The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
Local News.
The JOURNAL,
The Chicago Inter Ocean.

| Pleasant showers yesterday.
Gardening is the order of the day.
Col. S. p. Richardson was down
Sound this week.
J. p. Feaster has some fine views OF
the Oregon in the Dry-dock.
DR.. Wells now rides a Waverly and
Dan'l Webster Columbia.
Mrs. Shaw has been serving ice
cream during the warm days.
Miss Ansorge's kindergarten opens
in the school building May 3rd.
Chas. Wiss has been engaged i'll
making repairs on the S. S. w. loco
motive Bertha.
Tomorrow is May Day, when the
young folks usually celebrate the adj
vent of Spring,
"Count that day lost whose low
descending sum-" finds no work done in
the garden at this season.
The Mason County Meat Co.'S. new
slaughter house near the Shelton
prairie springs, is about completed.
A number of Shelton dancers visited
the dance given by the Mcdonald boys
at Kannilche last Saturday, and report
fine time.
Restoration and an additional pen
sion.has been allowed Eliab Dunbar,
deceased, and Mrs. Dunbar recently
received an amount of back pay.
Cherries, plums and prunes were
somewhat thinned out by the recent
frost, but so far as noted a fair crop,
about all the trees will support, re-
mains.
Geo. Shorter's horse ran away
yesterday afternoon and damaged the
wagon in kicking loose George
found himself with bad cut on the
head after the fracas.
The annual meeting of the Shelton
W. c. T. U. will be held in the M. E.
Church Tuesday evening, May 4th,
commencing at 7:3O p. IN. All MEM
bers requested to be present.
C, H. Stone is moving into his new
quarters in the Maxwell building, and
announces his grand opening for Sat-
urday evening, to which everybody is
INVITED. No cards,-i, e., no card in
vitations.
The removal of the approaches in
front of Second street stores showed
a lot of stagnant water. Drains have
been put in and the street raised a
foot higher with fine gravel, which
will soon pack and make a good street.
Marshal Wiley has his crews at
work crawling several of the down
town streets and alleys putting in
culverts and bringing the streets up
to grade. 1t is good work, although
rather tough on the bicyc1ists.
Robt Lemoine has sold out his shoe
shop to Theo Brown, and expects to
leave next week to join his family at
Bay City, Michigan. Mr.. Brown has
rented a house and sent for Mrs.
Brown from Olympia.
Robert Germaine and family NOV ed
out to their Satsop farm last Sunday.
He reports all the farmers in that Sec
ton we'll ahead with their spring work,
except on the wettest ground, as they
have taken advantage of the recent
fine weather.
The Shelton Military Band will give
concert in the Hall on Friday, May
14th, in order to raise funds for new
music and instruments to improve the
band. The program will consist of
vocal and instrumental music and
other interesting numbers.
The Shelton Fire Company met
Tuesday evening and the foremen ap-
pointed their working teams. The
call for practice drill will be made
next Monday evening at O'Clock
sharp, and those who fail to get there
on time will be fined.
Woodmen should not fail to attend
the two orders for next week: First
to have their pictures taken at G.. C.
Angles, o'clock; and then the special
business at the regular meeting next
Tuesday evening May 4th. The at
tendance of out-of-town members is
especially desired.
Word was received Tuesday morn
ing, of the death of Thos. Fitzgerald
at the Steilacoom Asylum, but Mrs
Fitzgerald had gone to Tacoma on the
morning boat, having learned thai
Tom was growing worse. We haye
been unable to get particulars, as the
hospital management seems not t.
have given any news to the Tacoma
dailies.
There is prospect for some mining
excitement in the vicinity of Shelter
before long. The Anderson boys are
I,atSwork on ledge on Rock creek t.
determine what there is in it. Samples
from the surface assayed $1.50 and il
is not unlikely that something worth
working will be uncovered as the work
progresses. The ledge shows gold and
silver. Some good rock specimens
have been found on the Goldsborougt
creek, near the Maxwell & Vogtlir
ranch, and some effort has been made
to trace up the lead.