The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
The town of Columbiana, near Cairo,
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dent OF tie senate. vice Davis. resigned.
Erie railroad stock is marked on the
increase in the New York stock exchange.
On March Sd several men were killed
and burned to death in fire at ALBANY.
N. Y.
Gov. Cleveland vetoed the fiye-eent
fare bill on the elevated railroads in New
York city.
At Paris, Texas, E. Samuel, a dry
goods merchant, was shot dead by W. B.
Gumport.
The river and harbor bill failed to
reach vote in the house before it ad-
journed.
Both houses of the 47th congress ad-
lourned their labors at u o'clock Sunday.
March 4th.
Ben Hill, Jr., son of the late Senator
Hill, of Georgia, is confined to his bed
with paralysis.
The empress of Germany gives 1000
marks for the relief of American sufferers
by the recent floods.
The will of D. M. Chauncey. q wealthy
Brooklynite IN. Y. who recently dropped
dead, will be contested.
Geo. Jones, Jessie Carter and Martin
Welnberger we're convicted of murder of
Pittsburg, on the Sd inst.
The McFarlane industrial home for In
dians at Fort Wrangel, Alas, was de-
stroyed by fire On Feb. 9th.
The board of directors of the Chicago
u Northwestern railroad declared quar-
terly dividend of two per cent. on the I'd.
Col. s. K. Mcclure, of the Philadel-
ph1a Times, was arrested at Harrisburg.
Pa, on the I'd inst, on charge of libel.
A large fire occurred at the Popular
Pub. Co. in New York on the Sd inst.
and it is rnmored three girls were burned
to death
Jos. Paul, on trial for killing Lewis
Marquis, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, at Parlersburg, w. Va,
on the I'd.
The national temperance society asks
the Legislature of New York to submit
the people prohibitory constitutional
amendment
Ex-senator Alexander III. Stephens
died at his home in Atlanta, Ga, on the
I'd inst. At the time of his death he was
governor of that state.
Senator Tabor, the Colorado million
alre, was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
Court, OF Oshkosh, Wis, at the Willard
hotel. Washington, on the 3D.
The tariff bill passed by the senate re-
Gently was passed by the house on the
I'd inst, returned to the senate. receiy
ing the signature of the president of the
senate, and later the President signed it,
The business failures for the week end
ing March I'd is 272, an increase of 40
compared with the corresponding week
last year. Pacific states and territories
furnish 13 of them.
At Philadelphia on the I'd. q sneak
thief entered the office Of the Guarantee
Trust 4 Safe Deposit Co., and got away
with $40, 900 worth of five per cent. bonds
OF the Peoples Passenger Railway com
pany.
Secretary Chandler received a cable
dispatch from Minister Hunt at st.
petersburg, stating that Ensign Hunt
and party, of the ill-fated Jeanette. ar
rived at that place on the Sd inst. in good
health.
Carnes 6 Forsythe Bros. large stock
men OF Texas, sold half their interest TO
Luther P. Smith and f. J. Hale. con-
slstlng OF $4,000 head of cattle and sc. 900
acres OF land, for consideration of
$500, 900.
Per order of the mayor of Chicago all
the telegraph wires of the Mutual Union
company in that city were cut down on
the I'd inst, a recent law by the council
requiring all wires to be placed under
ground.
The latest achievement in fast tele-
graphing is 5000 words per minute. on
the new postal telegraph wires. It is
further claimed that eight messages can
be sent each way on single wire at the
same. time.
The conference committee recon-
mended that the provision of the bill re-
ducing internal revenue taxes on snuff.
tobacco and cigars, shall go into effect
May 1st, instead of July 1st, as provided
in the senate bill.
Sing Lum, the Chinese highlander.
who was to hang at San Francisco on the
I'd, cheated the gallows by hanging him.
self in his cell. A. J. Hess, who was on
the death watch of Sing Lum, died when
IN fit occasioned by the fright.
The Oregoid mining company at Ben.
son, Fulton county, N. z, sscleaned mn
about 200 tons of gravel recently. The
amalgam from this clean ND gives about
$3.50 in gold. The metal is bright vel
low, and more closely resembles Aus
tralia than California gold.
Combinations at Washington March ID.
Marcelin r. Redet, Louisiana. United
States consul at Tuxpan Registers of
lands: Benz. NJ. Thomas, Tucson, A. T.:
JOS. Jorgensen, Walla Walla. W. II. U.
s. attorneys: w. a. De Witt, Montana:
Frenimore Coffin, Nevada. Indian agents:
Geo. s. Davenport, Sacramento and Fox
agency, Iowa; Pedro Sanchez. Pueblo.
n. nj. Postmasters: H. H. Street, Sonora.
CAL. j.. Fl. Jones, Colusa, California:
robert Morris. Denver; A. B. Crossman.
Salem, Oregon.
A dispatch from Helena, Ark. of March
4th says: The struggle with the besieg-
ing water in this vicinity has been slow
and steady the past week. and smart in 4
crease In the last "a hours is registered.
Tins brings the water within 81 inches of
the maximum last year. An examination
Of the Ievee, from where it leaves the |
nll one mile above town, to the long
lake four miles south, reveals the fact |
that Its substantially may be relied upon.
Fine miles north of this place several |
newly repaired breaks are regarded aa
uouotiuI, out as large force is at work |
on the weak points it is thought they will /
De made secure, and there is no appre- I
hension OF Helena OVERLOOKING. CoahomnI i
county, Mississippi, opposite Helena. & /