The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-02-19
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Another marriage is reported on tn
list for next month.
Photographer Baker will leave thi
week for Port Blakely where he will
locate.
George Beers was initiated into the
mysteries of the A. 0. u. w. Monday
night.
Next Monday is Washington S Birth
day, which will be remembered in tn:
usual manner.
The school flag has fioated at half
mast this week, on account of "Uncle
Davy's" death.
The 1agrippe is no respecter Of
persons, the Editor has been down
with it this week.
Tuesday afternoon was almost per-
feet in its beauty, after the few weeks
of meas1v weather we have been hav.
ing.
On account Of the funeral of "Unc1e
Davie," Superior Court was cut short
and the Judge returned home on the
noon boat.
Mart Shelton cut his hand quite
severely with an axe Wednesday after
noon and required DR.. Wells services
in dressing the wound.
Receiver w. H. Kneeland was
around yesterday paying off the claims
against the Shelton Southwestern
Railway incurred while w. II. Max.
well was receiver.
H. L. Setter and Bob Fairbairn have
leased the Hilton building, adjoining
the Hotel Webb and are filing it uI
for saloon. Prospects must be good
along that line of business.
Are you reading our serial story.
GA Case in Equity?" It is an ex-
cellent, story and every body is
anxiously awaiting each succeeding
Subscribers who have
missed any numbers can get extra
copies at this office.
The senior medal contest will be
given by the members of the local
Good Ten1p1ars' Lodge, at Kneeland's
Hall Saturday evening. Refreshments
will be served on the Europe an plan;
admission 10 and Is cents.
Why can not the people organize a
mining company, and get all the pro-
fits there is i'll it and keep them at
home. Mr.. Morrison has a good cheme
of this kind on foot, look into it at once
before the first of the month.
The net proceeds of the entertain
ment amounts to little over fifty two
dollars ($52 ),-tlianks to the generous
patronage of the people of Shelton
and that sum is now ready to be ex-
pended for new books. The teachers
invite parents and all others interested
in the school library to send in names
of any books they may know to be
suitable for children, and as many OF
them as possible will be selected.
Joseph Carstairs, of Mason, the
leading rancher and largest stock
grower of the upper Satsop country,
in western Mason county, was here
last week a grand juror before the
U. S. court Beside a large stock OF
cattle, horses and common sheep, he
has band of over eighty Angora
goats. Mr.. Carstairs comes from
good old Scottish Presbyterian stock
and is also one of the staunchest re.
publicans in the county.-Tacoma
Ledger.
1t is a little short of wonderful tc
the ordinary reader how such splendid
publications as the Magazines of this
day, can be furnished at such low
prices. One Of the best of these
papers, devoted to the ladies, is the
Ladies Home Journal of Philadelphia,
which costs but ten cents a number.
or $1.O0 per year. Besides the splen
did literary features all the depart
ment of the home are agreeab1y hand
led by well-knowu writer's, and ever,
number of the family can appreciate
the Ladies Home Journal.
A couple of men who occasion all,
work in the woods, but have bee,
hanging about town for some time
gathered some of Less Doble's c1othe
from his room, at the Dipman an,
started for the early Wednesday boat
Being followed they hung the clothe
on fence, and when the dock wa
reached they had nothing with them
The police at Olympia were wired
and sc arched them on their arrival a
that place, but finding nothing releas
ed them. The clothes were found O,
Mr.. Greytrax's fence.
Frank Kennedy, one of the men i'm
p1icated with Jack Forbes in stealth,
cattle from the Little Skookum vale
last fall, was brought oyer from Johl
Forbes logging camp Monday an
turned over to Sheriff Caldwell. VIII
liam Vincent, a farmer living il
Thurston county. is also in custody q
the same charge. He came up fror
Olympia Wednesday evening, accom-
panied by his lawyer, G. c. Israel
The hearings will be had befor
Justice Covlll Saturday, and they vii
be placed under bonds to stand tria
before the Superior Court, if suficien
| discriminating testimony annear