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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07
Japan has forty.one cities of over
10, 900 inhabitants.


Omaha, Jan. The Commercial
Club today determined that tomorrow
they will organize company to build
and operate big beet-sugar factory in
or near this city. The proposed factory
is to have capacity of 300 tons of
beets per day. 1t is estimated the
plant Will cost i'll the ueighborhood of
5000, 900, which is to be raised by stock
subscriptions The factory is to be in
operation by September | next.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07
WasiiiiiytuII.

bez Cowles, an old citizen of Clark
ty, died at his home near Wood.
last week.
be Ellensburg city council has
a reduction in the salaries of city
als that will amount to $50.
be Spokane street Car company 8
pts during the year have averaged
"a day more than last year, says the
kane Chronicle.
farmer of Cow City lost 1000
bells of potatoes by the November
BE, and a Toledo man lost 600
bells. There seems to have been q
NY loss all over Lewis county.
(lackleg is making its appearance
bng the cattle in Kittitas county.
Otis Hyer, stockman and farmer,
that three of his neighbors have
from six to ten head Of cattle, each
sed by this disease.
Che state treasurer has issued call
state warrants on the general fund,
hbered 10, 491 to 13,735 inclusive,
bunting in the aggregate to $2l,-
40. Interest on these warrants
| cease after January Z, 1897.
The Washington State Historical So.
ty at Tacoma has filed articles OF in
|poration. Their purpose is the COL
tion and preservation in substantial
|m of objects of traditional and his
heal interest to the state. Their
jim headquarters will be in Tacoma.
Alfred Snyder, 70 years of age, and
? of Seattle's pioneer residents,
I'D the other night at Port Blakely,
here he went some time ago to act
tallyman at the big mill. MIR.
yder has always been held in high
teem by the older residents who
ew him we'll, and his death is much
gretted.
Harry Parlin, a brakeman on the O.
& NJ, was taken to the hospital Mt
ALA Walla last week, suffering from
scalp wound inflicted by coupling
n. He was standing beside the dra W.
ad when the cars came together in
CHI manner as to throw the pin in
p air with great force. The pin
'uck him glancing blow on the
ad, and bounded ten feet higher.
I'd it struck him squarely it probably
,uld have killed him instantly.
Secretary Cass, of the state board Of
is authority for the state
snt that the actual damage to Wash
gton orchards from the extreme cold
.ather of the early part of the month
very slight
The recent shipment of four cars of
3 from the Reco mine melted the
'ners $40, 79S. so, says the Spokane
okesman- Review. Two cars went
1000. This is not the first won
rful shipment from the Reco. A
mher of shipments have been made
lich ran into the thousands of dollars.
The Touring mills of Spokane dur.
9 the year have run steadily for
elve months, with scarcely stop.
that time they have manufactured
$1,000 barrels Of wheat -four. Be-
les this, about 10000 barrels of
aham -four, rolled oats. wheat mama,
Q flour, millfeed and barley chops
We been made, and a large amount
bran, etc. This is an increase over
1t year of probably 100000 barrels.
lie average price of the flour has been
20 per barrel. The value of the
ur made in Spokane in 1896, there.
re, has been Sl,651, 500. Millfeed
8 averaged $40 per ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 4.-Fireman
Alexander OVERLY ami Engineer John
Robertson were seriously injured in a
wreck early this morning Gu the Ra-
leigh q Augusta division of the Sea-
board Air Line, just east of here. A
rail had been displaced by train
wreckers. Bloodhounds have been put
upon the trail.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07

