Douglas Island news., 1900-03-14
The Douglas Island News.
HAYNES HITS.

lIAllNEo AIl a.
 Milton R. Brown, one of Porcupine's solid men, came in Saturday evening and is going to Skagway to visit with friends and relatives.
 Bernhard Burg, an old friend of the writer, returned from Seattle on the last trip of the Farallon where he has been visiting with his family.
 We notice John P. Lindsey of Porcu- pine City is in town. He came down to meet his wife who arrived on the 3rd from Olympia where she has been wis iting with relatives and friends during the winter.
 Mrs. Laura Lakey, the popular land lady of one of,the hotels in Porcupine, is down to Haines taking a much need ed rest.
 The Flasher Brothers, P. Nissen, Scott Cranston, Chas. Anyway, G. W. Hinch- man, Edward Grygla, Ted Brown and the Hackley Bros. are all busy at pres ent getting their supplies in to Porcu- pine, for the coming summer, while the trail is good.
 The entertainment given at the Mis- sion building on Tuesday evening, March 2nd, was grand success, and, as it was free, everybody felt like they had received the worth of their money. On Saturday evening the Commer- ciaI Club gave musical and literary entertainment in Barnet's Hall for the benefit of Mrs. Louisa Borne, charging twenty-five cents admission. We do not know the exact amount realized, but it was about twenty-five or thirty dollars. The following is the program as near as we can remember it: l. Selection by orchestra. ra..............
 w. B. Stout, 1st violin; Mrs. w.
 B. Stout, 2nd violin; Mrs. H. Fay,
 guitar; M. F. Hackley, cornet;
 L. A. Wagner, Bass.
 ?. Opening address. Pres. R. M. Odell 3. Male quartette. .. Messrs. Stout,
 Warne, Hackley, and Nash. 1. Duet. .................. Mrs. H.
 Fay and Miss M. Macintosh. 5. Recitation. ...... Mrs. Baskerville. |6. Song ............ ... Will A. Nash. |7. Recitation. ... ....... Alfred Monk. 8. Ragtown Ditty. ..... Mrs. s. Weitz-
 man, S. .Weitzman and J. K. Smith 9. Song. ... .......... MT. and Mrs.
 w. B. Stout and M. F. Hackley. 10. Overture .,.........s.. Orchestra. II. Recitation. A. Nash. 12. Duet MT. and Mrs. w. B. Stout. 13. Select reading ... R. M. Odell. 14. Recitation. ..... ... Alfred Monk. l5. Solo. ....... M. F. Hackley. 16. Debate,-question, "Is Marriage a
 Failure?" Mrs. H. Erie and Mrs.
 Baskerville.
 r. Closing address, MT. Felix Johnson After the entertainment dancing was indulged in until midnight when all went home feeling that they had been engaged in a good work.
 Judge Ripinsky, our popular U. S. Commissioner, went down to the Sound country on the last trip of the Faral- Ion. Rumor says he may go on east and bring wife back with him. We hope he may. He has lived long enough in single bIessedness and deserves to have a good woman for helpmate the balance of his days.
 A regular stage line hes been estab- lished between this city and Porcupine by the Dalton Transportation Co.,, with Dennis Murphy driver. This is move in the right direction. We have needed a regular stage between here and Por, cupine ever since that camp has been established. There is strong talk of railroad being built from here up through the Porcupine country and we hope it will. Haines is one of the best natural townsites in Alaska.
 MORE ANON. The following is going the round of the exchanges, and contains enough sober truth to justify repeating it: If