The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-07
The naval retiring board recommended
the retirement Of Commodore Thomas
II. Eastman.

The naval retiring board recommends
the retirement Of Commodore Thoma
II. Eastman.
At Hanover, n. H., Rev. DIR. G. e
Barrow OF San Francisco made an ad
dress at the Dartmouth alumni dinner
About 5000 bushels of new wheat wa
received from Tennessee. Ken
tucky, Illinois and Missousi in ST. Loui
June 18th. It is about equal to No.
aud some of it sold for 81.
! A Greenville dispatch of June 27tl
says: News reaches this place that two
negroes who outraged a young lad,
near Jefferson, were lynched to-day
One was hanged, the other burned t.
death.
At Utica, NJ T., June 2S, q coal traii
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern and train on the West Shore col
ilded at the crossing. Thos. Dunn, {
West Shore man, was killed, and several
were injured.
The secretary of the interior has de.
ciined to grant the request of a number
OF citizens of California, looking to a dis
continuance OF suits brought to recover
lands In Colusa, California, from the
Central Pacific railroad.
The president has appointed Frank A.
Classon master and refner of the mint at
New Orleans. vice M. F. Bonzans. vice
Benjamin E. Taylor, assayer of the mint
at New Orleans, vice Joseph Albrecht.
suspended.
A Wilkesbarre, Pa, dispatch of June
9th says: Heavy rains of the past few
days and the bursting of q dam have
caused an extensive cave in the Balti-
more mines, and residents in the neigh
borhood are alarmed.
The postofice department at Wash
ington bas received information that the
Australian colonies have resolved to
apply for admission to the unisersal
postal union. If the application is sue.
cessful Bolivia will be the only country
with an organized postal service not
included in the union.
The New York Public saws: The re-
port of exchanges for the week ending
June 23d is altogether more favorable
than one could expect from other indi.
cations at New York. The returns are at
least more satisfactory than those of sew
eral previous weeks. Returns outside of
new York show an increase of from to
per cent. and in the aggregate the
volume OF business at cities outside of
New York has been generally larger than
1t was year ago. though it may be in
ferred With reason that much of the in
crease is due to speculative transactions.
Ihe fact Is that speculative activity does
not always mean prosperity; but the i'm
provement noticeable at other cities is
somc1ent to make the returns measurably
encouraging.
Approximate figures of business
failures over the entire country for the
half year ending June 30th, as compared
by Il. G. Dun & Co., of New York. indi-
cate marked increase in the number
and extent of liabilities, as computed
with the corresponding periods of the
two previous years. The increase in
Liabilities the last half year is attribute
to large speculative features in the west
but even deducting the indebtedness
sprlnging from this cause the increase in
failures and liabilities is very marked.
1t is noticeable, however, that during
the second quarter of the year mercantile |
disasters were much less than in the first |
quarter, in which the bulk of the in
crease occurs, so that it is possible the |
worst part of the year has been got over.
Reports as of the business outlook for |
trade centers indicate a |
more hopeful feeling as to the future.
At Montreal June 26, the contract for |
another great railway enterprise was
gwen out to build new line, called the |
Ontario and Pacific railway, from Corn
wall, on the bank of the st. Lawrence |
TO Sault Ste. Marie, to connect with the |
Northern Pacific railway, over big
bridge, to the western terminus TOO |
miles. It is claimed this will make the
most direct and shortest line to the west
from the Atlantic seaboard. and will give
the Northern Pacific an advantage over
both the Canadian Pacific and the Grand |
trunk from ocean to ocean. The do
ninion governments charter gives the
company power to build bridge over
the st. Lawrence, and American connec-
ions are already secured from the border
inc to Portland, Maine, Boston and
New York. A large part of the new
road will run almost parallel with the
Canadian Pacific, to Sault Ste Marie. It
will receive subsidies from municipal
nd other sources. The contract was
given to Philadelpia men, and the pro-
noters are American and Canadian capi-
alists. Bonds to the extent of S12, 2,OOO.-
700 will be issued. Duncan McIntyre
md B. r. Angus, directors, and Van
Horn, general manager, went off in a
1urry to meet President Stevens of the
canadian Pacific relative to his threat
'ning scheme. How they can counteract
t without purchasing the charter is q
mystery.
A New York dispatch of June 9th
'ays: Davies. tea appraiser, has COM
oleted an inspection of cargo IF teas
brought to this country by the Flint
'hire, and found that large proportion
# it is grossly adulterated. He to-day
presented his report to the collector.
moving that he had rejected 310O pack.
'ges, which, if sold in the market. might
lave realized about $4,000. These teas
consisted of green's of all colors. al -es
md descriptions, some of which were
mixed with sand and some with gravel:
'thers were composed of dirt and paste
oiled into pellets. About 500 packages
II colored Japan dust were also rejected.
IN the ground of high color and admix-
ure OF mineral substance. intended to
make the tea heavier in weight. This tea
vas also brought to this country on
BOARD the Flintshire. The collector and
he appraiser of the port of st. Louis
lave forwarded to Davies samples of So
allied tea cent to that city by way of San
francisco. an examination OF which has
learly shown that the 'sstuff'' was only
Wild leaves, indiscriminatelY collected
nd dried and sent to this country to be