The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-09-15
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| 4u0 HALVES III Tue luL6E1OE Oh
land are at war with each other.
| In the trial OF Frank James the jury
brought in verdict of "nut guilty"
The eleventh annual interstate indus
trial exposition opened at Chicago Sept.
7th.
The latest news from the infected dis
tricts of Egypt state that the cholera il
abating.
President Arthur returned to Wash
ington Sept. 8th, being absent more
than month.
A small steamer was successfully sent
through the whirlpool rapids below
Niagara Falls Sept. 7th.
The striking coal miners at Massillon
Ohio, were successful in obtaining the
ten per cent. advance they asked for.
The first train on the Mexican Nation
oil Railroad arrived at Saltillo Sept. 7th.
The whole populace were out to witness
the great event.
Horace Greeley's farm near Chataqua Ia,
n. T.. was sold recently for $40, 900;
Gabrielle Greeley, surviving daughter,
was the purchaser.
The lighthouse at Pass Marian, Missis-
/ sippi Sound, burned Sept. 9th. The in
mates, two young men, drifted off on a
door and were rescued.
At Jacksonville, Ill.,, Sept. 7th, the
First Presbyterian church, the largest in
the city, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$75, 900; insurance, $23, 900.
Len Redfield and Joe Tuttle, who were
engaged in the recent stage robbery near
Florence, Arizona. were lynched by the
citizens OF that place, Sept. 3D..
John P. Smith, we'll known novels t,
was killed while out driving with her
husband, the horse running away.
The constitutional convention Of Da-
kota, in session at Sioux Falls, unani.
mously elected Bartlett Trip as president
of the convention. Mr.. Trip is an emf.
nent lawyer and Democrat.
At San Francisco, Sept. 7th, q fright
full affair occurred in saloon, whereby
Thomas Mullen, cooper, was shot dead
by Edward Lacy, another cooper, in q
drunken frolic. Both men had spent
the day visiting saloons, and were much
intoxicated. After taking drink to the
place where the tragedy occurred Mullen
felt pistol in Lacy's pocket, and told
him to exhibit it, when Mullen placed
the muzzle in his mouth, telling his
friend to pull the trigger. Lacey did
SO, forgetting in his drunken condition
that the pistol was q sell. cocker. Mullen
fell dead. The two have been warm and
intimate friends for the past eleven years
At half past five o'clock Saturday
Sept. 9Th, 60 miles west of Helena, ,on the
banks of Deer Lodge river, Montana,
President Willard drove the "golden
spike," which united the eastern and
western branches of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, making the third through line
across the continent. Following is a
short extract of his address: s'Gentle.
men:-It is my agreeable duty aid very
great pleasure to offer hearty welcome
to this distinguished assemblage on this
memorable occasion and in these remark
able surroundings. To you. the repre-
senta.ives of foreign nations, the mem
bers of the executive committee, legisla-
tive and judicial branches of the United
States government, the governors of
states and territories, the representatives
of the European and American press,
and our guests from abroad and at home
generally, to you, one and all, beg tc
offer, in the name of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, profound thanks fo1
your kind presence and participation in
this, the most important event of oul
corporate existence. Our work means the
conquest of new fields for genera
commerce and industry. It creates q
new highway between Europe, America
and Asia. The population of the states
and territories traversed by our road ii
largely made up from the European
nationalities represented here. VIZ
deemed it fit and proper, therefore, tt
bid, so to speak, both the old and the
new world to this celebration, or, ir
other words, to arrange sort Of inter
national festival. Many of you have
crossed the ocean, and all have Travelled
great distances, in order to be with III
to-day. Be pleased to accept my as
surance that We gratefully appreciate
your sacrifice of time and comfort. Ii
return, we earnestly wish to do oul
guests all possible honor and to giv'
them all possible pleasure, and we trus
that this ns.continental journey hal
been and will be an unalloyed enjoymen
to them. We hope, moreover, that as il
this hour new and indissoluble bono
will be formed between the countries Il
| tAc 0sot dAO " tAO WOos VI SAOoO AsOVA.
!, mountains, this gathering may also
i strengthen the ties of good will ant
friendship between the republic of Nortl
America and the parent countries o
Europe" He closed with the following
!. remarks "Let me then, own, on thi
s solemn occasion, that our edifice couls
have never been reared but for tn
liberality of the people of tn
7 United State, acting through tn
federal government. in providing
solid foundation in our land grant; TO
the devotion and sagacity Of the mel
who steered our craft in the days of dis
Y tress and danger. for the generous for
bearance of our stockholders, the conf
dence of the public, the powerful hell
of financial allies: and last, but far fron
least, for the ability and faithfulness O
the officers and employees of the com pan
and for the myriads of honest toiler
who earned their bread in the sweat o
their brows for our benefit. And thu
we are permitted to-day to behold thi
mighty task as all but finished. It wa
s my proud privilege to exercise the chic
J. direction over Its last stages. No ligt
l. duty it was, but wearisome, brain an
{ nerve exhausting. Still, its very grar
a deur inspired the will and the power I
q perform it, and there was comfort an
8 elevation in the thought that We hav
d built what cannot perish, but will lal
e to the end of all earthly things. Let L
;. hope and pray that this great work