Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-04-06

An exchange speaks Of a IMAM wh. i,
Is said. always pays for his local pa,~,
IN advance. Az u result he has neve,
oeen sick day in his life, never had
any corns on his toes, or the t,r,,hac,,e
his potat'es never rot, his oats nrvr,
r"s'' the frost never kills his beans. his
"ao'es never cry ut night, and his wife
never srolds, and he succeeded in serv.
ing three years on the council without
being cusssd.
The new revenue law provides that the
taxes OF 1896 and prior wears may he paid
at the rate Of 6 per cent interes. from the
date OF delinquency, if paid on or hefore
the list day OF November 1899. These
taxes became delinquent as follows: 1891
taxes >" March lat following; '92 and '93
on April LIST following; ~, '95 and '96 on
June LIST Of the following wear 1897
taxes draw interest at the rate Of IL y%.r
cent from June LIST 1898. 1898 taxes he
come delinquent June LAT 1890 and draw
the same interest.
While a salesman was lighting "a gas
jet IN the show window of Veysey's store
Saturday evening a spark flew from the
match and ignited some cotton batting.
with when the window was decorated,
and the whole window was instantly in a
blaze. Mr.. Nevsev keeps half dozen
| tire extingnishers in the store for such
emergencies, and two of them were 40
quickly put in nse that the fire got no
further than the window, and wha.
threatened to he a very serious five was
extinguished with II loss not exceeding
800 which is covered by insurance.
The Preshytery Of Olympia, consisting
of the Presbyterian churches of Western
Washington holds it's regular se,ni.annual
neeti' < at Hoquiam next week. com.
mencing Tuesday evening. The opening
s'rrnon that evening will be by Rev. H.
ID. Crawford. Of this city. Wednesday
evening will he devoted to Home and
Foreign Missions, and on Thursday night
will occur the installation services OF Rev.
VIM. Cobleigh, pastor Of the Hoquiam
Presbyterian church. The days will he
devoted to the regular business Of the
Preshytery. A number will be in at
tendance from Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Fetterman cele-
brated the tenth anniversary Of their
wedding at their new residence on Tues.
day evening, and the capacity Of their
large roomy dwelling was taxed to con.
tain their numerous friends on the pleas.
ant occasion, upwards Of one hundred
guests being present. A sumptuous
lunch was served and Il general good
time was had by all. The feature of the
evening was the presentation of a dinner
set OF $50 pieces OF Havilund china, Mr..
Clyde Wea,herwax reading an original
presentation poem written for the occa.
sion. Each guest received souvenir Of
the event in the form of a hand painted
card each with some tin utensil sketcLed
upon, it commemorative OF the "tin we'd
ding"
J. Linelstrom. who is building the two
steamships at the West 4 Slade ship
yard, where he will also build schooner
for Wilson Bros. 4 Co., this year. intends
to erect a permanent ship yard in Aber-
deem and has secured block v below the
Western Cooperage Co.'s plant for his
purpose. Last night u petition was pre-
sented to the council asking for the i'm.
provement OF the street leading to the
site. This matter should receive prompt
and cheerful attention by the council and
citizens OF Aberdeen as the steady opera
ton of ship ward in Aberdeen means
the outlay of large sums of money each
year. We are informed that, in the build
ing of the three vessels here this year,
Mr.. Lindstrom will distribute nearly
SIC, 900 for material and labor in Aber-
deem.
The Salvation Army will open their
new hall on Saturday evening, April g..
Brig. Marshall and Ems. Hawkes., Of
Portland, Ore, will have char &c OF the
meetings, assisted by the local corps.
The brigadier is an able speaker. and
the ensign is master of music. A very
interesting time it will be for all who
attend. Also on Sunday all day the
brigadier and ensign will lead the forces
on. Lots of music and singing and some
real heart talks by the brigadier. Mon
day evening a stereoptican meeting is
the program. Ems. Hawkes. will show
ON canvas some OF the work done by diff.
ferent branches OF the army now in oper-
alton, and the brigadier will lecture on
the same. Admission for Monday night
only 10 cents. Come early to get a seat.
Rod Murray received compound frac-
ture of the left leg and had the right one
severely bruised at his logging camp
above the forks Of the Wishkah river last