The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07
LATESr NEWS SUMMARY,
BIZ TELEsRAPH TO DATE.

is favorable, with very little water.
A land agent named Keane was found
dead on the roadside at Kildys, Ireland,
where he had recently evicted some
tenants.
A company is organized in Seattle to
put Herdie coaches on the streets. It is
though there is room and business for
four vehicles.
The hollow ware manufacturers asso-
citation of the United States held an adj
journed meeting at Columbus on the
28th. The scale OF prices is not changed.
Disturbances have broken out among
Montenegrins in Kalaschin. The gov
ernor of Bazaar has sent body of Nizals
to occupy the Turkish town of Kalas-
chin.
A treaty was signed in the City of Mex
leo on the 28th by Moriscal, Mexican
| secretary of foreign affairs, and Herrer,
Guatemalan minister, definitely settling
the boundary between the two countries.
The line proposed many years ago by
| Mexico was accepted.
There is evidence of cholera or cholera
morbus in the state of Chiapas, Mexico,
| twenty-eight deaths occurring in Axtla
1
ernment has taken measures to prevent
the spread of the epidemic and quaran-
tine is established. Alarm is felt in the
inflicted region.
| Helmric & Hansen, exchange brokers,
are reported to have failed for $3.50, 900
in San Francisco, Sept. 28th. Hansen
was arrested this morning on charge OF
grand larceny. He borrowed three
checks, aggregating $55. 900, from the
Pacific bank, and failed to return them.
The whole transaction is at present in a
state of obscurity.
| Lancaster, S. c., special of Sept. 28th
says: At political meeting yesterday a
row began between a white man and a
| negro, and some indiscriminate pistol
| shooting was done but no one hurt.
Soon after posse of negroes rode up
| and a general row resulted, in which four
colored men were killed and large
| number wounded.
Two men returning to Knoxville from
Calico mining district on Sept. 26th,
found the dead body of James W. Sharon
q miner, who was supposed had perished
for want of water. On his person was
found two dollars and half, a pistol
and some letters. He had been prospect
ing at Calico and it is supposed was re-
turning to Knoxville.
It is stated two companies of the 49tl
regiment of Alexandria have been or
dered to Tantah. The Egyptian govern
ment is in possession of a telegram from
Prince Ibahim to Arab Pasha congratu
lating him upon the supposed Egyptian
victory at Kassassin and hoping at the
next feast of Bairim, Engllshmen would
be sacrificed instead of sheep.
Lord Dufferin has communicated te
Lord Granville note from the porte
thanking Great Britain for re-establish
ing order in Egypt. and expressing hope
the bonds of friendship at present exist
ing between Turkey and England may
become still closer. Mr.. Granville ha.
replied expressing satisfaction at the sen
timent of the Ottoman government.
A San Francisco dispatch of Sept 27tl
says: Tonight the republican county
committee convention reconvened' ant
the following nominations were made
City and county attorney, J T. Cowdery
coroner, F. L. Weeks; public administra
tor, Walter ". Leman; surveyor, Chas
S. Tilton; superintendent of schools, j
K Wilson. Convention adjourned unit
the 29th
a Vienna newspaper publishes stor,
In effect that the emperor and empress
of Russia were secretly crowned during
the recent visit to Moscow. If the EN-
peror survives till the public coronation
this secret ceremony will be considered
void, but in event of his death it is mad,
public so as to avoid any difficulty il
proclaiming the Czarowitch Alexandra
lawful successor of crowned monarch
The supreme court of San Francisc,
has affirmed the Judgment of the lowe
court in the case of Dodge vs. Meye
against defendant. The case arose on
of the failure of E. E. Morgan & Sons
wheat shippers. Plaintiff is whea
grower. and the case arose out of ad
vances made by Meyer to the Morgans
for which promissory notes and bills O
lading ON wheat shipped were given
bad circumstances, bnt the farmers die
not The court held that Meyer hat
converted the wheat shipped to his owl
use, and rendered Judgment against him
Governor Murray, of Utah, in obedi
ence to the law of congress providing fo
appointments to fill vacancies occasione(
by failure to hold an election in August
has appointed a number of official
throughout Utah. In defiance of thi
law and the Edmunds bill, which dis
qualities polygamists, the appointees o
the governor have been refused the rec
ords and places to which they have beel
named. This organized notification i
in obedience to orders of the Mormon
leaders. Those who think it criminal t,
hold over are whipped on, congress t,
the contrary. Writs of mandamus wer
applied for to enforce the title of official
appointed. The action of Gov. Murray
in firmly executing the law, in the fac
of the Mormon leaders, is approved b,
all law-ablding citizens.
In the city circuit court of Baltimore
on Sept. 2Sth the American Bank Not
Company of New York, and others. b,
Attorney General johnson, filed bill
against the Yorktown Centennial Asso
citation for an injunction appointing
receiver. 1t is charged the yorktown
Centennial Association was formed 70
the purpose of celebrating the surrende
of Lord CORVALLIS; that it created larg,
debts and acquired considerable prop
erty; that its officers and managers hav
taken no steps to secure its assets, an,
pay debts; but certain parties have pre-
sented claims to Judgment so as to Obtain
the property, and thus secure all asset
to the injury of general creditors Cour
! appointed Bradley johnson receiver
4 This is the association that urrehasn.