Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-16
LOCAL. NEWS.

ka Brewery in another column.
The Wrangel Furniture Co. has
closed out its stock of goods and will &C
out of business.
There is no congestion Of traffic on
the easy route i. Z. the Stikeen-
To the Yukon.
Mr. II. T.. Whirlow is attending to
the assaying at the Wrangel Drug Co.
during the absence of Mr. Bair.
Last week it was Porter: this week
Stone. Our citizens are wondering
who'll be the next
Col. II. H. Mandigo and f.. +. Davis,
of Minneapolis. returned from Glenora
on the Mcconnell yesterday. bound
north.
The lockers of Co II arrived ON the
Discovery from Vancouver barracks,
Wash, The boys now appear looking
finer than silk in their fatigue caps
Attorneys Clark and Cochran, accom-
panied by some less shining lights of
the legal profession, leave on the To-
peka for Sitka to be absent few days
on business.
Gene Hall, the we'll known employe
of Duncan Mckinnon, left on the Alki
to visit his old friend Frank Reid who
WAS shot by ''Soapy" Smith at Skag-
way few days ago.
f. f. Bair, the popular member of
the firm of Bloomhardt & Bair, has
gone north ON vacation. He will
visit juneau, Dyea and Skagway. re-
turning in about two weeks.
H. E. Weymouth. for some months u
member of the firm of Clark, Ingersoll
n Weymouth, has disposed of his in
terests in Wrangel and left on the Cot
tage City for Honolulu.
Mr.. Walburton Pike of the Cassiar
Central Ry., arrived from Glonora on
Thursday. MIR. Pike is operating sew
eral pack trains from Glenora to Dease
and Teslin lakes. He left for Victoria
on the steamer Tees yesterday morn
ing.
Ex-Chief of Police Andrew jackson,
of Seattle, returned home from Skag-
way on the Cottage City. Mr.. Jackson
has just completed new water works
system for Skagway which is a model
of it's kind. being even better than the
system in Wrangel.
William Kinnarny, formerly freight
clerk on the steamer Islander, and for
some time past connected with the Vic
toria honse, Wrangel, left on the City
of Seattle for San Francisco, to accept
alternative position.
Harry Day of the Victoria hotel, who
was accidentally shot in the leg while
cleaning his revolver some time ago,
appeared on the street this week for
the first time since the accident
The Spanish privateer reported to be
lowering around Dixun's Entrance,
turns out to be the steamer Noyo re-
ferred to in another column. Captain
Stephens and his guards will now sleep
more peacefully.
"Chappie" Harrison came near losing
his trunk and contents a few nights ago.
Some daring burglar entered his room
and stole his trunk, expecting, no doubt
to find money therein. They were dis
appointed, however, and after ransack-
ing it thoroughly they left it in some
bushes on McGilligan's ranch.
Unless called away the Rev. F. M.
Pickles, of Tacoma, will preach at the
opera house on Sunday II a. m, and at
1870 p. IN. The people of the city are
cordially invited to attend and to bring
with them their gospel hymns.
NJ. L. Sherry, editor of the Skagway
News, made the JOURNAL pleasant
call on Wednesday. Mr.. Sherry, &C.
companied by his daughter, is on his
way to the Sound and stopped off while
the Cottage City was at the wharf to
give us the latest from Skagway.
An Indian named Joe Shakes, while
trihing with rifle on July LIST, succeed
ed in discharging the weapon into his
hand, causing very bad wound. The
accident was not reported for more
than week, when Shakes called on DR..
Campbell to have the wound dressed.
The length of time during which the
wound was not attended to made am
putation necessary. Joe says, II didn't
know it was loaded"
A representative of the JOURNAL in
terviewed Judge Clark this week to get
confirmation to the report that the case
of Willoughby Clark vs.. The McKinnon
Wharf Co. had been decided in favor of
the defendant. The judge pleaded ig-
nOrance of any tuch case. stating that