Brief mention has been made of the death at Seattle of Capt. John J. HOLLAND, a native of St. John, N.B. and well known in Portland. The 'Evening Telegram' of Portland, Oregon of Jan. 31st says: For many years Capt. Holland was a resident of Portland and prominently identified with steamboat matters. He was also a member of the common council of Portland, having been elected from the first ward in 1888 and served for three years. Capt. Holland was born in St. John, N.B. Canada April 15, 1843 where he learned the trade of shipbuilding. While yet a young man he removed to the States where he finally settled at The Dallas, Or. where he worked for the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. and where he also married. He afterwards moved to Portland, where he was engaged in building steamers for the same company. And among the steamers he built were the "Wide Weet", "R.R. Thompson", "Idaho" and "Emma Hayward". He was a brother of Phil. HOLLAND, so well known in Seattle, who received fatal injuries some years ago in a collision between the Southern Pacific railroad ferry and the little steam launch "Mikado". Several years ago Capt. Holland moved from Portland to the Sound, locating at Tacoma, where he built the "State of Washington", "Skagit Chief" and "Fairhaven". From Tacoma, early in 1890, he went to Ballard where he also built a number of steamers, the best known of which was the "Balley Gatzert", costing $100,000 and said to be the finest sternwheel steamer in the U.S. He was elected to city council of Ballard in 1890 and again in 1891 and made an excellent officer. Capt. Holland made a great deal of money in nearly all his contracts, but he was liberal and a poor financier, and died in rather straitened circumstances. The leaves a wife and five children: Thomas HOLLAND, age 18; James HOLLAND, 15; William HOLLAND, 12; Anna HOLLAND, 10; Mamy HOLLAND, 17 and Johnnie HOLLAND, 1 1/2.