The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-17
shelton. Friday, April 18th, 1895.
Personals.

Miss. Manda Lammon, of Olympia,
was visiting Mrs. a. W. Shelly this
week
Mrs. Louisa Wood, w. 7. Mcdonald
and L. e. Doble became Rebekahs
last Friday night.
Postmaster Hodgkinson, of Matlock,
was in Monday to represent the Sat
SOD in the Democratic convention.
Ralph Covill and bride returned
home Saturday night and are making
their home at Mrs. w. S. Covill's for
the present.
Vim. Morris, of Hartstein, better
known as ''Squaxon Bill" had cam
Ger in his mouth operated on in Olym-
pia last weeks,
Thos. McLaHy is in Seattle to meet
sister coming from Canada to spend
the summer visiting himself and sister,
Mrs. ". H. Maxwell.
Mrs. NJ. O. Fuller, of Hartstein
Island, was operated upon at the Olym-
pa Hospital last week, for an internal
tumor, and at last accounts was do
ing well.
Mrs. Henry Shields, of Centralia,
was in Shelton last week, visiting her
son Lawyer Shields, who was suffering
with a severe attack of inf1amatory
rheumatism.
Mrs. r. w Shaw has been quite sick
with tonsilitis during the week but is
now improving. Her mother, Mrs.
Smythe, from Olympia, came down
Wednesday to stay with her.
W. S. Ellis returned to Olympia
Tuesday, after leaving a number of
specimens of his handiwork about town
He does signwriting on glass, wood OF
canyas and does very creditable work,
Chas. Stone and Orlin Stanhope have
the Alaska fever bad. Mr.. Stanhope
will leave the latter part of the month
Tor Cooks Inlet, where he will pros.
pecwith party from Seattle, while
Chas. Stone stops at Juneau.
Sheriff Caldwell returned last Fri.
day after successfully landing his
Prisoner, Mulcahy, in the pen. at Walla
Walla. The Sheriff, at least, enjoyed
his trip, and was shown all through
the state institution for felons.
That Dawson divorce case is filling
lots OF space in the Seattle papers and
is more or less racy. The couple at
one time spent season on ranch
near Allyn, and the fair plaintiff was
SAID to be something of high-flier.
kev Geo. H. Feese, of Olympia, Wis
lied Shelton Sunday, to hold the usual
quarterly communion in the Methodist
church, ln'the absence of the presiding
eioer. Kew. Feese is a talented speak
Grand preached excellent sermons both
morning and evening.
JACK Pratt, the C1oquallum rancher,
was In town Saturday. Mr. Pratt con-
"dS's the time when he made 500 to
$40 month in logging camp, with the
present, when eggs are worth ''a bit a
ouShel.' While there is certainly a
great tall all along the line, things are
no' SO bad as they might be, and the
i@Finer is as we'll off as the logger.
The ". c. T. U. and Guild ladies
rendered Mrs. Joe Kneeland farewell
aeceptlon at the Methodist CHI urch
thursday afternoon. A large number
VI trends were present and enjoyed a
Sorlal hour, and refreshments were
SelVed' Mr.. and Mrs. Kneeland ex.
pet to leave for Maine in a few days.
we think they will gravitate to Wash
-ns'on again sometime.
I'd Fennell, a young man about q
'etrS old, who formerly lived in this
vicinity, doing odd jobs, and was
n"o"n as Hail. was drowned in
:. dy S Harbor last week by the upset.
ing OF his boat while on the way tc
Da'ions Point to dig clans. AS there
~ strong ebb tide the body was
9Siied out to sea. If we remember
e0''ectly, Hal was deserted some years
1eo oy his father, who was then an en-.
s'"eer On the Union River Logging
Sn0ad' The lad. though having .
lSfa time of it, was pretty good boy,
Au the loggers gave him considerable
support while in Shelton.