Austin, Tex, Jan. An interna.
tional & Great Northern freight train
was wrecked four miles south of here
this morning, presumably by trainrob.
beers lying in wait for the passenger
train. A brakeman, Fred Joynson,
was killed, and Engineer Smith seri-
ously injured. A switch was left open
and rocks piled ON the track.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07
GENERAL MARKETS.
PORTLAND, Or, Jan. S, 1897.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. S, 1897.
FLOUR - Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, "a go; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.40; graham, 1878; su-
pertine, " 90 per barrel.
WHEN-Wala Walla, S1@S2c; Val
ley, e4m Soc per bushel.
OArs-Choce white, 40@ 42c per BUSH
ell; choice gray, $50 40c.
HAY-llmothy, $500 per ton; clover.
$1,000 900; oat, $S.Oo@l0; wheat, $50
BARIEY-Feed barley, $2l 90 per ton;
brewing. $22.
MILLsTUFFs - Bran. $500; shorts,
$3.50; middlings, $500.
BUTrER-Fa anew creamery is quoted at
45c; fancy dairy, SOC; fair to good,
goa 22Ac.
PorAroEs> - Oregon Burbanks, 50@
re; Garnet G lies, 7O@ soc; Early Rose,
$1,000 per sack; California river Bur-
banks, Doc per GENITAL; sweets, $l.25M2
per GENITAL fer MERGED, $3.50 for jersey
Red.
ONIoNs-S per sack.
PoULTRY-Chickens, mixed. $1,000
800, broilers, $l.5092 90: geese, $500:
turkeys, live, l2tac; ducks, $3@4.50
per dozen.
EoGs--Oregon, 50 &c per dozen.
CHEEsE - Oregon, lie Young Ameri
ca, l2c per pound.
TALLow-Prime, per pound, 2la(d Sc;
No. 2 and grea se, 2M2lac.
WooL-Vallev. loo, per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6@DSc.
Hops-New crop, ga lOc.
BEEF-Gross, top steers, 1915; COWS,
81 O0@2.25; dressed beef, 4@51ac per
pound.
MUTroN-Grosa, best sheep, wethers
$2.75; ewes, S2.75; dressed mutton, DC
per pound.
VEAL-Net, small, &c; large, 41ac
per pound.
Hoos-Gross, choice, heavy, 1926
$50; light and feeders, ~ so; dressed,
$3.5O@4.25 per cwt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07

Spain aud Turkey were once great
nations. Both are ted y on the verge
Of utter collapse
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 5, 1897.


FLoUR-(Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
$3.50; Novelty a, $40, California
brands $500; Dakota, $3.50; patent,
S4.U0; graham, n 30 per Dbl; lob
sacks; 500 per cwt; rye flour, $500
per Dbl; lO-lb sacks. $3.50 per cwt; rye
rol ed oats, $5.75@6 per bbl; homlny,
rolled wheat, $3.50 per Dbl; whole rolled
wheat flour, S2.75 per cwt pearl barley,
per 100 Id sacks, $500; split peas, Arc !;
l0-lb sacks sis, Sl.60; white, los, 81 80 ;
5ts @l.7O; faxed hominv, $3.50 per key.
WHEAT-Chicken feed, S27 90 per ton
OArs-Choice, $2i(4 5 per ton.
BARLEY-kolled or ground, S22 90 per
ton.
CoRN-Whole. 500 per ton; cracked
$23; feed meal, S23.
MILLsrUFFs-Bran. $1,000 per ton ;
shorts, $500.
tEED-Chopped feed, $1,000 per ton,
middhngs, S24; oilcake meal, SZ8.
HAY-Puget sound. per ton, 500 20;
Eastern " ashington. Sl3.
sUaAR-Golden 9 in Dbl, 42sc per 10 ;
extra G III Dbl, acc; dry graduated in
Dbl, SC; cube, Csc; powdered, 53sc
-pN cash.
1UTrER-Fancy native creamery, brick
70, ; select, 23c; tubs, DE; ranch, lSc.
CHEESE Native Washington, l1@ re.
PoULTRY-Chickens, live, per pound.
heIs, ia Sc; dressed, 90 lie; ducks, ~ q
$50; dressed turkeys, l3a l5c.
EGas-FreA ranch, 28e; Eastern, 300
24c per doz.
FRESH MEATS Choice dressed beef,
steers, 5 !. C; COWS, &c; mutton, sheep, SC
per pound; lamb, nc; pork, DC per
pound veal, small, &c.
PRovIsioNs-H Hams. large, 12c; hams,
small. l2l4c; breakfast bacon, Zoe;
dry salt sides, &c per Id.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07

