Douglas Island news., 1904-01-20

Strowbridge, the painter, still has a shop in Douglas, and will cheerfully do any work in his line. See him for signs.
 Mrs. James Cottrell left this morn ing on the Dirigo for the States, where she is summoned by the serious illness of her mother.
 Wortman & Jensen have received an other large invoice of stoves. They are now supplied with all sizes from a parlor cook to steel range.
 Mir. R. J. s. Bethell is new subscri- Der for the News. Mir. Bethell is man. ager and bookkeeper for the George E. James & Co. saw mill in this city.
 Do yon need Furniture, Sewing Machines, Trunks, Stoves, Granite and Tinware, and Crockery? At reduced prices, at Feusi's Hardware Store.
 At the Natatorium, game of basket ball on Friday evening and the Har- mony Band and skating, on Saturday evening, is the program for this week.
 There will be a special meeting of Hose Go. No. l., D. F. D., tomorrow jThursday) evening at 8 o'clock, sharp. A full attendance is desired, as the cart is becoming very rusty and needs greasing.
 Sam Gius and wife returned on the steamer Dirigo, from the Sound. Sam has enjoyed his long rest and the visit to his native country. He is much taken with the Sound country and will no doubt make that his future home.
 The steamer Seaolin was g days out from Juneau, on her Windham Bay trip, and considerable anxiety was felt by those having friends aboard. How ever she pulled into Juneau last night, safe and sound, having spent several days the other side of the Taku waiting for the wind to lay.
 Rev. Father Bougis was in town several days last week and one even- ing christened the infant of MT. and Mrs. Elmer Prescott, giving her the very pretty name of "Florence Mar guerite Prescott" Steve Chernoff and Mrs. Lemieux acted as god-parents to the little girl.-Wrangell Sentinel.
 Rev. J. A. Levin, pastor in charge of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mis- sion work on Douglas Island, made call at the News office Monday. Rev. Levin is an earnest worker and has suc- ceeded in gathering up the scattered fragments left by his predecessors, and in evoking order out of the seeming chaos.
 Services at the M. B. church Sunday, Jan. 24. Preaching by the pastor at II o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday school following morning ser vice. Morning theme: lighting Chris tians." Evening theme: "The Love of God" Every one is invited. The room is warm, the welcome cordial, the sing ing hearty, the serv ices helpful.
 In the case of Dolph & Snow vs. John Thomas and Jane Doe Harniski, writ of error to the United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco, Cal, has been granted by Justice Gilbert. The case is to be tried there at the next term. This is the case in which the Davidson Improvement Company as lessees of Dolph S Snow, evicted sever al families on the Bears Nest property, last July. The Harniski's have com menced another action ill the district court, to cancel the lease from the Day. idson Improvement Company, on the ground of fraud.
 Jack Mcdonald, city marshal of Douglas, is one of the best natured fel- lows you ever saw, and he likes joke as we'll as any maa, but Jack was pretty hot last Monday morning. He had been on duty all night and reached home about s:30 a. m. The influence of a good, warm bed had just relieved his mind of all thoughts of law breakers, when call over the phone summoned him down town, post haste. Jack jump ed into his clothes like paid fireman, and came down town on the run, think ing that some terrible crime had been committed, and he would take the vil- lain red handed. Arriving breathless, he was calmly informed by placid Servian that last summer he had suffer. ed indignities at the hands of coun- tryman.
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