The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-05-03
The Mason County Journal.
G. C ANGLE, Editor and Proprietor
City & County Official Paper

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A SPOKANE man recently died from
CHAMBERS, contracted from a horse.
The disease prevails in that vacinity
among horses.
The governor has appointed ]. '.
Knapp, of Anacortes, lumber and
single weigher for the N. P. r. R.,
and w. r. Forrest, of Seattle, for the
Great Northern.
THE Port Angeles Times says shat
fully one-third OF the money and
bills in circulation in that city is
Canadian and English money. Ange-
les is just across the straits and within
sight of Victoria.
THERE is apparent considerably bet
ter business feeling about the Sound,
and the improvement in some respects
is noticeable here. The movement in
logs is somewhat better Of late, al
though long ways from being brisk
Il
THEN P. Steamship Co. has just
secured three large ocean steamers to
accommodate the increasing traffic
between the Sound and the Orient.
This increased their fleet to five ships,
and ought to accommodate an immense
business.
The Postmaster-general has approx
ed the postal laws and regulations re
garding holidays. The amendments
state that postmasters may observe as
holidays January %, May 80, July 4
the first Monday in September, known
as Labor day; December IS. and such
other days as the president of the
United States or the governors in their
respective states may designate as
feast or thanksgiving days, or proclaim
specially as holidays.
A PRIEsTLY writer in St. Louis at
tacks the Protestant associations of
Christian Endeavor and the Epworth
League, because every one of 100000
young men and young women belong
ing to these societies expects, hopes
and labors to get married" Accord
ing to the biblical narrative women
was created expressly for marriage,
and there are injunctions in the scrip
lures to the same effect. There is
consequently no harm in prosecuting
the business vigorously, singly or col
lectively. Marriage is honorable in
all" It should be, the Chistian en-
deavor of every young man and
woman to get we'll married and stick
to it, when we'll married.-Ledger.
ANsEL WHITE, an eccentric old
bachelor rancher who died in Clallam
County i'll May, 1888, has just been
found to have been the heir to q four
million dollar estate. Relatives have
just succeeded in placing the missing
heir, and now the property will be
divided among sixteen other heirs,
have been waiting to definitely estab-
lish the whereabouts of Ansel. How
ever, a serious bar to their hopes has
just turned up, in the fact that Mr..
White made will in favor of P. NJ.
Troy, well-known young man, whose
father is a Clallam County pioneer
owning the farm adjoining Whites.
Young Troy is now practicing law in
Olympia and has taken steps to es-
tablish his claim to the estate. He
has held the will all this time, as the
visible property of White at his
death was not of much value.
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APPLY THE REASONING TO DEBTS
President Cleveland reminds the
farmer, in his late manifesto favoring
a gold standard, under the specious
plea of support Of "sound currency"
that he "must buy as well as sell"
and that the "best prices which cheap
money proclaim are unsubstantial
and delusive," says the Olympia Stan
dard, [dem.] The President very
probably loses sight of one thing many
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