Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-26
PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
ESPECIAL TO rHE sENTINEL.l

Late AIa4ka Anbchhhk Chh0cs
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-A Port Town
send dispatch says: The steamer Idaho
has arrived from Alaska. Business is i'm
proving at Sitka. The United States
steamer Adams is now on station. Rich
placer mines have been discovered at
Douglas Island. P~rospectors arrived
at Innean from Yukon River. They re-
port a mild climate and good diggings.
The revenue cutter Corwin arrived at Sit
ka, Oct. 10, from an extended cruise in
the Arctic. At Kodiak the Fur Company
reported q successful season. At st. Law
renee Bay over 100 d~ecomposed bodies OF
natives were found. The survivors said
that the mortality was caused by starva-
ton. At North Head it was learned that
the Indians found the body of Master Put
nam on the ice with a revolver by his side,
and the skeleton of a dog and a broken
sledge near. All we'll at Point Borrows
Signal Station. Lieut.. Ray had made a
sledge journey so miles inland and 100
miles eastward. On the latter he discov-
cred a large unknown river, apparently as
large as the Missouri, but could not judge
of the depth, owing to the ice. The In
dians near the Signal Station are showing
signs Of discomfort, but the party are well
able to take care of themselves. Several
whalers were spoken. The catch is very
small. The body OF Bishop Nestor,
drowned from the Fur Company's steamer
season is very open.
Crook Stops the Indian Outbreak.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 25.-A Prescott
dispatch says: Authentic news has been
received at headquarters here which con-
firms the report that General Crook has
effectually stopped the Indian outbreak
that at one time seemed inevitable at San
Carlos. The report of the Grand Jury at
Tucson shows that incessant and labori-
GUS work has been performed by General
Crook since he assumed command in Ari-
N He has been constantly travelling
from one point to another, holding con-
ference with the different tribes of Indians.
He first discovered that frauds were being
practiced at San Carlos, and the dis
content caused among the different
bands on that account, and through HIS
action checked what promised, upon his
arrival at the reservation, to be another
long and bloody war. The reports re-
ceived at military headquarters here con-
firm the entire report of the United States
Grand Jury.
A Hairbreadth Escape.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 25.-A Tombstone
dispatch says: Thomas Ewing just ar
rived here, bringing tidings of a hair
breadth escape while encamped on Sonora
River. Ewing says that some parties un-
known to himself and party attempted to
run off his stock in the dark. A battle
ensued in consequence, in which q man
named Flanagan was killed. Six prison
ers were taken. Ewing escaped. He
ascertained later that his assailants were
Custom-house officers. Another gentle
man, since arrived, states that the Gus
tom-house officers were riding along the
main road, looking for %smugglers, aud
seeing a fire on the road, rode forward to
investigate it. They were received with a
volley, which they returned, killing one
man. Another dropped his pistol at the
commencement of the fray and ran. Two
others were captured and taken to Orispe.
The guards stated that they supposed they
were dealing with ~smugglers, and did not
fire until fred upon.
Arrival of a Wrecked Grew.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 25.-The steamer
Mexico, from Guaymas, brought the Off
GERS and crew Of the wrecked British bark
Brookville. On June % the vessel was
badly damaged in a storm. losing her bow
spirit, fore, main and topgallant masts.
She sprung a leak Aug. 25 in a hurricane
and disabled the ship, which was aban-
doned Sept. i, the Captain and Ave men
taking a whale boat and eight men in the
long boat. Her position was II degrees
40 minutes north and 1T degrees Is min
utes west. On Sept. S they reached Santa
Rosa Island, where they remained until
the 14th. under a stress of weather. Sept.
20, before daylight, they sighted a steamer,
supposed to be the Rio de Janeiro, of the
Panama line, and sent up rockets and
burned blue lights and torches, but the
steamer kept on her course. The same
day they were picked up by the schooner
Leetus.