The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-10-27
Shelton, Friday, October, 9th 1898.
Personals.

PERSONALS
Frank Freeburger came down from
Vasho n College to spend Sunday at
home.
Frank Kneeland has moved his
family into Al Hoover's house, on
Franklin street.
G. w. Cook, a member of the Taco
ma Mill Co., spent several days in
town last week.
Miss Anna Morrow will return home
from her summers visit to E1lens-
burgh, next week.
A. J. ellis and party of surveyors
passed through Shelton, Monday, en-
route for Hoods Canal.
Frank Williamson is still consider
ably under the weather, and is at home
in Olympia under treatment.
Sam Fisk is said to be doing we'll
over in the Yakima country and Mrs.
Fisk is to join him next week.
Comrade Zea, of G. H. Thomas Post,
Olympia, presented the E. E. Cross
Post, of Shelton, with a bible.
Mrs. Henry L. Alden returned We'd
nesday noon from a visit to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kraude1t, at Olympia.
Arthur Needham has moved out to
his place just north of town, and is
building big barn for his stock.
J. w. Crawford, former Olyrnpi
attorney, is now county attorney at
Chanler, Oklahoma. Quick work.
Walter McBryde writes that he ex-
poets to go home to the Hawaiian
Islands shortly, to spend the winter.
Frank P. McFadden was in town
over Sunday, looking after the extern
sive interests of Mrs. M. Miller in this
vicinity.
Lawyers Mcdonald and Tren1per
are in Olympia attending Supreme
Court, in the case of Martin Lewis VS.
John McReavy.
Mrs. Robert Patterson, of New Ka-
mi1chie, has gone to the hospital at
Olympia for the treatment of an in
jured foot, hurt July 4th.
Dan McReavy, Mrs. Jas. McReavy
and son and sister, Miss Cecilia Cam
eron, of Victoria, were over from
Hoodsport, Sunday evening.
Mrs. M. Mcdonald and Mrs. Thos.
O'Neill and children, were visiting in
Olympia, last week. Do1lie was left
to attend the Sisters academy.
Rev. S. w. Beaver found himself
unable to reach Shelton last Sunday,
Baptist Church next Sunday. D. v.
Nv. Woods brought this office a
splendid bunch of celery. 1t was
grown on his place near SCOTS prai-
rie, was we'll b1eached, tender and
crisp.
A half inch of ice and killing frost
came last Sunday night and the
thermometer dropped to "a degrees.
This was the coolest October weather
experienced for sixteen years, except
in 1881.
Lewis D. W. Shelton has finished
the survey of three townships in the
Ouillayute country, and is now at
work on the last one. Doug. Shelton
is with him and expects to get home
next month.
Henry Lewis brought over a small
bunch of eight horses from east OF the
mountains, arriving this week. He
reports everything very dull over in
that section, and not a very good pros.
pect in view.
VIM. Shorter, Dan Fredericks, Lee
Schofie1d and Will Forbes spent two
DAYS on in the Lost Prairie region last
week. They brought in two deer, a
bear and wild cat, and a few empty
things.
Recent advices from Allie Saegar
report that the party have lett the
Worlds Fair and are visiting relatives
in Indiana Allie is beginning to get
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pie the eastern winters, as they are
not to return unit! March.
The JOURNAL, man is now busily en-
gaged in lodging Mrs. Eli Robinson
and Mrs. Levi Shelton, having
thoughtlessly credited the gift OF
peaches by the former to the latter
Something was evidently the matter
with our spec's,-but there is no do ubt
as to our getting the peaches,
Rev. DR.. HicKerson is innprov ing
this week and promises to be out
again before long. The usual me ct
ings were held in the M. E. Chur Oh
last Sunday, members of the Chu rel
holding a song and praise service
If the Pastor is unable to preach 81 mi
lar>services will be held next Sunday
Edward CallOw, VINO was recently
appointed as inspector to cruise an6
classify lands selected by the state in
this section, has begun his work, as
sisted by George Barron. They came
in Saturday from hard trip looking
over the lands in the Satsop countr y
and were glad to get home. Both men
understand their business, but Barron
should be little easy on Mr.. Callow,
and not run-41im te death. He's lit
tie rusty.
Pete King and Alec LarocK, who
are now engaged in mining IN the
YUKON river, in Alaska, have not beer
heard from since last January, and
probably will send no word until nex1
January, as they are many hundredso1
miles from civilization. They hope to
come down next summer with good
stake. It will be wellearned and theii
advice would be for gold seekers t
stay away from Alaska and its hard
ships. Perry Robinson, Billy Vinine
and two others struck out for Alaska
last mon til, but concluded to give It up