The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
nY rELEeRAPH TO Date.

Several cases of smallpox were discov
cred in Council Bluffs on the 17th.
Tho Illinois greenback convention vii
be held at Bloomington on the 9th O.
/ August.
! Cincinnati boiler makers who struci
! for Is per cent. advance went to work to
day at 10 per cent. advance.
Heavy foods at st. Joseph, Missouri
carried away many small buildings along
the banks of streams and caused q loss o1
$4,000.
| The Cincinnati boiler makers strike
has ended, employees receiving an ad
vance of 10 per cent and returning tc
work.
Since July 4th six deaths have oc.
Cured in Cincinnati from toy pistol
wounds, which were generally trihing,
but produced lock-jaw.
/ Word is received by the Arkansas state
board of health that smallpox is raging
| in Jackson, in that state; hospital tents
were at once forwarded.
| A New York dispatch of the 10Th says:
| Within the last "a hours 159 deaths were
recorded, eighty-six being children who
died from cholera infantum.
Bishop Gilmour of the Cleveland di-
ocese. left for Rome on the 18th. He
will be joined at New York by the
Bishops of Detroit and Cincinnati.
New York Greenback State Convention
| met in Albany on the 18th, $50 delegates
present. Chairman Jones and party
would not affiliate with any other party.
The federation of trades and labor
unions completed an organization in
Boston on the 10th. The federation in
cludes women mule spinners OF Law
renee.
At the farm of Henry Hoffman, IL
miles north of Sandusky, Ohio, little
girl fell into cistern. The men all
being in the field Mrs. Hoffman jumped
in to save the child, and when the men
reached the house hoth were drowned.
The national executive committee of
the North American Turner'S union has
issued manifesto against the enactment
and enforcement of sumptuary laws, and
pledging themselves to active opposition
thereto in the interest of personal iber-
ties
Two years ago DR.. Roberts, of Mill
vile, Mo-, was murdered by DR.. Keyes,
the latter being sent TO the insane asylum,
whence he was released on the 18th,
when he made his appearance at the scene
OF the murder and was shot dead by a
son of DIR. Roberts.
Wm Calvert, of Chicago, has patented
reflector, consisting of 100 or more mir
rors, by which he concentrates the heat
of the sun in sufficient force to generate
steam in large quantities. He claims. it
r11fo nh
business where fuel is scarce and sun
shine plenty.
It has been discovered that Oscar
Goodwin, late cashier of the Logansport,
Ind national bank, is defaulter to the
amount of SIS. 900, the whole sum being
on account of Merchants bank of Chi
cago. Goodwin disappeared some time
ago, taking with him his bond as cashier
and tearing from the recordsall reference
| to it.
Gazette's Chautauqua special: During
a sudden squall recently a row boat con-
| tanning DR.. A. p. King and wife, OF Lon
don, Ohio, Prof. Leland of st. Louis,
and young lady from London, capsized.
After an hours struggle in the water
Prof Leland and the young lady reached
the shore, but DR.. King and wife were
| drowned.
James Frit2henry and John Doyle were
arrested at Philadelphia on the 18th
while engaged in prize fight, and VIM.
! Clements, who drove the men to the
battle ground, and two reporters were
arrested for abetting prize fighting. The
principals were sent to jail and the others
released on bonds. Fritzhenry was Sc
vereiy punished.
A severe hail storm passed over the
eastern portion of Rice county, through
Nickerson and south across Reno county,
Kansas on the 10th. Window glass was
badly damaged in. Nickerson. Hail is
said to have been several inches deep.
Wheat stacks were destroyed east OF
Sterling by whirlwind. The storm
cloud was full of nall cyclones, which
frequently struck tile ground.
It is probable that G en- Sheridan will
leave Chicago on his annual northwestern
tour July 25th. He will first 60 te
Washakie on the Big Horn, then to the
southern part of the national park, and
from there to Yellowstone. He will be
accompanied by some eight gentlemen
1t is not yet known who they will be
The party will be gone about six weeks
An Indian territory dispatch Gays tht
Cheyenne sun dance is progressing with
great trials of physical endurance. Young
bucks cut Sits down their backs and rur
sticks through. A rope is tied to the
stick and fastened to pony. The pony
is driven off and tears strips from thu
back, and the strips are thrown at tht
foot of pole in the center of the camp
Ceremonies to the sun continue three
days.
Preston Powers OF Italy has just com
pleted model for bust of Garfield
from photograph by Tibbals, being the
same one used on the five cent postag.
stamp Mrs. Garfield and the late presi
dents mother were in Painesville recent,
to view the work, and pronounced it be
yond criticism. Mr.. Powers has started
for the east, from whence it will be take1
to Italy to be cut in marble. 1t is to b,
life size and one of the finest ever brough
to this country.
A duel between Joseph Addison, o
Baltimore, and Richard Garland, of Lane
burg, was fought in Petersburg Va. OF
the 10th at distance of 60 feet, Addi
sons pistol hanging fire four times an,
only firing once, the bullet striking Gar
lard in the wrist. Garland's pistol wa
fred five times, one shot taking effect a
the last fire, and the bullet entering Ad
dison's body near the naval, lodging un
der the skin of the back Addison die,
at six this morning. The duel resulte
from Garland stelling young lady VIII
resides at Laneburg, to whom Addiso
was engaged to be married, that Addiso
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