The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-14

robbers. has been captured, and all the
money recovered.
The porte has promised that the Turk
islI troops will evacuate points on the
frontier without delay.
Tug Wilson telegraphs he will not re-
turn to America, hence the prize fight
between him and Elliott is off.
Colonel Bodine has been elected cap
tain of the international military rifle
team to shoot in England next year.
r. McBarney & Sons, of Philadelphia,
-four and grain merchants, baye failed.
Amount of liabilities not ascertained.
Northern Pacific stock is quoted at 40;
preferred 9414; transcoutinental, 99L;
Oregon improvement stock, 83; bonds
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of about 50 700, 900 in the appropriation
for the star cute service during the last
fiscal year.
The Sacramento river salmon canneries
have about finished their fall run pack
ing operations, and are closing down for
the season.
Thurlow Weed was reported very i'll
on the 9th and his daughter was sum-
moned, but a later dispatch says his con-
dition is much improved.
The British steamer Venice from Yoko-
hama has arrived at New York much
damaged by gales. Chief Officer Elliott
was washed overheard and lost.
Bank examiners have concluded their
examination of the Manufacturers Ma
tional bank at Troy, N. Y, and report
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| defalcation of the cashier was $31, $50
The postoffice department is endeavor-
ing to stop the practice of postmasters
| using money from the sales in stamps in
their own business, while reporting to
| the department that they have stamps on
hand
The Paris Figaro published report
that the Pope, while walking in the gar
| dens of the Vatican, was fired at by
soldier but not hit. The report has not
been confirmed and is discreditod at the
| Italian embassy in London.
Whether national banks have right
to certify and accept checks beyond the
amount on deposit to the credit of the
drawee Is a question concerning which
the acting secretary of the treasury has
asked che attorney genetal for his opin-
| ion.
| Thomas Brown, a farmer residing in
Castle Island, county Kerry, Ireland.
was shot dead near his own home on the
9th. A farmer named Hunt was mur-
dered on the 9th near Bayle, county
Roscom mon. Both crimes were un-
doubtedly agrarian. Several arrests.
Two hundred and fifty cartmen and
general laborers in the coal mines and
iron furnaces at Wellstar, Jackson Co.,
Ohio, struck on the 9th, closing the
mines generally. The cause of the strike
in the refusal of the operators to pay the
| same wages as at Ca loon.
A passenger train on the Mont Alto
road, Penn, struck COW on the 9th, and
one coach was thrown from the track and
nine passengers injured. The names
are: Dittelaw, o. +. Huntingdon, DIR.
Hocas, of Shippensburg, J. G. Hess, of
Quincy, and Conductor Fahnstock of
Syracuse.
few weeks since young German
| started from Victoria in an open boat for
San Juan island. He was accompanied
by five men, who were engaged to work
at the lime kiln on the island. Since that
time nothing has been heard of the boat
or its occupants, and it is feared they
have met with watery grave.
Boston dispatch of Oct. 9th says:
Two fine observations have been obtained
at Harvard observatory of the comet,
which almost definitely established it as
one of brief periods. According to pres
ent data it must travel at a rate of 400
miles a second. The fact that the sun S
atmosphere offers no check to it progress
proves it is uncombustible, unlike mete
orolites.
The American ship Hargastown, which
arrived at San Francisco on the 9Th, 141
days from New York, reports having en-
countered cyclone on the 18th Sept
The gale lasted 3L hours. Portions ol
the rigging were carried away and seven
feet of water was in the hold at one time
The vessel narrowly escaped laundering
Capt. Pierce was washed overheard bu
was rescued, and number of the crew
were injured by falling spars.
Jerome Stewart, admitted to the den
tai department of the University of Penn
sylvania recently, was arrested on the
3D. charged with being concerned in the
robbery of the book and stationery store
of J. V. Stout at Jacksonville, Ills, last
July. He denied he had been concerned
in the robbery, but stated, although he
knew of the affair, he had not left Jack
sonville until last month. 10 is helG
for the action of the Illinois authorities
Mrs. Catharine L. Realf, wife OF Rich
ard Realf. the we'll known poet, whose
tragic death by suicide in the San Fran
cisco mint four years ago was the theme
OF such general comment both in thi.
country and in England a5 the time, ap
peared in Judge Mitchell's court, Phila
delphla, on the 9th as plaintiff in a sui
against j. b. Lippencott & Co. to recover
damages for alleged libelous statements
concerning herself, contained in bio
graph of her husband written by Rossitel
Johnson and printed in Lippencott'.
Magazine in March, 1879.
A collision on the railroad at Salem
Kansas, On the I'd, is reported. En-
gineers Westlake and Fersher and theil
firemen, and baggageman Holiday, were
killed. -Four seriously injured passen
gers, names not reported, are now Al
Nickerson, receiving the best attention
possible. The locomotives of both train:
were badly wrecked. The passenger
coaches were not much injured. Fur
ther particulars of the accident saw the
switch, which was misplaced, was turned
by green brakeman, who immediatel,
disappeared, but wentto Nickerson three
hours later and gave himself mp. An en-
gineer, fireman and baggageman were
burned IN the wreck, which soon igniteG
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