The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-23
Local News.

and one 'stoppage."
Give thanks for the benifcen
favors of the past year.
The Masonic auxiliary, Order East
ern Star will be organized in Shelton
next week.
Charlie Stone has received an incu
cubator, and is going into the fancy
poultry business.
Postmaster Sigh has purchased c
fine registered Guernsey cow from
MIR. Baker down the bay.
The Shelton passengers laid over II
| Olympia Tuesday night; the boat fail
ing to connect with the Multhnomah
The Kamilche lodge of Odd Fellows
visited the Olympia lodge last Monday
evening, chartering the Doctor for the
trip.
Duck shooting is said to be pretty
good now in the right spots, but the
birds are usually too ''fishey" for the
table.
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News or Womankind, monthly, are
given free to subscribers who pay a
year in advance.
The N. P. Express, L. x. Munson
local agent, is finding an extensive
business and is d great convenience
to our people.
The JOURNAL. has added a new pub
LEGATION to its clubbing list, The
Chicago Weekly Inte-Ocean, both one
year, for 81 IS.
Special Thanksgiving services of
Protestant Church will be held on
ground floor of l. o. O. F. hall on
Thursday next at 1880 a. III.
The older scholars have organized
the Crescent Literary society which
holds it's meetings in the schoolbuild-
ing every Saturday evening.
The hosting engine on the w. S.
pile driver has been remodel led and
taken out to the camp for use as a
donkey" in hauling logs.
The local camp of Woodmen will
meet at the Odd Fellows hall Thursday
evening to perfect its organization,
when state deputy will be present
Next Sunday is the Turkey shooting
match on the prairie. ]. D. Reng-
storff will be on hand with all the
shooters will be able to get away with.
Geo. Barron and J. w. Pratt are
viewing a way for railroad for the
Port Blake1y mill company, via Camp
BELLS prairie at Summit through to
the Cloqua1lum creek.
The Epworth League will give a
Thanksgiving Missionary meeting at
the M. E Church, Sunday evening
Dec. ?. Music, responsive readings
and Rotations making an attractive
programme.
Several Skol1omish Indians are haul
ton, for Maxwell & Vogt1in. It is
| first class hay and, like the other res
ervation products, shows that the Ind
ians are way up ain the science OF
! agriculture.
The st. Barnabas Mission of the
Prot estant Episcopal church will give
a Thanksgiving entertainment on the
evening of Thanksgiving Day, al
Kneeland's Hail. A program will be
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made and everybody is cordially invit
ed. The program will be followed by
dancing.
Of all the miserable snide things
that ever struck Shelton, "Queer
Carnival of Wonders,'' was a little
the worst fake. 1t caught quite &
number of people, who were thorough
" disgusted. The entertainment con
sisted of old slight-of-hand tricks
bungling1y performed by third-rate
''troupe'' of one man
Frank Tuel1 has renewed arrange
ments for periodicals and now receive:
all kinds of magazines and first-clas:
publications and also takes orders fol
their regular supply, He has also re
ceived shipment of Shiloh's Cough
Cure, and Kar1's Clover Root, adver
isement of which appears in thi'
paper.
The resignation of Judge Gordon as
superior judge of Thur ston county
which will soon be rendered owing
to his promotion to the supreme bench
gives rise to some speculation as to hi
probable successor. Those alread,
spoken of are James A. Haight, o. v
Linn, Milo A Root, Charles Aver an,
N. S. Porter, all of whom are gentle
men of such high standing in TIL
community as to recommend them TO
favorable consideration.
4 This office has received some Samp1
Oregon apple trees from Dayid Syph
Ter, of Olympia, whose advertisement
appears elsewhere. These trees ar
about eight feet high, straight, witt
good roots and tor, free from insect
and in every way a irst-class tree
They sell at $3.50 per hundred
Prunes and all kinds of trees are
handled, of which samples will b
sent shortly. at prices ranging from
five to ten cents EACH The sample
can be inspected at the JOURNAL
Office.
The Steamer Willie ran into thu
bank at the wood yard near Skookun
point last Friday night aud caused
considerable damage to the boat
giving the nassengers shaking up