The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
Local News.

The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Or all three leading newspapers
Of their section for only &S0a
year, with "Womankind," for
the ladies, or the American
Farmer and Farm News
thrown in.
Next Tuesday is Christmas.
Tomorrow is the shortest day of the
| year.
Bob Elliott's new house is enclosed
and shingled.
This weather must be good for colds
everyone has them
Three more deer were brought in to
Stewart Freeburger's. Wednesday.
The Kamilche Odd Fellows an
nouuce their regular Xmas ball at
their Hall On the 18th.
Solomon Alberts reports the sale of
a quarter million feet Of his logs, cut
IN the Skskonisn river last year.
The lumber is on the ground for
L. j. Iorrison's new house on Rail-
road street, aboye the Hotel Dipman.
Mrs. VIM Billings. of Olympia, pur-
chased fine cow of Fred E. Woods,
and the animal was shipped to Olym-
pia yesterday.
What is finer than Tuells per-
fumeries, tablet articles, etc; or bot
tie of Shiloh's cure fer your friends
Christmas cough?
Bakers new photograph studio IS
completed ready for business Don t
forget Baker when you want your pic
ture taken, or numbering views.
The JOURNAL. wishes all its readers
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Don't be 4 pessimist, but make
it SO. as far as lies in your power.
Howard Cyphert has been improv-
ing the ware house facilities at the
city dock. by removing the ware house
from the little dock to the new wharf.
The subscription fer the school
house flag has been raised, a 12-foot
flag purchased. and now to get out a
7o-foot stick to plant in front of the
school house.
Taxes Of 1894 will be due and pay able
January Is, 1895; and will become de-
iinquent April l, 1855 per cent pen
atty, and 20 per cent interest on tax
and penalty after that date. Do not
VIZ lite county treasurer fer statement
Of taxes until after January
The new stern wheel steamer City of
Shelton will make her trial trip about
New Years, but will not go on the
Shelton-Olympia run, until the 18th
of January. Shelton's new boat is
attracting considerable attention and
and favorable comment at Seattle.
You have just time to order one of
those splendid Mackintoshes. of Nc
Larty & Shorter, for substantial pre-
sent They have fine line of Shoes
and Slippers for Ladies and Gents,
neckties, hosiery and fine underware.
They have a lot Of such goods at low
prices.
Sale was made by sheriff Dnckworth
Tuesday. of property. under judgment
of Mrs VIM. Crumley against d. c.
Fredericks and A. NJ. Richardson and
J. B. Shelton, endorser. The property
consisted of fifteen lots and Is acre
tract Of land owsed by the latter and
bid in by the plaintiff.
The new year is at hand and the
JOURNAL desires to have correspond
eat in ali sections of the county, send
ing rs the happenings of every ham,
let and neighborhooA as often as con-
venient. For this service the JOURNAL
offers inducements. Let US hear from
neighborhecds not represented in our
columns.
NJ. ID. Stewart. z prosperous Picker
ing farner, has. far as we know, the
only wide-tired far1n wagon in the
county. 1t has something like 5 inch
tires. Wide tires are excellent for
hauling on low grounds and meadows.
but, until most of the farmers use
them, they are not tiae best for hauling
over our roads. being harder on the
horses.
The following were elected officers
of E. E. Cross post e. "A r. at the last
meeting Dec is: SEQ. Cyphert. Com
mander; c S Dunbar, S V c; Wendell
Shelley. VIC: Daniel Kes.lty, Surgeon;
l W Woods, Chaplain; c T Huntley.
Or NJ; H L Alden o D; s Caldwell. o
G; Adj't. S NJ and Or vim be appoint
ed az Installation Jan. 5. 1895.
L. K. Nunson has an attractive
window display, and also has the lar
gest stock of holiday goods he ever
Carried. which includes everything
suita ole for gifts and tokens of rem
emkerance. Half ton of fresh
candies and nuts received Wednesday,
including a dozen buckets of good
linked candies, sold cheaper than ever
1 before Munson's holiday stock is
going fast. better get what yon intend
to soon.
Will Hudson drove over from Little
Skookum herd Of 81 Angora goats
last Saturday for Joseph Carstairs
who purchased the whole lot, 2nt
drove them out to the. Carstair farm a
Mason. They were fine lot of ami
mails and the careful business method
Of the Carstairs Wal make goat rails
ing successful. Again it pays to ad-