The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-09-09
LII TEST NEWS SUMMARY.
az rELEaRArH no DATE.


| Both.
The report that A. G. Hesing was killed
on the road from Hermosillo to Ell Piomo,
| is eontradicted.
| DR.. J.. Scott was arrested at ST. Lonis
on charge of being implicated in the
Kewanee bank robbery.
| A Herald's special from Texas shows
that during the recent flood one hundred
and twenty persons persisted.
Lieut.. Flipper, recently dismissed
from the u s. army, has been appointed
captain in the Mexican army.
Charles E. Locke, the San Francisco
theater man, has been arrested at Chi
cago and held in 81 500 bail for debt.
| In the next two months the govern
ment will disburse $24, ,000, 900 in pen
sions and payment of bonded debts.
The California republican convention
met on the Both at Sacramento. Senator
Booth was elected temporary chairman.
Citizens of York county, S. c., have
served notice on two Mormon missionar-
les, working in that place; to get up and
| get.
The tariff commission opened at Cleve-
land on the 30th heard the hoop iron case
stated by j. d. Weeks and Thomas III.
Wells.
The Russian refugee committee at New
York has shipped back to Liverpool
eleven Jews, each of whom was provided
| with creature comforts.
Seven cows have died of Texas fever
at Niagara Falls and rigid quarantine
will be established by the veterinary in
/ spectors of the dominion.
Secretary Folger has been forced to
an admission that he would accept the
nomination for governor of New York
and enter heartily into the canvas.
On the 30th six prisoners confined in
the Camden Jail, succeeded in escaping
during the time allowed for exercise in
the rotuDda. Three were recaptured.
/ A hail storm occurred near Pesth on
the 28th, destroying vineyards ard maize
fields, and partly demolishing fifty
houses. Many workmen were killed.
The passenger agents of the Chicago
and Kansas City roads have refused to
accede to the demands of the Southern
Pacific to increase the through rates of
fare
News from Indian territory says Dave
Kemp and his nephew Henry Kemp, got
academy on the 9th, and shot each other
to death.
The secretary of the treasury gives
notice that exchange of 3l per cent
bonds into per cents will be suspended
from the 25th of September until the first
of November.
r. 81. Adams & Co., silk manufacturers
| of New York and Patterson, n. j., have
made an assignments. The firm consists
Of Henry Adams and Peter House. Liza
bilities, $700.000.
Brokers of Richmond, Va, are buying
confederate bonds again. As much as
seven dollars and a half per thousand was
paid for them. It is evidently specula-
ton scheme and will soon explode.
The Kansas democratic state conyen-
ton was temporarily organized by the
election of Thomas p. Fenton as chair
man. After the appointment of the reg
ular business committees the convention
adjourned till the following day.
A couple of Dakota men are negotiating
with fair prospect of success with Acting
Secretary Joslyn of the interior depart
ment for the necessary grounds in Vel
lowstone park upon which to construct
roadways and erect hotels and other
buildings for the accommodation and con
venience of visitors.
At meeting at the Grand Hotel {
scheme was proposed by Gaulois for 6
banquet to DeLesseps. About forty
members of the press were present and
the arrangements for banquet placed
in the hands of committee with instruc
tions that it must be non political and
attended only by Frenchmen.
The town of Glenn's Falls, Montgom
cry county, N. Y, is stirred by the dis
covery of the diabo1ical acts of John Pal
mer, school teacher, who attempted to
violate the persons of two girls, each L
years old, daughters of John Putnam
and Isaac Talmadge. Palmer fed. For
long time he had been maltreating
older female pupils.
Those ahoat in the harbor witnessed
the unusual sight of keel-hauling three
Arab sailors on board the Egyptian fri
gate, for murder. They were first fogged
then tied with rope and hauled up to the
port side yardarm and then dropped intd
!, the sea and dragged under the keel and
hauled up to the starboard yardarm
They soon died.
Inspector Pollock sends from the Pine
Ridge agency to the acting secretary o
| the interior horse shoe labelled "Wou1l
fit Jumbo. Preserve this specimen bricl
of our Indian management until l SCI
you" It was furnished by contractor:
to shoe Indian ponies with. Its weigh
is three pounds aud is 81 by 6a inches
, It indicates very loose way of doing
2 business on the part of Indian agents
who should not accept such goods.
Cherif Pasha, the new president of th'
Alexandria council, has issued circula
drawing the attention of foreign consul
to the immense influx of low class o
population. He says that in consequence
, Of the scarcity of water and lack of EN-
| ployment care must be taken in orde
that public purity will not be imperilet
by the influx of people. Therefore per
sons having no fixed occupation or yisi
j BILE means of subsistence will not b
allowed TO land.
The solicitor of the treasury has give
an opinion of interest to those engages
z in the business of running excursion
steamboats,. The collector of Philadel
phia wrote him recently asking if it wa
incumbent on collectors and inspector
to prosecute masters of steamships VIII
i carry passengers in excess TO their license
q The solicitor holds these duties are, so t
/ speak, anticipating; that is, they are t
: see proper licenses are taken out by thes
: companies, but any body can bring actio
o against the companies for violation 6
e the law. The penalty is ten dollars TO