Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-02-13
BRIEF NJ ENTION.

yesterday.
Geo. G. Morgan, OF Satsop, visited the
city Tuesday.
Mrs James Barrett went to Montesano
this morning.
j. j. Carney made his weekly visit to
this city today.
Austin T.. Griffith came down from the
county seat Tuesday.
Albert Phillips went to Ocosta yester.
for couple OF weeks.
j. p. Carson and wife returned Tuesday
from their eastern trip.
Alexander Young is recovering from
his illness of the past week.
The "Hayseed" band will parade at
noon Oh Thursday, February %.
f. G. Hunt and J. A. Hutcheson, OF
Montesano, were in town Monday.
j. ii. Calder, We real estate man Of
Montesano, was in town this week.
j. Il. Stone and daughter, Of Copalis,
registered at the Pacific yesterday.
q. NJ. Powell, a prominent Neuskah
river rancher was in town Tuesday.
George Nye is on the sick list with 4
combined attack Of tonsilitis and grip.
Don't miss it The great sawinill scene
in ''Uncle Josh Spruceby." Don't miss it.
II. U. and j. +. Moody were down from
Aberdeen Gardens yesterday with scow
load Of maple wood.
Joseph kaufman has just finished =
cottage on the hillside west of f. f..
Schofield's residence.
Il. p. Freeman, Jr., special government
inspector for the land department, came
down from Olympia last evening.
jeff, who makes Il study of how to ad-
vertise, has something of special interest
in today's paper. Read his big adv. on
opposite page.
There is some talk of labor exchange
being organized in Aberdeen, where the
products OF labor may be exchanged and
the producer receive greater portion Of
the results than now.
Mrs A. d. Wood left this morning for
an extended trip through the east, visit
ing friends and relatives in Michigan and
New York and Brooklyn. She will be
gone two or three months.
The first one OF the contests in township
81 range has been decided by the COM
commissioner OF the general land Office in
favor of the contestant Ii. NJ. Gray, and
against Charles Pratsch, Sr.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision in the case OF State vs.. a. j.
Kroenert, wherein the latter was fined
800 for allowing sawdust to escape from
his shingle mill into the Chehalis river.
The Aberdeen Market, now owned en-.
tirely by j. II. Rowland and operated by
Bort Morse, is keeping up its reputation
for the superior quality OF its homegrown
meats. Try some OF those nice, tender
steaks and that excellent mutton.
The sloop Surf Duck, from the Qusets,
Capt. Hank commanding, hove into port
yesterday, after waiting three days out
side the bar for favorable opportunity
to enter Tae captain constitutes the
entire crew of the little craft, and so he
camly hove to, battened down the matches
and turned in until the storm subsidized,
the boat being cut at sea and safely riding
the waves a hali-dozen leagues off shore.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision in the case of Wilson Va. Book,
ct al. This is case in which Chas. r.
Wilson, Il creditor OF the Aberdeen bank,
sought to COMPEL payment by the stock
holders without waiting to see if the as
sets OF the bank would liquidate all the
claims. The decision which is affirmed
was against Mr.. Wilson. We understand
settlement with the bank had already
been agreed upon.
Last evening the fire department was
called to the residence OF George Fisher
where small blaze had started from the
chimney. There are stovepipe holes on
both sides of the flue, and the paper
hanger had neglected to put tin over
the hole before papering, and the SCOT in
the fue catching fire from the stove on
the opposite side caused the blaze. It
would be well for every one to look to
their chimneys AMI sec that similar con-
ditions do not exist.
The Neuskah river ranchers have won
their suit against the West Aberdeen
Boom Co., the supreme court having
affirmed Judge Twins decision. This
vas case in which the boom company
composed of w. =. Book and Others
attempted to compel the ranchers up the
Neuskah river to allow them to boom
their logs and collect boomage. The de-
cision Of the supreme court is a complete
victory for the ranchers.
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