The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14
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Staten island July 4th, three men were
| drowned.
At Midway, Massachusetts,, July Sd.
the boot and shoe factory of McGinis q
Tracy burned.
At Salt Lake, July 4th, Frank Gibbon,
noted pugilist was shot dead by brick
! layer in an alteration.
Two ships arrived at Pensacola, from
Vera Cruz with yellow fever. The ves-
sells have been quarantined.
Fire in Fredrickstadt, Russia, on the
river Duno, has destroyed fifty build
ings, including the postofice.
The corner stone of Bellevue college
| and Bellevue society ct Omaha was laid
July 4th. The college opens September J..
The directory of Milwaukee, about to
| be issued, shows an increase in popula.
| tion during the past year of 10, 900. To-
tai. 14s, COO.
A large oak tree has been recently
felled at Rockford, Illinois, under whose
branches Lincoln and Douglas held q
debate in 1850.
The monument to George Cheves and
| Richard Tucker, the first settler of Port
land, Maine, was unveiled July 4th, with
Masonic honors.
Five deaths have occurred from the
upsetting of train of cars at Hudders,
England. recently, caused by the giving
way of the brakes.
| At Cleveland, July 4th, Prof. King as
| cended in balloon, accompanied by A.
D. Davis of Chicago and Miss Rose Ken
nedy of Springfield, ILL.,, who were mar
ried on the journey.
At Omaha, July 9th, Ed. Sears. alias
Shattle, went to the room of Martin
Knight and terribly pounded him with a
club and then shot HIM, fatally, in the
stomach. Sears escaped.
At Erie, Pa. July 4, Albert Kuhn, of
| good family, with some companions in
liquor, began firing reckiessly from a
car window. A bullet from Kuhn's pis-
tol killed Miss Mary Steiner.
At Union, Ind, July 5th, DR.. w. p.
/ Hornbrook, respected physician, was
shot and killed in his Office by Sam Hem
minger, q farm laborer with whom he
had some dispute about work.
A fire at Gadsden, Alabama, was dis
covered about noon July 4th. Two
blocks in the central part of the city.
mostly frame houses, were destroyed.
The loss is about 800, 900; insurance,
$40, 900.
An old brass cannon exploded at Mis-
souri, Valley, Iowa, fatally injuring a
man named White, who was firing salutea
with it. He loaded it with two and q
half pounds of powder, and then fired
with the above results.
The boiler of the steamboat Susque.
hanna, owned by the Plymouth Naviga-
tion company, blew up at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, July 3D.. The boat was torn to
pieces. No passengers were on board
but seven of the crew were injured, sew
eral fatally.
At Joliet. ILL.,, July 4th. two children
of James Mulhern, aged and years
were left in the house alone for short
time and during the absence of the par.
ents the house took fire, it is supposed
by fire crackers, and the children were
burned to death.
At Philadelphia. July 4th, about 8Ot
, news carriers partook of the annual din
, ner provided by George W. Childs
served at the Belmont mansion in Fair
, mount park. Each boy was also fur
nished with ticket of admission to tht
|
Eleven military prisoners. convicted
} of various offenses and sentenced t.
{ sevre out their terms at Fort Leaven
worth, made their escape from the hom
guard house at Fort Omaha July 4th b.
! digging under the foundation and seiz
, ing and tying the sentinel. They wer
recaptured.
At Scranton, j uly 4th, the store of Geo
! Cooper was struck by lightning and en-
!: tirely destroyed. Several persons wer
: slightly burned. July 9th several house
. were struck and girl killed. A nnmbe
: of men were fatally injured by fyin
i, bricks. It is feared that crops are dam
q aged greatly by heavy rains.
Ten thousand iron workers in Stafford
s shire, England, who are on strike. wit
: banners marched to Dudleyport, Upto
Y and Maxley and entered the iron work
J. at those places and quenched the fires
d the furnaces. thus stopping work. Th
a force of policemen or hand was powe
!. less in preventing the action OF th
d strikers.
The inquest over the Sunderland
,f England, disaster resulted in a verdi,
Y that the children suf7ooated because tI
= door was partially closed, by whom th
q evidence ia insufficient to show. Tt
q conjurer who gave the entertainer
J. was censured on account OF the sma
' number OF attendants to guard again
@ the disaster.
g During the celebration at Montros
1t Pa, July 4th, Prof. 81. 81. Laulum, Il
balloonist, attempted to make an asce
: sion. When at the hight of forty fe
= the trapeze caught tree, hurting hi
j violently to the ground. He struck {
!. rock and sustained fracture of u
= skull and internal injuries which a
r thought to be fatal.
8. At El Paso. Texas. July 9th, JOSEF
lie Brewster, a Canadian Frenchman WI
le committed violent assault on Miss D
9, Wis at Fort Davis about year ago, VI
n hanged. He was United States soldie
re The execution was private, only oficis
st and reporters being admits
Brewster, when sentenced, broke dov
- and scarcely could walk.
n A Huntsville, Texas. dispatch of Ju
h Sd says: At 9 this morning, sew
W miles south of Huntsville, j. X. Kell,
o. sawmilI was blown up. with fearful 3
be struction of life. Dick Grant, q color
n fireman, ard assistant. John Barkfold,
to convict, and also convicts Slade q
at Jordan, were instantly killed. Fo
ed other convicts named Nichols, Swar
as Franklin and Collard, were serious
90 wounded. The proprietor, Kelly,
he partner Harry Miner. and q man nam