The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-24

Patrick Keledich and John Glascoot,
brlcklayers, were killed by a falling
scaffold in New York city, Nov. 18th.
J. NJ. Robbins, surveyor general of
Arizona, died Nov. 14th. He had been
suffering from consumption for some
months. Deceased was formally con-
nected with the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Clans Spreckles has ordered two new
steamers in the east. These two, with
one of the two now running between
San Francisco and Honolulu will be
placed on the China trade in opposition
to the Pacific Mail steamers.
Mclean, well-to-do farmer, who is
alleged to be 116 years old, and Mrs.
Martha Wilson, u buxom widow of 27,
were married at Blithwood, S. c., re-
Gently. Immediately after the cere-
mony the happy couple left for New
York on bridal tour.
Alta wedding recently in Carrituck,
n. c., liquor at the supper table led to
a difficulty in which several guests of the
party participated. Six shots were fired
IN one minute, clearing the room. The
groom's best man was killed, and another
groomsman received mortal wound.
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room, and the young couple sat up all
night with the disabled man.
The November report of the depart
ment of agriculture gives the local yield
per acre in October. In the final report
the condition of corn, which averaged
IS. was interpreted to mean a product
close to 1 900, 600, 900 bushels, and the
average yield per acre appears as 3D.
bushels, IL bushels rer acre lower than
the yield of 1882. This gives a result
practically Identical with that of Octo-
Der. On the acreage reported in July,
the exect figures would be 1,577 900 900
bushels. In revision of the season re-
turns, this result will not be materially
changed, and the product will therefore
be about DC, 600, 900 bushels short of the
previous crop, Notwithstanding the in
creased area. The potlto crop is large,
amounting to IT'S 900, 600 bushels.
A Denver dispatch of Nov. 10Th says:
One of the most brutal 1obberies that
ever occurred in Colorado was enacted
at Petersburg Grove, seven miles from
this city, last night. At that place re-
sides an old bachelor, Peter Olsen, who
usually kept small sums of money hid
about the premises. Last night four
disguised men went to the house and
knocked, as is customary in the country.
The former asked the visitors to come
in, and as soon as all were inside, they
seized Olsen, threw him on the floor and
held him, and then demanded to know
where his money was. He replied that
he had none. After thoroughly search
ing the house to no purpose, Olsen still
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hid, the robbers got willow switches and
whipped his bare feet and legs until
they were covered with blood. Still re-
fusing, they built large fire in the back
yard, carried Olsen out and proceeded
to execute their threat to roast him alive.
They placed his feet in the fire and liter
ally roasted them. Even this terrible
treatment would not open his mouth.
The old man was then compelled to walk
back to the house, where scuffie en-
sued, during which the stove was over
turned, disclosing a money box contain
ing 5000, which the robbers took and
decamped. Olsen will probably recover.
A Lareda, Tex. dispatch of Nov. 14th
says: A bold train robbery was perpe-
trated last night on the Mexican Nation
al railroad, twenty miles south of here,
across the Mexican line. AS the train
from Saltillo, Mex, bound for this
place, rounded curve on lonely spot
not far from La Jarita, small station,
the engineer discovered that train had
been removed from the track. He applied
the brakes and reversed the engine as
soon as possible, but too late to saYe the
train, which was thrown from the track.
The engine and the first two cars were
wrecked and the others somewhat
damaged. The fireman was killed, fall
ing beneath the engine. The engineer
was considerably bruised. Simultane-
ously as the train left the track about
forty masked men issued from the ad-
joining woods and made an attack. They
compelled the conductor to give up the
money in the express car, $4,000 in silver,
and were about to relieve the passengers
of their valuables when it became known
that one of the passengers had escaped
and gone to La Jarita for assistance. The
robbers thereupon took fright, and, Ie-
turning to their horses, retreated into
the woods. 1t is thought they have
crossed the Rio Grande and are now
upon American soil. Scouting parties
are out in all directions.
The statement of Director Burchard as
| to the standard silver dollar will perhaps
attract most attention. He SAYS: Since
| the passage of the act in 1878 requiring
| the monthly purchase of not less than
50, ,0OO, 900 worth of silver bullion
and its coinage into silver dollars, $154,
370, 800 had been coined prior to Octo.
ber, 1888. That this, with the S81 ,000,-
| OG0 of fractional currency coin in the
country total of 1926 900 900, is in ex.
cess of the requirements of the country
for silver circulation, is apparent from
| the large amount of these coins in the
vaults of the treasury not represented by
outstanding certificates, and not req uired
to be held for their payment in namely
over 80, 600, 900 silver dollars and nearly
1927 ,000, 900 fractional coin, total o
$50, 900, 900. My view in regard to the
policy of further continuing the coin
age of silver dollars was expressed
In my report two years ago, and remain.
unchanged. While believing that thu
equal coinage of both metals by all ma
tions is desirable, in order to give
greater stability to the value of commod
tiles and credit, yet, in view of our ina
bility to continue the increase of silver
circulation at the present rate withou
expelling large portion of the presen
stock of gold, as we'll as the waning hop,
for the co operation of leading CONNER
cial nations in securing the general us,
of silver and its unlimited coinage a
money, and of the present abundan
paper, and increasing gold circulation il
this country, the question again present
itself for the consideration of legislator
whether the law directing the month";,
coinage of not less than $4,000, ,00
worth of silver bullion into standar.