The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-02-21
Rise I'm the price of wagons.

decided to advance prices on wagons ten
per cent. The firms represented lou,oOo
wagons last year.
Bond Proposals.
Proposals to sell bonds to the govern
ment aggregated nearly Sf2,000,000 to-
day, and prices ranged from $l03 to Sl06.
Secretary Sherman accepted most OF
the offers of the United States bonds
strike Ended.
MOUNT VERNON, New Jersey, Feb. IL
The striking hands of Vernon Brothers,
shirt factory, 100 in number, resumed
work to-day, their de nand for an IN
crease of wages having been aeceded to.
Most of the strikers were Cinnamon.
Not a Success.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1l.-An exchange re.
Gently started here for the purpose OF
trading in grain is not a very great sue
cess.
opera House Damaged by Wind.
DRADwooD, Feb. 1l.-While concert
and ball was in progress in the Opera
House, Central City, last evening, heavy
wind carried the entire front of the build
ing into the street. A scene of the wild
est confusion ensued, but fortunately no
lives were lost.
Chicago Hotels Will Not Advance Prices
CHICAGO, Feb. IA thorough canvass
of the hotels clearly reveals that the
recently telegraphed hence to
the effect that prices were being raised
enormously for the week of the Republic
can national convention is entirely un-
founded. There will be no advance in
prices whatever, at any hotel. The pledge
made to the national convention will be
faithfully kept.
National Trotting Associatton
New York, Feb. 1.-THE biennial
meeting of the National Trotting Asso-
citation commenced to-day. The commit
tee on the revision rules reported and
most ofthem were adopted. Section of
rule 5 was changed SO that confirmation of
sentence for expulss on for fraudulent
practice could not be modified by
board of review.
An Extraordinary Rise.
New YORK, Feb. 1l-Wall street re-
ports say that subscription block for
the Sonora railroad, projected to run from
GEaymas on the Gulf of California, to the
southern extension of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad system in New
Mexico aud Arizona, was recently sold in
Boston for bonus of 5000. The last
sale was at $3.50, and it may be interest
ing to some to know that the same block
was sold each time. The first thirty
miles of the road are to be constructed
Immediately, beginning at Guaymas.
Railrd dad Rates.
Evert st. John, general passenger
agent of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cifie Railroad, notifies roads leading west
from Chicago, that since they are selling
tickets from Kansas City to Colorado
points at usually and unreasonably low
figures, the Rock Island will make no
further attempts to restore rates, and will
not be represented at to-morrow's meet
ing, which was called for that purpose.
A Charge Of Patricids.
OMAHA, Feb. I0.-On January 29th
there arrived at Grand Island, c. NJ. Lau-
renee, an old gentleman from Brattle-
boro, Vermont, with his son Frank, of
Chicago. The son claimed that the father
had met with an accident in Iowa, caus-
ing insanity. On Thursday night last the
old gentleman died suddenly and myster-
iously. Suspicion of foul play being strong,
the son was arrested charged with poison
ing his father by administering prussic
acid. The symptoms, circumstances and
the finding of the deadly drug in the pos
session of the son, go to prove that the
old man was poisoned. No cause is as
fathers life, there being l / 000,-s500O in
theiNew York Knickerbocker and $1,000 in
the Travellers, of Hartford. The son is in Jail
awaiting an examination on the oath of
February.
The Irish Famine.
New YORK, Feb. 13-The Herald this
morning says: We regret to say that as
yet no returns have been made by large
number of gentlemen and firms to whom
the Heralds Irish famine blanks were in
trusted. In great many instances we
know these blanks contain the names of
persons who In the aggregate have
subscribed a good deal of money
and We are aware that they are
held back in order that their custodians
who are SO generously cooperating with
the Herald may be able to make as good
a showing as possible in print. Their mo-
tive is exceedingly creditable, but we are
sure they will not misinterpret our mean-
ing when we say they are unwittingly put
ting back the cause they so heartily hope
to advance. The Herald will esteem II
great favor on the part OF these gentle
! men if they will make the returns as
early as possible tomorrow. The news
paper editors and other gentlemen in OUT
side towns and cities who are SO nobly
aiding the Herald will also place us under
obligations if they will forward US their
subscriptions and subscription list at the
same time. No doubt the telegraph com.
panies will in all cases enable them tc
transmit their money without waiting 70,
the slow process of mails
Railroad Consolidation,
LOUISVILLE Feb. 13.-The intense ex
| element was created here by the an.
y1n mt haf n i
| tract for five years has been entered in be.
tween the Louisville & Nashville and
| Georgia Central roads. Each end of the
| combination is to conduct its affairs in it.
own way. The aim of it is to give through
| bills of lading from St. Louis to New Yorl
and Liverpool and from Louisville an(
Nashville to the same points. The com
bination can carry freights that will b,
| ruinous to northern trunk lines. it ex
! poets to have large part ofthe grain tina
| goes from Chicago to New York ant
Liverpool by the northern route to take
the southern route. 1t has large steamers
! plying between Savannah and New York,
| and ocean freights are not only cheape
than rail rates but cheaper than lax.
rates. 1t will be a strike for great par
! of the eastern business, and it win make
rates that will bring it to great part O
| the western business Indeed, nearly
every article that Louisville now imports
will come by way of Sayandah, Atlant:
and Nashville.
| Railroad Matters.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The general passen
ger agents of the principal western road
centering here, met here to-day with rep
resentatives Of the Fort Wayne ant
Wabash roads to adjust rates. They ha,
! not arrived at any satisfactory conclusion
but incidentally the following importan
correspondence under date of Omaha
1 18th, transpired: "Mr. Goodman of th
Central Pacific r.. r. telegraphs me tha
San Francisco is full of New York pas
sengers awaiting the departure of th'
next steamer which sails February 10th
The P. M. S. s. Company is offering ;
through rate of SIS cabin and S35 steer
| age, and paying five dollars each com
| mission to hotels, etc. Shall / say +
| Goodman that the Central Pacific ma
| make such rates as may be necessary Il
| hold the business, and that you willshar
the reduction on tse basis of the presen
/ proportion. 7. L. KIMBALL.
General Passenger Agent, U. P. 4. R
After full discussion the roads lead
ing west from here sent the following
'sThe lines east of Lansas City and Oman
will accept pro rata per mile upon an,
rate which the Central Pacific makes. L
meet rates made by the Pacific Mail Com
pany to New York, provided the ticket
are limited to one day beyond the actut
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