The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

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pearxnce Of their hotel.
The Indian are still raiding in the vicin>
lily Of STEMS Mo1ntain.
The amount Of aasessabls properly in
Douglas county 10 &2042274.
Horse racing at Oakiand furnishes con,
'siderabie amusernent for the boys.
The travelling over the railroad going
south seems TO be ON the increase
Mr.. Eb. Stephens, formerly deputy sller>
ia. was in the city during the week.
Mr. e. Chase, OF Oakland, has gone to
Canyonyille TO look alter mining inter-
eats.
Miss Belle Paytor has recovered from the
Injuries she received by tho accident at
Drains.
The work on ths large warehouse eiEg
constructed at Wilbur 10 being pushed for-
ward rapidly.
The EmlIne Company, OF jackson coun.
~. has shipped A tsuks of quicksilverio
San Francisco.
Building no v dwelling houtes and im-
proving and repairing old ones, continues
throughout the city.
A great fre occurred recently at Forest
Grove destroying 10000 bushels of wheat,
that belonged to farmers.
Mr.. Rose has painted JOSEPH SON a neat
and elegant eign on the walls of his brick
store IL is very attractive.
Or. Hamilton's new drug store presents
beautiful appearance. The arrangement
of the telegraph 10 excellent.
The smoky atmos phere now obscuring
the beauties of our valley. is the result OF
lires in the Willamette valley.
On the FIRST OF this month. At 'Champo eg,
lady gave birth To q quartette Of little
ones-two boys and two girls.
Judge Watson and W. R. Willis return-
ed from Coos Bay last Saturday, where
Circuit court has been In session.
Only sixty<two Cinnamon were arrested
at Portland for the violation of the cubic
air ordinance. They were fined &5 each.
q. Cole and Mr.. Pinkham. of Oakland
paid our city flying visit last Friday
and returned home the following morning.
On the oath Of this month Grand Lee
furer Mason, of Albany. r A. NJ. will be
present ~ the meeting Of he UmIq qua
Chapter.
The railroad will carry passengers to the
Fair Grounds, at Salem, from Roseburg,
Oakland. Drains, Yoncally, and Comstocks
for 1925.
man by the Aame Of z. Jones accidents
ally shot himself last Saturday, at = saw
mill about one mile from Phiiomath, Ben
ton county.
The anruA reunion Of the Southern
Oregon Pioneers, held at Jacksonville last
week 10 pronounced as having been q COM
l1ss success.
The Howard Brothers. of Lane county.
threshad this season, from one acre and q
half Of ground, one hundred and eighty
bnshels of wheat.
Il was reported that johnson, the "palp
Of Archie Brown, had been captured at
Ghedds' station on the Failroad. The rs,
poit proved false.
Mr.. o. Booth, of Cleveland. takes his
mia, in . short time. He will return TO Ore>
gon in the Spring
One hundred beet cattle were shipped
from from Portland, by NJ. VI. Spaulding,
20 tile San Francisco market. The ccttle
came lfOm W hFCU COuNsys
Mr. Flint came down from his placer
mines above Patterson's saw mill. He re-
ports ditches complete and everything in
readiness TO commen operations.
Unauthorized persons are travelling
in differens parts-of the State soliciting aid
for the yellow fever sufferers and appropri-
ating the funds to their own use.
The managers Of the Olympia Fair an
nounced premiums for baby show las
Fall. Az coneequ. nee the list of births
In the local papers is radidly incre sing.
Our county may congratulate itself upon
having its affairs contT oiled by efficient OH
ciais The county matters will be care
fully guarded while under their control.
Frank Sprague, the boy who saved the
train from destruction at Marshied, was
presented medal by the passengers as a
token of their gratitude for his timely ser.
vices.
A man named Sullivan had one Of his
hands badly mangled al the depot last SAT-
urday. DR.. Woodruff dressed the wound
and the patient is doing as we'll as could
be expected.
Mr. Harrison Wager, of Eugene City
and Mrs. LUCINDA Thiele, were married a
tha South Methodist parsonage, Tuesday
evening September 18th, Rev. J. r. N
Bell officiating.
Mr. j L. Williams came down from the
Ureka mines last week. The ditch he has
been engaged on is now completed. Mr.
Williams expresses great condolences in the
Yichness II his mines.
One of the Columbia river Indians, wht
was known to have taken a part in the lat
unpleasantness, when told he must Qivt
himself up 10 the whites cody drew pis'
tol aud blew his brains out.
At this unhealthy season of the yeal
great care should tsken that the streets and
alleys are cleaned. A China wash house
near DR. Woodruffs ena1s an odor that i
suggestive oil fever and ague.
A party OF engineers. it Is said, in the
employ OF the General Government. ia
taking the altitude Of the various peaks in
Southern Oregon. and erecting monuments
thereon with proper Inscriptions.
wv. Strange. agent for Newbufy 4
Co. Portland informs us that hsssld seven
wagons withia the past ten dagss He also
etatee that he has more orders fog tanning
mills than he Is prepared - ill.