New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
THE CAREER or JOSEPH JUNEAU.
HE HAS DISAPPEARED AGAIN.
From The Milwaukee Journal.

From The Milwaukee Journal.
Joseph Juneau the founder OF the town oi
juneau, Alaska. and second cousin to Solomon
juneau. the founder Of Milwaukee, was recently
hs d G be sh ns s 1G" as IN
live. but he must have missed connections some.
where for he has not arrived, although expected
some weeks ago Word was received rome time
that in San Francisco, where II was
said he met some Of his old companions and per-
hapsa few new ones and IN the jollying-up process
that followed the old miner came out with twen-
ty-ave gold nuggets missing. Since then he has
In Kansas wrote that the old prospector was going
to stop with him few days after short Wilt at
Dutch City. Where Dutch city II no one knows
There Is Dutch Hollow. a Dutch Hole and q
Dutch Flat IN California, but no Dutch CITY can
AT any rate his relatives in this city think that he
has fallen In with some OF his old mining COM
over the good old days in the 4os to think OF any
thing else.
his home in Alaska intending to come to the land
OF civilization and spend his declining years with
his cwn blood and get as far as m san Erancisco: %
who worked with him In the wilds Of the frozen
north in the years when~one friend was the whole
world. There he will stay and chat over rem.
niscences until the couple OF handfuls OF gold
nuggets which he brings down to pay the expenses
OF the trip are all gone In exchange for the food OF
friendship and the drink of cheer. and then the
rugged old miner goes back to Alaska, finds some
more gold and tries 1t all over again He has
started for Milv no fewer than six times, 1t
Is said, and each time gets no further than the
coast
He arrived in this country some few weeks ago.
and from dispatches received from San Francisco
repeated the same tactics OF former trips Meet
ing some OF his old COM AIDES OF the mines. he
went to the city and show his mates that
he still young. The flowing bowl went round
and round. and pretty soon everything else went
round and round. and when the old miner awoke
he found more than naf his pile gone The police
succeeded in finding portion OF the valuable
pebbles but most Of them were never recovered.
What the old man has been doing since then no
body knows.
Joseph Juneau has had wide and varied ex.
rerience during the seventy odd years OF his life.
and the episode OF the other night IS in keeping
with the remainder OF his history. He has been
rich and he has been poor. He has been happy
and he has been miserable. He was one OF .
family OF twenty-one children. fifteen OF whom
were boys. He born In Assumption. Canada,
where Solomon juneau was born. There he spent
the first seventeen years of his lfe. when he sud.
denly disappeared and was not seen or heard OF
for twenty years. His family searched but could
find trace Of the missing lad Leaving home
and working his way TO the western coast, ne
struck the town of Portland. and In company with
a man named Harris padded in an open canoe
from Portland to Sitka.
Before 1880 he struck out into the northern vii.
derness and discovered rich lead of the precious
metal and founded the little settlement which re-
ceived its name from the hardy frontiersman and
later became OF the important towns Of the
territory.
Joseph Juneau Is not a nephew OF Solomon
Juneau. as reported. but a second cousin Of the
founder of the Cream city. He is an uncle OF
William {. Juneau, the real estate dealer OF this
city and OF John juneau. the contractor. Mrs.
Dclama Tasse. wife of "A real estate dealer OF
Milwaukee. is a niece of the gold discovercr. The
late John Juneau who for forty-six years lived on
"a village the poormaster and pathmaster OF
the community. a brother OF the miner.