The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-17
Shelton. Friday, August 18th. 1884
Personals.

L. X. Munson made a short trip to
Tacoma Monday.
W. H. Knee1and was in Tacoma on
business Monday.
Arthur Needham made d busin ess
trip to Tacoma Tuesday.
Mrs. Doctor Beach returned Satur-
day from short visit to her parents
at Renton.
Jos. Kullrich and wife, postmaster
and storekeeper at Kamilchie, were in
town Saturday.
Frank Freeburger has gone to Seat
tie where he will attend the State
University during the fall term.
G. Fuller, Tacoma grocery dealer,
was in town a few days this week
visiting with ]. J. Cruson and family.
John B. Peterson has moved his
family out to his ranch, from VIM.
Callow's camp on Little Skookum,
where he has been employed
G. A. carp, who was employed by
Jacob Hauptley last summer, has gone
to Dallas, Oregon, driving overland.
He expects to spend the winter in Ore
gOn.
The JOURNAL. can furnish cheap a
$50 certificate for tuition at the Annie
Wright Seminary in Tacoma, if one
of our young ladies wishes to attend
that institution.
The cripples, James Harris, George
Murphy and Curt Young are all
around this week, and haye been
given buggy rides. The community
crutches are in demand.
Rev. S. w. Beaver will hold the reg
ular monthly services in the Baptist
church next Sunday. Business meet
ing Saturday and public social in the
church on Friday evening.
Mr.. Sauck, the representative OF
the Sunset Telephone company, drove
through to Union City last week. The
Company contemp1ates extending a
long distance telephone line from
their system to Port Townsend.
Ralph Potts, Chas. McClain and
families and Mrs. Eliab Dunbar
launched out Monday for a canpin 6
trip; proposing to keep going until
they find nice camping spot beside
some purling stream, on North Bay
which promises trout.
ATacoma party consisting of G. g.
Rowe, w. H. Eberly, r. S. Albright,
d. d. Day and G. F. Stacey, spent
several days in fishing on the Skoko-
mish at Lathams this week. They re-
turned Tuesday evening, bringing
quite cargo of trophies for their
city friends. B. Wiley hauled the
party and their fish home.
DR.. and Mrs. Hickerson returned
Monday from attending the camp
meeting at Little Rock. The doctor
reports fully two thousand persons
present whom he addressed on Sun
day, and a splendid time is being EN-
loved ny the assembled Christians
The usual services will be held in the
M F.. Church next Sunday.
Will Southland, is back again as
purser of the Clara Brown. New
schedules have been issued for the
Snohomish-Shelton route. The Clara
leaves Seattle Monday Wednesday and
Friday and /, a. III. Tacoma, g, a. III.
arrives at Shelton noon, leaves l.
O'Clock, going through to Snohom1sh
and Everett, arriving next morning
Henry and Miss Lilly Wilson and
Henry Latham were in from the Skoko'
r,;sr river Wednesday. The latter
renorts that his guests are having
snlendid sport in fishing, getting best
results from flies. He will build an
addition TO his house by next year, IN
order to accomod ate the increasing
number of sportsmen who fish the
Skokomish.
Thirty-seven Olympians were at the
Camp Mason, on Mill Creek last Sun
day,-ar regular exodus OF OlymPlans
from the busy city to the pleasant
camping grounds this county AFFORDS
CT. Mason's launch, FRANKIE Iur
nished the transportation. Nearly all
campers have gone home, except one
party composed of Ambrose Bernett
Sam Smith, Andrew Boesl and u. M
Arbuck1e.
wally Robinson was called to Por'
Townsend last Saturday to attend th'
funeral :. of his grandfather, Alder
Briggs, near that city Eli B. Kooin
son, another grandson, is prosperous
farmer near Shelton. Mr. Briggs
came to Puget Sound in 1852 iron
Portland with the party OF wnlct
David Shelton and his family wer'
members, and located on a donation
claim near Port Townsend, with tn
Pettygrove family, while the baianc'
of the little company dropped on 2
other points on the upper Sound.