The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-12-01
Local Notes.

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Wednesday was fine, no rain.
Have you seen the new lamps.
A short m onth before Christmas.
Trade is good with local merchants
No school Thanksgiving or Friday
A. O. u. w. Ball Thanksgiving
evening.
An addition has been built to Kings
fruit stand.
Post Office, Bank, county Offices and
stores closed Thanksgiving day.
The next session Of Superior Court
will be convened by Judge Hodgdon
Dec. 18th.
Doc. Swarthout has purchased the
meat market of Earl Kneeland, and
will conduct the business in the future.
Most of the logging camps on Grays
Harbor are still running, the condi.
tons having improved bit, temper
arily.
The JOURNAL. prints little earlier
than usual this week, expecting to en-
joy just one Thursday Thanksgiving
in lifetime.'
The Port Angeles Eastern surveyors
have reached Kamilchie, and will have
completed the preliminary survey to
Olympia in two weeks more.
Both railroads found trees across
their tracks Wednesday morning, the
result of the breeze of the previous
evening, and their morning trips oc-
cupied most OF the forenoon.
The County treasurer's Office has
been kept busy taking in cash for the
second installment of taxes. Most
people came to the front promptly,
and saved penalties for delinquency
A shooting match took place in the
West end of town last Sunday for a
$25 COW, with three shots for ST.. W.
D. Forbes made the best score in his
three shots and carried away the COW.
Turkeys were in lively demand in
Shelton homes Thanksgiving, those
who couldn't get turkey, took chicken;
those who had neither, went to their
neighbors or the hotels, but everybody
felt better after good dinner.
John Seig, one of the leading oyster
men of the Bay, who has system of
cultlvating of his own, has contracted
to sell all his output to w. B. Haines,
of Seattle, at 1925 sack. Mr. Seig's
oysters are said to be the finest in the
market.
Tuesday morning opened with fog,
and the sun shone brightly, but it
soon turned into rain, and continued
during the day. According to the rule
foggy morning means sunny after
noon, but the rain is hardly over yet.
This has been long wet spell, no
wonder new corners hesitate to express
an opinion that they like the country.
Washington weather at this season is
past finding out, we take it as it comes
and look happy.
W. S. Brown has opened an Oyster
house in the New Meat Market and
has arranged to have regular supply
OF fresh oysters always on hand. The
oysters are secured in the she'll and
opened by white labor.
Another stock of The Angle Lamps
will arrive in about week, the last in
time tor the holidays. If you are think.
ing of making your wife happy, let us
book your order, as these lamps &c
| fast.
The Central Hotel and Doyle &
Elliott have the new Angle street
lamps to light the way-farer. This
reminds us that there are many dark
places around Shelton's streets after
night, and a winter is coming on. A
few more of these street lamps should
be placed. The Central is also equip
ped with the new lamps in its dining,
Office and bar-room, and the kitchen
They seem to give satisfaction.
The town council held a special
meeting last Friday evening for the
purpose of appointing the election
board for the municipal election to be
held Tuesday, Dec. 5th. The follow
ing were appointed: E. p. Dunbar
inspector; Waldo G. Rex and Chas
Leake. Judges; w. D. Baldwin and
Eli. B. Robinson, clerks. The election
will be held between the hours of nine
aud seven o'clock, at the town council
rooms.
The general merchandise store OF
Will Hudson, at New Kamilche was
burglarized last Friday night, ant
about fifty dollars worth of good.
taken, including blankets, mackinaw.
and provisions. Entrance was forced
through rear window in the post of
fice section, and the goods were loaded
into boat and taken away. Arubbe1
overcoat was left on the beach, bu
there was no other clew to the rob
bers. This is the second time Mr.
Hudson has been loser, his store being
robbed some months ago and the casl
in the till secured.
The Farm Journal is unlike AM
other paper; for one thing it prints nj
quack medical advertisements; for an
other it takes fiye-year subscription
and gets the paper to its subscriber
the full time if they are anywhere OF
this planet, even if they move two OF
three times; if they die their heirs get
liz. Now we are rr,inpr to combine will