Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-08-11
cHEHALIs COUNTY HAPPENINGS.
The First National bank OF Montesal

The First National bank of Montesano
began business Monday.
The state has given H. Park Thomas
permission to wed Miss Matte G. Daniel.
Both are of Cosmopolis.
DIR. Nevius was taken suddenly i'll
while preaching in Olympia last week,
and was compelled to return home.
r. L. Boyle made trade last week
with D. H. Jory, by which he becomes
proprietor of the Jory House with its iur-
niture and fixtures.
We learn that S. A. Estus has pur-
chased seventy-fve horse power engine,
which be will use in his new cedar mill
which he proposes building on the place
of Commissioner Beck.
The commissioners have ordered the
auditor to instruct the N. p. X. X. Co.
that they will accept $4,000 to cover all
damages for county roads taken by said
company in constructing their road
through Chehalis county.
The editor of the Aberdeen Herald has
got scoop on all the balance OF the pa
pers in the county, having a genuine libel
suit on his hands. He has been sued by
Frank II. Owen, OF the Bulletin, Tor the
comments made in the HERALD on the
action of Mr.. Owen and others relative to
the management of school matters in
Aberdeen, Mr.. Owen being one of the
directors. -Vidette.
Col. DeCourcey, OF Ocosta, is advocat-
ing the formation of road league in this
county, the object OF which is to discuss
the road question in all its phases, and
exchange ideas relative to road building.
The idea is practical one, and wherever
tried has proven successful and worked
up quite sentiment in favor of good
roads. If there is any one question that
interests the people in this county it is
the condition of our public highways.
Organize league by all means.-Vidette.
Advance Literary Notes Of September
Overland Monthly.
The September Overland will contain
the most complete description ever pub
lished Of the famous Farallon Islands,
just beyond the Golden Gate. The writer,
Charles S. Greene, was accompanied by
Peixotto, whose delicate pen-and-ink
sketches and artistic washes have so
often ornamented the pages of the Over
land. The rocky shore, the -pickers,
the lighthouse keepers, the birds, make
interesting subjects of illustration.
"Staging in the Mendocino Redwoods,
H." is a continuation of Mrs. Eames'
article in the August number, fully illus
trated as before by photographs and by
the drawings Of Mrs. Grace Hudson.
Sportsmen will be interested in paper
on "Quail and Quail Shooting" illus
trated by a sketch and washes by Walter.
The habits of California quail in contrast
with the Eastern bird are treated Of.
John S. Hittell, the historian, will
contribute valuable paper OF historical
interest, on the real cause of the fall of
the Roman Empire, the title of which
will be Gan Interesting Historical Dis
covery."
In this number, there will be made
public for the first time, documents which
prove the friendship of Russia to the
United States during the Civil War.
The heavier matter will be lighteued
by the following stories: "Two Gourmets
OF Bloomfield" by Alice S. Wolf; "a
Barefaced Deception" an Admission Day
stroy, by Charles E. Brimblecom "a
Wrong Trump" by Emma A. Thurston.
Ella Higginson and Sam Davis will
have poems in this number.