, 1883-09-27
Alaska News.

VICTORIA. B. c., Sept. 81 The steam
er Idaho. which arrived at Nanaimo to
day. brings the following:
JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept 11.-While the
steamer Idaho was lying at this port.
S0ionel Barry, custom house inspector,
Iell from wharf, injuring himself severe
y. 1t occurred during the evening. Be
ing very dark the Colonel got nearer the
edge OF the wharf than he expected, and
Iell some twenty feet, alighting on the
rocks below. Lieut. H X Gilman, com
lnandInS marine officer of the u. s. s. S.
| Adams,with Others, hearing the CoIoners
| cries for assistance, gallantly went to the
rescue, conveying him to his home. On
returning to the Idaho, no doubt feeling
good after his successful mission, Lieut..
Illman was suddenly bounding in the
same direction the Colonel had lust
taken, but fortunately his fall caused no
more serious trouble than good duck
ing.
Dennis, one of the men shot in the late
Indian trouble, is still alive, but the doc
tor says he cannot survive long.
1t is very quiet in camp. All the min
ers are at work in the basin. Helton is
working several roasters with good sue
cess, on the Bear ledge on Douglass Is
land They have stripped the ledge the
whole length of the claim and found
solid body of quartz. Treadwell is still
at work on his claim, running the lower
tunnel. He shipped this month his usual
S2,5OO from his five-stamp mill. Dugan
and party, who went to the Yukon this
spring, have sent Indians out after
winters supply OF provisions, they in
tending to winter in the interior. They
report very rich finds of placer work that
Will pan $50 per day to the man. One
other party has just returned from the
same section of the country who reports
80 dlggings. All who have returned
are preparing for an early back in the
spring to work their several claims.
News from the Scheffiin brothers from
NOwetha, about 800 miles up the Yukon
river, reports rich placer diggings.
Salmon fisheries all over Alaska are
doing good business. At present
about all have as many fish as they can
handle. Mr.. Hopkins, of Napa Bay,
seems to be the only party lamenting his
luck. but workmen who are with him
state that it is his own want of manage
ment which causes his i'll luck
Alaska was visited ON the 9th inst by
severe gale of two days duration, doing
CoilSltttldDlc ldlHdSc- ne USn houses
OF Hopkins were totally destroyed.
John d. Mccullough, who went up to
Napa Bay as carpenter for the Alaska
Salmon, Packing and Fur Company on
the 18th inst, while making a canoe pas
sage, was drowned. Search has been
made for his body, bat without success.
1t seems that he and Hopkins had some
trouble and he left his employ feeling
very bitter against Hopkins for his treat
m ent, as nearly all others are who have
had anything to do with Qim.
Col. Oakford, deputy collector at
WIangel, has sent in his resignation to
fake effect on the 18th of November. I
believe the Colonel goes to Washington
to pass the winter. He will be missed
very much, as he was general favorite
in Alaska.
News from Cassiar reports times very
dull. Very little gold has been taken
out, and it is feared it will be hard
winter with many of the miners, who are
all broke Provisions are very high
Commodore J. B. Coglan has relieved
Commodore E. G.. Merriman from the
Adams. Commodore Merriman is Or
dered home.