The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-02

| 20 pieces at springfield, Tenn, by cir
cular saw.
Jas. Ruddy's house, at Providence.
Pa, burned. and Mrs. Rudy perished
in the flames.
Notices have been posted at the steel
| mills in Scranton. Pa, of a reduction OF
wages on Dec. 1st.
Engineer Melville's testimony before
the Jeanette board of investigation
closed on the 23d.
Eighty inmates of gambling houses
and II women of i'll repute were arrested
aad fined in Chicago on the 23d.
r. r. Sisk, of Harrisburg, Pa, miss
ing stock and grain broker, is said to be
an embezzler to the amount of $l5, 900.
| At Copenhagen criminal was be-
headed in pu bile, and the executor bnng-
ling terribly, aroused the indignation of
the people.
A fire at Morris, MINI, destroyed 9
large portion of the business section of
that place; loss estimated at 800, 900 to
$I50,O00.
The Continental Construction Com
pany, of Concord, N. H.. has voted to
wind up its affairs. Their losses are said
to be very large.
| VIM. Richards murderer sentenced
to be hung at Sweetsburg, N. Y, and
who committed suicide Nov. oath, left a
confession of his guilt.
| A movement is on foot to put on line
of cattle steamers from gulf of Mexico
ports to eastern cities and Liverpool in
I connection with the Gould roads.
Senator Conger, of Michigan, is at
Ogdensburg. N. Y, to attend the mar
riage OF his son to Susie, daughter of
| Charles Ashley, a prominent merchant OF
that city.
| Chas. Sutcliff, while cunning, broke
through the ice on Poultpey river, n. Y,
and was drowned. Walter Dertram
Shink, going to his assistance, was also
| drowned.
Hall & Co., of Boston, dry goods COM
mission merchants. recently suspended,
found to exceed their liabilities by over
$500, 900.
A railway bridge at Bromley, near
London, fell on Nov. Oath and killed
seven workmen who were taking break
fast beneath the structure. Several others
were injured.
At Baltimore, Rev. r. III. Woodruff,
pleaded guilty to openings letter with
intent of obstructing correspondence, and
for secreting and embezzling the same,
was sentenced to pay fine of $3.50.
A passenger train on the G. M. & St.
Paul railroad was wrecked at st. Croix
junction ON the Oath. The engine went
down an embankment, and engineer Van
derwlther was instantly killed and the
fireman badly injured.
Eliot e. Rydo, who has been engaged
on Boston newspapers, has been arrested
at the instance of the British consul for
forging the name of J. r. Lowell to O
bill OF exchange at Kent, England, and
he is liable to be extradited.
The international wrestling match for
SO. 900 and the championship of the
| world between Clarence Whistler of
Kansas City and Toe Acton of Philadel-
phia will be decided at Madison Square
garden, New York, Dec. 18th.
1t has been officially reported to the
English governments that famine is feared
in Ireland this winter, Sligo, Ballena,
Swineford and Galway counties are seri-
ously affected by failure of the potato
crop and lack of employment on farms
Aou VIC pun OiaSo'
The fourth and fifth floors of Arrotts
two mills, Philadelphia, occupied by
Clark i Keen, WOODEN manufacturers,
| Priestly l. Bro, manufacturers of dress
goods, and Wedley & fellow, cotton yarn
manufacturers, were burned Nov 23d
loss, $150, 900, Clark & Keen alone suffer
ing loss of about $4,000. Some So
employees were rescued by the fire es-
cape.
| A special census bulletin shows that in
the United States ere are 4 ,923, ,45l per-
sons of ten years Of age and upward un-
able to read, and 239 ,95S1 unxble to
write. OF the number of persons re.
turned as unable to write, 3,01a .080 are
whites; native whites unable to write,
225 ,469; colored persons ten years of age
and upwards unable to write. 1920, 1878,
or 70 per cent. of the population. The
illiteracy is confined principally TO the
southern states.
The funeral of Thnrlow Weed took
place at New York on the Oath. Private
services were held at his late residence,
Rev. Drs. Hall, Paxton and Keensfell
officiating. At the conclusion of the
services, the funeral cortege formed and
proceeded to the church which was filed
with congregation composed of many
prominent citizens and well known per
sons from the interior of the state. Miss
Harriet Weed was too greatly agitated to
leave the house. The funeral party left
for Albany in the evening.
A severe storm prevailed on the Great
Lakes on the Oath of Nov. The schooner
J. w. Doane, from Erie, was forced
ashore at the breakwaters and is total
wreck; loss, $50 900. The steam barge
Empire was separated from her tow OF
two schooners and it is fearel they are
lost. The schooner s. E. Benson was
reported ashore on Colchester reef, Lake
Erie. In Buffalo, New York, a heavy
wind and sleet storm occurred, the wind
attained velocity Of so miles an hour
The Little Giant floating elevator was
capsized and thrown upon the dock.
The secretary of the interior has or.
dered that under the New Mexican dona.
ton act of July %, 1854. the settlement
and cultivation of land claimed by the
donee must have been commenced by the
first day of January 1858, that being the
limitation fixed by the act for acquiring
the necessary residence. Residence
within that time is not sufficient in itseli
to entitle persons to have that qualifica
. ton to make selection and settlement al
any time after scqnirine it, but such set
tiement and cultivation must have begun
, within the time limited for obtaining res
. idence. Under this construction the foul
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