Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-07-30
LOCAL. NEWS.

4 iS opSAiiici 'IcStil WHICH, IiiS tan'i
the place of the Geo. w. Elder, passed
up yesterday.
The steamer Cottage City, Captain
Wallace, passed down on Wednesday.
The British steamer Thistle from
Victoria, with coal for H. Dunsmuir X
Son, arrived in Wrangel last Saturday
and departed on the return trip Mon
day morning.
The Fife-Alaska co. has purchased
the business of Charles Wallis and will
continue it at the old stand. Mr.. Fife
now has two stores in Wrangel and cx-
presses himself as having every conf
dence in the future of our city.
The Baranoif returned Monday from
her regular trip bringing the mail and
several passengers from HOwcan and
way ports. She made three trips to
Shipley bay this week for salmon.
The Topeka touched at Wrangel on
her way down last Sunday.
The barge Garnet started Monday for
Juneau loaded with lumbdr for the
Ireadwell mines. This is the first
shipment on an order of 10000 feet
which was recently secured by Messrs.
Wilson & Sylvester
Captain w. p. Gray, of the Casca was
completely surprised last Monday eve
ming by large number of his lady
friends and their escorts, who pro-
ceeded to enjoy themselves in the good
old fashioned way, singing, recitations,
gossip and games wiled merrily away
the time. a bounteous spread which
all say made it an up to date blowout.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held next Wednesday. at p m. in
the Y. Nj. c. A. hall. Any gentlemen
interested in the association are invited
to attend, and all the members are re-
quested to be present to consider i'm
pOrtant business.
The Sunday school of the Presby
terrain church will meet hereafter at =
p. IN. instead of in the morning us pre-
viously. Parents are invited to attend
with their children.
A meeting of the ladies of Wrangel is
called for next Thursday, at 3 p. m, at
the home of Mrs. Thwing. 1t is hoped
that the proposed Ladies' Aid Society
may then be organized. All interested
in this commendablc undertaking are
invited.
The Hudson Bay Cos steamer Strath-
coma arrived yesterday from Glenora
having made one of the fastest trips
ever made from Glenora to Wrangel
1t is a matter of evidence that the
Woodbipe is doing GOOD business.
7. G. Wilson has taken large con-
tract for saving wood and is DESTROYS of
employing number of men to assist
him on the job.
We wish to acknowledge the hospi-
tality of MIR. H. A. Tremayne, the pop
ular purser of the Strathcona, who ex-
tended the courtises of the boat to the
JOURRAL staff last evening. The
Starthcona which has always been a
popular boat, has just undergone extern
sive improvements in the way of inter-
ior decorations, which place her second
to none among the steamers on the
Stikeen river.
The Utopia arrived this morning
from the Sound bringing freight and
passengers for this port.
All residents of Wrangel not men,
bers of the Y. NJ. G. A. would find it to
their benefit if they would join that in
stitution, at the same time they patron
ize worthy cause.
Photographers and collectors of Gu
rios could make money by securing
photographs Of the sun, for which they
would find ready sale.
WrangePs Trade Growing.
Wilson & Sylvester have secured an
order from the Treadwell mines for