The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-28

q heaviest wind and rain known for ma
years prevailed, and oats and wheat we
t beaten into the ground.
D At Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, July lit
a cyclone struck the north part of q
: city, wrecking nearly 100 building
!, Damage, S5O, 900. Several persons we
injured.
Southern Missouri was visited by
, severe thunder storm July 18th. w.
Mlller's large bern and slaughter hou
at Carthage, was struck by lightnir
and burned to the ground. Loss, $500
no insurance. Several stables and barr
were also struck by lightning and d
stroyed. AT Marshall the storm of win
and rain was very severe. Trees wei
uprooted, fences leveled. and corn an
oats blown flat. At Warrensburg
church was blown over. Considerabl
stock was killed by lightning, and abou
seventy-seven poles and telephone line
are down.
According to q Kansas City special
trouble is brewing there regarding th
Sunday law, as outlined by the Down
ing law, passed by the last legislature
On recent Sunday all the saloons il
the city closed, save two, and the pro
|
await the action of the grand jury. A
meeting of the police commissioner
an order was passed ordering that the
pollce, not only enforce the Downing
| law. but the Missouri Sunday law oil
well. This includes all sorts and kinds
OF business barber shops and drug
stores, lemonade and cider stands, and
pawn brokers. Drug store men say il
they cannot sell goods the same on Sun.
day as any other day, save liquors, they
Will not open at all or fill prescriptions.
A Maysville, KY, dispatch of July
II says: This afternoon, as the jury in
the Cooper case retired, the Emmet
guard escorted Samuel Bulger from the
Jail to the court house, amid a great
crowd Of people in the streets, where he
was arraigned for rape. In the court
room the Indictment was read to him
His attorneys told him not to 'criminate
himself, unless his mind was perfectly
clear. He replied that his mind was
perfectly clear, that he was guilty, and
that he wanted to be hanged legally and
not by mob, and wanted to cause as lit
tie trouble as possible in the trial. A Jury
was impaneled and he repeated his plea
before them, and in ten minutes they re-
turned verdict of guilt, witha sen.
tense of death. Bulger received the ver-
dict unmoved, and was returned to Jail
IN one hour from the time he was taken
out.
A circular was issued July 18th, from
the office of the third postmaster gen.
eral, officially notifying postmasters
throughout the United States of the re-
duction IN postage rates, to take effect
the lst of October, and directing them
to make preparations for it. Postmaters
are notified that it is desirable to have
small stock of the present three
cent postage stamps and stamped envel
opes as possible on hand when the re-
ductlon goes into effect. They are ac-
cordingly instructed to limit their req
ulsltions for stamps and stamped envel-
opes OF this denomination to such GUAM
titles as upon careful estimate they
may deem sufficient to last until the first
OF October. 1t also directs that as no
arrangements have been made for the re-
demptlon of three cent stamps and en-
yelopes In the hands of the postmaster.
or for the exchange by the postmasters
OF these stamps an envelopes in the,
hands OF private holders, until further
notice postmasters will not make ex-
changes for the public, nor return to the
department stock that remains on their
hands after October 1st. Postmasters are.
however, notified that, as two and three
cent stamps and envelopes of the pres
ent issue will continue to be valid after
that date, they must be accepted in
payment of postage when offered in
proper amount. and that three cent
stamps can be used, in combination with
other denominations, on letters requiring
more than one rate, and on parcels of the
third and fourth class. The circular
also announces that the department will
be ready to issue two-cent stamps of the
new design the 10Th of September, but
those stamps and envelopes must not be
placed on sale or used by postmasters
before October 1st; also that no three
cent stamps will be issued after Septem-
Der 18th, unless requisitlon therefore is
accompanied by statement that they
are needed for immediate use, and that
the full supply asked for will become ex-
hausted by October 1st; further that no
three cent stamped envelopes will be is
sued after the 31st of August, unless the
requisition for them is accompanied by
similar statement. The circular in
structs postmasters as to the design for
new two cert and four cent stamps and
stamped envelopes, and notifies them
that the prices of envelopes, exclusive
OF postage, remain the same as at pres
ent; no change will be made in postage
due stamps; and that rates On drop let
ters will remain the same as at present.
Cure for Drunkenness.