The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-08-04

From Ilessrs Palmer and Sweet, who
came from the mouth of the Siuslaw on bus.
mess with the Land Office at this place, We
learn that the Siuslaw country IS being rap
idly filed up by settlers. The wagon read
from Eugene City viii soon be completed,
when ingress to that portion of the State
will be easy. q. S. engineers are now en-
gaged in surveying the mouth of the river,
and it is expected that the fact will be es
tablished that it is one of the best harbors
on the coast between San Francisco and Pu-
get Sound. There will be no canning done
this summer, but a large quantity of salmon
will be put up in salt
On Saturday last there was left at this
Office a cluster or stosl of wheat grown from
a single kernel, containing forty-one plump
well filed heads. We counted the grains in
several heads and found them to average one
hundred and ten large plump grains to the
head. 1t Is white bearded wheat and was
grown on Mr. David Grenot's farm, in what
is known as the French settlement. The
seed came originally from a cluster which
Mr.. Grenot found among his other grain and
planted separately We gave this sample to
Mr.. D. d. Prettyman, who sent it to the
Bureau of immigration, at Portland. Any
person having fine collections that they de-
sire placed on exhibition, with their name
and statement OF yield per acre, can have it
sent by leaving it at this Office.
prIo oF
with the Assessor. on last Monday went to
Walt Greek, near Henry Smiths, to collect
poll tax from the Cinnamon. The Chinese
refused to pay and the sheriff proceeded to
levy upon their effects in camp, when over a
hundred of them armed with picks, shovels
and crowbars left the grade and made an at
tack upon the officers who were compelled to
fee for their lives. The next day the officers
turned with posse Of ten well armed men;
when the Cinnamon again made an attack.
| When sufficiently near the Sheriff ordered
| them to halt, and upon their refusal to do so,
| fired volley, killing three and weunding
three more when they retreated. We were
unable to learn any further particulars at the
! time of going to press.
Mr.. j. f. Whiting, landscape artist for the
| West Shore, was in Roseburg during Friday,
| Saturday and Sunday. He returned to Port
land on Monday. He was returning from an
extended trip through Jackson county, where
he has been sketching the principal places OF
interest for the paper. While here he took
sketches of the principal buildings in Rese-
| burg. which will no doubt find place in the
pictorial pages of the West Shore. We
found Mr. Whiting to be live energetic
artist, well qualified for the work he has in
hand. The proprietors of the West Shore is
to be congratulated on securing his services
| as his sketches have added material interest
and value to the paper
F. A. Smith, the well known photograph
er of Salem, and former resident of Rose.
burg, has established gallery on Main
street, nearly opposite the Plaindealer office,
where he will remain for some time His
prices are reasonable and all who want FIRST
| class pictures should embrace the opportu-
nifty. If
At Hamilton's drug store, quicksilver
Sulphur, lime and cheap qade OF coal oil
| for doctering sheep.