The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-01

dumped in the form, and the next
handful of type came off galley des-
cribing a recent fire. It read like this
in the newspaper: "The pall-bearers
lowered the body into the grave, and it
was consigned to the roaring flames.
There are few if any, regrets, for the
old wreck has been an eye-sore to the
town for years. The loss was fully
! covered by insurance. -Newspaper
dom.
We occasionally hear of some of our
county school districts buying maps,
charts and globes of travelling agents,
paying fancy prices and going witho 1T
schooling or other more needed things.
The agents generally work school d.
rectors by seeing them separately, and
telling how anxious the others were to
have the article. No legal business
can be transacted outside of a legal
meeting of the board, and this is a
good rule to follow, especially when
approached by a chart agent. If your
district is in need of a chart or appar-
atus, ask the Superinte ndent to direct
you to good house, and give you an
idea of what the article should cost, so
the district will not be robbed. Near
1y every district in the county could go
without a chart and provide an extra
months schooling for the money, and
the scholars would progress fully as
we'll. Shelton furnishes a nine
months term of school each year, but
every chart that comes along is not
bought and yet our school has all the
needed accessories to the textbooks.
GOOD RANCH TO RENTS acres
under good cultivation. Will rent for
a term of years and take labor for the
rent. MCDONALD & O'NEII.L.
| The State Land Commission has set
the hearing for any oyster land con-
tests there may be in Mason County,
for May 5th, at Olympia. In the mat
ter of the appraisemento of oyster lands,
the board decided that no appraise-
ment would be necessary except where
said lands were originally natural
oyster beds, and that where an app1i-
cant to purchase oyster lands makes
affidavit to the effect that the lands de-
sired to be purchased we're not original
1y natural oyster beds, such affidavit
will be considered by the board as con-
elusive unless the same be controyerted
F. J. Boyle has on hand a stock of
bicycle supplies and will do all kinds
of repairing.
| Our resident astronomer asserts that
the earth is 1essening it's time of rota-
ton at the rate of one hour in 10000
years. This means, of course, that
the tire will come when it will be all
day and no night with us who are 1iv-
ing after sunrise on the morning that
closes the above period. Standard.
| Received at Mrs. Eaton's this week,
a fine line of ribbons and pattern hats
from Chicago.
The Dawson case is still running in
the Seattle courts and in the daily
papers and from the dispositions and
testimony the Doctor must be a patient
and long suffering man. One day of
last week was devoted to rehearsing
the history of Mrs. Dawson on the
ranch at North Bay last year.
F. ]. Boyle has added to his list the
we1l-known Crescent ladies wheel and
the Cleveland bicycle, and the public
is respectfully requested to call and ex-
anime them.
James o. Mitchell, a veteran, met
his death in Olympia last Sunday in a
peculiar manner. He was on the TOP
round of ladder reaching for young
pigeons in nest under the cages
when he lost his balance and fell to
the ground, sustaining fatal injuries.
NoTIcE:-We will take up State In.
surance Co.'S policies and allow credit
for unexpired time of State policy te
apply on new policy in our companies
RILEY BROS, Agents.
The Doolittle Republican club of T
coma. visited the Lincoln club at
Olympia, last Saturday, and had quite
blowout" A special steamer was
chartered and carried about $50 repub.
1icans on the excursion.
G. c. Angle has secured the agency
of several we1l-known insurance com
panies in Mason County. These com
panies formerly did business here ant
are not unknown in this vicinity. l.
you want to talk insurance call at tn,
JOURNAL Office, and we will give yol
rates and full information about frs
; class reliable insurance. x
Any case of indigestion cured by
using Shelley's dyspepsia cure. NJ
need of cathartics when you get your
stomach in a healthy condition, ant
Shelley's dyspepsia cure will do it
Every bottle guaranteed. X
A license to wed has been issued by
the Thurston County Auditor t.
Taylor Hall of South Bay and Mrs
Henrietta L. Jackson, of Little Skoo
KUN.
4 Just received, lot of sash curtain
rods and new window shades at L. X
Munson's.
It is unlawful to kill grouse O
3 pheasant between January aud Angus