The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-03
shelton. Friday, January Bird, 1896
Personals

1896.
Thos. Brown was in from Mason
Monday, laying in provisions.
Vim. Long has moved into the dwell
ing lust vacated by G. A. Buell..
D. M. Duckworth was over to the
New Years entertainment Tuesday.
Doc Swarthout will be doing business
in his new butchershop next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pole spent Christ
mas visiting relatives in Lewis county.
Willis Percy Shelton is up from
vashion College to spend the holidays.
Say, have you seen our new price
list. MCDONALD & O'NEILL.
J. w. Ludgate is spending the holl-
DAYS in town nursing a felon on his
hand.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Huntley we're
visiting the latter's folks at Gig Harbor
last week.
Mrs. VIM. Shorter has been steadily
improving for the past week and is in
fair way of recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Shaw and FAM
ily spent their Christmas with the old
folks in Olympia.
Keefe & Vineyard are now located IN
their new quarters, next to old Free
burger store on Second street.
Judge Dunbar, while still confined
to his room, is feeling quite well-he
has no pain, and is slowly regaining
strength.
A marriage license was issued IN Sc
attic last week to Harmon Leighton,
of that city, and Marion Hegaas, of
Union City.
Read your JOURNAL carefully this
week, and see if you don't think 1t
cheap at $3.50 per year, as your county
newspaper.
The L. MOO. received 100 sacks OF
sugar and lot of flour this week, and
still the goods roll in for the Shelter
merchants.
S. K. Taylor was over from Oys te
Bay last Saturday and says that the,
Union is shipping about 200 sacks OF
oysters week at present.
Misses Bertha and Rohella Wheeler,
daughters of Rev. T. M. Wheeler, were
up from Tacoma spending the holiday
week at the parsonage.
Uacle David Shelton has recovered
from the grippe. which has kept him
confined to the house for some time
But he still stays quite close yet.
Mrs. s. Hunter reached Los Angeles
in time to attend the funeral OF her
sister, and. being administrative, will
remain for time settling up the estate.
Joe Valley and VIM. O'Shaughneesy
came in from the Satsop this week, to
enlist for the war with England, but
found their services we're not needed
just yet.
Both George and VIM. Shorter lost
valuable cows last week, the formers
being found, on examination, to have
a 6-inch piece Of baling wire sticking
into her heart.
Geo. Emmott was the lucky boy,
who captured the prize offered by
Closson & Kelly for the best advertise
ment of Ketcham's Cough Syrup.
The prize "ad'' will appear in the
JOURNAL next week.
The following Mason County log
gers attended the convention in Seat
tie last Saturday: w. H. Mocklev,
Holly; Bert Farrar, Duckabush; Thos.
Bordeaux and S. G. Simpson, of Shell
ton, and NJ. E Reed, of Olympia.
Misses Bertha Robertson, Crissie an6
Edith Kneeland, Mo1lie and Winnie
Snider, Zuela Shelton, Jean Todd,
Fannie Covill and Cecil Dunbar, were
among our New Years callers, as evil
denced by their cards under the door.
MARRIED.-Arthur c. Kent and Miss
Agnes Keelty were married at the
home of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Keelty, Shelton Point, on
Tuesday morning, December 31st., Fir.
Wolfgang, of Olympia, officiating. Be-
sides the families Of John LaRock and
Thos. Reed, there were present Miss
bertha Robertson, Mrs. Richie, Fred
Burdette and John Morrison. A nice
wedding breakfast was enjoyed and
the happy couple left for down Sound
On the noon boat to spend few days
with Frank Fredson's family at Port
blakely. Both are well known young
people, and Arthur is logger employ
ed at Williamson's camp, where they
Will make their home for the summer
The JOURNAL acknowledges cake, and
offers congratulations.