The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-28

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has broken out near Iowa City. Jacob
Seller has lost over four hundred head.
Animals seem almost rotten from a can
cerous source.
The trial of Turkas, for The murder of
his wife and then firing his residence in
Vicksburg, OF the I'd of July last, to
burn her body, resulted in verdict of
guilty on the 10TH
The jury in the ease of Chas. FL.
Houghton, charged by the government
with making false returns while collector
of the port OF Perth Amboy, returned
verdict of guilty with recommendation
to mercy.
In the Universalist convention at Phil
adelphia on the 20th resolution was
adopted condemning the death penalty
and recommending more humane punish
ments, declaring strongly in favor of
constitutional prohibition and asking a
stringent law to prevent cruelty to ami
mails.
The New York tribune says of the
Knoxville tragedy: The bank building
seems to have been perfect arsenal, and
the community is no worse off for the
suppression, of such elements of barba.-
ism. There is a completeness about this
affair at Knoxville that will commend it
to the public.
Mayor Law of Brooklyn has issued a
good natured proclamation to the boys
OF the city asking them not to build bon
fires on the night of the election, as the
custom is a silly one, and, while it may
do for country villages, it is out of place
in great city, and also against the law.
The Turkish government has made a
demand upon the Providence, r. T.,
Tool Company for 1857 rifles, with
bayonets and scabbards, manufactured
by the Tool Company for the Turkish
government, and held, as alleged, in
store by said company for the govern
ment.
In Eastman, Ga, on the Goth Ridgley
Powell, Simon G.. Quinn, Joe King, Bob
Donaldson and Ella Moore, negroes,
were hanged in the Jail yard for compli :
| city in riot at camp meeting, in
which young white man named Jas
Harvard was set upon by an infuriated
mob and after being shot by one of the
men was heated almost to jelly by 9TH
ers. Women raised the howl which ex-
cited the mob to desperate work.
Henry Clay Mayard, who for the past
eight years manager of the Western
| Union telegraph Office at Chicago, died
at Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, on the Goth.
Since the death of his wife last spring
| he has been much broken in
spirits and health, and was obliged to
leave his Office two weeks ago, since
| which time he has rapidly failed. He
suffered from puzzling complication OF
disorders and died in q congestive chill.
He was widely known and respected by
| all.
Thirty six horses and mules were stolen
from Williams, Arizona, on the 18th by
| four horse-thieves, and they with their
plunder started the same night overland
for Texas to dispose Of the same. The
owners, all freighters, to the number OF
eight men, started in pursuit The horse
thieves were surprised early on the 18th
at THera canyon, thirty miles east OF
Williams and all were killed at the fret
fire. The stolen horses and mules were
all recovered.
Students of Monmouth college and the
faculty are at war. They had arranged
to hold reception in the chapel in honor
of Mr.. Ross, who recently won the ora
torical prize in Chicago. The faculty
tried to stop it, but the proceedings were
conducted in spite of them, and they
suspended Mr.. Mitchell, master of cere
monies, indefinitely. On the Goth 20(
students absented themselves, giving
notice that they would not recite unit
Mitchell was taken back Only few
students remained in the classes, and
much interest in the contest is mani
tested.
Mary McCarty, of Canton, Mass, g
prisoner in the woman's reformatory
some weeks ago, brought suit claiming
$40, 900 damage of Justice Walbridge A.
Field, of the supreme court, because he
refused to grant her writ of habeas
corpus after having, as she alleges, lille
gally transferred a suit against her from
the supreme court the the superior Grim
inal court. The woman's attorney at
tached hejudge's property to the amoun
of $780, 900 on the 18th. This anomalou.
action came into the superior court be
fore Judge Knowlton on the demurrer Of
defendant. The points made by the
defeuse are exceedingly brief and wers
that plaintiffs remedy was by writ O
error and that the suit could not b,
maintained against Judge Field for TIE
act done in his judicial capacity.
An organization known as the Macca
bees has been started in Cincinnati. IT.
purpose Is to encourage and assist in the
promotion of agriculture among the
Israelites. The plao Is to enroll in sec
tions all Israelites over 13 years of age
who shall pay an annual due of one
dollar each, the sections in each state tt
constitute division, and representative
of divisions constitute grand division
The latter will have an executive council
which shall control and disburse funds
A provisional council to act until thu
executive council is organized has beer
chosen It consists of NJ. 10th. Moses
Krohn, NJ. 81. Marks, Henry Stix, JOSEPH
Abraham, Joseph Trounseline, Alex
Strauss, and Max Henry Towenstein.
In the Scoville insanity case at Chicago
on the Goth the court was crowded will
cranks and sightseers. Mr.. Scoville tes
titled to traces of insanity in Guiteau'
family, from the grandfather down
Mrs. Scov;lle first showed signs of in
sanity wheh their son became sick. Sh,
fell in love with the physician and con
fessed 1t. subsequently she denied the
confession was made. She soon became
violently nervous and irritating and at
tenn oted to leave the house. She confidet
all her grievances to others and lost al
affectlon for her family except to hin
and within the past six months she hat
deserted him too. He related in detail
his recent well known troubles with her
She formed q friendship with Geo. w
Earle, an alleged newspaper man, ant
confessed to witness that she loved Earle
They wrote and sent letters to Mrs. Gar