The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
Local News.


Of their section for only Sis
year, with "W ON ankind," for
the ladies', or the american
Farmer and Farm News"
thrown in.
Young Gordon Butts is having
seige of typhoid fever.
VIM. Callow lost one of his logging
horses, log ran over him.
Mrs. Cal. Carey. who is we'll known
to older residents, is visiting at Hugh
Currie's.
John Knee1and now wears the star.
He is City marshall of Shelton, and he
will do his duty without fear or favor.
AS we go to press it has begun snow
ing over a frozen ground. with good
indications of staying with us for
week or month.
The w. C. T. U. gave an interest
ing entertainment in the Baptist
church on the occa sion of the seventh
anniversary of the organization.
Chas. Johnson, 14-year-old orphan
boy, who has been working at one of
Simpsons Kami1che logging camps,
died at the Olympia hospital last Satu-
day, of appendicitis.
| The unfortunate episode at the
school house last Friday was anlicably
| caf+1ed Mopd,u ,,,orr;uc NV +ha moth
er apologizing in the presence of the
school to the lady teacher whom she
had insu1ted.
Besides the full report of the im1ni-
grafton convention and the interesting
papers read, the JOURNAL. contains
other local matter that should be sent
east. Extra copies, five cents at the
office.
''Sanctification'' will be the morning
subject at the Baptist church next Sun
day. In the evening Pastor Webster
will preach on 1.-TWO Ways of Living"
Good music led by choir. Come and
bring your friends. All are welcome.
The logging train on the Shelton
Southwestern railroad run off the
track a short distance above town
Tuesday, and wrecked several cars.
Several of the employees were Jared
up, and conductor Chas. Jones was
pinched between two logs, but escaped
serious injury. Wednesday, the Pen
insular No. 5, run off the empties at
camp 3, but no damage was done.
Two young girls, Kate and Laura
Devlin, who have been wandering
| about Olympia, were about to be sent
to the reform school, when an older
sister living at Hunters Point took
them in charge. The father is away,
and the girls were without proper care
The stockholders of the State Bank
of Shelton held their annual meeting
on Tuesday evening, and selected the
following officers and directors: S. G.
Simpson, president; Thos. Bordeaux,
vice pres; J. F. Riley, cashier; j. D.
Riley, assistant cashier; J. A. Campbell
James Campbell, A. H. Anderson and
George Cyphert. An eight per cent.
dividend was declared on all paid up
capital stock of the Bank.
| The Comm issioners last week redis-
tricted Shelton, or rather, divided the
town into two voting presincts, there
being over three hundred votes cast
last election. Precinct No. comprises
all that portion of the corporation of
Shelton, lying South of Railroad Ave,
> while the North part of town, together
with all the voters of the old precinct
outside of the town of Shelton, COM
prise Precinct No. 2. The votes are
being registered by the city clerk &C
cordingly.
In order to secure benefits from the
State Immigration society, a County
organization must be formed to CO.
operate, and arrangements are being
made for meeting in Shelton for that
purpose, first Saturday in February.
More good can be accomplished by the
state organization than at first ap-
pears. The JOURNAL, will give full in
formation as to the "p1ans of cam
paign" next week, which press of other
matter forbids now.