The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
helton, Friday, March. FL, 1890.
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.

heltOn, Friday, March. FL, 1890.
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
American
Farmer Free.
Read the Special Notice.
Found, driving glove.
Joe Gale was over from Oyster Bay
yesterday.
A veranda is being built in front of the
Comm ercial Hotel.
Black Silk yelling, 35 cts. per yard at
Mrs w. B. Eaton's.
Trout have begun to bite in the creek
and at Lake Elizabeth.
Call and get pair of Sew Downs Man
ufactured al Asmus d Sargison's.
Microscopes. Compasses, Spectacles of
all kinds, and Yankee notions at Stones.
Arthur Needham and Ii. A. Pittman
were down the Sound on business this
week.
The Key West Beauty, a fine ten cen.
cigar, Stone sells them for only a nickle
Try them.
Occasional showers of rain. and semi
occasional streaks of sunshin make
variety IO1 tucSt udyS.
Hugh Currie is in town spending a few
days with his family. He will return to
Port Discovery Monday.
will soon have stock of the latest
style of Eastern ready trimmed Bonnets
and Hats. Mrs, w. B. Eaton.
The substantial frame of the machine
shop building is we'll along, and will be
about covered by another week.
If you wish anything in the line of
Spectacl es & Eye glasses, go to G V.
Dunbar.s. He has fine assortment.
The Clara Brown arrived soon after
six O'Clock Wednesday night, after get
ting in very late on several previous trips.
w. Ill Thompson's elocutionary enter
tatnment in Munson's Hall, Wednesday
night, was not great success either way.
Two good lots, block from Court house.
at bargain this week only. Rest of
block built and improved upon. At this
office.
sc. Young last week moved into his
new cottage. He has a three acre tract
of good land which can be made into a
pleasant home.
MARRIED:-At the residence of the
bride in, Olympia, Mar. 18th. 1890, by Rev
G, A. Landen, Mr. L. A. Coons to Mrs
Matte A. Tallentire.
Miss Bertha Morrow and Prentice Dun.
bar Jointly gave a party and dance in
Munson's Hall, last night, both having
slipped another cog in the wheel CT time.
The Shelton public school received
neat globe Saturday. that will enable the
geography classes 10 more readily peruse
their studies, and is great improvement
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day evening, March 25th, so. Supper will
be served during the evening. Good mu.
sic will also be provided. Come and
bring yonr friends.
David Shelton has several carpenters
engaged in constructing sidewalk and
making other street improvements. Now
share and the result will be q pleasant
surprise.
The logging camps are beginning to in
crease their output. The snow is about
all gone. and it will not be long before
There is not very large surplus OF logs
on hand
A carload of hay being hauled up the
P.S. & G. H. r r. caught fire at
NcBryde, and burned up Wednesday No
the car of burning hay was detached
from the train.
The Satsop Company has lot of saw
ties piled up in their yard, enough to
build five miles Of trcsile. They came
from the Pacific mill. This Company
expects to do considerable building this
year besides making the change contem-
plated in their main line.
The Satsop Company's new forty ton
loo omotive left the works in Philadel-
uhis on the first of the month, and will
reach here in 4 short time. She will re
place the Dottie sold to the Seattle and
Lake Shore, last fall VIM. Shorter will
be the engineer aud this fine engine will
bear his name of which he will feel way
mp.
In the NJ. E. Church next Sabbath,
March 23rd, tie usual services will be
help. The pastor will conduct the SER
vices and preach at 10:45 A. NJ. from
Psalms 20, %. In the evening the first
quarter hour of the services will give
place to a carefully prepared service Of
song Selections of sacred music will be
rendered by the choir 10 a body. After
which the pastor will preach upon Chris
tian Education. lStrangers welcome
Over at New Kamilche. the prospects
for thriving town are good The co m
pany has good wharf. large store and
engine buildings, and are also erecting
several good dwellings. Just across the
cove on Will CAllow's land, most IF
which has been plated, three or four neat
dwellings have been built and also
wharf Large crowds of people pass
through every day to and from Gray's
Harbor, so that it is seen by hundreds OF
peop.e every week The site is also fla
vorable for a good town.
Everywhere on the Sound the trans
portation lines are crowded with passen-
gers-and especially so, are the steamers
on the Whafcom route, which are always
loaded for Anacortea and the towns of the
lower Sound. Alter trip of several days
among several of the towns the Editor is
glad to get to town where they build Is
they blow. Shelton prospects are rs
good as those of any other town, and We
are perfectly satisfied that time will
bring this place out near the front Sc
attic and Tacoma are filed with people,
and most of the massive brick buildings
in the former city are abopt completed.