Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-06-25


a. W. Strange was over from Cosmop-
Oils last evening.
II. Il. Meriwether was up from IIooui-
am last evening.
hev. l.. ID. Wells, OF Motcsano. came
town last evening, returning today.
j. 3. Bridges and J. p. Carson were
down from the county seat Tuesday.
Get your milk at the Pioneer nairv If
you want good milk and good meaure. n
There will be preaching at the Presby-
terrain church next Sunday, both morning
and evening.
Hereafter the I. o. q. T. will meet in
the u. a. r. hall every Friday evening
at s 100 o'clock.
sheriff Graham was in town last night
witnesses in the Ackey case,
which is to be tried next Saturday.
Rev. George Lindsay is attending the
session of the Congregational As
soclatlon, a: Toledo, this state. lie will
return Friday or Saturday.
The steamer Montesano, having been
newly painted and cleaned, is on the run
between Hoquiam and Montesano while
the Josie Burrows undergoes a simila,
treatment.
The steamer Montesano will make reg.
ular trips to Westport every Sunday, un-
I'll further notice, at twelve o'clock, noon,
upon arrival Of steamer Josie Burrows
from Montesano and Cosmopolis.
PIANos.-If you want one of the bes
pianos made, without paying an agents
commission, and with an opportunity Of
twenty days trial, call at the HERALD
office and learn particulars. If.
The graduating exercises of the Puget
Sound University, Of Tacoma, were held
this week. The Misses Ton and Edith
Joslyn, daughters Of Rev. A. ]. Joslyn,
formerly Of Aberdeen, were members Of
the class.
The past week has been the wamest of
the season, throughout the state, and all
grains and grasses are doing
well. Fruit will be short crop, especi-
ally in the western part Of the state, ow-
ing to the late rains at blooming time.
A. d. Wood went to Cohasset Yesterday
to open up Pinehurst cottage foi the sea-
son. He was accompanied by the Misses
Wood, Bryant and Green and Messrs.
Jacob Weatherwax, Alfred Green and
Will Wood. The cottage is to be painted,
and put in condition for a lively season.
The various suits against the Kroenert
single mill, instituted about year ago
by the First National Bank Of Arkansas,
and others, when the mill was attached
for debt Of John Kroenert's, have all
been settled out of court, the parties to
all OF them agreeing to dismiss and pay
their own costs.
The members of the G. A. Il. are noti-
fed that the meeting nights OF George
Crook Post No. SO, Department of Wash
ington and Alaska, Of Aberdeen, have
been changed from the first and third
Friday nights to first and third TUESDAY
nights OF each month, at s 100 o'clock.
A. PAYETrE, Commander.
A peculiar accident occurred at Stew
arts camp Tuesday. AS George Bound
was telling tree, and as the tree began
to fall, he sprang from the board and ran,
and as he did so part of the stump split
off and threw his AK, which was sticking
in it, after him. The AK flew faster than
he and caught him in the calf OF the leg,
cutting a deep wound.
c.. Rix Robinson received the sad in
telligence on Monday OF the death Of his
Mrs. Cora Belle Hart, which
occurred at her home in Plainwell, Mich,
on the 10Th inst. Her death was not I'M
as she had been suffering for
several years from consumption. She,
in company with her husband and 5-year
old son, spent last winter at her fathers
home in this city, returning to Michigan
last March.
O. A. Myers and Rev. DR.. Lackey re-
turned last Saturday from attendance at
the G. A. r. Encampment in Tacoma,
the former as representative of George
Crook Post, Of this city, and the latter,
chaplain. They report the
as one OF the most enjoyable
and interesting for many years, and
speak in the highest praises OF the cor
dial welcome and kind treatment accord
ed the old soldiers by the citizens OF
Tacoma.
The Olympia land office has just de-
cided an important case that involves the
claim of DR.. w. p. Book. The
land is situated near Cosmopolis and is
mart of railroad selection. DR.. Alonzo
J. Cook, Willard Lemmon's father-in-law,
and William N. Minis purchased this land
about ten years ago from the Northern
Pacific railroad company. The contest
in the land office arose upon their appll-
cation to purchase the same from the
The land office decision
the railroads title, knocks
ont Book and therefore makes the title in
Cook and Nims good.
Attorney J. T.. Sigh made visit to
Elma. Montesano, Aberdeen and Ho-