The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-04-12
Shelton. Friday, April II, 1885.
Personals


the past week, but is now improving.
p. Willis Shelton is in town on
short vacation from Vashon College.
Ed McReayy's family are moving to
his camp on the P. S. & G. H. for the
summer.
Newell Day has moved his family
into the dwelling vacated by George
Shorter.
The Momb1o family expects to leave
Saturday for their former home in
Massachusetts,.
Miss Clara Ansorge is in charge OF
the office in the absence of County
Clerk Morrison.
The two year old child Of Mrs. Sum
pter, at Ye1m, fell into a barrel Of
rain water and was drowned last week.
Wm. Pix, generally known here,
who recently married a young wife, IS
said to be the proud father of d
daughter.
J.E. Sigh preached in the Metho-
dist Church Sunday, Rev. +. M.
Wheeler being detained at Tacoma
af@ association meeting.
Herbert job nson and the Sischo
brothers, who formerly lived i'll this
county, are now in Jail in Lewis
county for robbing store at Freeport
last winter. The sheriff has been
looking for them for some time.
Bert Sheldon, Williamson's popular
teamster is suffering with a broken
limb. Tuesday afternoon hand-skid
flew and struck him, while yarding out
a log with the team. DR.. Wells reduced
the fracture. Mrs. Sheldon is in
Portland, where their young child is
being treated for eye troubles
C. G. Cushnan, representing the
Northwestern nursery of Walla Walla,
completed his spring delivery of fruit
trees this week, leaving about thirty
orders in this vicinity. The stock
sent out by the we'll known nursery is
giving good satisfaction, and has
displaced Eastern stock. Mr.. Cusll-
man will be around again in July.
Pen Williams returned Monday
from a short trip to juneau, Alaska.
The day he left Albert Legrant, Max
Landrevi11e and James Dougherty
joined a party bound for the mines.
He reports Lionel Pole and his wife,
formerly Mamie Rowe, keeping house
in Juneau, but will go to the Tread
we'll mines. Pen says Alaska is no
place for a poor man; plenty of men
and little work.
DIR. Bradley of Eaton Rapids, and
Herbert Reynold, of Charlotte, both
prominent business men of Michigan
made hurried visit to Shelton last
Monday, to the f amslies of EliabOnn-
bar and Ralph Potts. Both have been
on trip on the coast and found time
to paw a short visit to the Michigan
colony in Shelton. They express
themselves as highly pleased with
what they have seen of the country.
Before leaving Ralph Potts presented
the visitors with couple of fine elk
hides, as a souvenir of their trip.
A large number of lady friends of
Miss Libbie Amber met by previous
quiet arrangement at the home OF
Miss Clara Ansorge on Monday after
noon, and the former was beguiled
inside and made the recipient OF
genuine surprise party. Only the
ladies were Gin" on the party, but
still, strange to say, it was secret
we'll kept from Miss Amber. The oc-
casion was Miss Ambler's- birthday,
and her friends spent the afternoon
enjoying with her the ente rtainment
aud good things provided. The gents
were conspicuous for their absence,
not being invited.
Mrs. L. L. Hunter. brought IN
3-inch pansy blossom Wednesday,
rather early for such big specimens.
MIS-. TANK V1unSOA oASS S>A-A.~ - -
boouet and early lettuce, which latter
was splendid. Frank must be indus
trious to grow lettuce out of doors be-
fore most of us have planted our seeds.
Mrs. Schlesener is offering goods at
the Racket Store at greatly reduced
prices in order to close out the stock.
Her increased dressmaking patron
age is taking all her time and the store
goods will be sold at cash prices in
order to dispose of them quickly.
Better look over the Racket and select
what you want.
The Potts Mercantile Co., has closed
out its store at Edison, and turned all
its goods over to Tacoma creditors.
Will Freeburger has gone to Monte
sano where he is studying pharmacy
Frank is also taking course OF phar-
macy at the State University, -in pre-
paration for opening drug store IN
some suitable locality.