The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-01-18
The tides are still high.

hC lluCS dIc StllI DIE II.
The Horticultural society meets
next Saturday week.
No is in the W. S. Shops, some O.
her tubes needing repairs.
Chas. Meyer, has moved into thu
house vacated by Ed Gaum. Vacan
houses are scarce in Shelton.
AT last account the city of Shelter
only lacked the smoke stack, and sh.
is daily expected.
The city books for the registration
of voters are now open at the Clerk.
office in Bank building.
A. M. Richardson lost a horse las
Friday, the animal getting tangled il
the halter and choking to death.
A three months term of school will
be had in the Miller district, below
Shelton, as soon as suitable teacher
is secured. Mrs. Clay has secured a
school in the Decker settlement for a
three months.term.
The next meeting of the Woodmen
will be held at the Masonic Hall next
Tuesday evening. Those intending
to join before the charter closes
should be examined, aud send in their
application at once, to get the benefit
Of reduced fees.
School Supt. Gunderson announces
that his Office day will hereafter be on
Saturday, when he can be found at
his Office in the Court house. County
people having special business with
this officer can find him at the Shelton
School on other days.
| Vick's new floral guide for 1895 is
out in silver and gold. AS usual it is
splendidly printed and of much value
to growers of flowers and vegetables.
1t will be sent for ten cents, which can
be deducted from your first order, by
James Wick Sons, Rochester, N. Y.
The populists are calmly and conf
IDENTIFY anticipating sweeping the
State two years from now, and the
leaders have already outlined a plan
of campaign which they are working
in all sections of the country. At any
rate, they will need a good deal of
watching from other parties.
Following is the list of petit jurors
selected for the session of Federal
Court at Tacoma, February 18th. from
| Mason County: J. w. Bittenbender,
S. D. Bidgood, John Ma1oney, Thomas
Bordeaux, Harry Young, and James
McReavy. AT least three of those
named are not in the county at present
Olympia has decided retrenchment
| streak, the city having decided to dis
pense with the electric lights after this
month. This will be decidedly bad, es-
pecially while the legislature is in
session, and the business men will
arrange subscription to pay for need
ed lights, at least during the session.
| ]. P. Hammond brought us in lot
of smoked and sailed salmon, the pro-
duct of his own fisheries. The sailed
fish are fully equal to mackere1 or cod
as breakfast dish, and the smoked
article is frst-c1ass relish at any
time, especially on outings Mr..
Hammond puts up the best fish in
| wholesome manner and furnishes
them either sailed or smoked at low
| rates.
The fishing schooner Lilly and
Maud" of Ballard, which was cruis-
ing in the Upper Canal last week. is
reported to have been wrecked off
Deception Island in the storm Sunday
evening. A passing steamer made a
strenuous attempt to get the two men,
supposed to be the owner, Capt. Jack
and William Foley, off the wreck,
but, on account of the high sea run
ming, were unsuccessful, and the
doomed men were shortly swept from
the wreck and drowned.
I. w. Woods says that some of his
family heard a loud rumbling SOUND
late Sunday night and supposed it
was an earthquake. We have no,
heard another person mention it
however, and presume we must all be
sleeping the sleep of the just" A
Tumwater resident told the Olympiar
the shock was felt in that burg, so il
can hardly be a fake. The defeated
candidates will probably make the
earth rumble when the Senatorial
contest is ended.
Last Saturday morning residents Or
the water front were rather surprised
on waking up to find their premises
af1oat. On the two following days thu
tides were also unusually high, coming
above the high water mark of 1885
and considerably over the much
heralded tidal wave which never came
Mast winter. Water came over tn.
floors in several houses on the water
'front.' but no damage was done excep
the temporary wetting. The volume
of frest water coming down thu
streams \added several inches to thu
tide in this bay.
5 The JoukNAL will receive, within /;
: week or ted days, sample line o.
1 fruit spraying aachines, suitable fol
: the trees Of this section. We arr
z especially interested in having all ou
|. growers project their orchards frol,
: insect pests, and these sprayers viii
, be sold as chdap as it is possible t.
, furnish theml These are the celebrat
ed Myers purps and are made o