The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-07-14
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deaths from sunstroke July Sth.
John Duncan is on trial at Des Moines.
Iowa, for stabbing his wife to death.
President Arthur intends visiting the
Yellowstone park about August 1st.
Peruvian affairs are being discussed in
secret session in the Chilean congress.
| At Philadelphia. July 7th. Henry
Briggs murdered his wife, cutting her
throat.
| The list of lives lost by panics, acci-
dents and calamities for the past six
months number 1886.
One of the star route jurors is said to
have fallen heir to property worth
f$65,000, through the death Of brother
in Arizona.
i One hundred and seven deaths from
cholera occurred at Damietta July 9th,
thirty nine at Mensurah and sixteen at
Samanoud.
Business failures for the past week
ending July 9th, number 13O, which is
considerably below the average for the
past two weeks.
Il On farm adjoining Lemars, Georgia,
recently, at q depth of 367 feet, was
found vein Ave feet thick of coal of
superior quality.
The hot wave increased the death rate
in New York. July 4th the number of
deaths was $50; on the 9th it was 139.
and up to noon July 9th, 205.
At Allentown, Pa. July 9Th, the Beth
lehem iron company shut down and all
the employees were paid off. Three thou
sand two hundred men are thrown into
idleness.
There were fifty.one cases of sunstroke
in New York and Brooklyn July 7th,
thirteen of which were fatal. The high.
est point of the thermometer was 81
degrees.
At Bridgeport, Mass, July 7th, the
state almshouse was entirely destroyed
by fire. The 600 inmates were safely
removed. The loss is estimated at
$50, 900.
At Kansas, H., July 4th, the balcony
of the Roster house gave way during q
frework display. seriously iDjuring and
manning seven persons, but IL is thought
none fatally.
Bleakie & Co.'s mill at Amesbury
Mass, was struck by lightning July 9th
and burned to the ground. Loss, 500,
600; insurance unknown. Employed
200 operatives.
On farm near New Philadelphia, O..
q young man was nearly stung to death
by swarm of bees recently. His life
was saved only by his employer rolling
him in the dirt OF a cornheld.
The board of health hhve issued q
proclamation that all vessels from in
, feeted ports arriving at Pensacola with
yellow fever aboard shall remain at the
quarantine station until frost.
, At Chicago, July 9th, while two mer
were engaged in cleaning boiler at the
works of the North Chicago Rolling Mil
+ company, valve broke, letting the
d steam on them, and they were cooked tt
death.
s The house of delegates at st. Louis
passed an ordinance which was previously
o adopted by the council, establishing
high license for dram shops in conform
ity with the state law passed by the leg
islature last winter.
Mrs. Scoville, Guiteaus sister. VIII,
recently secured a divorce from Georg'
Scoyille, comes before the public agaii
with vo1uminous rehearsal of her woe
in bill of court, praying for alimony
. protection from threats, from slande
D and sundry other things.
Two freight trains collided on tn
Grand Trunk line short distance cas-
of Fort Hope, Canada, July 9Th. Boil
locomotives and twelve cars were com
% pletely destroyed. All the train hand
= escaped uninjured except Brakeman
Parker. who is probably fatally injured
Loss, $500, 900.
At Damietta, July 9th, SO deaths fron
!, cholera were reported; Mansurah, sc
| Samanand, s.; Sherbin, s; and one onl
from Alexandra. Several cases hav
occurred among the gen d. armes, form
ing cordons around the infected districts
and particularly in the case of the cordo
surrounding Samanand.
r. At Bodie, July 9th, John Kehoe wa
shot and instantly killed, and Tom Des
mond, late of Virginia City, seriousl
wounded. In quarrel regarding fire
= mans race on the Fourth, Kehoe Gale
Desmond to the front of saloon, whe
the firing was commenced upon De
) mond by Kehoe. The latter receive
eight wounds.
is, Reports from the Panhandle region (
AZ Texas say that apprehension is felt b
cattle men over the continued dry SCI
son. There is scarcely any water in I'll
l WG11S1 auu LILO PAmRos ssLO AaAAAA6s 4AOi
8, are thousands of cattle on the range
res and grass is drying up, though man
- weeks of hot weather will be required
Y effect it seriously. Stock is changir
hands, owners of small herds selling OF
to large cattle owners.
At Wortham's Bridge, Columb
- county, n. c., July 9Th, six negroes, 70,
I men and two women, were browne,
They made a raft of logs and grapevine
and attempted to cross wide aud dee
stream. When the middle Of the riv,
ed was reached the raft went to piece
The two women sank Immediately, viii
two of the men struggled, being unab
to swim. Tie two others swan ashor
IN but seeing the helplessness of their COZ
- radss, went to the rescue, and we
70. seized by the drowning men and 10
10 their lives also.
ed The New York Produce Exchange
he July 7th says: Grain returns are 90
is siderably deficient when compared wi
II the cror of 1882, but the output has nc
IN better promise than month ag
ur What the deficiency shall be will not
ed determined till threshing has been cor
IL. pleted. It may be from $4,000, 900
RS, 80, ,000, 900 bushels. The spring whe
ent crop has good promise, with an expect
ph output estimated by some as high
a. | i20 (lSt0 {100 i,ushals AGAINST 150 C0n n