The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-12-07
= Shelton, Friday, December 7, 1900 y
Personals

terday enrOuts to olympia.
g. Coats was over from Hoods
port for d few days in town.
$. p Richardson is in Seattle doing
business before the King County
courts.
Miss Cruson, a niece of ]. J. Cruson
arrived from Napavine last week, to
pay the folks visit.
Angus Mcdonald spent couple of
days in Seattle this week, on business
and pleasure combined.
Miss Irene Edgbert, of Arcadia
:. spent Thanksgiving at Hoquiam, visit
y ,xg Miss Lulu Hungerford. s,
Mark Reed IS down Sound again
taking lessons in how they do the
mayoralty honor in the big city.
Judge Hodgdon will hold term of
court next Wednesday, Dec. 18th, which
will probably be his closing session.
Jack Armstrong left Tuesday morn
ing for California, where he will spend
the winter for the benefit Of his health
Miss Lizzie Irving, of Clifton, spent
Thanksgiving week at Mrs. h. Cor
Inier's, returning home last Saturday.
Miss Dollie Mcdonald returned
Tuesday from her two months visit to
Missou1a, Montana. and was glad to
get home to Puget Sound again.
Alex. MacKinnou, OF the state land
commissioner Office, came down and
enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thompson.
C. H. Springer leaves this week for
the Sandwich, and in order tc keer
posted, desires the paper to be sent
him at Honolulu, H. l., u. S. A.
Andrew Peterson was. in town Tues
day night with seven Indian children
from the Skokomish reservation bound
for school at the Pnyallup agency.
NJ. c. Simmonsswas over from Oys-
ter Bay last week aud reports that
Dudley is recovesing from his long
and serious illness. He can now sit up
and will shortly be removed home.
Mr.. Dygert, Portland bookbinder
spent several days at the Court house
this week, binding up and repairing
some Of the we'll thumbed and damaged
volumes.
u Phil Ashnan, accompanied by 7. ]
yChurch and others of the force of the
Seattle Review, spent several days
hunting in this vicinity this week but
with wet luck.
A. G. Leroy, of Cloquallum, was il
town yesterday He recently returned
from a trip to Nome, and says tha
very promising reports were coming il
from the Bluestone or Kougarok coun
try, further north.
way home from visit to Canada, ant
are expected to arrive Saturday. We
regret to learn that Johnnie has found
little relief as a result Of his visit, ane
is almost blind.
Thos McLarty scaler for the Masor
County Logging Company at Olympi;
has been laid up for the past two
week with tonsilitis, and Charlie Leaks
has spent several days there keeping
his work up.
Henry Sabin, an Olympian pioneer
who for the past twenty years has con
Quoted the machine and gun shop ad
joining the Columbia Hall, in tina
city, died Tuesday quite suddenly Q
heart affection.
1t IS reported that Miss Marie Currie
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Cur
rie, and we'll known among Shelton
young people, was married at Victori
B. c., on November 18th, to II, w
Boyd, of Seattle, where the youni
couple will make their home.
Joe Carstairs and Miss Jean Car
stairs were in town Saturday from tn
Satsop for the first time in over
lucnth. Grandma Carstairs passed he
10th birthday Tuesday, and is in fai
health this winter. The day wa
made the occasion of family reur
ion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fredson wer
up from Port Blakely this week, visit
ing relatives and friends and returne
home Wednesday. Frank reminde
us that it was eight years ago since b
lett Shelton for his present responsible
position at the big mill. He says tina
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store, and his family is now with him
\ Col. Thad. Huston, accompanied b.
Mrs. Huston, camein Wednesday eve
ming, and spent a day in She7sen TO
the first time In eleven years. Til
Colonel IS very much surprised at tn
thrifty appearancesof Shelton, and it
ne location. He is master in chance
ry, and came to conduct the sale OF til
Williamson interests II this vicinity
under judgment Of The Tacoma Mi
Company, in. the federal court.
Charles Norton met with painfr
accident Thanksgiving which spoile
his appetite for dinner. While MAX
ing some repairs to his house, he slir
ped on the wet shingles and knocke
down the FOOT ladder, One of til
hooks On the ladder caught in til
fleshy part Of his thigh and pulled his
off.the roof. The 12-toot fall jarre
hin con siderably ,but the rusty hoo
penetrated about two inches and mad
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