The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-21

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the ladies, or the american
Farmer and Farm News"
thrown in.
H. L. Alden is building neat add
ton to his cottage on Eighth street.
The Marshal has crew at work
renewing the bridge on Pine street
near Mark Draham's.
We furnish the semi-week1y G1ob'
Democrat months for is cents, as ;
special campaign offer.
Entertainment for the benefit of thu
w. c. T. U. building fluid, this Fri
day] evening. Admission Is ceuts.
Harry Ford was in from the SatsoI
Valley Wednesday, after a load Of
lumber to commenc rebuilding hi
house.
The ladies served ice cream at thu
Methodist Church stand, Wednesday
night to raise funds in aid of Mrs
Stewart.
BoRN:-Hoodsport, Aug. 10, to thu
wife of Gilmore E. Mason, a 10-pount
daughter, which already bears tn.
name Lilly.
The L. NJ. Company is planning ar
extensive addition to their store room
already one of the largest in the state
outside of Tacoma and Seattle.
w. Shelley is at work constructing
sash for 80 lights, for glass addition
to the Commercial dining room, which
will be supplied with potted plants.
The Skokemish bridge is not passa
bic this week, as road supervisor
Martin is at work repairing the ap.
proaches and putting in sheer booms.
The Pioneers Sons and Daughters
have their reunion picnic at Saegar's
landing next Sunday, the City of Shell
ton making several trips betwee town
and grounds.
No great hilarity has accompanied
the returning delegates from Ellens-
burg, in fact, several of them feel that
they were rolled over barrel and
forced through avery small bung hole.
Fred Miller. who shot Jack Marin
hoff, on Hood Canal, last month, was
acquitted by jury at Port Townsend
last week, on the grounds that he
committed the deed in self defence.
Several parties visited the circus at
Olympia, Wednesday, and report it
as poor as usual; but with the
usual gang of fakirs and thieves in the
crowd. The popular admi ssion was
one dollar.
C1osson & Kelly, the we'll advertised
druggists, will give away valuable
prizes amounting to 500. Tickets will
be given with every purchase until
Christmas, when the awards will be
made.
The Republican club will meet at
the Court house next Saturday even
ing, and complete its organization.
Those who have not signed the rolls
are invited to attend the meeting and
take part
The JOURNAL will furnish the semi
weekly Globe Democrat, st. Louis, for
three months, covering the campaign,
for Is cents. Thi is a splendid Re-
publican paper, and will afford lot
of good reading for the small sum of
Is cents.
W. H. Maxwell, while visiting his
ranch hunting for grouse one day last
week ran across bear, and put an
eye out with charge of fine shot.
The bear was seen again at the same
place last Sunday.
A real whale has Invaded the Sound
and for the past week, has been swim
ming about the mazes of its bays. A
party of Tacoma sports with small
steamer and barpoons, have been try
ing to capture the whale, but their
craftsmanship is poor.
The Union City mail schedule has
been changed so that the mail now
leaves Shelton at a. IN. and arrives
from Union at 4 O'Clock, daily. W. r.
Early has moved his family and outfit
to Shelton and now occupies the
Deganhart dwelling in the North End.
The 1atestdevice for getting around
the teredo is that adopted by the Ia
coma Mill, in the piling of their new
elevated track, a diagonal hole is bored
in the pile and it will be kept filled
with coal Oil, on the theory that the
oil will permeate the wood and make
the teredo sea sick.
Some Of the party which went from
town to the dance at Wiss' last Sat
urday night raised considerable dis
turbance and did some damage to ran
cheers along the way. Most of the
boys are old enough to know better
and should conduct themselves decent.
~ when they 20 away from home.
Some of our local popu1ists have an
idea that Farmer Todd was sold out al
Ellensburgh by his own friends, OF
those who professed to be pushing his
boom for governor. He certainly did
not cut the figure We were led to be.
lieve, and Mason County would have
| & ven Todd a fair vote for, governor,
where the rank demagogue Rogers
will fall long ways short.
John Kubik has added a fine sample