The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-03
AggryAL or Tag aScoS.
4 BsIlshtfai Trip osiet and Proc
parity Ia ALASKA

The steamship AncDn arrived in port
yesterday morning fFssi A1Akka- With l1s
passengers and a small amount 81 frptg7L
Y3ezksgt weather ess experienced during
sAe greater par. OF The voyage and ine
rssss gers are unanimous IN prs1ouBeang
the TIP a most enjoyable oue- An inter
ssflng txasurs 1s sEe trip - tAs p15Aiea
fi3a ~ 4 nezt little Es@ four page leafftAs
called ssse asaeser by Mr. Alexander Fad
lars, OF san frzuefseo, one 81 tiss Sssss. 4
GER Two -. ssaas We're gotten out Re
sar1iug the trip from @rsnges 20 sisetsr
bay. asen il ats0us the only Interesting
fsxxs Of The vyyszF. tGe t1ii0S1ng Ii
clipped from Volume !, No :, OF Tie
fsiszEaeFs
Ne ieft wszngis al noog on the 18th
through sae narrows, viewing iAe Psfier-
soa glacier and Dey1i's Thumb saw tw Q
large xhaies AID several trea~srss, aTfis ia :
At Juneau At on tas Esoru11g of tne -sfnl
Ia The afternoon three var ships arrived.
and se iefr Douglas Island 81 E:sa9 81
night arriving 81 GhilksI n noon GA tue
giss, pzssfnz the following glaciers; Aux,
Esgle aid LsyI1son This Was our ex-
;reFac northern point aid many pe!SSns
Fya1 paper ss late - II 'ele'eE a. liignt
oy.the ligat of the suns rays.
sAFrfse<I a. Glacier bay ca the nscTninS
af the 81, alter creeping Faroasn thou
sands Of ieetserxs. arriving At tsise wonder
fnI Muir glacier az haii-fast l. every
tss<sy cktmbsd 20 the top. some foar miles.
Ii Faiasd darsHg the attSEno0n AMI TIE
steamship remained AZ anchor near The
gnsas Ice vail. all night At ~, ON the
morning of the ri. the steamer corona
made her appearance. sad anchored near
as Ne started fos s-ifkA At haii- pssi .
and workei cur was back through sea "f
leeisefgs. and arrived al -itsa gussftsf
fbasf Z On the afternoon OF the 2sib.
Alter seeing the tsafl1s it3ss OF this quaint
place. We steamed for Juneau. al O'clock
on the 18Th.
me fs,s.owlne IL from tee same issue of
the bidcfsf s'Iae passengers olsthe tofona
paid such fabulous Sums for eufi0s that the
indians have gone into the clouds with
their goods, and the sensible peopse on The
Apc1n FeIssed TO purchase ~ roDes Tor
sa0"
Of Nalr's glacier Mr.. Badla2 says the
following IN Dis second edition The pas
seggsrs of the Aneou viii ever remember
the memorable I'd of July. We entered
Glacier bay, picking oar way through
thousands Of iecbefgs, some as large "a the
steamer. and anchored under the great
wall Of ice 40 feet high and
ifon 800 10 Go feet under water.
This wall makes a continuous and solid
trout, fully three miles wide, and so OF go
feet n depth, slowly creeping toward the
ocean in = rsvur as large r. the Mississippi.
n
cedes The crash. then comes the roar OF
hundreds of thousands Of tons OF beautiful
blue ice failing with noise that can be
heard for miits. then the great wave fol-
lows aud rocks the steamship like cookie
she'll, telling how insignificant the work 81
man, as compared with that of nature.
JOHN Muir, the lover of natures God v rute
his name high when he explored and de-
scfibed the beauties euG grandeur of this,
the 81, at - wonder of the earth.
LATE ALASKA NEWS.
The resignation of District Attorney
Grant, of Sitka, which was presented sew
eral weeks siace, has been accepted, 10
take effect september ].
Large catches of saimon--irom loo To- 100
fish being hauled in at each dIsught of the
seine-are being made almos; daily by the
russians and ludians ALASKAN.
Collector Max Prarht Is preparing re-
port on the fat springs near 81 ks,-st the
request 0f the treasary department. The
collectors opinion is that the springs are ii
very yalaable pie4e o' property, the waters
being particularly eitlcarious ia rheumatic,
skin and other Kindred complaints
The mill at the Bears Nest mine VIII De
IN operation within few weeks.