The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-03-27
The Virginia Cases.

iaiied 10 nave negroes on 1urles, becaus,
ne ala hot WISH 70 ahtagonlze the state t
'ne ieoelai governments.
ro"s
The tobacco factories of Wood K Com
pany, Flood 4 Smith andlHancock & Cor
man, were burned to-day Loss from $50,
600 to $4,000: insurance, about one-haIi
Hank Losses.
GRAND Rapfps. Michigan March Is
Late deyeIonements show tha foliaw;,,r
banks to he ;nteresled in tba fs;jnra !
grain Spectators Yesterday. Citv National
$50 900: Farmers aud Mechanics, S45 (l0o
First National, $50 GOO All OF the Crane
Rapids banks are secured except the las
named. Detroit American National lost
500, 600; Goldwater National, $50, 900; Has
tings National, $20,000. Kalamazoo bank,
$1,000, partly secured. Pontiac banks SIS.
00o Chicago banks $4,000, not secured
and $4,000 in the New York City bank,
secured. The CLIQUE still has open grair
deals to the amount of seven huadret
thousand bushels, on which there II
scarcely probability of realizing.
Reprieve.
" ,surxeros March is -Tha nras;,, a.,
to.5av ,ra,ted a ranr;eva of ana ,vaal, :,
I n NJ Stone santenced 10 ho ban,,eS
March 26th for the murder OF HIS Wife
R,,,. - =. R.nor,.s
Tha a,,sa as,.l oa'a,s;..o -. !:
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sn'ea i';u ~ .se .nain ,s " ispoIa poss routs
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sae epanmya my s,eli9y oi,erea Iesoiu.ioi
', Wi;seh WI. pe iieAt "eek' tuai
!. ~ ehpealei.s " essapllsh ocean maj
can huiIt vassals at nronay co,o,,ancat;o,,
The house committee of revision of law
has instructed Townsend to report the
Singleton telegraph bill.
Public Revenue Boom.
There was Very large increase of ra.
ceinfs # tha traas,1rv dnr;n, IN q ,nontb -,
February over the eorrasnond;ne, roontb q
wear 900. Rnt the incra.sa d5,ino tha
first half of March has been even larger
The custom receipts for the first Is days
of March were S9O00.OO0. or IS 500 000
greater than for the corresnonding days al
last year. while the internal revenue re-
eeipts were over $500. 900 greater than for
the same time last wear. The entire re-.
CENTS were Sl3. 5000 900 while the expen-
ditures were only 81 250. 900, leaving a net
surplus of over nine and a quarter mil
lions, for the first half of the month. This
is a most extraordinary showing, and if
the receipts keep up during the month,
the secretary will be able to purchase at
least ten. millions of 6 per cent bonds for
reduction of the public debt during this
month, after retaining sufficient amount
of these surplus revenues to meet the de-
mands OF the pending deficiency bill and
70 pay the SoOUoooo interest due on the
. per cent. ponds on the lst OF April
Slater Pushing the Yaquina Bay Project.
The senate to-day. ON motion of Slater
of Oregon adonted resolution calling for
data in possession of the engineers, de-
partment respec,inp the entrance to va.
auina Raw and 'particnlarlv a conv of the
renort of Captain Woods examination
and survey made last December, by di-
reetion ofthe Pacific coast board of en-
gineers, as part of the investigation still
in progress to determine where the Pacif-
ic coast harbor of refuge should be con
structed. Slater's purpose is to use these
data in support of his effort to obtain a
large appropriation for the general i'm
provement of Yaquina Bay, for which
several monster petitions have been re-
ceived recently
fause ofDecline.
Nrw YoRK March 1e-The decline in
Pacific railroad stock was dns to Wash.
fupfnff 8iEnat4haQ Suyiu0 that tho canate
sub co onmittee on judiciary have agreed
unanimously to report favorably on the
bill taking away the lands of such roads
as-have failed to complete their roads
within the time specified.
Negroes ON a strike.
New ORLEANS. March l9--Neero la,
borers are on strike in st. Charles par
ish. The governor, on application of the
whites, ordered the Louisiana field artil-
lery to the parish. The whites report
that the negroes threaten to burn sugar
houses if their demands are not complied
with.
Trouble over the Stewart Estate.
Wutre RtyRR JrNcTtov Vermont
March 1a--ShortIv affer the death of a
r Sfawayt nf Naw yort aiaxandar Stau,
-. ~ 1s.,s.,,,;sI, yarn~ant ,rant - Nc,
Wi, .o,stas. h;s viii IIa retrrnag
hon,a baving ba aya,red ohtained !
.,n, ,ron,is. @ thai he sbonId have ona bnndrel
thonsana dollars in MONEY farm anf
othar ,,ranartv He naw ciaims that ~,
terms Of the contract have not been com
piled with ana has attached all of A. L
Stewards property in Woodstock village
consisting of mills. boarding houses, tene
ments and residences.
Execution at A0GheSIeF.
pocnpsrsp March to-P,rsoo. tbf
Avo, ,n,,r,larar hrake down This morn.
ing. CRYING and protesting his innocencs
of the crime of numbering Mr. Withey
He was executed at 1910, he claiming h,s
innocence on the scaffold.
A piea for Wells. Fargo s. Co.
W.sntNeroy March 1e-All pacif,
coast senator's. representatives and dele
gates in congress. have to-day united or
a letter to Postmaster General Kew. il
which they say: aLearning that the com
mission to which YOU referred the quest
ion of letter CARRYING to Wells. Fargo &
Company,s EXPRESS have reported ad
yerselv 10 the continuance of such ser
vice, we beg leave respectfully and ear
nestly TO protest against any action by
your department prohibitive of such car
rying of letters in government stamped
envelopes, as being against public inter
est and serious blow to the business ia
cilities of our people"
The Exodus Investigation.
The exodus committee examined .Tah,
ii. johnson, secretary of the eolored re
lief fund, of ST. Louis, who testified tha
negroes Informed him that they wer,
charged exorbitant prices for the neces
saries of life, were deprived of politica
rights, aid that for this reason alone the,
left the south
The Ute InyestiUati0n.