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In The News
The Sitka Times.
Sitka, A.T.
Vol. 1, No. 8
Saturday, November 7, 1868.
VALEDICTORY.
To be discontinued for reasons which we are not to be blamed, at the
present we are compelled to suspend the publication of the Sitka Times.
The suspension is not in any way owing to a want of patronage, as we
have more demands than we could supply; neither to a want to finances,
as it was a moderately paying institution, nor do we think it is owing
to a want of brains.
The parties who have done our copying are unable to work, as they have
done heretofore, to twelve o'clock every night in the week. Other
copyists are not to be had in Sitka for money.
We have written to Victoria for a small printing press and if we get it
we believe we could furnish the people of America with ample interesting
and valuable news from Alaska. The few articles which we have published
in the Times, we frankly ask the public if we have ever misstated a
single one in our little sheet.
As a kind of newspaper we have weathered the breeze for two months, have
no devil, jobman, copyist or stationery man running after us for past
dues, and can only say that our editorial occupation is gone. Thanking
the people gratefully for past gratitude, friendship and good will, we
most heartily wish them the same.
Barney O. Ragan, Editor.
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LOCAL.
The Winged Arrow will leave for Russia in about two weeks. She will take
186 persons including men, women and children. These people are the last
lot of the Russians in Alaska who will leave for Russia. A few others we
understand will leave for the Arrow country next May. From what we can
learn about 300 or 400 of the Russians will remain in Sitka.
Next Monday Mr. Frank Mahoney will sell at public auction a large
assortment of second handed furniture belonging to the R.A. Co. The sale
will commence at 11 o'clock a.m.
The U.S. Paymaster Co. Dana arrived here from Kodiac where he had been
paying off the U.S. soldiers there. John _______, Esq. the U.S. Sutler
at Kodiac, also arrived by the "Delaware" and seems to make himself at
home amongst a host of old friends.
The Russian Company hereby gives notice to the public that they will not
be responsible for any debts which were contracted by any of their
employees, or for any which may be made by such employees in the future.
Prince de Maxutoff, Principal manager of the company
The bark "Skellekoff" will sail tomorrow or next day for San Francisco.
Mr. L. Caplin, the principal manager of Caplin & Co. also goes with
here. She may be expected back here next March.
A bold attempt was made last Thursday evening to enter the warehouse of
the R.A. Company where the principal valuable furs are kept. The party
or parties succeeded in breaking a window, prying off one of the iron
bars, and in trying to enter was only successful in getting his head in
where he lost his cap. It was marked with the letter "H" and it was
handed to General Davis the next morning. Whoever he is he is very
likely to be found out.
We are informed by the Rev. Mr. Bazarr, Post Chap. that he collected
from our citizens here sufficient money to purchase the Lutheran church.
This speaks well for our people, in Sitka.
Farewell. Today we end our general and localized business in Sitka. Our
motto at the first was to try to please, enlighten and interest the
public at large. If in this we have succeeded up to the present our
ambition and our most sincere expectations have been realized. Barney O.
Ragan.
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