Oregon.
Day Touring mill, having
Ill the wheat i'll sight, is
ounty's assessment for 1896
y cost $1,000, and the end
says the Statesman.
y of Illinois people will
state III March or April, to
be southern part of Yamhill
D the southern part of Polk
emper, of Pendleton, who won
1t a rattle the other day, gave
back 10 its original owner and
m for taking the cayuse off
tr Dillman, of the Astoria
Says that there are 400 men
hear Rainier and the Clats-
h that two big dredgers are
night and day.
IBuccholz. prominent citizen
lack, Uamtilla county, is burn
local. 1t takes five days to
|pit. and he has to watch it
might. and camps by the pit.
Wallowa stage was wrecked
X by an accident on Wallowa
here were three passengers that
they got out to walk just be-
stage started down the hill, so
,ody was injured.
7. Mckinney, of Brownsville,
k butchered IA hog that dressed
lnds, from which he rendered
lnds of lard, and the Browns
mes asks if any Willamette
IAN beat the record.
James Crosby, of Monmouth,
a family Bible, printed in
gh, Scotland, that has been
down in the family for several
ons; crossed the ocean to
/, and now lies on the center
Mrs. Crosby. 1t is priced very
and is still in "a state of good
ton.
,ody of a white man washed
II the beach about half a mile
the mouth of Hunters creek,
, county recently. The coro-
Try was unable to identify the
I'd found a verdict of death by
Ig. The body was that of a
out six feet tall, with very
ands and feet, and weighing
50 pounds.
& the storm in November, Otto
shipped $500 sheep from The
o Columbus, Neb. and arrived
! due time, losing only four
| the trip. Mr.. Kohler writes
1T he is feeding his sheep at
u of Mic Blazer, an uncle of
lazer, of The Dalles, near Co.
where he gets shelled corn for
cents a bushel, and other feed
spending low prices.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-07
VEST BREVITIES
OF Ste ady Growth
1 Enterprise.
GENERAL INTEREST

r. Cities and Towns of tho
living sister states
Ore gOn.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
Mason County Mail Contracts.

None of the local bidders for mail
contracts succeeded in getting a siugle
contract, nearly all going to profess
ional ''star routers." F. G. Deming,
of Olympia, secured the contract be-
tween Olympia and Shelton, and the
Olympid-Kamilche route, at 5000 each,
and will probably carry it with his lit
tie steam launch. Hazelwood, of
Kentucky, secured the Twana route
for $73 and Satsop route for $597, or
$S95.59 for the three trips. L. H.
Hansberger was awarded the Union
City daily route for $41o.37. All of
these routes were taken for consider
ably less than the present carriers al
lege that the service can be made. The
contracts begin next July, and the
contractors will soon be around to Sc
cure carriers. Those who bid from
this vicinity placed their figures much
higher, but it is probable that the con-
tractors will, as usual, find people who
will undertake sub-contracts and 1eaye
them some profits.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31

The 1ong-1ooked-fo Minstrel enter
tainment has come and gone and we
are ready for the new year. 1t was a
success throughout and brought to the
Baseball club about $50 to put them
in good shape for the coming sea son.
Although the night was very wet and
disagreeab1e, about 200 tickets were
sold in advance, and the hall was
crowded, nearly all the seats on main
floor and gallery being filled. The
circle kept the house in good humor
| with its local hits and gags, and the
various solos were quite we'll rendered,
although some of the boys gave evil
dences of nervousness, under their
shade of burnt cork. The star of the
evening was Kennaven, whose gro
tesque figure. in clog, brought down
the. house. The performers all deserve
credit for the splendid entertainment
provided. Mrs. W. M. Beach, who has
had all the work of drilling on her
hands, presided at the piano, with her
usual ability. The program conclud
ed with the farce of a negro court
scene, which was amusing nough to
please the audience. Aside from the
bad weather, everything passed off
pleasantly, and the show was fully as
gooc as any given by travelling
troupes.
After the entertainment the floor
was cleared and the Ball under the
auspices of the O. E. S. was begun,
and continued until an early hour in
the morning. Splendid music was
provided by the Sargison orchestra,
and John Doyle prompted. A nice
supper was served in the hall by Mrs.
Deegan, which arrangement was ap-
prec1ated and saved wet trip up town
at midnight The bad weather deter
red many from attending the ball, yet
those who attended enjoyed the even
ing, and the O. E. S. was satisfied
with the results.
The members of the Shelton Base
Ball Club, presented to Mrs. Beach
a fine tea set of dishes as token of
their appreciation for her efforts in
getting up the entertainment and Sue
cessfully carrying it through, and de-
sires to thank the public for their lib
era1 patronage.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
] The Freshets.

