The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-03
Shelton. Friday, August 3rd. 1894.
Personals.

Arthur Taylor was up from Area
dia. yesterday.
Mrs. Libby and daughter, Addie,
are visiting at Mrs. Calvin Saegar's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Win. Taylor, of Kam-
;lche. and Mrs. NJ Fredson from Oak
land were trading in town yesterday.
Mrs. Chas. Garfield, come dow II
from Olympia and spent Sunday with
the genial secretary of the tide land
board.
III. Stockwel1, who has been visit
ing Judge Hall for the past three
months returned to San Francisc o
last week.
Curt Young is lying at the CONNER
cial with an injured limb. He was
damned by boomstick at the Granger
Camp last week.
James Harris is now able to get
around on crutches, after being con-
fined TO his bed over two months or
account of broken limb.
Il. y
Ford's place on the Satsop last week
to see his little girl, who was suffer
ing from an liberated throat.
VS.. Brown was in tow Tuesday,
arranging for a prospecting trip IN
the Olympics, he and Mr.. Pharris, of
Union City, will start out this week.
VIM. E. Daniels fell heir to a baby
girl last Thursday morning, and Billy
was so anxious to be at home Sunday
that he allowed foul tip to effect his
vision.
Inspector Patterson was in town
this week, looking over postal mat
tiers, and also the necessity of the new
mail route between Shelton and
Tacoma by way of North Bay points.
w. S. Ellis is moving to Olympia
Be was over to Cosmopolis last week,
and has secured position in the mill
He reports Our Shelton friends at
that place, now enjoying themselves
on the beach.
DR.. C. H. Wells, met Mrs. Wells in
Portland and returned to She last
Saturday. The Doctor has rented the
Spencer house, corner of Sixth and
Gotta streets, and is now permanently
located.
A party of young Olympians are
ft-cy q n u
about in a s1oop. Louis Brautigam,
W. T. Campbell, Chas. Burr, Tedd1e
Burntrager and E. + McClarty are
among the party.
Mrs. M. F. Knight and Jessie, re-
turned home last Monday night from
a two months visit to fir lends down
the, Sound. accompanied by Walter
Dunbar. Marcus is interested in a
cooperative single mill enterprise at
Custer in Whatcom County, and will
remain there for the present.
Rev. J. S. McCa11uin, of Olympia
will lecture on the principles of the "A.
p. A. at Knee1and's Hall, 18th and 18th
of August, the people of the surround
ing country are invited to be present.
Special invitation is extended to the
ladies of this place to come out and
hear the great lecture on this import
ant subject.
John Holgate and Mr.. Boardman,
director, of the Soldiers Home, with
their sons come down from Tacoma
last week and spent two days fishing
on the Skoko,nish River at Henry
Lathams. They had the usual good
luck and took home over hundred
pounds of fine trout, some OF them
weighing over five pounds.
E. NJ. Young and Robert Mitchell
popular employees of the P. S. & G. h.
K. R. Co., at new Kan1ilche were over
at the county seat last Saturday on
business and made us a call. Mr..
Young intends shortly to leave On an
extended visit East. after several years
labor in charge of the books of thu
railroad company.
John As1nus, of Detroit, Michigan,
is visiting his cousin, w. H. Asnns,
and expects to remain in Shelton long
enough to get familiar with the coun-
try, probably permanently. MIR. AS
MUS visited the Worlds Fair, was also
at the Mid-Winter fair, spending three
months in San Francisco, and expects
TO wind up with the Interstate fair al
Tacoma this fall.
1t is as much of a novely for set
tiers to make the trip across the
plains to this state in this modern time
as it was in the early sos. Mr.. Clay
arrived in Shelton a short time ago
having driven all the way from Ne.
oraska, and having reached this place
healthy, having enjoyed the drive OF
several months. Mrs. Clay and child
rem came by rail in March, and Mr..
Clay, falling to dispose of his stock,
concluded to drive to Washington.