Digital Bob Archive

JANUARY 7, 1892-J. S. Shillaber, who established the Juneau City Steam Laundry several years ago, is offering the business for sale as he plans to move to San Francisco.

Masquerade balls have been going on all the past week at the Opera House, the Armory Hall and Ashby & Leak?s hall.

JANUARY 14, 1892-At a public meeting a resolution was adopted urging that the Navy ship Pinta be sent to Lituya Bay for the relief of Morris Orton, S. O. Wheelock and eight other Juneau miners who had planned to return here by November and have not been heard from.

B. M. Behrends has a large supply of good dry wood for sale.

We are getting two mail steamers each month now, the Al-ki and the City of Topeka.

JANUARY 21, 1892-The first annual report of the Evergreen Cemetery Association has been made public. Cash contributions amounting to $449.25 have been received in amounts from 50? to $25. Of these, 90 came from Douglas and 34 from Juneau, and 115 Juneau men have contributed labor from half a day to five days each. Some material, including powder, caps, fuse, meals, lumber and nails have been purchased and some contributed. The contract for building the bridge across Gold Creek was $200 and other expenses leave a present balance of $19.25 in the treasury.

A fine load of fat venison came into the local market this week at 10 cents a pound.

Dancing classes will start at the Opera House tomorrow night, with a social dance to follow. Professor S. Blackburn is the instructor.

JANUARY 28, 1892-The Silver Bow Basin Mining Company and the Nowell Gold Mining Company have been combined. The company proposes to erect a 20-stamp mill and to connect with the mine by a surface tramway which will run through the tunnel. Ore will be delivered to the upper end of the tunnel by an aerial tram.

FEBRUARY 25, 1892-The mail steamer Al-ki has arrived with 60 tons of giant powder and 100 tons of coal for Treadwell, as well as mail, general freight and a few passengers. She is about six days late, according to the published schedule, but the Pacific Coast Steamship Company has a monopoly and runs according to its own whims. It is also illegal to carry giant powder on a passenger ship, but complaints to the authorities in the past have brought no results.