The rains. which began last Thurs
day and con tfnued until Tuesday night
| without much s1et-up resulted in the
rapid rising of the waters Of the
streams, to point higher than for at
least six years past. In fact the older
inhabitants do not remember when
the creeks through: Shelton were so
high before. Coming on the heels of
the high waters short time before
the creeks rose in two days and over
flowed the banks, doing quite bit of
damage. Monday night the trest1e Of
the S. S. w. railroad yielded to the
force of the drift and was torn out,
and the mass coming down neatly
took out section of the 9TH street
bridge, and dropped in on bar near
by, along with the approaches, leaving
the restsof the bridge standing ont in
the middle Of the stream. About %
piles were knocked out from the LIST
street bridge, and Tuesday was spent
drift and strengthening the structure
which is so damaged as to require re-
building, but is passible.
At the Potts place the waters con-
tinued their encroachments upon the
house and kept the occupants ready to
move out on short notice, cutting into
the land considerably. Mr.. Potts has
decided to wait no longer and is now
at work getting the material together
further down town. The bridge at
that point also went down, the new
abutment going out and the stringers
on one side giving way.
The Slocum tract is badly cut up,
the creek taking a straight shoot from
7th street across the sandy land of
Slocum's garden. A new channel
was also cut by the waters through
the ground occupied by John Knee
lands barn and the Dipman pig pen.
The formers chickens went down
stream and one cow had to swim for
the shore, while the pig-pen foated
bodily down the stream and stranded
on Sand-bar.
The railroad trest1e is complete
wreck, and some of the trest1e at the
bay is also damaged, entailing a loss
of probably $4,000 on the road. Sew
eral bents were taken out of the
Peninsular trest1e 9, which damage
was repaired by the pile-driver yester-
day. The county bridges in all direc-
tons were tried by the high waters,
and in bottoms and gullies the roads
were flooded, making the travelling
bad. The rains We're accompanied
with very warm chinook winds, and
we are thankful there was no snow to
be added to the waters from the
heavens. Tuesday morning the report
got into circulation that the Skoke-
mish bridge had gone out, but we Are
glad to state that it WAS untrue, AS
the bridge WAS not disturbed by the
flood.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
Correspondence And County Notes.
HOOD CANAL. Dec 90. 1907

HOOD CANAL, Dec. %, 1897.
Mrs. Such, one of the pioneers OF
the Canal died OF cancer at her home
at Quilceed. on the 18th aged 81. She
was native of London, England,
had been married forty-three years.
and went to Quilceed 80 years ago
when there was only one white woman
there.
Miss Clara Hanlein, late of Ne braska
IS visiting her sister, Miss Adelaide
Hanlein, who is teaching school near
Brinnon.
Miss Fannie ellison closed her school
near Oakhead, last Friday.
Miss Gertie Ee1ls of Tacoma closed
her school at Holly last Thursday, and
lett for home the next day.
W. J. Keller, who killed J. E. Lucky
at brinnon about two months ago, re-
turned to his home with his family,
last week, having been acquitted by
the court.
George c. Johnson of Holly, having
finished his school at Beef Harbor, h as
begun another at Mission Lake.
J. H. Nance has moved his family
to Dryid in Lewis County, and is max
ing furt her preparations to go to Alas
ka in the spring.
q. Lingenfe1ter has moved with his
family to Idaho.
Bailey Marsh has returned home.
having spent the summer in the mines
at Silverton.
A tooth of mammoth was recently
found near Bangor, which is the
tarthest up the Canal that any of the
relics of these animals have been OBJ
tanned,
E. Simpson has sent all of his chill
dren to Seattle, to school.
The following persons have returned
home from school for the holidays:
Miss Nellie McReavy from Tacoma,
David Daily, Snohomish; Chester
Eells, Coupeville and Misses Nora and
Hazel Brown from Shelton.
Miss Maude Latham of Tacoma
came with her cousin, Nellie McReavy
on a visit.
Mrs. L. w. Parkhurst returned from
visit with her parents, Capt w. B.
Haines of Seattle. Her daughter, Mrs
Jessie Hale, came with her.
Married at the Skokomish reserva-
ton, by Rev. Ee1ls, Dec. 18th, William
Frank to Miss Sarah Myner.
Arthur Bryan came last night from
Seattle, to spend a short time with his
brother H. l.. Bryan
At Holly the wedding of Albert J.
Pfundt and Miss Nellie W yatt-Was an
nounced to take place,
Thirteen and a quarter inches Of
rain fell between the 23rd and 18th.
six and four-fifths of which fell dur
ing "a hours --4-~z--~ S.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
For genuine bargains and lots OF
them go to the L. NJ. Co.

