| Show COLD IV Till MIRTH It II Inlenio und piny luuio Much fculTer tag I Sacramento Cal Jan 11 Andrew Won excollector of the port at cattle who Is now In Daw son City I N W T has written a letter to his wife who Is I now In this city In which he tells ot affairs In the Alaskan goldfields gold-fields Ho affairs that one day he ounled thlrtjslx boats rushing down the river with the Ice but It was Impossible Im-possible 1 to lender any assistance On November ICth the thermometer was 23 degrees below zero with but little hope of Its going higher for right months The days were hurt Iheie being no light except between 3 0 l a m and 3 p m Wasson says I nm afraid there will bo I great suffering and loss ot life here this winter us provisions lire not to be hud at tiny price Many hun dreds went down the river to Fort 111 kiln here the aWamers are Stopped with provisions I and hundreds are still going up Many who go out will remain re-main while others will return In th siring with provisions We can expert no relief now until next June or Jul when we look for steamers up th river from M Michaels The condition lure is terrible VToaf Is I JCO a cord It burns out about 0 fast as one can put it In the stove newspaper of recent date would eel for any money Writing paper and envelopes have given out Letters lire being written on wrapping paper and sent out to be put In envelopes and stamped The mines will not be half worked this winter on account 01 the shortage of provisions There are about fifty wo men here the mot forlorn lot on the earlh The climate Is simply terrible Men should not come here with the idea 01 orklng for none but the mot hardY can Stand the climate and the money in necessary to make money here The mall will be regular now that the Ire Is good It Is I ten feet thick at preent |
