The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-09
Local News.

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year, with "Wonankind," for
the ladies, or the american
Farmer and Farm News"
thrown in.
Inc local telephone office is nov
located at Frank Tucll's Drug Store
And now let the dead past bur,
itself, and all turn to and make I'D for
lost time.
Council at its meeting on Monda,
evening appointed w. G. Rex as cit,
clerk and police justice. in place Of
]. W. Hall, resigned.
The United Workmen have changed
their meeting place to the Odd Eel
lows Hall, and is receiving numerous
additions to its membership.
Owing to the rush of election, the
JOURNAL is short of everything, ex-
cept election figures. The official and
correct figures will be given next
week
Ed. McReavy, comedies the election
OF Caldwell and says he is glad of it.
He prefers not to be stray sheep, and
besides, he claims, and not witllo ut
good reason, that his defeat is worth
about $500 year to him.
Services of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church will be held next Sunday
in ground floor I. O. o. F. building.
morning at 1890 and evening at 7:3O.
Sunday School immediately after
morning service. All cordially invit-
ed.
Oyer at Kamilche, some one, not
generally known, placed liquor in a
building adjoining the polling place
and dispensed it free. It has been
fully demonstrated at this election
that whiskey don't go in working
voters, as it did of yore.
SHOOTING THE TURK. D. Reng-
storff has another flock of about fifty
fine turkeys ready for his usual
Thanksgiving shoot, and our sports
should practice up. The match will
take place on Shelton prairie, Sunday,
Nov. 18th, with rifles, 40 yards, inch
mark; so yards ~; rs yards, rest, 2
inch mark
The steamer Willie brought in the
for Capt. Tews' new boat
this week. 1t is powerful and will
drive the new boat on good time. The
steamer will be ready for launching in
a short time now, and it will not take
long to install the machinery. We
suggest that the new boat be named
Shelton" SO that she will be distinct
1y representative of this place.
The Postal Telegraph line between
Olympia and Port Townsend is no
more, having been changed to the
Sunset long distance telephone sys-
tenn last week, and the local office
placed in Frank Tuel1's drug store
Telephone communication can now be
had direct with Tacoma, Seattle,
Portland, Spokane, Port Townsend
and intermediate points.
If you want to find out the duration
of any night or day, do this: Multiply
the time of the suns rising by two
and you will get the length of the
night. Multiply the time of his set
ting by two and you will get the
length of the day. You haye only to
get the solar time correctly and make
the multiplication suggested. When
you see this news in the sun it is so.
VIM Shorter dropped several hund-
RED dollars about town on election day
in bets on the n1ajorities of republican
candidates in Shelton precinct, and
picked every one of his bets up again,
with an equal amount of some one
else's coin. While the prospects were
uncertain at that time, the bets on
that basis were something like a sure
thing. A few other small bets we're
made and considerable money chang
ed hands.
Capt. Tew has notified us that the
new steamer will be launched on Sat
urday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, if posi-
bic He expects that all will be i'll
readiness at that time, and many per-
sons will be interested in witnessing
the launching. 1t will take perhaps
week more to install the machinery
and fit the steamer ready for opera
ton. She is a splendid boat, equipped
with thirteen inch cylinders and a five
foot stroke, and we will be proud and
pleased to have h err in place of the old
willie"
The election table while faulty in
some respects gives such results of the
election as can be obtained before the
official canvass. AS usual several pre-
cincts failed to send copies of their
vote, and the bearers of their returns
were afflicted with mighty poor 1nen1-
cries. However it is not probable that
any changes will be made by the can
vass in the results. The only demo
cratic candidate elected was John
Cameron, commissioner second district.
Chairman w. H. Nance has been mott
fed to come and assist in the canvass
of the votes.
The Republicans had grand jolli-
fication on Wednesday night. and
vented their enthusiasm in various
WAYS. The Shelton band was out and
serenaded all the winning candidates
at hand, including Representative
Callow at the Dipmaa. A big bon