The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-07-22
TELEGRAPHIC.
IXcLUsivELY TO ruE isTELLioEScEa.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

PoRT TOWNSEND. July 20-Stea ship
California arrived this afternoon with
Siika news to the 10th.
Commander Beardsley. Of tho James.
town. is surveying the harbor, estsb.
fishing beacon,, repairing wharves and
making many other improvements. He
has also, with the concurrence of COL
lector Ball, destroyed all the koochenOo
distilleries. having found fifty.three at
the Indian ranch and five 10 town, to-
gether with one hundred gallons Of the
liquor. largo quantity of the mash.
worms and other appliances. The In.
dams were greatly excited over this act,
especially the squsws. who were weep
ing. wailing and cursing the marines,
but no torcible opposition was offered.
On the night of July Sd, while some
OF the people were celebrating, . Rus
sian named William Versillss threat
ened the lives Of ore Hermamo and
wife. He went to their house and At
tempted to force an entrance. and, on
refusing to desist. Hermamo shot him
through the heart. killing him almost
instantly. Hermamo was arrested by
Commander Beardslce and q court Of
inquiry convened. by which he was 40
quilted on the plea Of self-Cefense.
Versillas was young man and of bad
character: his own father 90 testified.
Reports from the fisheries are very
encouraging. 4 boat which made two
trips in one day brought in five tons OF
salmon each time. The canneriss at
Sitka had put up four thousand cases,
and only about half the season is over
The Stewar, lode Of the Alask. Gold
and Silver Mining Company has cleaned
up fifteen hundred dollars after running
five days. with . fvc-stamp battery
crushing nine tons per day. Supsrin.
tendent Ritz will ship tho first bar Of
twenty five hundred dollars next month.
The shaft has been sunk fifty feet. and
there will bs good supply Of water
from Francis lake in . few days. the
large flume being nearly completed.
Another fve.stamp mill has been or
dered. and will be shipped by tho Cali.
fornia next trip. Four arastras also are
nearly ready to run. The San Fran
cisco Company shipped twcnty-one
sacks OF ore TO San Francisco on this
trip Of the California
The reports from Cassiar are more
encouraging than they were last month.
No miners are returning yet. The CAL
ifornia brought down forty thousand
dollars. and the steamer Western Slope,
for Victoria. has on board twenty thou.
sand dollars from these mines.
A 1920 nugget wss taken from Evans
4 Co.'S claim on Defoe Greek. Another
new creek has been discovered.
The CalisorniA did not stop either ct
Victoria or Nanaimo, owing 10 exorbi.
tsnt rates Of piiotage. She left here At
Am. for Portland.
Mr.. c A Alisky Of Portland, Presi-
dent Of the Alaska Gold and Silver
Mining Co. is passenger on board the
Californis.
PoRT TOWNSEND. July 2l-The ferry
between this place and WILDLY Islsnd
WAS recently sold by Capt Swift to E.
T.. Hickman. formerly Of U,salsdy.
The schooner Mary Parker arrived
from NanAimo today With . cargo OF
coal for Seattle.
The Hutchinson family will sing here
tonight
July la-Arrived- -Schr. American
Girl. from Honolulu; ship Eldorado.
from San Francisco.
July 2ist-Arrived-Bktns Eureka.