Midnight Mass
at the Roman Catholic church was par
ticipated in by all the building could ac
commodate.
Trinity.
“Peace on earth, good will towards
man,” was the subject of the discourse
by the R.ev. Dr. Beer, of Trinity church,
on Christmas day. The church was
elaborately decorated.
Native Mission.
The Juneau Native Mission church
had a beautiful Christmas tree and
everyone piesent had an enjoyable time.
A program of recitation and song was
creditably rendered bv the native schol
ars who were b3T no means forgotten by
Suita Claus.
St. Ann’s Academy*
The children of the Catholic Sunday
school had their tree in the school room
of St. Ann's 011 Thursday afternoon at
4 o’clock. Although no musical or lit
erary program played any part in the
proceedings, each one was the rec p ent
ofvSanta Claus’s bountiful liberality dis
pensed, after a few congratulatory re
marks, by the Rev. Father Rene.
Log Cabin
The Christmas festival of the Log
Cabin church Sunday school took place
Christmas eve at the Court house and
was well attended by the parents and
friends of the children. Dialogues, re
citations and songs composed the pro
gram, exceedingly well rendered, at the
end of which Santa Claus appeared upon
the scene and personally distributed the
many presents that adorned the tree.
A letter received by Mr. Frank Burns,
from a friend in Kansas City, Kansas, on
the Al-ki, contains information th it may
interest the residents of Douglas and Ju
neau in as much as the information ema
nates from a woman who claims to have
served several years in the Friend’s mis
sion at this place as a missionary, idle
letter in part reads as follows:
“I attended a lecture at the M. E.
church a short time since given by a
woman claiming to be a missionary hail
ing from the Friend’s mission, in which
she stated that “ ‘there was not a virtu
ous woman in Alaska, other than in a
mission or under the care of a mission.”’
“ '■die gave the name of a place there
and the number ot inhabitants, (I don’t
remember just how many it was) but
any way it was not a very large amount
and she said that in that latter place
‘there were 280 saloons, and another
little place ( Douglas ) is about the
same.’ ”
There are several persons in Dcuglas
who claim to know who the lecturer (?)
was, although the the writer did not
mention the name. The Miner will
refrain from further content until ihe
name of this person can be obtained,
which will be but a short time.
A Hi-Yu Time.
The Amateur Dramatic Club of Doug
las gave another of their iut< resting en
tertainments at Oilman’s hall on Friday
night last. Although the weather was
most disagreeable it did not deter the
many friends of the club from attend
ing. The drama en'it'ed “My Paid,’’
was repeated and a marked improve
ment over its first presentation was no
ticeable. At the conclusion of the play
the floor was clea'ed and the balance of
the night given up to dancing. The mu
sic, which was par excellence, was fur
nished by Messrs. Mil er and Fremont,
while Charles Matthew acted as prompt
er. There was a large number present
and nothing occurred to mar the pleas
ure of the evening except that the ferry
boat whistled entirely too soon. A large
number from juueau were in attendance
each member of the club doing all they
could to see that they thoioughlv en
joyed themselves. At 12:30 an intermis
sion of one hour was had for supper,
which was served bv Mr. \V. H. Will
iams at the Douglas City lv tel. Re
turning to the ball, the dancing was
resumed and kept up until 5 o’clock,
when the whist’e of the ferryboat an
nounced that it was time to bring the
festivities to a do e. It was the most
enjojable social vet given by the club.
O11 Thursday night (New Year’s eve,)
another grand ball will be given at Oil
man hall by the Dramatic club to which
the Douglas and Juueau friends are
cordially invited.
The English c medy drama en'itied
“Stricken Blind,” is on the boards at
the Juneau Op< rn house and standing
room is at a premium.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain in the
Douglas postofiice uncalled tor:
Steve Bede Wallace J. Goodwin
Aug. S. Carlson Walter C Hamilton
Thos. R. Gray Thos. K. Hudson
Edgar Hudson James Jackson
Mr. Hofzfeld Mollie Kelley ,
John Keley Hugh McGrady
A. J. McFarland William Mona
John McSweyn John Thomson
James Thompson John A. Williams
Walton Kudolp
When calling for above-named letters
please say “advertised.”
E. McKanna, P. M.
Call at the N vada restaurantanrl cafe,
on Front street, where you can always he
supplied with whatever the appetite
craves. The Nevada h s built up a rep
utation from the good service it gives
and those who are hungry and wish a
good, clean and palat d>le dinner, should
not fail to go to this popular resort.
Eastern oysters served in any style. +
NOTES FROM JUNEAU.
Dr. B. K. Wilbur, physician at the
Mission hospital ill Sitka, is confined to
his room at the Occidental hotel with
the grip.
Ge> rge W. Cantwell will winter in
Ilowkan, where he has now gone, and
devote his time adding new specimens
to his already fine collection.
A cargo of powder and coal left San
Francisco Dec. 26 011 the steamer Jen
nie consigned to Treadwells and the No
well Gold Mining company.
Uni ed States Commissioner Kenneth
M. Jackson, of Wrangel, is in town.
Court will continue at least ten days
longer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pedlar are expect
ed to return to Juneau in about two
weeks.
Tiie grip is as bad as ever, although in
some cases it has assumed a milder
form.
Wednesday evening the roof of the
Opera house was ignited by sparks from
the chimney. The incipient blaze was
promptly ' extinguished by the hose
companies.
Russian Christmas, which occurs on
Jan. 6, will be observed at St. Nicholas’s
church on that date with all due solem
nity.
Stamps are hung up in the Jualin mill
at Berners bay.
C. H. Pearce, superintendent of the
Jua.in Mining company, and Willis E.
Nowell, superintendent of the Berners
Bay Mining and Milling company, are
in town.
The prisoners who have been sen
tenced! to terms of imprisonment at
Sitka left on the Topeka in charge of
Mr. George Kostrometinoff.
Archie Burns leav s next week for
Dyea to perfect arrangements for the
transportation of freight into the Yukon.
The Grand Opera house and the
Louvre had masquerade balls on Christ
mas eve. Both places were crowded.
E. L. C de la Pole has had an offer of
$16,000 for the Aunt Peggy and John
Brown claims.
Mrs. E. F. Cassels, who has been suf
fering severely with an attack of the
grip the past week, is rapidly convalesc
! ir'K
R. F. Lewis, who left on the A1 ki for
San Francisco, will return in about two
months.
“Our Bachelors,” presented at the
Juneau Opeia house by Mr. Arthur Red
wood, proved a very effective drawing
card.
The Juneau hotel is closed. E. A.
Wert, the former proprietor, is now liv
i ing on Gold creek way.