The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-12-08
shelton POst-Office.
c,oIton. Friday, December 8, 1895
Personals.


Mrs + w WaltneI Is StliA 4uieC sim
having been confined to her room for
anonth.
Dr Wells and George Grisdale went
~ to Olympia last Friday to attend
Chapter meeting.
Mrs. ]. H. Munson is down from Sc
title TO spend the holidays wltk her
boys in Shelton.
T. K. Munson went down Sound
Tuesday and brought home with him
7 new cash register.
Mr., Sweeney, a nephew of Mrs.
q Vim. Kilroy, arrived from California
last week and is visiting at Matleck.
Mrs. Phil Ashmun and children are
having visit to Mrs. l. Worcester.
phil left for Alaska several weeks
ago.
Miss Winnie Snider returned Satur-
day from Seattle, where she has been
soending several weeks visiting Miss
Della Walsh.
Richard Thompson was in town a
couple of days this week, his sister
Annie accompanied him and is visiting
her brother Henry.
AN Richardson the Satsop Mail
Carrier broke his arm on the home
trip Yesterday, but finished the drive
with one arm.
Jesse Kirkland, one of the older set
tiers on the upper Skokomish river
was in town Monday, and reported the
river way up, but not troubling the
farmers at the head of the valley.
Aleck Colkett, cousin of Mrs. Speed
Shelton and Mrs. G.. C. Angle, is
spending few days in town, He has
been back and forth between the
Sound and will GO back again in the
spring.
Mr.. and Mrs, Thomas McLarty were
down from Olympia over Sunday visit
ing Mrs. Leake and other friends in
town. Life in the Capital City seems
to agree with friend Tommy, as he is
getting trif1e corpulent.
Robert Lee arrived last Saturday
evening from Ross1and, where he has
agood position as engineer for min
ing company. He wilt stay for sever
al weeks getting acquainted with his
little one at Ben. Snider's. Bob has
been gone from Shelton for several
years, but he looks as natural as ever
to his old friends.
Last Friday U. S. Commissioner
Angle did 'land office" business,
taking the final proofs of w. T. Put
nam and Fred Hanson, of Lake Cush-
man; A. w. Johnson and Frank Helm,
of Grove. Henry Martin acted as wit
ness for the two latter claimants, M
Hanson and Geo Phenix for the two
former,
Jap. Cruson came in from Matlocl
Tuesday and reports that Camp 4, Bot
Simpson, has been closed down an6
will not likely be opened again unit
after the holidays. The heavy rain.
of the past few weeks have made the
roadbed unsafe in several places ant
trains will not run over the further
end of the line until repairs have beer
made. At one place, where there is ;
deep cut along the Satsop river, thu
bank is sliCing and the track is KEEP
in bad shape.
W. T. Putnam, manager of tn
Cushman House, who was IN tow
Friday, states that the water was YER
high at the Lake and a foot or NOR
over the floor OF his house last week
The outlet is not large enough to al
low the escape of the floods of waite
from the mountains, and the Skoko
! mish river was over its banks for sew
eral days during the recent storm
However, no damage, so far as W
have learned has been done anywhere
and the waters have subsidized.
MARRIED.-At the home OF Stephe
Ferris, Matlock. Thanksgiving day
Fred Ferris to Miss Mamie O'Shaugt
messy, Justice M. H. Cooper. officiatipa
A few friends and relatives we're pres
ent, and the settlement turned out I
the dance and supper given in hone
otthe couple in the evening. Bot
are well-known young Satsop people
and have many friends and well-wlsl
ers. They will begin life in the Al
derson house.
Gus. Hensel was in from Happ
Valley yesterday and reports clos
call for daughter of Lester Adam
last Wednesday The little boy W;
handling small loaded rife, and re
ting wiping stick stuck in the barre
asked his sister to help pull it on
In the operation the rifle went off ar
the ball plowed through the fingers
both the little girls hands. Strang
no bones were broken, and her escal
from serious injuries little short of
miracle.
The ball given by the, Workmen (
thanksgiving evening was succe
Doth in a social and financial wa
owlng to an accident to the City
anelton. she running into raft
O0om-sticks and losing her rudde,
Tue tug Favorite brought ia the Olyl
pia orchestra and number of dance
out was late. However the dance so'
warmed up after the music came, Al
al had good time. TWAS one Of Z
largest crowds ~ 41,a vn.r .nd q