SWANSON SIMPSON, Married at
the home of the brides parints, Mr..
and Mrs. r. F. Simpson, Shelton, Dec.
18th, 1897, GustAf A. Swanson to Miss
Lydia Simpson, Rey. L. ]. Covington,
officiating. Will D. M orrison and
Miss Daisy Stewart acted as "best
people," After the ceremony, about
forty relatives aud friends sat down
to splendid Christmas dinner, pre-
pared for the occasion, and the after
noon was spent in enjoyable pastures
by the young friends of the happy
couple. The families of the contract
ing parties have been residents of
this vicinity for six or more years, and
have many well-wishers. They will
make their home for the present, on
the farm of A. Swanson, in Chapman S
Cove, where Gust. is interested in the
potato evaporation.
| Go to Hunter and Eaton's for fresh
Groceries.
It is something appalling to think of
the vast amount of money which is
spent each Christmas for things which
are of no material value to the recipi-
ents, or are merely ornamental. Of
course, where 1t can be afforded it is
all right, but the matter of Christmas
giving is often carried to extremes,
! and the money so expended might
come in handy for necessaries during
the year. The great failing of the
Western people is that they never
learn of the value of money. Aside
from s.ictas'' for the children cash
would be a generally appreciated gift,
with which the recipient might pur-
chase what suited best.
Try Shelly's Cough Syruo. Best on
the market.
Watch the old year out and welcome
the new, at Knee1and Hall, the New
Years Ball, music by Olympia Har-
mony Orchestra. Supper at the Hotel
Webb. Tickets, $1.5O. The commit
tee guarantees good time and ban
quet supper.
Get your periodicals of Giles oppo-
site the Post Office.
E. X. Munson and S. p. Richardson
left for Clifton bright and early Sun
day morning for weeks duck hunt
at the head of the Canal. Great
weather for ducks, but one day WAS
enough for the hunters.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
500 Reward 500.

The readersof this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure IN all its
stages, and that is CatarIh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
paternity Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
os the disease, aud giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollors for any case that it
ails to cure Send for list OF testimonials.
FJCHENEY & co. Toledo. o.
ER-Sold by Druggists, roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
Jack CrOnin Commits Murder.

Sunday evening Jack Cronin, d log
ging teamster, well-known among the
1oggers, deliberately shot and killed
an Italian fisherman named Tony Fee
rardi, in an Olympia saloon. The
men had been drinking and had
trouble during the afternoon, as a re-
suit of which Cronin was taken to Jail
to cool off. Being release in the
evening he returned to the saloon and
finding Ferardi there, drew revolver
and fired three shots at him, the first
missing, and the other two IN the head,
either of the latter being fatal. The
victim was an iuoffensive man, with
whom the men had been making sport
during the day. Jack Cronin has
been in this vicinity for the past five
years, working in the logging camps
AS a horse teamster. It is said that he
came here from Canada to escape trial
on a similar scrape there. He bears
the reputation of being very quarrel
some and dangerous man, while drink
ing, and has been into trouble about
here. Last Christmas he struck a
Frenchman, in local saloon, with a
bottle inflicting a bad scalp wound.
He was employed in Simpsons camp,
but lately has been working for Mosh-
er & Mcdonald, at the Mud Bay camp.
Cronin after committing this latest
crime, gave himself up to the officers,
and is now at the jail at Olympia to
await trial AS this was a cold-b1ood-
ed and evidently premeditated murder,
it will probably mean hanging for
Thurston County.