The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-09-29
Shelton, Friday, Sept. 10th, 1899.
Personals.

MIS-. AL. j. muuSOu IudQC d SHOT
visit to Olympia Monday.
Harry Dean, the rustling Union City
merchant, was over to the hub for a
short time Wednesday.
Mrs. Almerion Adams has a peach
tree which bore a good crop this sea-
sen, and the fruit was fine, judging
from our sample.
The families of Thomas Bordeaux
and Henry Faubert spent-several days
this week on visit to the new camps
in the Black Hills.
Sam. w. Scott, OF Grove. proved up
or his homestead last Saturday before
Conn. Angle, H. H. Martin and George
Champ1in acting as his witnesses.
Attorney George Israel, of Olympia,
has been engaged by the Haskells to
assist County Attorney Byrne in the
prosecution of the case against Wa1lie
Lott.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haskell left Tues
day for their home in Whatcom, after
spending the summer at John Knee
lands. Mrs. Knee1and is expected
home Saturday night.
B. S. Barger and Chas. Kindred re
turned from their hunting trip on the
Wynooche this week, and are said to
have some "jerked" meet and two fine
pairs of elk horns.
Ira M. Dotson, well-known logger
who was employed in camp 6, but is
now at work in the Black Hills camps,
was married to Miss Elsie NJ. Holbrook
of Little Rock, last week,
Henry Martin, jr., intends shortly
taking trip to Southern California,
where he has relatives living in Dow
ney. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Martin, and may stay three months.
Rev. w. B. Mcmillan, the new pas
tor of the Methodist Church arrived
Monday evening from Coupeville, his
former charge. His wife and SON ac-
companied him and are installed in
the parsonage.
George Grisdale, foreman of one of
the Simpson camps at Matlock, is in
town nursing an injured thumb. The
member was caught between the cable
and log, and almost severed, al
though he has hopes of saving 1t for
future hardness.
DR.. Beach received telegram We'd
nesday, announcing the death of Mrs.
Morgan Morgans, mother of Mrs.
Beach, at Black Diamond that morn
ing, and left on the noon boat. Mrs.
Beach and her sister, Miss Sadie Nor
gans, were called to Black Diamond
by news of the illness of their mother,
and went down last Saturday.
W. G. Smith, the butcherman, left
Tuesday morning fer Pierre. South
Dakota, where he is witness for this
government in a case where cattle
were passed by the customs officers by
under valuations, He expected to be
gone about two weeks, and Doc.
OW dl tuOul 10 cutting AICdl III OAdu
bers & Fredson during his absence.
wv. Mexican. w. j. CASTOR of Tia
coma. and James Campbell, of the
American Girl mining company, OF
Utah, with their wives, returned to
Tacoma last week, after spending sey-
eral weeks camping out on the Stead
place at Windy Point, where they were
we'll supplied with eatatles and enjoy
ed splendid time.
o. B. LOOMS, travelling repres enta.
tive of the acknowledgement, was in
town Tuesday, arranging for an ex'
tended write-up of Shelton, such as is
appearing in the Sunday editions. Nc
pay is asked for this work, but it is ex
pected that reasonable number OF
subscribers will be raised tor a short
term of the daily.
Chas. Miller, an ernploye of William
sons camp, was brought down on a
special trip of the Skookum Tuesday
afternoon, with badly cut arm, the
blade of an axe having fallen and
buried itself in the flesh of his fore
arm. He had lost much blood before
reaching medical aid, and had close
CALL
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Wehnes ant
children arrived in Shelton last FRIDAY
evening from Council Bluffs, Iowa
after having been absent from Shell
ton almost a year. Judging from
their expressions they are glad to b
back Oh the Sound again, and want nt
more cold winters as their portion
For the present they will make thei
home in Shelton aud Mr.. Wehnes
has bought out Smiths barber shol
and will resume his old trade.
Fred Needy, who was one of ths
American miners frozen out of the At
lin mining district by the Canadians
and is now staying with his brothe
Charlie, on the S4tsop, has joined tn
crowd with big suit for damages
James Hamilton Lewis has taken tn
case on contingent fee. and has gon'
over to London to push the claims be
tore the home government Whit
Fred brought little money home viii
him, he estimates his loss and expens'
at $500 and his damages at &<o,Uuo
The total claims aggregate htfy mil
lion dollars. seemingly Games Hamil