelton; j. w.
Rankin. Alex Marshall, Thos. Moran,
and Mesdames Rose of Skokomish, Bor-
deaux and McClain.
John Russell, the horse teamster. and
James Madden. who have been employed
by lhe Satsop Company for the past two
years. are getting together draught horses
and outfits to begin logging near Melrose,
on The new mill of the St. Paul Lumber
Company.
Ex-Postmaster j. N. Gale. of Olympia,
died last Friday after lingering illness
of almost two years. from which he had
wasted to almost to skeleton. lie was
buried Sunday under the auspices of the
A.. 0 U. W. Mr. Gale has held many
rositi IFS Of trust and was generally re
spected.
Alex Baldwin had the mis- fortune to
have an accident befall him, which vii!
be likely to cause the lass of his right
eye While chopping out at Weymouth
camp. last Monday evening, piece OF
pine knot few from his axe. and striking
his eve, made a deep and painful cut
Dr. Armstrong thinks he will lose his
sight in that eye.
While James Madden and another man
man were coming to Shelton from Ka-.
milchie one day last week, they encoun.
tered large bear about half way. in
possession of salmon berry patch on
Inc road. Bruin walked leisurely off and
Kindly let them pass, for which hey
were truly thankful, as their only weap-
on OF defense was pocket knife with
!he large blade broken,