The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-16
Friday. Feb, 10th 1894
Personals

Mrs. L. ]. Morri son. is still quite
sick.
Saml Caldwell visited the Capitol
City Monday,
Grant C. Angle has been reappoi MT.
ed Notary Public.
Fred Wright arrived Thursday noon
from down Sound.
Mrs. Schlese ner visited Olympia
Tuesday Oil business.
Bob Kimpton is employed cutting
meat in the Shelton Market.
Lee Schofeld returned from an ex-
tended visit in Olympia Monday.
Frank Duncan has moved the bal
ance of his blacksmith tools to Oly1n-
pia.
AL. ]. Munson has been laid up with
the grip" for week, but is now
out again.
Mrs. Geo. Dryden living at the water
tank on the Washington Southern, is
reported quite sick.
Thos. w. Daniels, was examined at
Olympia Wednesday, as an applicant
for an original persion.
dHCSS "A. SdUy, N1. H., Is lcCluI
before the w. G. L. u. societies in Che
halls county this week.
Mrs. Archie Henderson moved tc
Olympia Tuesday, and will make her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Dan. Munro
Frank Becker managed to inf1ict
a cut on his hand at williamson
during the first weeks work, but was
not laid up.
A. H. Chambers, of Olympia, was
in town Tuesday, attending the sale OF
Metzger property, which he bid in fol
the Judgment
Henry OFT was in town Tuesday
looking after business for the O1yn.
pia Door & Lumber Co., and drum
ming up spring trade in sash and
doors.
Joe Doyle went down Sound on the
Clara Brown Wednesday, on business
connected with the sale of his logs
The Tacoma Mill Co. has a represen
tative looking over his logs.
James Neal will shortly move t.
Thurston County with his family, it is
said, to take charge of a creamery
now being built by r. A. Brewer OF
his farm near Mound Prairie.
Harold 7. Burntrager, of Olympia
was in town Tuesday, in the interests
of Schilling s. Co. Teas and Spices
the regular traveller, E. Jeffreys
being called to New York by illness O.
his family.
Mrs. Calvin Saegar and children
are expected home from their Easter
trip any day, and Cal. has been ex
pecting them ''many days" Allie hat
an attack of fever which spoiled some
of his fun.
Lawyer c. w. Hartman left for
visit to California last week in searcl
of new location. He expects to fine
the desired point i'll San Francisco O.
some nearby city, and return in a fev
weeks for Mrs. Hartman.
John D. Riley, cashier of the Stat
Bank of Shelton, was down Soun'
this week on bank business. Part o
his work was to appear at Frida'
Harbor and bid on batch of bond
issued by San Juan county.
VIM. Wyatt probably realizes tn
truth Of the old fable about the half
frozen serpent, as the big wolf, he re
Gently captured. inflicted bad wound
on his hand the other day, Will
showing off the brute. Wyatt ha
given up all idea of training him TO
sheep dog and will sell him cheap t
some managerle.
Mrs. I. A. Little and children are ii
Tacoma, where Mrs. Little is unde
the Doctors care. 1t is very fortunat
that the family were away when tn
tree fell across their home last week
Mr.. Little is hardly over his close cal
yet, and will be sure to see that dan
gerous tree will have no chance Q
bringing him within SIX inches o
death hereafter. All the trees withil
range of the house have been cut.
The infant child of Robt. Simpson
found I've can in reach last Saturda
evening, and succeeded in getting
some of the powerful acid in it
mouth The cfild's mouth and ton
que were badly burned and swollen
but no serious injury will result, a
none of the I've reached the the child
stomach. Every household can rea
lesson, and keep I've and medicin
bottles safely out of the reach. Q
children.
John Ludgate returned Saturda,
from three weeks visit to the Mic
winter Fair, and reports an enjoyabl
trip. While many of the fair build
ings are incomplete, and exhibits nc
installed, still the fair has many al
fractions to take up ones time ans
make the visit interesting. Like al
who visit Frisco, Ludgate report
that it is the greatest cosmopolita
city in the world for ENJOYMENT with
out much expense. The people ar
hospitab1e, and the weather general
fine.
Martin Lewis writes the JoURNA
from Peshastin, in K1ickitat County
that the mines in that vicinity are O
the eve of a great boom, lots of cap
tai coming in from the Sound, an
much Eastern capital is promised fo
the summer, attracted by the fines
samples Of free milling gold ore whic
were exhibited at the Worlds Fai
from tile Peshastin district. "
should be glad to hear of Martin
making a good stake out of his claim:
on which he has been at work for tw
years.