The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-03-04
Local News.
Lent is now on.

wife of L. W. Specie, a daughter.
colonel Stone was around this week
and secured about every able bodied
man in Shelton to join his Cuban
brigade.
The Baseball Club is planning a
Ball Tor May day in order to raise
funds for further improvements of the
new grounds.
1t IS reported that ground will be
broken next week for the New Episco-
pal Church, On their property in front
of Thos. McLarty's.
Superior Court will be in session
during next week, with the petit Jury
in attendance to dispose of several
minor criminal cases.
Photograph her Sheane, has fitted up
the gallery next to the JOURNAL in
good shape, and is now ready for bust
ness. His speciality is large, frst-c1ass
photographs and landscapes, and sat
isfaction guaranteed.
A' oCdOH w DIS CdllSu 10 hdnlllCne
Monday, to dress an injured knee for
Jack Strand, an employe of Simpsons
camps at Matlock, who had his leg
caught between logs. He was taken
to the Hospital at Olympia.
The Mason county Logging Co.'S
camp is being moved to new grounds
this week in readiness for the full
summers work. Camp 5 is hard at
work with crew of about IS men and
the company anticipates fairly pros
porous season.
A couple named Lavender, with four
trained dogs, gave a public exhibition
on the street and in the Hall Monday
evening. They also performed sever
al acrobatic feats, but the CANNES fur
nished most of the show. Owing to
the license fee, and the limited atten-
dance with small fee, the travellers
did not make any thing in Shelton.
Rev. L. ]. Covington and wife of the
Methodist Church were the recipients
OF generous donation at the church
last Friday evening. The party was
we'll attended, especially by the young
folks who got considerable fun out of
the gathering, and the pastor received
a miscellaneous collection of useful
articles.
The [. 0. G. t held a special session
Wednesday evening to elect delegates
for the district convention at Tacoma,
Saturday: Mrs. A. Emmott, Miss Dali
sy Stewart, Messrs. W. D. Morrison,
John Galley, Chas. Mcdonald, Ed
Wyatt, L. Tullis and Orln Hainer.
Most of the delegates contemplate 60
to Tacoma, by steamboat, sailboat,
bicycle and otherwise.
The locomotive trade between the
Shelton Southwestern and B1ake1y
railroads was satisfactorily completed
and the Juniata brought over the lat
ter's "Skookum' and took the for
mer's big locomotive in exchange.
The Skookun1 is best adapted to the
needs of the Shelton Southwestern,
and is actively at work hauling logs.
Supt. Geo Simpson was over from
Matlock closing up the exchange.
Joe Doyle, who recently made an
almost successful at suicide, has been
suffering from spells of nu1encho1ia
during the week, and after several
freaks, placed himself in the care of
Sheriff Caldwell Tuesday. Word was
sent to Judge Hodgdon to come over
and commit Joe to the Asylum for
treatment, but the Judge will not come
oyer until Monday. Judge Elliott who
is taxing Judge Ayers place, is ex.
pected down from Olympia Thursday
| evening for the examination.
Ferd. Stabenfeldt has received let.
ter from his brother, and others have
received word from the last party to
! leave Shelton, which reached Dyea in
safety and is now YEARLY Flooding
over the snow-clad Chilcoot pass
Ferd's letter states that the Oregon
went aground on sand spit near Ju
neau on the 21st and heeled over, en-
dangering lives and goods. Ne1s Sta
enfeldt, who is good swimmer
thought it rather funny to see the pas
sengers all wearing life preservers If
addition to their Klondike rigs.
Prof. Bernard, with several assist
ants attempted to give hypnotic ex
hibitions in the Hall last week but
the shows on both Wednesday and
Saturday evenings were failures, the
people failing to take any interest il
the fake. The professor was said t.
be most successful in plying hi
mystic art to make liquor disappear
He drove over to E1ma early Sunday
morning, leaving hotel and othe
bills. Besides being a fake. the pro
fessor is a bum, and printers ant
others should call for leash in ad
vance, from him.