The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-22
shelton. Friday, Dec, 22nd 1898.
Personals


Thos. Webb was over from Riverside
Monday.
Chas Leake went up to Olympic
Tuesday.
]. w. Hall and w. B. Eaton went to
Tacoma Tuesday.
Joe H. Deer and wife were in Sc
attic this week.
Jack Yoder is lying i'll of typhoid
fever at VIM. Barrett's.
BoRN-Arcadia, Dec. 4, to the wife
of ]. Il. Edgbert, girl.
Ed. Simpson was over from Union
City this week on business.
Mrs. Chas. Norton and both children
were confined to the house this week.
Mrs. Moore, mother of auditor
Chas. Moore, of Thurston county, died
in Olympia, Wednesday.
Mrs. Butts, living on the Jones'
Patterson place, has been seriously i'll
for the past two weeks.
Capt. Tew and son have moved their
families to Shelton and now occupy
the Rex house on 5th St.
Walter D. McBryde left Montesano
last week, intending to spend the
winter OH the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Levee, came up
from Olympia Tuesday, to spend
Christmas with MIR. and Mrs. Ellis.
BoRN.-She1ton, Dec. Goth to the
wife of Harry Winsor, a son. Another
young couple made doubly happy.
oo.d;,11x, ,,,1y;to1 70 ~,
Christmas Tree entertainment at the
NJ E. Church on Christmas evening.
Mrs. Schlesener returned Monday
from trip down Sound, purchasing
a new supply of toys and holiday
goods.
David She lton is rather under the
weather nowadays. But few are ex-
empt from a ''tired fee1ing'' this
weather.
Atty. Mcdonald left for Seattle yes
terday to make service and confer
with lawyers interested in 1ogger's
lien cases.
Mrs. H. S. Tremper and son The
odore returned Wednesday from Taco
ma, where they had been paying Mrs
Geo. LAWYER, a visit.
Harry Green, who once ''fred" or
the Dottie, for engineer Shorter, il
lying very sick at Falls City, Wash.
of cancer. The local Masonic Lodge
is taking care of him.
Thomas Heacock, Sound pioneer
died in Olympia, Saturday. Heacoc!
was inspector of coal mines, during
Squire's term as governor.
VIM. Parish, writes from the Satsop
bot &c 1oi< LAT
gatory to him, that he never did it, etc
We give it up, not having heard thu
report.
Mrs. Bell and Allie are spending tn
holidays at Arthur Tay1or's farm OF
Oyster Bay. Mr.. and Mrs. Vogtlir
are also intending to spend Christina
day there.
Col. J. NJ. Lane, assistant inspecto
of G.. A. z. of this Department, wa:
in town Monday, and inspected tn
local G. A. r. post that evening, at
special meeting.
Nearly all of the children of MI
Blalock, who recently arrived fror
Georgia, are down with fever, prob
ably contracted during the long rail
road trip to this country.
A. j. Miner who was taken to tn
hospital at Olympia last week, from
injuries received between two logs
died there Wednesday. He has beel
employed on the P. S. & G. H. rail
road for several years.
Geo. Gravel left Thursday for hi
old home in Malone, N. Y, where h
will spend the winter. AS York Stat
is now enjoying its cold weather, h
will probably have time for little els
than keeping warm.
Born Shelton, Dec. 18th, to tn
wife of Frank Binns, son. Mis-
McWha, sister of Mrs Binns, arrive
last week to spend the winter. Sh
has recently come from Ireland.
[Laterl The child died last Monday
Jacob Hauptley, Levi P. Shelto
and J. M. Downs. who ably repre-
sented Mason county at the stat
road convention in Olympia thi
week, returned yesterday, well salts
fed with the results of the meeting
The complete proceedings of the cor
vention are furnished our reader
this week
VIM. Shorter, Fred Bailey an
Frank Hathorn made trip out to TIL
lar Satsop last week, after elk. Ton
my and the boys gathered all tn
empty barrels and casks available
but-they can be used to salt dow
dogsalmon. The hunters found dee
snow in the mountains and not man
elk signs; and were forced to come i
without game.
Miss Mary Graham, assistant teach
er; Miss Hattie Van Eaton, cook; Mis-
Annie Williams, assistant seamstres
Miss Hattie Gale, Miss Minnie She
wood, apprentice girls; r, D. Shut, il
dustr1al teacher, and Mrs. Shut, al
but the latter, employees of the Skokt
mish Indian school, were in tow
Thursday buying Christmas good
especially list of fifty presents fe
the Indian school children.
REMEMBER THE RACKET WHEN YO
start out for Christmas presents and TOYS
have had "racket" with prices. and knockt