The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25
Shelton, Friday, August 18th, 1899.
Personals

and Mrs. Wallace Lott, on. Hartsteip
Island.
Mrs. ]. II. Deer and children left
Wednesday NOR ming for short visit
TO friends at Kelso.
Mrs. J. B. Ritner and Joe. are ex-
pected to arrive home from their
California visit tonight.
w. S. Brown was over at Cushman
last week, cutting wide swath in the
society at the popular Lake resort.
James Neil is out again, after a bat
tie with bronchitis, reduced in weight
about IS pounds, but as good as ever.
Mrs. G. C. Angle left Wednesday
morning for a short visit to Coupeviiie,
to return in time for school opening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Caldwell visited
friend at Hoodsport last week. and at
tended the fuuera al of James w. Rule.
A note from Doug. Shelton states
that he is Laid up on the dry-dock
with a cracked rib at Lynden, in
Whatcom county.
Rev. ]. S. McCallum and wife of
Olympia, came in Tuesday for a few
days stay at D. E. Borger's and fish
ing in Lake Isabella.
Mr.. and Mrs S. NJ. Rolf were in
Olympia We dnesday to meet Mr.. Roff's
mother who is coming from Oregon to
make her home with them in Chap
mans Cove.
George Simpson was over visiting
his farm near Elma last week, and
picked up a half dozen fine horses for
use in the logging work. One team
he paid $500 for.
H. H. Garretson, formerly a Mason
County teacher, but now principal of
one of the Tacoma schools, spent his
summer vacation at Matlock, return
ing home Tuesday.
Geo. Emmott and Miss Grace Bald
win spent two days this week with the
Emmotts on the upper Skokomish riv-
CT. They caught plenty of fish, the
ladies getting the biggest ones.
Miss May Ready, who has been
visiting in Shelton for the past month
returned to her home at Centralia this
week, accompanied by Mrs. Benny
Wiley tor short visit to her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Will II. Dunbar return
Ell home to Seattle, after spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dun
bar. The latter were mighty glad to
see their boys home from Alaska
again.
Mrs. AL. j. Munson aud children
went to Bucoda Wednesday, for visit
of several weeks to her mother The
steamer pulled out little early and
Al. had to drive to Olympia, a pleas
ant trip.
Master Theodore and Miss Nellie
Trcmper are spending week camp
ing with the Fredson party at Oak
land. About ten persons are in the
party, and they are holding forth in
the old court house.
Edmond S. Meaey, one of the facul-
ty of the State University at Seattle,
came in Tuesday evening, to spend
few days visiting with the Gaskell
scientific party, and takin' notes on
his own hook, being interested in such
matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Erikson have
received the news of the death of their
daughter Jennie, Mrs. Harry Lloyd, al
her home near Kingston, Mimi, where
the family has been living since leav
ing Mason County about four years
ago. Mrs. Lloyd was ~ years of age,
and leaves husband and two small
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Eaton, Glenr
and Miss Nellie Burke, returned home
this week, after spending the summer
rusticating down the bay, where Bert
has been looking after the oyster beds
Mrs. Eaton announces that her mil
liuery store is now open, and her stool
of fall goods is arriving.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Brown, of Mason Postoffice
died last Saturday morning. and tn
remains we're brought to the Shelter
cemetery Sunday for burial. A mum
Der of friends accompanied the fau1il,
and others from town met them at TIL
cemetery. Rev. L. J. covington con
Quoted the services. 1t raiued hard a
times during the afternoon.
Misses Cecil Dunbar and Belle Eos
ter left Tuesday morning tor Mich
gan, the latter to return to her hom
after a nine months visit to Shelton
and the former for two years phal
maceutical course in the University a
Ann Arbor. G. v. Dunbar wen
as far as Seattle with them, 1eavinl
his brother e. P. Dunbar in the Drug
store
James w. Rule, well-kuown res
dent of Hoodsport, died there last Fri
day morning, of hemorrhage Of til
lungs. He was SIS years old, and LET
awife and four children. The funera
took place at Hoodsport on Sunda
afternoon. The family have lived o
Homestead near that place for pa
eight years, and the community hs
much sympathy for them in their afai'
tons. 1t is coincidence that Nj
Rule died on the day set for provin
up on his homestead, and his %
thomas and Ben. johnson, a. Witnel