The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-01
Shelton. Friday, Dec, 1st 1893.
Personals.

Frank Williamson and F. F. Steel
went home to spend Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Hiram Dunbar has been con-
fined for the past week, with an attack
of fever.
]. A. Horton spent several days last
week visiting his son Charlie in
Tacoma.
Miss Lucy Fisk, of Orting, is to
spend the winter with her uncle, g. X.
Fisk, and attend school.
Mrs. Joe Doyle has been very sick
for the past two weeks of typhoid fe-
yer, but is now slowly recovering.
John. McReavy was yer from Union
City, Tuesday, enroute to Olympia to
attend a meeting of the Capital Com
mission.
DR.. HicKerson preached his Thanks
giving sermon this Thursday morning,
and the usual prayer meeting will be
held this evening.
Pap" Graytrax had a cramp or q
slight stroke of paralysis in one of his
limbs Tuesday morning, but by even
was as spry as usual.
w. S. and Mrs. Ellis went to Olympia
Friday, to visit Mrs. Ellis parents,
who have just returned from the East.
VS.. returne d home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole G. Hanson return
ed Wednesday from their honeymoon
visit in Seattle. They of course en-
joyed the proverbia1 good time on the
tour.
his father in Montana fer the past
IN h.
winter in Union City.
VIM. Potts is still at the Commercial
hotel and is rapidly gaining strength,
after his severe seige of illness. Good
attention has pulled him through, and
he now eats we'll and sleeps a good
deal.
Lee Schofield and Bob Mitchell went
over to New Karnilchie Saturday night
to assist the Olympia team to exen1p1i-
fly the secret work to the new Odd
Fellows Lodge. They report a fine
time, banquet and bali.
Mrs. Pomeroy, who has been at
Thos. O'Nei1ls for some months past,
was taken to the Hospital at Olympia
by Miss Jessie Mcdonald last Satur-
day. She was ill, with an attack of
typhoid fever in prospect.
Presiding Elder Moore will be here
tomorrow to conduct the regular quar-
terly communion services. Besides
the usual Sunday services, there will
be preaching on Saturday evening.
Everybody is invited to these meet
ings.
Arthur L. Cal1ow, formerly City
Clerk of Olympia, and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Ca11ow of Kami1chie,
was married in Seattle last week to
Miss Annie Chi1berg, niece of Joseph
Chilberg, of Olympia, and former
teacher in that city.
James Patterson, head fal1er in
Williamson camp, sustained severe
injuries Monday morning, a limb fail.
ing on his head. The scalp was torn
for about five inches, and his head
otherwise bruised. He was brought
to town by Allen Msnro, and taken to
the hospital at Olympia for treatment
Mrs. v. L. Williams and daughter
Ella, left Monday morning for Downey
in lower California. They go by
steamer to San Francisco and the triI
may prove interesting as we'll as other
wise, to Miss Ella. The editor ha.
some pleasant memories of Anahein
not far from Downey.
H. II. Martin, Jos. Carstairs and sis
ter, Chas. Nuby, and several Other
farmers we're in from the Satsop val
ley this week. They report but little
snow in that region, not so much as in
Shelton so far. Now that all stream:
haye been bridged and the roads i'm
proved within the past few years thu
Satsop settlers can make the trip to
town at any time of the year, with fail
comfort.
Mrs. Sarah A. Morrow has conc1ud
ed to ''get out more and has takei
the subscription book agency for Funl
wasting for Samantha Allen at thu
Fair with good success. Samantha
is very voluble person, the Fair
great big subject; and her writing
have many adm irers; so Samantha a
the Fair is a first class book; cheap
too.
Lon. Edwards was in town over Fri
day night visiting friends and looking
after some business. He is at presen
engaged in quartz mining at Ashland
Oregon, with Geo. FsGund and othe
capitalists and reports that goe'
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"diggings." The company is at worl
sinking shaft and expects to strik
something good pretty soon. Until thi
year the main mining was placer work
at which several big companies find
profitable to continue with heavy ny
draulic machinery, but the effort nov
is to find the source of the golde
wealth. The country around Ashlan
is first class, of good all around produt
ton, chiefly farming and grazing. Lo
reports Mrs. Edwards and the childre
in good health.
To PAY TAxEs.-County Treasure
O'Neill reports that a number hav
called to pay taxes and several letter
are received by him every day, ing uir
ing about taxes and Offering paym emf
To save trouble we will state that tn
tax rolls will not be turned over t
the Treasurer until the first Monda
in January, ana that taxes ca mot b
received by him until the Sc cond Mon
day in January next. The usual thre
per cent rebate will be give until tn
first Of February.