The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-23
shelton. Friday, March, 23rd 1894.
Personals.

Postmaster Hodgkinson was in from
Matlock Wednesday.
BORN Friday, March 10th, to the
wife of James Getty, boy.
Mrs. 10 Kneeland was visiting
friends i'll town over. Sunday.
Martin koopman is in Hoquia M,
where he expects to spend the summer.
B0RN-Shelton, Monday, March 10,
to the wife of John Doyle, another
daughter.
Thomas Taylor, and his mother were
III from the Satsop valley Tuesday on
I trading trip.
Chehalis Jack, we'll known Skoko :
ilisl Indian, is said to be very low of
consumption at the Reservation.
Dr.. II. c. Mcclure, of Tacoma, in at
the " ebb, prepared for dentist work,
and expects to remain part of next
week
Rev. NJ. Ee11s was in town Tuesday
as witnesses on the Waterman case and
reported eight inches of snow on the
SkolIou1ish.
Gov McGraw was taken suddenly
i'll in Tacoma last Saturday, and is
now quite sick at his home in Seattle,
but in no danger at last reports.
Mrs. Phil Ashmun, now living at
Fremont, presented her husband with
a Girl on the 9th. Phil is now EN-
ployed in a Los Angeles printing
Office
Mrs. Il. A. Little returned from
Tacoma this week, after two months
stay, considerably improved in health.
Mr.. Little has made a neat little home
on Pine street.
Miss Eva Kirkendal1 of Olympia, is
''holding down cases. at the Trsbune
office at present. Miss Eva Learned
the boxes with the writer, and She
has Our sympathy.
Frank Freeburger had tooth pull
ed last week, but it was broken in the
operation, and Frank was forced to &C
to Olympia to have the roots dug
out "a painful operation.
Mrs Dr. Hickerson received word
last Friday morning of the death Of
her mother, Mrs. Jane A. Miniken, al
Batesvi1le, Ark, at the age of IS
years. Word was received by wire
within three hours of her death.
Miss Blanch Daily who has /. beer
holding down cases. since eve pur-
chased the Tribune about ten months
ago, has tired OF sticking type" and
will give music lessons in town. Shs
Will probably remain in Shelton an
9th CT ten months at least.
Mrs benjamin Snider has returned
from her stay of the winter at her ole
home is Iowa, and found the family as
much pleased to see her, as she was
glad to get home again. She reports
pleasant trip, though her mothers
illness created some anxiety.
Tom Slocum, the Indian holder OF
the 40-acre tract adjoining town, is
lying very sick at his home. He has
been i'll poor health for a year OF
more. and his disease is said to be con.
sumption. He has some needs which
towuspeople are supplying.
Messrs. Contine, Atkinson and Win
CERT, Hartstein Island resid ents, were
i'll town Monday on business. They
report that Hartstein will be devoted
more largely to prunes, and about
1000 new trees are being planted this
spring. Mrs. Blake, post-mistress at
Hartstein, is on the sick list, with
Robt. Gerald.
Lawyer c. w. Hartman returned
Monday night from his trip to Califor'
MIA. Several weeks were spent in San
francisco and in looking around the
vicinity. Mr.. Hartman says INC
California for him. While Washing
ton has its future before it, that state
has passed its best period. People
are nfuch ''harder up" and business
is'in poorer state in all directions
than in Washington. Mr.. Hartman
Camps in Shelton for good.
Cap. Winsor, while in town Friday,
received a telegram announcing the
death of Mrs. Winsor's step-mother
Mrs. H. D. Huntington, at Monticello
on tie 18th inst, aged 20 years. This
pioneer lady crossed the plains in
1913, and has been a settler on the
Cowlitz river for nearly As years. Hel
hospitality is remembered by all ths
old pioneers who made the trip from
the Columbia to Puget Sound in the
the early days before the Northern
Pacific girded the route with iror
rails. Capt. Winsor was the pioneel
stage driver from Olympia to thu
Columbia, had monopoly of the mai
and passenger business for severa
years. 81