The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-18
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dDte, 90 LuAs tuS tlUlS IN cuuhlQcIS0 ESA6f A.
able Capt. Stone is confident OF lowering
the record on Thursday.
Vicsorio's Retreat Discovered.
Ell PAso, Sept. Is Scouts have discovered
Victories main camp in Carral Depiedrss IN
Mexico. Various raiding expeditions ara Re.
ing scattered over the stats of Chihuahua
Gov. Terrassas has increased the reward
offered for Victories scalp from 1000 10 5000
dollars.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13-Dr. Buchanan
has been re-commtted to prison, and Vandu-
sen. who testified that be saw BuchaL sn
jump into the Delewsre river. held for per-
jury and conspiracy.
Cricket Match.
In the international cricket match between
Canada and the United States, the latter
team made 70 runs in the first inning
i4 Yellow Fever I'm Havana.
Havana, Sept. 13-T9enty deaths from
yellow fever, and four from smallpox have oc-
last.
: fire at Sc. Louis.
Sr. Lours. Sept. 13.-About 7:30 to night a
ere was discoyersd IN the cellar of the retail
fancy goods store of G. II. Moller, No. 609
North street. The Scarrett Furniture Com
pany occupy 6ll and 6i3 on the ground ioor
north, also four stories above. The whole
building is in flames and the prospects are
that the entire block will be destroyed or
greatly damaged. The three stores south are
large dry goods houses five stories high and
very valuable, but the property on the north
is OF no oconseqnence. Firemen are now max.
ing desperate exertions To conhne the IRE 10
the furniture ttore. The Scarrett company
carry one of the largest stocks in the city and
their loss will be heavy.
LATER The fire is nov under control.
Scarret. furniture company's loss $4,000 !;
insured; @. n Moeliers stock. $4,000; IN
sured for s25 600 & T. swsilo W. dry DDS
damaged hy water. SIS 600
General Weaver at New York.
NKw YoRk, Sept ID Gen J. Weaver.
green back candidate for president, addressed
to night in Cooper's Ihstltute an suiience OF
5000 persons. Peer Cooper presided
Dramatic.
CIscIssATI, Sept. l3.-Pike's opera house
opened with Calief's Bankers Daughter"
and has been greatly improved.
Charges with Robbery
GALvRsToN, Sept l3 "A special from Aus
rim says: U Roberts, route agent on the
International railroad, has been arrested,
charged with robbing registered packages.
Personal.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Sept. I3-Hon. John
Harmon of San Francisco, grand Sire of the
Sovereign Lodge of the world, o O. f., ar
rived in Council Bluffs this afternoon, en-
route to Toronto. Canada, TO attend the an
nual meeting of the Sovereign Lodge, Sept. 81.
The distinguished visitor was rendered
grad reception in this city tonight. oon-
Quoted under the auspices of the order.
Grand Sire Harmon leaves for Chicago over
the G. d N. tomorrow.
Charged with Fraud.
DETROIT, Sept. l3.-Charles L. Cole, q veal
thy farmer, and Frank Goodrich, both resi-
| dents of Pine Run, have been arrested for
passing counterfeit money, some Of which
was found in Coles possession.
wili Pay Up.
TOLEDO, Sept. Is Hall, defaulting county
| treasurer, has returned and states that nobody
| will lose anything by his frauds. He has
| proper enough to pay all losses
Commencing . Boom in New YORK.
| New YORK. Sept. 13-It has been deeme
wise TO begin in New York q canvass Of ex
ceptional vigor and maintain it by frequent
| meetings in various districts and at great
| halls. The first OF these great meetings will
be held at the Academy OF Music, Friday even
ing, when Senator Conkling will make his
! first speech in the campaign. Ex-Governor
Hamilton Fish will preside. IL is proposed
to make this great demonstration. Much
| popular n.erest already attaches to the
meeting. Senator Copkling will speak under
the auspices Of the Central Garfield q Arthur
club, recent organization cf which General
LlOyu AsR4l%dh Is pTtSluout. D6tAlb Ut tue
meeting have not all been arranged as yer,
! but it has been deemed that admittanee will
| be by card. II was hoped some time ago
/ that definite arrangements would have been
made With General Grant to preside at re
! publican demonstration in this city, but he
explains in letter TO General Arthur that
| this will not be practicable. Other meetings
are to be held, at which Evarts, Blaine, Sher-
man, Logan, Freelinghuysen and many 9TH
ers are to speak.
