The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-12-21

cipitated on the Commercial Bank and its
doors also were closed.
A Fever Hero.
New YORK, Dec. ia reception was
given last night by the New York Press club
| to Col. Keating, editor of the Memphis APP
peal, in recognition of his heroic conduct
| during the yellow fever sconrge. The club
rooms were crowded.
HOpelessIy Sick.
A friend of Bayard Taylor writes from
Dresden that Taylor is hopelessly sick with
dropsy. He states that fortnight ago Is
quarts of water were taken from him, and
that the operation was subsequently re-
peated.
Manhattan Bank Robbers Caught.
NEW YORK. Dec l4-The police tonight
arrested Red Leary and John Mccarthy, alias
Butch Capt. Brynes intimates plainly that
! the prisoners are known to have been among
the planners and perpetrators of the Manhat-
tan bank robbery.
suicide and Attempted Murder.
CINCINNATI, Dec. l4.-Peter Muchmerisser
this morning beat his wife with a fiat iron
| until he supposed her dead, and then went
out and hanged himself. The woman may re-
cover.
Storm, Ice and snow.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l4.-Dispatches from Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Kansas report the heaviest
snow storm for years. The railroads gener.
ally are obstructed and some of them are
obliged to suspend running trains. The Mis-
sissippi at Rock Island il closed and people
cross on the ice. The Missouri is full of float
ing ice and its closing is looked for soon.
Terrible. Explosion.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. l4-An explosion
of nitro. glycerine and gunpowder at the ST.
Bernard coal mine at Darlington, KY, oc-
Cured to-day. Its shock was felt for miles,
A train of mining cars mules and neglo dri-
yer were blown to atoms. A panic among
the miners was created.
II. r. change.
Sr LOUIS, Dec l4-A Pueblo dispatch
says the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road takes possession of the Denver and Rio
Grand Railroad tonight, under thirty years
lease. The new arrangement gives the COM
pany entire control of the carrying trade of
Southern Colorado.
Warehouse Burned.
RICHMOND, Dec. 15.-The large tobacco
mandatory of Thos. G. Williams & Co.
was burned this morning. The loss is esti-
mated at $75, 900; stock and fixtures insured.
ON tke Sea.
Boston, Dec. 15.-While the British bark
Anyway was on voyage from New York to
Trieste two Greeks attacked the mate, fatally
wounding him, and afterwards attempted to
kill the boatswain and seaman, both of
whom had their skulls fractured The cap
tain fired upon the mutineers, wounding one
when both jumped overheard and were prob
ably drowned.
For BnlIdozing.
NORFOLK Va, Dec 15.-At Wenton. n.
c., Samuel Jacobs and Elbert Gotling, COL
ored, have been sentenced to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for six years for assault
and battery with intent to kill Marcus Will
liams, colored, for voting for j. X. Yeates
(Dem.) for Congress.
A Horrible Suicide.
OMAHA, Dec. 15.-August Hubermann,
formerly furrier by occupation. and at one
time carrying on an extensive business, and
being considered well off, committed suicide
this morning by cutting his throat with a
piece of glass broken from the window of
the cell in Jail, where he was confined by
reason of insanity, and from which he was
TO have been taken to the insane asylum on
Monday. Whisky was the cause of his
troubles.
Negroes Hanged.
GALVESTON, Dec. 15.-The News Bastrop
L
jackson, colored, were hanged to-day in the
presence of three thousand persons, princi-
pally negroes. Both remained firm to the
end. Both were dead in five minutes from
the drop.
Drury Acquitted.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 15.--To-night the jury in
the case of Robert Drury, who killed his un-
| Gle, Albert Gibson, deputy U. S. Marshal, in
this city two years ago, returned verdict of
not guilty. This was the third trial.
Northern Pacific.
| New York, Dec. 16.-The directors of the
Northern Pacific Railroad meet tomorrow to
open bids for the construction of 200 miles
/ of road from the Missouri to the Yellow
stone. The road has done good business
| the past season from Duluth to Red river
| By an arrangement with the st. Paul & Pa
ciie road, the Northern Pacific has right OF
! way over that road from Sauk Rapids to ST.
Paul
Satisfactory Understanding.
President Dillon, of the Union Pacific
says a satisfactory understanding has been
| reached between the Pacific Mail and tht
railroads.
The Lucky Ones.
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The following are
among the nominations sent to the Senate
i =.
Yreka; Joseph n. Jones, Colusa. Chief jus
tice of the Supreme Court of Washington
Territory, Joseph r. Lewis; Associate Jus
tice Samuel G. Wingaid. Indian agent a
Quimalt Agency, Washington Territory
Oliver Wood, of Ohio.
Charges Unwarranted.
The House committee on civil service to
day concluded the investigation of charges o
corruption in connection with the distric
bond legislation. The charges appear Il
have been unwarranted
Have Been Settled.
New YoRK, Dec. 16.-The Tribune says
The freight and passenger troubles betweel
the Union and Central Pacific railrc ads an
the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., have been settled
new contract having been executed yester
day. The plan of settlement provides tina
$40 head money should be paid on ever
through passenger carried overland. 1t
also provided that steamships shall carr
only heavy freight, and that each vesse
shall not fill within 500 tons of its carryin
|, capacity; the railroad is to pay an equiva
r lent for this freight. The contract will no
expire until january, 1886, unless it shoul
, be revoked on sixty days notice.
would not Accept.
The trustees Of the Hebrew Orphan As,
: lum have kdeclined the offer of gift {
money from Mrs. A. T. Stewart, throug
! Judge Hilton, and it is expected that otht
! Hebrew associations will take similar actor
: The president Of Mount Sinai hospital say
+ ii Mrs Stewart had quietly sent check
: the institution it would have been probabl
: accepted; but in view Of the way in whic
the offer was made, there was a feeling
e opposition to its acceptance among Hebrew
$ generally. The president OF the house t,
i aged and infirm Hebrews, says the off
n made through Judge Hilton would not
: accepted, as he had thrown down the gaun
n let and prescribed the whole Hebrew rae