Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-30
AlAskA-

ny shs arrival Of the steamship Idshc
from the aorth We have the Gvs issoes
OF soe AIassas. from Noveubes list C
Dessnber ls:h inclusive, from vhieb
We Riean the paragraphs following:
The killisuoo Oil Works are nov run.
ming 90 full time and employ s5 men,
incindinR whites, Indians and Chinese
The owners sf the Tread veil mine
nave purchased. for t75, COO cash, vha,
- known as the Lewis clain-a looa.
tion sdloisinR that On which the nil
stands.
Sixtesp electric lights will iliuuins
the Ala4Aa Mill and Mining Company,s
works and the adjacent grounds on and
aitsr ths night Of the 25sh instant.
Ibis will enable the work TO 90 on ire
spective Of the change from day 70
night.
The steamer Bonita, Captain Hunter,
from San Francisco, landed 1000 tons
measurement) of empty oil casks and
barrels st this place last week. Very
little of the upper works OF the steamer
could be seen, 90 high we're the pack
ages slowed on her deck. She also had
LEO tons of freight for juneau.
Mr.. Andrew I. Lewis, Clerk of the
United States District Court for Alaska
and Mics Margaret Dsuphin, late of the
corps of teachers Of the mission scheol.
were married on the evening Of th. llth
inst, at Mr.. Lewis residence, Lincoln
street. Sitka, by Rev. A. 4. Austin, of the
Presbyterian Mission.
When Seattle shall become, as il must.
the true terminus Of the Northern Pa
ciic railroad, and the city that its nat
ural water advantages will make IL, un-
qusstienaoly its proximity and aooessi-
bility TO Alaska will make 1t the lap into
which our gathered treasures will be
emptied. God speed Seattle's growth
and Alasks's development.
Fathers Heymsn and Althorp came up
from Victons by the Idaho, to found
churches. missions and schools under
the Roman Catholic Church at Sitks
and juneau. The property for this por-
pose has been negotiated for at both
places, and the necessary buildings will
be erected. The Sisters. whose n sble
work is we'll known, will be welcomed
by all our people. The church and mis-
sion at WranRel will also be Supplied
soon.
Before coming to Alaska the writer
never saw people Glad In ordinary In
door clothing promenading in the open
air in the month Of December. Saoh
scenes, however, occur almost daily on
the boulevard leading to Indian river.
thus far this season, the Alaskan AYERS,
the fall and winter climate at Sitka has
been ss mild aud genial as that Of
Florida. This. the 18th day of the
month, the Thermometer has been sta
tionary At Is degrees above zero, and IL
has not been an exceptional day. Tell
u not 10 Oshkosh. bus carry the news TO
Chicago and tell 1t to Gatn.
Among the thriving merchants Of
Alaska Is Mr.. Il. Goldstein. at juneau,
20 whom, by the November steamer, ar
rived his wife and six young children
from the lower part of the coast and
settled in juneau. in which place be had
been engaged ia business long enough
TO NJ upon ts A. \ home. BY the Idaho
on Tuesday last arrived another Mrs.
8oldstein, an elderly lady, who asserts
that she is the wife Of Mr.. Goldstein,
and that be abandoned her twenty -four
years ago at Winnipeg, Msnitoba.
There seems to be no doubt of the
truth of her story. She states that che
also became the mother Of six children
before being deserted by her husband,
three Of whom are still living. She has
been searching for her "old man" ever
sincs he took his departure, and what
the outcome will be remains to be seen.