The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-23
.I'ERN.

.IERN.
@s me from Sydney TO London.
NEW York, Oct l3-The steamship
Arizona leaves ut noon TO day. She takes
Australian mails of the 9th ult., received
at San francisco by the steamship City
of SYDNEY, and which were dispatched by
special train thousand miles at a cost of
$1,000 toSovertake the regular train which
left San Erancisco on Oct. 9th. This train,
with the mails, arrived ut Jersey City last
evening at 10 O'clock Ii is expected the
Arizona will reach Queenstown in7 days,
making the time from Sydney to London
IL days. according to the last report of
the postmaster general of New Zealand,
the average time consumed in the yoy-
age from sydney via San Francisco has
been is days and about hours, and by
way of Suez canal 46 days and about A
hours. IT will therefore be seen that the
City ofSy3ney has reduced the time of
voyage four and one half days.
Facts Bearing on the Isthmus Canal Pro-
New York, Oct. 1.-THE World has
the following: The following commune
cation IS especially interesting in that it
meets some of the objections to the inter-
oceanic canal set forth by Chief Nimmo,
chief of the bureau of statistics, in his
recent treatise on the subject, and will
efIectuaily set at rest all future objections
of thai kind:
q. S. HYDRoGRAPrIc OFFICE,
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION,
WASHINGTON, Sept, %, 1880.
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, U. S. n.
Sir-In accordance with your verbal re-
quest, have caused to be complied from
records of this office the information
which you desire, in reference to per
| centage of calms and variable winds which
| prevail in the vicinity of Panama and on
the coast of Nicaragua respectively. From
| a total of 1883 observations in the bay of
| Panama, and of 1853 observations on the
/ coast of Nicaragua, and in each case cover
| ing roughly about the same extent of
ocean, it appears that calms and variable
winds at the former locality amount to
| IL per cent. of the whole number of OBJ
| servations, while at the latter they
amount to five per cent. In order to
reach the region of trade winds, sailing
vessels from Panama bound to India,
! Japan, California or the northwest coast,
in coming out of the bay aud afterwards
making necessary northing, will be
obliged to make 800 miles through var
| able winds and vexatlons calms before
fixing themselves in as good position to
make their westiDg as vessels leaving
the coast of Nicaragua. Very respect
/ fully, J. B. p. DEkRAFFr,
photographer to Bureau of Navigation.
Recovery OF Bodies.
ST. ELLARoN, Oct l3.-It turns out that
/ only six men are missing by the Fourd
pit accident; of these Hugh Mckilvie and
Merle Benott have been got out alive,
f. f1,1f,rh ur,an af
| were badly bruised and had their clothes
| literally torn off them. Two dead bodies,
James Conway and Chas. Bourne, were
| recovered. Up to late hour last night
no trace OF the bodies of James Fraser.
enormously stated found in previous
| dispatch, and Jas. Lyon were found. The
accident was caused through working too
close to the old Bye pit, abandoned Is
| years ago.
English CONFIDENT OF Indiana Ina Novem-
ber.
INDIANA POLLS, Oct. 14.-Mr. English
pronounces the rumor about his with
drawal from the national ticket entirely
| unfounded. 1t has never even been
mentioned to him, and he knows of no
reason who it should be. He saws he
confidently expects to be elected, and
that Indiana will go for Hancock and
English in November.
Suicide.
Lewis Tallenchet residing at 713 VAL
encia street blew out his brains with a
shot gun this morning. Cause of the act
unknown.
The Election in West Virginia.
WHEELING, Oct. 14.-Indications are
that the republicans have reduced demo-
cratic maiorities in number of counties
/ hut tho HpuonprafIt. rnslinrifv will he
not less than 5000. The greenbackers
who claimed $4,000 in the state did moi
poll half that. The republican candidate
for governor led his ticket and beats the
democratic candidate in his own home
The vote is very large.
10 2. M.-0nly few counties in this
state have reported. No reports of any
consequence have been received from the
great kanawaha valley region, where the
greenback vote is principally located.
The result of the vote in the state is
therefore the merest guesswork. If the
greenback vote in the state does not &C
$4,000, Jackson's (democraD plurality for
governor will be about 10000.
The democrats here are claiming the
state by from 1900, to 1900, and tht
chairman of the republican committee
comedies il by 5000. In 1876 the demo.
cratic majority in the state was upwarJ
of IA 900, and as returns from most OF the
counties thus far heard, show a republic
can gain in tn majority this year, it is bu
natural TO suppose it will fall consider.
able below these figures. Amendment
to the constitution are adopted by large
majority. The legislature will be demo
cratic in both branches.
The Ohio Majority.
| CoLuMBUs. Oct. l5.-ToWnsend's major.
ity will be about 1914 900 and others on thu
ticket about 1000. Those are the exac
figures predicted by Foster on Tuesday
evening. Townsend ran behind hi
ticket because of the opposition of liquol
men and because he was traded.
! A Narrow Escape.
New YoRK, Oct l5-The Herald's Pari
, special says Hartmann, the nihilist, tele
graphs to the InteIansigeantt o-day ful
description of a mine which was to hay,
blown up the imperial train ofAlexander
He explains that the plot failed becaus
an hour before the passage of the train
carriage came along the line and cut tn,
wires connecting the dynamite with th'
battery. Hartmann asserts there are 13,
100000 organized radicals in Russia.
Registration In New York.
New York, Oct l3.-Registration to-da
1851, total for two days. las, ,270, agains
S0o5i the first two days last year. Their
were Is arrests of persons attempting t
register on 1868 papers.
The Polygalny Question in the EpiscoPa
Convention.
New YORK, 0ct. l6-The house of de
puties of the Episcopal convention re
ceived resolution from the committe
on the state of the church, and placed
. on the calendar, which recites that tn
cause of Christ is impeded in Utah b
polygamy recognized as a religious inst
tuition: that polygamy is contrary to tn
law of God and to the law of the Unite
) States, and that it was the duty Of ever
christian and citizen of this republic t
use his influence. with the government
bring about as speedily as possible th
! enforcement of this law, despite the man
! | peculiar difficulties in the way thereof
The Fast Horses Time.
BRooKLYN, Oct. 16.-At Prospect Par
Yesterday St. Julien started on his tri'
to beat his own record at $50 P. N. II
trotted the first quarter in 81 seconds
half mile in 1:l2S; three-quarters, in Ii