The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-09-23

The verdict IN the star route case of
Minor and Reredell has been set aside
and they have. been granted new trial.
The Aztec club, composed of officers
who served in the Mexican war, enjoyed
its annual banquet on the 18th. General
Hancock presided.
At the Joliet rolling mills, on the 14th,
James Ferguson swung ladle so care
lessly as to pour five tons of molten steel
into the pit where he stood, roasting him
self instantly.
The yacht Nellie, connected with the
Winnepiseogee house at Alton bay, New
Hampshire, as an excursion boat, was
sunk in Lake Winnepiseogee on the 18th
while On the way to Weirs with "A pas
sengers.
The September report Of the Ontario
bureau of industries shows throughout
West Ontario the harvest season is unus-
ually large and tedious. The east has
Jared better, though. crops are not as
good as the preceding.
A terrific hurricane passed over the
village of Winston, Conn, on the 14th,
destroying ten houses and five barns,
mostly in the northeastern portion of the
village. No lives were lost. Several
persons were injured. Mrs. Daniel Max
well, Mr.. Thomas Ash and Miss Mary
Conners seriously.
During thunder storm in New York
on the 10Th, lightning struck Lane i
Fleming's oil works, at Kingsland and
Meresale avenues and the Donaldson oil
works in Kingsland, near Meeker avenue,
setting them both on fire and both were
i A LII Id H.,
explosion. Loss $40, 600.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to the
New York Herald of the 18th says: At
council of ministers held on Saturday
it was definitely determited that the en-
peror's coronation at Moscow should be
postponed till next year. Official notif-
cations of this decision will be sent to the
ambassadors accredited to Russia.
A terrible wind storm passed through
Mohawk valley, N. Y, on the 14th. At
Nunderville man driving load of hay
drove into barn to escape the storm.
The barn was blown down and the man
and team killed. There were severe
thunder storms along the Hudson.
Lightning was incessant and binding.
Many places on the Hudson river rail-
road track are flooded and the telegraph
wires are broken.
| DR.. Mary Walker is again in trouble.
Recently she got an appointment in the
interior department, with permission to
wear her trousers. On the 18th she re-
ceived notice of her promotion, and called
! on Assistant Secretary Joslyn in terri
ble rage, because in her notification she
| was mentioned as mistress Instead OF
miss. Neither CDR" was prefixed nor
IN. D." affixed to her name, and because
| the signature to the document was put
on with a hand stamp instead of being
| written. Mr.. Joslyn had to flee from his
| rooms and absent himselk till she was
gone.
Campbell, republican nominee for
| sheriff of Sierra county, was shot and
| instantly killed by a man named Stubbs
at Randolph in Sierra valley on the 18th
The murder is surmised to be on account
| Of the bitter political contest in thai
county. Over 200 men are securing the
country in search of the murderer. The
| particulars of the murder at Randolph
| canvass q friend of Campbell uamed
| Cody had an alteration with Stubbs 8
day or two ago. To day Campbell sought
1
parently failed in the effort and turned te
walk away when Stubbs ran up behind
him and fred without notice, the bal
taking effect in the stomach. During
| the excitement that followed Stubbs es
capped. IF recaptured lynching is almos
| certain. Stubbs is man of ~ and hat
heretofore enjoyed the respect of th,
community.
A Chicago dispatch of Sept. 18th, says
At precisely 2:05 p. NJ, James Tracy
the murderer of Police Officer Huebner
expiated his crime on the gallows. Lont
before the time appointed there was
large crowd about the Jail and the thro1t
Increased up to the appointed hour
Only about two hundred persons we're
however, admitted to witness the execu
ton. Tracy walked firmly and nnas
sisted to the foot of the gallows. At l:3
notice of ssSilencew was posted on tn
gallows, and at LAT Tracy, accompanie,
by Father Dawling and two other priests
Sheriff Mann and Jailor Folz, Wake,
up the steps of the scaffold. The noos
was adjusted, the black cap placed owe
his head and Sheriff Mann, giving th
signal, the trap was sprung, and the bod
with drop of six feet swung off into th
air. On the scaffold Tracy said: s'I hav
nothing to say, except that am an inne
cent man. Though I meet my Make
soon, can but declare my innocence
Truth is mighty and will prevail. l di
. an innocent man." At 2:0S the pulse wa
140;a 2:11 it had ceased heating, and q
2:14 the heart pulsation stopped, At %
he was pronounced dead, and at 2:2S tn
body was cut down.
Col. Kirk of Washington City. has r,
: ceived letter from Mr.. Oliver, editc
of the Charleston Mercury, dated 9
: Charleston Jail, from which it appear
/ OLIVER has been thrown in Jail on
: CT arge of libel, because he reprinte
: from Washington campaign paper a
extract taken from a pamphlet of Co
Cash, published in South Carolina, +.
| fecting upon Dawson, editor of th
!. Charleston Courier. Oiliver's friend
| claim conspiracy to prevent him ol
| tanning bail. The court declines to r,
ceive money or collsteral, and no citize
5 having sufficient property will go on hi
bond. It is claimed this is part of p,
!, litical movement TO intimidate those VIII
1 are disposed to encourage the indepel
3 dent movement in South Carolina. I'll
9 curious fact about it is that the pamphl,
4 of Col. Cash, from which the original 9,
r tract is taken, has been published broat
I cast throughout South Carolina, y
t editor Dawson does not feel disposed
0 call Col. Cash to account for it. but do,