The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-10-13
RosEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER Is. 1883.

Results, so far as heard from, show that
the Republicans have carried large
majority of the towns in Connecticut,
making gains apparently on the figures
OF year ago.
General George W. Getty, in com
mand OF artillery at Fortress Monroe, was
placed on the retired list. He will be
succeeded by Colonel John @. Tidball,
of General Shermans staff.
| A Dayton, Ohio, dispatch of Oct. 4th
says: A frightened horse plunged in
front OF train to- day, with carriage,
causing the death OF Mrs. George Trim
back, and seriously injuring Miss New
| sock.
At campmeeting near Kingston, N.
o., recently, d large number of mocca-
sin snakes suddenly appeared among the
congregation. Over fifty females tainted
! and several persons were bitten, but not
fatally. The men finally killed the
snakes, but the meeting was completely
broken up.
A singular and most painful accident
| occurred at Lake Tahoe recently. A man
named Stackhouse was engaged with
others in wedging lumber, when q sharp
splinter of the steel wedge in use flew off.
cut through his left eyelid, penetrated
entirely through the eyeball, and lodged
underneath the facial bone. He was at
| once sent to Truckee for medical treat
ment, but there is no hope of saving his
sight, and the eye will have to be cut
out.
| A special correspondent of the New
York Post has gone over the corn dis
trict of the west and northwest, from
| Chicago as far as st. Paul. in the last
week, and gives it as an opinion of the
farmers and INGREDIENTS that the damage
to the corn crop is largely overestimated
that corn does not actually freeze be-
fore it dies out; that there will be an
abundant crop, even i the frosted dis
trlcts. and also that there is very large
supply of old corn in the county.
Inquiries from many persons whether
they could be compelled to pay for news
papers sent to their address without
| authority, have called forth the follow
ing ruling from the postoffice depart
ment: The liability of party to pay for
q newspaper must be determined by
rules applicable to other contracts.
When publisher, without request from
a party, either expressed or implied,
sends paper, the fact that the party ad
dressed takes the paper from the post
Office does. Of itself, create an implied
agreement.
A Vicksburg, Miss, dispatch of Oct.
3d says: In the interstate leyee conven-
ton three states Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi-only were represented.
Resolutions were adopted declaring it to
be the imperative duty of congress to
improve the navigation of the Mis-
sissippi and its tributaries, so as to
facilitate commerce by cheapening trans
portation for the great northwest, and
protect from destructive floods territory
now subject to annual overflow. It was
further resolved to continue the agitation
until action was taken by congress.
Application has been made to the war
department by the survivors of con-
federate brig residing at Norfolk,
Va, for permission to use their old bat.
tie flags, now in possession of that de.
partment, on the occasion of reunion
to take place in few weeks. There are
several hundred confederate battle flag
stored in the war department. Adiutant
General Drum said that the application
, would have to be rejected, as neither the
secretary of war nor the president car
give or lend those flags without the
sanction of congress.
A conference of representatives of va
rious free trade organizations of the
country was held at st. Louis, October
I'd. Ex-Gov. Phelps soon appeared tt
open the convention with an address
he spoke of the necessity of thorough
organization, and outlined The object O
free trade. He said free trade was nee
> essary, and in giving history of pro
) lection said that the political parties had
always urged temporary measures. The
whig party thought that it was ephem
f eral, but protection still existed; ant
still the cry was, SIN few years longe
9 its object will be accomplished. Ht
deprecated the fact that tariff on tobac
3 co be levied to the detriment of necessi
) ties. Speeches were. made by other ad
/. vocates of the organization of q north
: western and Mississippi valley free trade
: league.
The cigar manufacturers association
of New York city has issued an address
!: to its members, relating to the new Law
g which went into effect Oct. Cd. The Law
Y relates only to the city of New York
. and makes it a misdemeanor, subject t.
: fine for the first penalty, to manufacture
y cigars in living rooms of tenemen
q houses. For many years millions o
/ cigars have been made in the yer,
J: rooms where workmen and their wive
: and children ate and slept. There ar
, now Is, 200 families living in tenemen
, houses in New York, engaged in thi
business. These families number owe
: st, 900 persons. The cigar manr eactur
4 er's association notifies all landlords @
tenement houses used for that purpc
a that special rooms must be set apart i
{ each building, free of rent, for th
: manufacture of cigars; that no tobacc
n will be delivered at rooms as heretofore
3 This is being forced by the action of
. few energetic citizens, who have begu
n the war against keepers of tenemer
!. houses.
q The state statistician of Minnesota, i
n his crop report just issued, states tha
70 wheat has turned out better than antic
If pated. There was shorter transfer
d stocks from the field than last year, br
% on threshing it is reported that the yiel
IS is for the most part in excess of lal
e year. The acreage in which, reporte
D in June, was 2, ,716, $40, and from return
[. received this month the average yiel
l. will be 14.83 bushels per acre, giving
le crop of IS, ,305, 400 bushels. As much
le per cent, however, was destroyed b
~ the storm, which reduces the averae
T, per acre to 14.45 bushels per acre, or q
% aggregate of 81 ,156, 200 bushels. r,