Digital Bob Archive

25 July 1980

NOVEMBER 10, 1892-The post office has moved into the new and commodious building erected by B. M. Behrends for the purpose. It is on Third Street, immediately behind the former Dr. Wyman residence, which Mr. Behrends is now occupying with his store.

NOVEMBER 7, 1892-S. O. Wheelock has refurbished his bowling alley and fitted up a skating rink in his waterfront building.

NOVEMBER 24, 1892-Thanksgiving services will be held in the Native Church at 11 a.m. and in the log Cabin Church at 2 p.m. They will be conducted by Mrs. Frances Liter, assisted by Mrs. E. Otis Smith and Miss Bessie Mathews.

DECEMBER 8, 1892-Free lunches are the fad now at certain Juneau emporiums. The Palace Billiard Hall and the Phoenix Music Hall are the latest.

Dr. H. J. Harrison, dentist, now has his office on Seward Street and is prepared to do all kinds of dental work.

DECEMBER 15, 1892-Mr. and Mrs. William Ebner departed on the City of Topeka to spend the winter in the states. When he returns in the spring he will add 10 more stamps to the Juneau Mining and Manufacturing Company mill in Silver Bow Basin.

DECEMBER 22, 1892-The people of Douglas have raised $90 for a public Christmas tree for the children of that town. The tree will be at Kane?s Hall.

Charles E. Coon, who gave U. S. Commissioner W. R. Hoyt a sound thrashing for slanderous utterances about Mrs. Coon, was taken to Sitka by deputy Marshal Max Endelman but was immediately discharge by Judge Rogers on the ground that the warrant issued by Hoyt was illegal.

The Longfellow Literary Society will debate tomorrow night ?Resolved, that the jury system is a failure and should be abolished.?

DECEMBER 29, 1892-A Christmas tree was held at the Opera House for all the children of Juneau and there were also trees at St. Ann's School and the Log Cabin Church.

The ferry Lone Fisherman sank at her float a few days ago but has been raised and dried out.

DECEMBER 29, 1892-Cyclonic winds hit this area Friday night. Several buildings in Douglas were damaged and many large trees were blown down across Basin Road. The roof was blown off the old log boarding house built by the Johnson Milling and Mining Company about six years ago.