The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-04-07
shelton, Friday, April 9TH, 1899.
Personals.

tcISOUdlo.
Mrs L. J. Covington is visiting
friends in Tacoma.
Col Rrockway returned Tuesday
evening from weeks visit to Ia
coma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prentice Dunbar re-
turned from Tacoma "Wednesday
night.
Miss Dora Sternberg has a nice dis
play of millinery at the L. nj. store
this week.
Manager Bauer of the L. Ms. Mat
lock Store was in town yesterday order
ing bill of goods.
Miss Amelia Emonds, John D. Reng-
storff and Peeter Geehen made final
proof on their homesteads before
Comr. Angle last Friday.
WI. bigger, the hardware man,
was in town Tuesday talking business
to merchants and trying to swap flsh
bait with trout up the creek.
Eber Thomas leaves for Coupeyille
this morning after the winter in Shell
ton. Lucy Angle, his niece, accom-
panies him to spend the summer on
the Island.
Miss Nellie Burke arrived from Cali
fornia Wednesday to visit Mrs. w. b.
Eaton. She has been engaged in
teaching, but will remain here for the
summer.
J.R. German visited Seattle this
week and bought lot Of fresh spring
goods for the store of Dean & Germaine
at Union City which be says will have
the neatest stock of goods in the coun-
ty.
Mr.. John Mccarthy, well-known
logger, and Mrs. Alice Fisher, cook at
the Commercial Hotel for two years
past, were married at Olympia on
Easter Sunday. The happy couple
returned to Shelton Monday, and will
make this their future home.
w. H. Kneeland, manager, and
Chas. Wiss, machinist, are on trip
down Sound this week, looking for a
new locomotive for the Shelton South
western Railroad Both the. Bertha
and the Skookum are breaking down
and going into the shop frequently
and Manager Kneeland hopes to fine
new locomotive suitable for the log
ging work.
Henry L. Inman of Arcadia, return
ed last week from a visit to Iowa
where he has spent the winter. Like
ali who try an Eastern winter for ;
change, he was glad to get back to tn
milder weather Of Puget Sound. HI
says that the trains are crowded will
Westward bound immigrants, and tina
people in all sections of the countr,
are talking and learning about Thu
section.
Rev. L. Coyington has been out t
Matlock during this week. He report
all the schools i'll the Satsop Vale
are in operation. E. Leon Brewer
teaching the Decker Settlement
school, Miss Nettie Brewer at Carstair
school and Miss Sylvia Bryant a
Matlock. Red Men have capture
John Culliton, Will Ford, Fred Ferri
and several others and will massacr
them Saturday night
George G. Kimball. postal inspector
arrived last Thursday evening for tn
purpose of investigating the recer
robbery of the post Office safe. He e.
amined everything in connection wit
the office, made up his report, and el
pressed himself as we'll pleased wit
the activity of Sheriff vogtlin and til
citizens of Shelton in pursuing til
robbers and making the capture. 1t
not likely that Postmaster Munso
will be held liable for the loss of I'll
government funds, but he will,
course, suffer the loss of about 500 {
private and lodge funds.
Wendell Shelly arrived from tt
Soldiers Home, in California, la
Sunday night, having been the1
thirteen months and pining for b
freedom again, got a furlongl
Dan. Keelty also came with him, b'
stopped off at Port Blakely for a Wis
to his daughter, Mrs. Frank Fredso
before joining his family in Sheltol
Mr.. Shelly says he will have plenty
work at his trade, that of carpente
and may get discharge from Il
Home, aud remain while his health
good. He reports the weather hot al
dry and glad to get back to Pug
Sound and its moisture again. Fl
drought in California has been broka
by rain, but rather late for most GRO
aud the people there are not IN re
prosperous condition.