The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-11-15
PACIFIC COAST.

district court this morning Judge Faw-
cett, after reading the order of the SUI
preme court, fixed Friday, December 9th,
as the day for the execution of F. A.
Sprague, convicted OF the murder of r.
w. Moore in April, 1878. It is said that
q petition will be at once circulated ask.
ing the governor to commute the sentence
on the ground that the witnesses on
whose testimony he was convicted broke
down on subsequent trials of other pris-
oners; and that Austin Brown, the prin-
cipal witness, has been decided by the
supreme court to have been accessory.
SAN Francisco Nov. 4.-Chollar and Po-
tosi levy assessments OF 80 cents each.
SAN FRAScIsco, Nov. 5.--Joseph Bow
man, proprietor of fish market on Six
teenth and Mission street, went to the
house of Mrs. Hayes, whose niece, Miss
Carr, he wished TO marry, and on her re-
fusal to consent to marry, shot Mrs. Hayes
in the arm and Miss Carr in the shoulder.
He then blew his own brains out. Meth
er of the women are very seriously in
iured.
An affray in sailors boarding houset
on Folsom street. yesterday, has just
| come to light. John Kinsey, aged about
10, a nephew of the late deceased wife OF
Mathew Joyce, keeper of the house, at
tempted to remove from the building
some property that he claimed as having
belonged to deceased. joyce resisted,
when Kinsey drove a knife into his neck,
| infiicting a fatal wound. kinsey ran
off and has not yet been arrested.
| VIRGINIA, Nov. 5.--The east drift in the
2200 level from Sierra Nevada, east shaft,
has struck a new formation, showing fine
| quartz and carrying water to such an ex-
tent that it has stopped work for the
present, not dariug to proceed. The quartz
| looks well and gives fair assays. / cannot
| tell yet what it. will amount to, whether
q foot wide stringer or big vein.
At 10 A. NJ, James Proutt, native OF
Cornwall, England, aged 46, and for II
years pumpman at Chollar, was struck by
| a falling plank near the 200 foot level of
/ the Chollar, Norcross and Savage shaft,
and knocked him down 175 feet. He was
instantly killed.
| An Important Mission.
| San FRANcrsco, Nov. 6.-Among the
/ passengers of the steamer Orisabd, which
sailed for San Diego and way ports yes
/ terday, were Lucius g. Pratt and g. B.
Wilson, of Boston. These gentlemen rep
resent considerable Boston capital and
are prominently identified with the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
now in the course of construction from
the former place toward the Pacific Coast.
The mission of these gentlemen to San
Diego Is to complete certain negotiations
begun some time ago, which look to the
establishment of Pacific Coast terminus
for the railroad they represent at that
place.
Avoiding Taxation.
4 The First National Gold Bank has
called a meeting for the 18th inst, to con-
slider the question of reducing its capital
The present capital is So, 600, 900. of which
half is q. $. bonds and the balance out.
side capitol, and consequently liable to
taxation under the provisions of the new
constitution. 1t is proposed to reduct
the outside capital one-half.
Suicide.
MARYsvLLE, Nov. 6.--Daniel Mullin,
well-known citizen, native of ireland
aged about 30 years, was discovered deaf
IN his rooms this morning Suicide b.
poison.
Suicide In :.Nevaaa.
VIRGINIA, Nov. 6.-David Burlington,
miner. was found in bed at a cabin OIL
Stewart street, where he lived alone
suicide by morphia.
Rich Find i'm Nevada.
Considerable excitement has beel
Ynsed here to-day by prospectors VIII
Yhave come in from toward Walker river
. bringing specimens of rich gold rock
, They report the mines about IS miles, b
road, east of south, near the head of re-
canyon, the vein being three feet wild
and of rock carrying large quantities Q
free gold ; and that six inches next to tn
hanging wall are maryelously rich /; Ioca
tions have been made and men are pros
pectin2 the vein.
The schooner .sLottic- Ashore ON poin
Hudson.
Il PoRT TowNsEsp, Nov. 6.-The pilo
schooner Lotte, purchased yesterday b
, IL. Landes, while coming from Neah Ba'
I last night, ran ashore on Point Hudson
near this city. The steamers Qispdfch an,
Asa1aie Nelran tried to get her afioat thi
forenoon but failed, partly owing to lin
breaking. The revenue cutter IFolc0t
|, coming from Seattle at this iuncture, Capt
! Hooper Immediately went to the schoon
er's assistance. The line again parted
, and the tide ebbing fast, the captain con
: cluded to wait for the next tide. Thl
schooner is lying in an easy position, no
7 leaking, and will probably be got oi
without much damage.
Wind strong northwest and cold.
7 4 Woman and her chi Drowned.
SEATTLE, Nov. 6--Mrs. Sarah E. Merrill
3 widow lady recently from Illinois, &C
! companied by her little FIVE year oil
/ daughter, while returning to this cit
! last evening from the lower sound, va
: put ashore from the steamer Csehaiis upo
i the Bell Town barrel factory wharf
4 being very dark at the time and the lad
: not being aware of gap which extende
in the wharf just ahead of where she WI
: landed, in attempting to reach the Ian
= walked of into the water. taking ii
= child with her. Some friends who wei
3 on their way to the wharf at the time Il
& & the purpose of escorting her home, heal
= her cries for assistance aud hastened
= the rescue, but too late to render ar
3 a as sistance. The body Of the unfortuna
y lady was recovered some time affer I
& the beach some distance below the scel
- - of the accident. Tho body of the chi
4 4 has not yet been found.
rs MfnisterIaI Assembly.
a The Congregational ministerial assei
t. bly, of Oregon and Washington terrific
1T convened IN this city to-day.
4. Going out with the tide--Fol1oxfno