The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29

the star route cases on the 18th.
| The ejectment cases of the Maryland
Coal Company against strikers are post
poned to July 25th.
/ A shock OF earthquake was felt at Cairo,
ILL.,, on the Goth, lasting 10 minutes, and
passed northward. e
Brave Bear, a Sioux Indian, who was
to be hung on the Goth, at Yankton, has
been granted respite of sixty days.
A mass meeting of workingmen in New
York advised the striking freight hand
lers to be firm and promised liberal finan-
cial aid.
Heavy forest fires are raging between
East Tawas and Au Sable, Mich. Con-
| siderable damage has resulted to pine
and cedar.
Senator Hills case is hopeless, though
there is no prospect of sudden death, but
/ physicians decline to say how long he
may survive.
Three children of Mary Dickens. living
in Northampton county. Va, were fatally
poisoned some days since, by whom not
known.
A railway van, containing large num-
Der of military rifles and quantity Of
|
ford and rifles and cartridges stolen.
In Winston county, Miss, Noah Parks,
a colored preacher, was hanged by
mob and left for dead, but friends found
and resusciatated him. He stole corn.
| Folger Il Co., hardware merchants,
| New Orleans, have failed. They have
| fled suits against creditors. Their books
show assets Of $50 900. Liabilities, S91.-
600.
| An amicable arrangement has been
effected with Mrs. Leban Berger, sister
of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, who will
| Withdraw her objections and his will will
be admitted to probate.
The Northern Pacific has concluded
| negotiations to sell three million dollars
of its mortgage per cent. bonds to the
two largest banks in Germany, whose
representatives recently examined the
| road
Flax and hemp producers and spinners
at a meeting at Saratoga on the Goth
| favored keeping the tariff at the present
rates on fax, jute and hemp and raw ma
teria!, and adding to rates on manufac-
tured goods.
A heavy thunder storm occurred in
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rain fell in torrents. The damage by
water in the lower section of the city is
very great. Sewers overfowed and base
| ments filed.
A lockout in Rochester of 168 estab-
! lishments in the manufacturers protec-
tive association because of labor com
bination to prevent operation of one.
was averted by an appeal to business
| men for arbitration.
A Lancaster, Pa. special of the Goth
says: This section was swept by storm
this afternoon, and many persons were
injured by flying missiles. A circus tent
was demolished and the spectators and
performers were drenched.
In the much talked of mayoralty elec-
ton at Las Vegas the Mexicans elected
Romera by 200 majority. The whole
territory and Colorado evinced much in
terest in the struggle and Americans are
much grieved at the result.
A violent hail and wind storm visited
Belle Fourche, Big Bottom, Spring creek
and Lower White Wood valleys, Dakota
on the night of the Is. doing great dam
age to crops. During the past week
nearly half the crops in the Black Hills
have been destroyed by hail.
Ex-senator Paddock arrived in Chicago
| on the 10Th and the Utah commission was
organized by electing ex Secretary Ram
sey permanent chairman, and Pettigrew
temporary secretary. They have tran
sacted no business, but are waiting fur
ther instructions from Washington before
leaving for Utah.
| Hon. VIM. Dennis, who settled in Wis.
consiA in 1887, died at Watertown on the
10Th aged 73 years. He was member
of the territorial house of representatives
in 1916, of the first constitutional con-
vention and state senator in 1848-49,
member of the assembly in 1853, and
state bank comptroller from 1854 to 1858.
A large meeting of the Little Rock
Corn Exchange was held on the 18th. A
resolution was adopted regretting failure
of congress to make the necessary appro
priation to defray the expenses of keeling
up quarantine regulations and special
inspection on the Mississippi river against
the spread of yellow fever and other dis
| eases.
The executive committee of the Ma
| tional Tobacco Association, now assem-
bled in Washington telegraphed mem
bers of the trade throughout the country
requesting that they telegraph their rep
resentatives in congress protesting against
unnecessary delay in granting cents
reduction on tobacco with rebate. They
assert that pending action of congress
over so, 900 operatives in tobacco are
kept out of employ ment.
VIM. Williamson, formerly of New
buryport, Mass, once chief clerk in the
department of justice. was arrested on
the 18th and charged with larceny, and
is now lodged in a police cell at New
York awaiting hearing. The charge is
that he has been endeavoring to pilfer
and sell large number of autograph
letters of prominent men which were
taken from old files in the attorney gen.
erals Office. Among the letters found
IN his possession were some of VIM.
| Writ, Daniel Webster, George Washing
ton, and of most of the men prominent
in the history of the republic. Some
friends of Williamson's better days say
that the charge is greatly exaggerated.
as he was a great antiquarian and was
once a man of some means and had an
exceedingly valuable collection of auto
graphs and fine library. Williamson
came here as private secretary of Chas.
Sumner when that senator first came to
Washington. He was a friend OF most
of the anti-slavery leaders and much re-
spected. His last official position was
J that of confidential clerk of George 81.
Williams when the latter was attorney
general. In that capacity he rearranged
the archives of the department of justice.