A Mtser in . Small wsy.
DA YToN. o Sept, 13 An old Irish woman
named Kate Fitzgerald was run over on the
street In the city yesterday and killed She
lived alone in an old house, and on search
ing its rooms TO day some $500 was found
Fatal Quarrel in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. l3.-An Owentown spec
ial to the Courier Journal says; A very serious
shooting sffray occurred At picpic about II
miles from here yesterday. 4 difficulty arose
between come drunken boys q bout some triv.
ial matter. which, before its termination in
volved three brothers named Smith and three
brothers named Hammond, snd half bro
ther OF the Hammoncs Dsned Barnard Acrue
Shooting was general and induced Ia by
both parties, but the Smiths proved more ex-
pert with weapons. Acrue, aged lS years
was shot in the head and instantly killed
and his three half broth ers (Hammonds) were
all wou unded two Of whom. Jonathan and
Sam, attending physicians say are mortally
wounded. Parents very respectable.
Charged with Embezzlement.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Joseph Tapson
formerly secretary of the metropolitan rail
way company's Provident savings bank, o.
England was arrested here last night on q
charge of appropriating $4,000.
The sos us Doctor at Home Aasia.
DR.. John Buchanan. the bogus diplom,
vendor of this city who was arrested in st
Clair, Mich, last Thursday, arrived here thi.
morning and was lockel up in Moyamen-
sing.
Important Decisiou.
DEADwooD Sept. 10 The case Of the Bob
tail versus the Caledonia mining compan,
was decided in the dir trict court to-day il
favor of the Caledonia company on all point
at issue. The case involved the largest an,
most valuable portion Of the Caledonia claim
Adams' Sentence.
Richard V, Adams, defaulting ex-postmss
ter, who escaped from q marshal after tria
and conviction, and was recaptured at For
Sully wss to-day sentenced to three years i'm
prisonmeut and S., 600 fine.
81 Louis Dissatisned with lhs Census.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo. Sept. 13.-After the close G
, the exchange to-day, q meeting of merchant
and property owners of the city was held o.
, the door of the exchange, TO discuss the cen
. sus question as applied to 6t. Louis. 6evera
gentlemen spoke,ail OF whom claimed the cen
, sus Of St. Louis to have been very inadequstel
taken, and showed by facts and figures tbs
the city has been greatly understed in popu
lstion and strongly urged vigorous meas
ures be taken to procure Q recount. Re
solutions were adopted providing for the ap
peintment by the chairman OF the meeting Q
! committee of thirty gentlemen to take tn
I matter in hand and obtain il possible, ar
other enumeration BY the government
|; Congregational Nominatton.
D MILWAUKEE,. Sept. 13 --Deuster was da
: renomnated for congress.
!. The Proposed Rio Gyands Extcnsion.
i DENVER, Sept. 13 The Denver and Ri
t Grande railway has let contract for gradin
: an extension from Keokomo TO Bfeckenridg
Q The track will probably be completed to X
Y okomo by November lst, and Breckenridl
q by January LIST.
Races at Lexington.
i LKxIEeroE. Ky, Sept. 13.-Fall meeting
the Kentucky association: Fl st race, sll age
one mils-rRenown won Montreal. second
Hymerar. third time E495. Second rae
e three-year olds. mile and ofe-half-Bowiin
: Green won Eonson, second Kipked, third
y time. 2473 Third race, threa-quartsr, of
= = mile MinnisC won Valeria, second; Prid
!. bird /; time l;2l
RI wAsHIsGr0H CITY,
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