The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-29


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The Workmen meet next Monday
evening and the Woodmen next Tues
day evening.
Will Sargison has purchased hive
cows and intends going into the dairy
business this summer.
The Harmony Orchestra gave one OF
their pleasant social dances at the
Hall last Saturday evening.
Frank Todd is building a "cage"
at Lake Newatze1 and we persume he
is to secure his bird in the spring.
This week has had little cold snap
of its own, and has been about as cold
as we care to have it for comfort.
The beautiful snow made another
call on Monday morning, leaving two
inches of stuff for the youngsters. to
play with.
The Home Orchestra has dIsbanded
md the Harmony Orchestra is the new
organization, while some of the
formers musicians are playing in
dependently.
The Lagrippe has been having quite
run on Hartstein Island, having
visited nearly every family. so far.
There have been several serious cases,
but all the sick ones are reported i'm
proving.
One of the donkey engines used at
Ellis and Reeds logging camp at the
head of the bay, was moved out to
Jos. Simpsons camp last week, to
replace the one which blew up a few
days before.
John Seig brought us sample lot
of the kind of oysters he is now ship
ping. They are extra large for O1ym-
pia oysters, being four year olds.
Mr.. Seig takes good care of his beds
and is now getting returns for his
labor of several years past.
Representative Hicks has introduced
several bills in the house, among them
one providing for the abolition of
capital punishment, for a fish hatch
cry on the Skokonish river and one
or two bills in relation to publishing
the state laws in the newspapers and
in relation to county printing.
The cold snap has found its way to
the uttermost corner of the country
this week, and even Texas>has expert
enced some unusually cold weather.
The trains have been showed up in
the Dakotas and Eastern mails all de-
layed. The Thermometer in this local
ity has not yet been lower than "A de-
grees above zero, and it was about the
same in Texas. We have no COM
plant to register.
The Shelton public schools will give
an exhibition in the opera house Feb.
II, the entire proceeds of which will
go to the library fund. 1t is hoped
that least one hundred more books
can thus be purchased for general
reading and for reference. The pro-
gram will be published next issue.
The council held an executive session
last Saturday night discuss the prop
sition of night watch. There being
no other application, w. D. Forbes
was appointed to act for the present.
The council expects to pay about $12
per month and the business people
are to raise the balance. The night
watch is required tc patrol the streets
from dark until the business houses
open in the morning.
The first insta1lment of books for
the public school library arrived this
week, and are ready for use by the
scholars. 1t consists of 100 books of
the Alpine series and 20 of the Oxford
and Albion, all of which have been
selected with reference to their value
as good reading for the children.
Prof. Collins is arranging for another
school entertainment next month. for
the purpose of buying more books aud
Cyclopedic dictionary.
While in Olympia last week, we
enjoyed Grismer-Davies in the sp1en-
did drama "Humanity'', through the
courtesy of Manager Murphy. These
prominent players are well-known on
the Sound, and they always bring
something first class. The company
is large one, with number of fine
trained horses and fox hounds, which
are factors in the play. They carry
a lot of scenery and their play is we'll
staged. Manager Murphy's theatre
is credit to Olympia and secures the
leading attractions which play the
Northwest circuit.
A gang of hobos hung about town
all last week, visiting houses and beg
ging for meals. They were taken in
charge by the Marshal Saturday night,
locked up for the night and warned to
get out of town the next morning.
They were all hard cases, and it was
not an act of charity to feed them.
One of them had his arm so tightly
bandaged as to stop circulation and
swell the hand, and claimed his arm
was broken. This is an old game,
sometimes varied by burning or bis
tering the arms. The Marshal did the
right thing, in keeping the hobos NOV
ing.