Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22

wet weather.
 The Seattle Times of the 18th inst. has full page illustrated write-up of Alaska and her wonderful scenery.
 John B. Denny, one of Juneau's able attorneys, was over on Douglas Island last week and made the News a pleasant call.
 Mir. S. Blum, of Juneau, was caller yesterday. Mr. Blum likes our town and has many friends among Douglas people.
 Mir. L. R, Gillette, of Cheyenne, Wyo., has been appointed court commissioner for Douglas Island, vice Judge Bach, resigned.
 Charles Wortman will pay the high est price for second hand furniture. Does all kinds of repairing, key fitting, etc., etc.
 Mir. Wm. Bacon, formerly clerk in the Treadwell store, will leave in few days for California, where he will make his home.
 MT. G. A. McCulIoch, of Fort Wran- gel, visited our city last Thursday. He was recognized as an old friend at the News office.
 Born, to Mir. and Mrs. John Egan, on Sunday, August 18th, boy. The moth CT and child are doing well and John is proud and happy.
 Charles Johnson is going about car rying one foot in a sling as result of misstep in close proximity to a car. His ankle is sprained.
 H. R. Elliott, of the Douglas City Pharmacy, is paying considerable at. tention to photography and has col lection of very fine views. 1 The Dirigo stopped at the Douglas wharf on her way south last Saturday noon and took on a consignment of empty beer kegs and bottles.
 Pat Milan is said to be m the Panama district. His many friends here hope he may strike it rich and stay struck until he gets all he can conveniently handle.
 , Jno. McNeil is laboring under diff culties, having entire charge of prob lem such as caused old Job to give up his religion and throw himself on the mercy of the court.
 Parties having in their possession empty citrate of magnesia" bottles belonging to the Douglas City Pharma- cy will confer a favor by returning the same at an early date.
 Postmaster Bllstubbins is an adept at whist and as soon as a few hard luck features are eliminated from his sys- tenn, be will arise and shine as bright star in this particular field.
 Late reports from the Alaska-Wash ington mine at Berner's Bay are to the effect that the shaft is down 70 feet and the vein is three and half feet wide and widening very rapidly.
 The News force were cheerod on their weary way yesterday by the receipt of a generous portion of a ripe, luscious watermelon at the hands of Mrs. Pog- nant, of the Hunter Restaurant.
 An Indian named Johnson plead guilty to charge of disorderly con- duct in Judge Bach's court last Friday and, this being his first offense, the Judge let him off with a fine of S6 and costs.
 Mir. w. Piper, who left last April for Nome, has visited that place and Cape York and returned again to Douglas Island last Sunday. Mir. Piper says it takes a good deal of hustling to win at Nome.
 Jimmy Cottreu recently received a letter from his brother at Ketchikan, stating that the mining prospects he is interested in in that locality are show ing up most encouragingly under de- velopment.
 The long drawn, bowling, screeching wall of steam whistle awoke the resi- dents of this city at very early hour this morning. It was found to be the whistle at the saw mill which had got started and couldn't stop. Finally, in