Digital Bob Archive

NOVEMBER 18, 1896-Webster & Jorgenson?s big pile driver, the Teredo, has been towed up from Sheep Creek where it was used in the construction of the Nowell wharf.

Last Thursday a brush fire started mysteriously in Last Chance Basin above the bridge and burned far up the side of Mount Juneau where it finally died out. Burning brands carried from the basin by high winds spread the flames and it was feared the town might be threatened. The Nowell powder house was burned but not until all the dynamite had been safely removed.

The Nowell Gold Mining Company has shut down its mill in Silver Bow Basin for the winter after a very successful season.

NOVEMBER 28, 1896-John F. Malony and family moved into their new home on Monday. It is one of the finest architectural structures in Alaska.

The first social to be given by the Saint Veronica Guild of Saint Luke?s Church in Douglas will be at the home of Mrs. Frank Bach next Monday evening.

DECEMBER 5, 1896-The Alaska Steamship Company will put a new and larger boat on the Alaska run next month. It will be some 500 tons larger than the Willapa, the company?s first boat.

DECEMBER 12, 1896-W. T. Iliff has gone south to buy a complete sawmill outfit with which he will refit the mill at Sheep Creek which he has operated under lease for the past three years.

DECEMBER 31, 1896-As this gold camp ends its 16th year, a survey of local business houses shows the following: Saloons, 30; variety theaters, 2; breweries, 2; newspapers and printing plants, 3; lodging houses, 6; attorneys, 10; general merchandise stores, 9; steam laundries, 2; miscellaneous merchandise stores, 8; cigar factories, 1; draying and freighting, 3; tailors, 4; dentists, 3; physicians, 3; millinery and dressmaking, 5; hotels, 5; restaurants, 8; bakeries, 5; drug stores, 3; jewelers, 3; hardware stores, 3; butcher shops, 3.

John Y. Strander was appointed United States Commissioner for Juneau, succeeding Judge H. W. Mellen who recently resigned.

George Rice of the Nevada Cafe is one who has faith in the report of the Clondyke gold discovery. He has gone to Sheep Camp on the Chilkoot Trail to establish a bunkhouse and restaurant in anticipation of the rush he is sure will come.