The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-27
shelton, Friday, May 9th, 1898.
Personals

Mrs. L. x Munson went to Olym'
pla Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Annie Keelty has returned
from the Hotel at Union City.
Fl. H. Martin and Thos. Brown, Sat-
SOD valley farmers. were in town We'd
nesday.
Charlie McReavy, bookkeeper in the
Bank. and Louis Fortier, were in Ia
coma Monday.
Thomas Webb and George Webb
were over from Riverside on road busi-
ness Wednesday.
Mrs. Thompson, of Birdsview, Skag-
it County, arrived Saturday to spend
the week with her son Henry Thomp-
son.
Miss Clara Ansorge went to Olym-
MA Saturday to spend the day with
Miss Page, State president of the w.
c.. U.
Miss Minnie Anderson has been
quite sick for the past week at Mrs.
John Doyle's, severe attack of cry
sipelas.
VIM Bauer, manager of the L. M.
Cos. branch store at Matlock, came
down on the train Wednesday after
noon for few hours.
E. N. Johnson was over from KAN
ilche Tuesday, and reports everything
quiet at the "Point," with water deep
enough for any Spaniard.
L. X. Munson and S. p. Richardson
went down Sound as far as Seattle.
Monday returning Tuesday night, the
latter with Barlock typewriter.
Attorney w. H. Smell, of Tacoma,
has been called by Prosecuting Attor-
ney Hartman to advise him in the N.
p. case. which seems to down very
hard.
Mrs. Pete McFarlane and Mrs. John
Sanderson drove over from Mud BAY
this week to pay taxes on property in
Shelton, returning Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs, John McReavy were
over from Union City Tuesday and
Wednesday, on business before the
commissioners and closing the sale of
his old printing outfit.
Rev. O. w. Mintzer, of Olym pia,
visited Shelton last Sunday and Of
iciatcd for the presiding elder in cen
Quoting the quarterly communion ser
vices in the Methodist church.
Thos. McLarty has been acting as
clerk for the County Commissioners
this week. as Auditor Dunbar is still
confined to the house. The session
ended Thursday afternoon, and the
proceedings are published elsewhere,
Attorney ]. E. Sigh went to Olym-
pia Monday to attend before the Su-
preme Court, returning that evening;
and after spending day at home, lett
for Fairhaven Thursday morning,
and expects to get down to business.
John D. Dow, ex-assessor and the
well-known Hoodsport resident, was
in town this week for the first time in
several months. He reports all quiet
and Hoodsport preparing ufor the SUM
mer travel to the Lake. w. G. Smith
Was oyer with him.
The JOURNAL has received cards an.
nouncing the wedding of Will A. Free
burger to Miss Margarena Howson,
at South Tacoma, June End. Will is
not forgotten in Shelton, although he
is now in the drug business at Monte
sano, and we extend our best wishes.
Miss Hattie Callow has returned to
Shelton and will conduct the closing
examinations of the classes formerly
II her charge and also the scholars OF
Mrs. Thrash's room. Miss Callow re-
ports her brother, Eddie, to be con
valescing from his attack of lung
fever,
Rev. S. W. Beaver, who was the
nrSt pastor ST the Shelton Baptist
Church, an6 whose efforts resulted in
the building of the church here. visit.
ed Shelton Thursday, preaching in
the evening to fair audience Rev.
Beaver is here in the interests of his
1nissionery home tor children or
Vashon Island.
Leroy Jones is back again after ovel
years absence in Seattle and Alas
ka. He has just returned from Sitka
where he has been employed in book
Keeping for a Seattle branch house
His stay evidently agreed with him
and if ne does not bring back much
DUST" he has surplus flesh. He re-
ports the Alaska rush about over, and
business is very slow, while more are
coming out than are going-ln.
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