The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-03-11
Local News.

VIII preach In the Decker school house
Rey. F. A. Gregory will preach a
the Forbes school house next Sunday
The next term of Commissioner
court begins the rst.Monday in April
the 4th.
The Emmott Brothers have again
leased the Wilson farm on the Skoko
mish river for five years.
March came in very mildly, and still
continues la,nblike, much to-. the sur.
prise of most weather prophets.
S. d. Grout, VIM. and Dim Rankin
and Sin Leroy of Matlock, started
for Forty-tnile creek, Alaska, this
week.
A lone negro pilgrim amused the
crowd on the Street wednesday, with
banjo and song, and passed the hat
for gate receipts.
Beautiful weather during this week,
cool, but frosty mornings; bright,
warm DAYS. It is not likely that the
frosts have damaged fruit buds yet.
w. Lott, of Hartstein has traded
his stock to w. A. Hunter for good
sized work horse, the animals being
ferried across Pickering Passage and
the exchange made at Mrs. Norris
Geo. Cyphert is now one of the town
dads. appointed by the Council last
Saturday night, in place OF Chas. Nor
ton, resigned. Councilman Richard
son was granted sixty day extension.
The following made their final proof
before Commissioner Angle last Fri
day: John Cartwright; witnesses,
Elias Johnson and L. w. Specie.
Joseph A Parry, with Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Worcester, witnesses.
The delegates to district Lodge I. o.
G. 7. at Tacoma last week returned
Monday evening, and report an inter
esting session. The local delegates
made pull for Shelton, and this has
been selected as the place for the next
session of the district lodge, three
months hence. The Shelton lodge is
second in size aud had the largest dele
CATION.
A. E. Zanda1, an old time resident,
whose place is on the Olympia road
just beyond the Mason county line,
was found dead along side the road
last Wednesday morning. He was evil
IDENTITY on the way home from Olympia
during the previous night, and was
thrown from his wagon, meeting his
death.
A convention is called for the Sun
day Schools of Mason county for April
18th and 10th. The purpose, the or
ganization Of the Mason Co. Sunday
School Association, arousing general
enthusiasm and interest in Sunday
School work, and the election of del
egate to State convention, meeting in
Spokane May 3rd.
When man drops piece of meat
on the floor he will either give it a
kick or pick it up and lay it aside. He
will never eat it. But let him drop a
plug of tobacco on the street and no
difference how dirty the street may be,
he will Dick it up, give it a sw1pe on
the bosom Of his pants. and then take
a big chew from it with keener relish
than eyer.-EX.
Judge Elliott of Lewis County, who
was called to Olympia last week on
similar business, came to Shelton las,
Thursday evening to examine as te
the sanity of Joseph Doyle. Doyle
! was ordered committed to the Asylum
at Steilacoon, where he was taken by
Sheriff Caldwell and his brother
Thomas Doyle, last Friday. Joe was
quiet and made nc trouble On the trip
realizing that the course taken was fol
the best and his own benefit.
The funeral of Franklin y. Purdy
! the well-known Skok omish pioneer
took place at Union City last Sunday
Rev. Myron Eells a native son o.
Washington, preaching an excellen
sermon and the interment was mad,
in the Union City cemetery, under thu
rite OF the Masonic Lodge. The fol
lowing members of Mt. Moriah Lodge
No. II, of Shelton attended the funeral
Hugh Morrison, w. H. Maxwell, VIM
Beach, c. H. Wells, III. L. Setter, w
r. Lott, 3. Barger, Charles Leake
and John Shaw. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Becker also attended from Shelton.
While Captain Brown of the Juan
tia was kicking over some black san,
from a well that was being dug on hi
Little SkoCkum ranch. Saturday, h
brought to the surface a shining PAL
ticle that proved to be nugget o
gold. worth seventy cents. The mug
get shows very little wear and
found on the Klondikc would be take
as evidence that the mother lode wa
near 1t is thought to haye come fror
a depth of about twelve feet. Thi
county may yet become famous for tn
production Of gold -Olympiau.
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