The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-26
Shelton, Friday, May 26th, 1899.
Personals.

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Post M aster Munson visited Olympia
Wednesday.
HoRN.- Shelton, May 10Th. to the
wife of John Burnett, a girl.
Mrs. w. H. Knee1and and daughters
have been visiting in Olympia this
week.
ia. Cameron was in from Matlock
Yesterday, taking lay-off from the
machine shops.
III. Morrison has resigned as Mayor
of Shelton, and J. F. Riley has been
appointed to the vacancy.
Kew. L. ]. Covington is attending
the State Sunday School Convention
at Tacoma this week.
Ellsworth Freeburger has moved up
from the Point to the Baptist parson-
age, to be nearer his work at the Shell
ton Sawin1ll.
The JOURNAL has received the an
nouncements of the Snohomish High
Schools, in which the name of Leon
Hall son of Jim Hall, is leading dam
ddate for graduating honors. Tempus
fugit.
George lew, who has been engineer
on the Port Blakely Railroad for sew
eral years past, has been raised to the
position of superintendent of the rail
road being installed Wednesday.
Eli Robinson has moved his family
into his new home on Franklin Street,
recently purchased of Pete McFarlane,
the occupants, Will Hunter and fam
lily, moving to the North. end of town.
DR.. J. H. Kennicott is down to Seat
tie this week attending the annual
meeting of the Washington State
Dental Association in Seattle, and get
ting inoculated with the new ideas of
the profession,
Mrs. DR.. Ingham came down We'd
nesday evening to visit her brothers,
Mark and Avery Reed. Miss Maude
Wilson and Miss Louise Aver followed
on Thursday morning, getting left
the previous evening.
Mrs w. M. Beach and children are
expected home from their visit to Cali
fornia next Monday night and will be
at home IN the Rex dwelling on Fourth
street, Mr.. and Mrs Rex having moved
into the old home vacated by Lovelace,
and ST. Tullis will occupy the Beach
House, Eugene Wilder will move into
the house vacated by Tullis.
The following took last regular
teachers examinations: Mrs. Nellie
Dalby, Mrs. Fanny Champlin, Mrs. A.
]. Clay, Miss Cecil Dunbar, Miss
Amanda Linn, Miss Sylvia Scott, Miss
Sylvia Bryant, Miss Lulu Hinton and
Miss Ada Myers. Miss Mamie ORA
ham also took the first grade examina.
ton, and Miss Blanche Woods and
Saml. Wyatt to raise their grade.
Machinist Chas. Wiss is finding
more than the amount of work antici
pated before getting the Shelton
Southwestern's third locomotive in
order for its work, but expects to get
the machine on the road in another
week. While motive old, the loco
motive has seen some hard and care
less usage, and has laid out in the
weather for several years before it,
purchase for the Shelton Southwest
ern.
Louis Larson, an employe OF thu
Western Washington Logging Co. a
Draham's camp, was brought dowr
last Saturday in a badly bruised con
dition, having been crushed betweer
logs and injured internally. DIR. Well'
attended to his injuries and reports
him getting along fairly well, although
his injuries are quite serious. Lar
sons wife and child live on home
stead near Little Skookum bay, AM
have been visiting the sick man FIRE
quently.
Next Sunday the usual Memoria
exercises will take place under tn
direction of the local Grand Armypost
Services in Kneeland's Hall Sunda,
and On the following Tuesday, Chap
lam c. D. Spencer preaching the ad
dresses. 1t is to be hoped that all VIII
can will make it point to participat
IN the exercises, and help the littl
oand of veterans to fittingly remembe
.heir fallen comrades. 1t will be
lesson in patriotism, of especial vain
Just now, while many are fighting 70
Uncle Sam in the Philippines.
The W. c. T. U. will give suppe
N the second floor Of the /. O. q. +
Building, Tuesday afternoon from
10 p. m. A feast Of good things vii
De provided. Supper IS cents. Chi
u'en Is cents. Everybody inyited.