Douglas Island news., 1900-03-07

The AI-Ki came in from the south yesterday, about noon, and discharged large quantities of freight for our mer- chants.
 Full load of coal Mohawk stoves just arrived at Chas. Wortman's. Old stoves taken in exchange 1900 Front street, near blaming mill.
 Chas. Rice, formerly an employee of the Treadwel Go. returned from the Yukon last Monday. He made the trip out from Dawson in thirteen and half days.
 Dr. Lapsley, the bright young phys ician who has lately located in Douglas, called yesterday evening. He spoke kindly words to us and allowed us to insert his professional card in our pa per.
 A certain gentleman of this city, who has lived in single blessedness these many years, rejoiced to see the ladies removing their hats at the entertain, ment last Friday evening.
 Last Friday evening Ole Johansen fell and broke his leg He was taken to the St. Ann Hospital where the fracture was reduced and at last ac- counts he was resting easily.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. M. Laughlin, who have spent the past two months visit ing at their old home in Portland, Ore, returned to this city on the Cottage City, last Wednesday evening.
 Samuel Harris, Chilkat silversmith who lives down on the beach, fell short time ago and dislocated his hip. Dr. Lapsley fixed him up again yester day and he is on the road to recovery.
 MT. Guckenheimer Thompson, con- centrator boss of the 1900" and "OId Treadwell" stamp mills, has resigned his position and gone to Jackson, Cal, where he will work in the Oneada mine.
 They say there is only one good place to have a boil and that is on the other fellow. This sentiment will meet the approval of our popular dentist Dr. Harrison who is just recovering from the third of these pestiferous pets.
 Mir. Hoffman, who is now employed as a bookkeeper at Treadwell, was up to New Town the first of the week and made short call at the News office. Mir. Hoffman is a great traveller and is we'll acquainted with the Pacific coast.
 We desire to call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Frank Bach, on another page of this paper. Mir. Bach carries one of the largest stocks of general merchandise in Alaska, which will be increased the coming season by large additions to every department.
 William Strusket, formerly amalgam- ater at the "Old Treadwell" mill, left on the City of Seattle for Jackson, Amadore county, Cal, where he has ac- cepted a position as superintendent of Oneada mine. His father is one of the principal stockholders in the company operating that mine.
 The Skagway Alaskan, in discuss ing the question of the location of the capital, says: "It is Juneau's big pay roll and her army of workers with fam flies that gives her the substantial pros perity that Sitka envies." When it comes to big pay rolls and an army of workers, what is the matter with Doug las City?
 MT. w. T. Tiff, formerly of Douglas, but now a resident of Skagway the windy city of Alaska, came down last week to settle up some unfinished bus mess here. MT. Tiff is engaged in the lumber business at Skagway and re- ceived notice from the U. S. officials a short time ago not to ship lumber out | of the district He has complied with r the request.