The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-02-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

DR.. Strange's dental rooms for the present
will be at his residence, in the house occu.
pied by the late DIR. Palmer.
Rev. Il. P. Webb of this city, viii deliver
a lecture to the students of Wilbur academy
Oh Wednesday next, at o'clock.
The second quarterly meeting of the a..
e. church, will be held at the academy III
" ilbur, next Sabbath. The presiding elder,
Rev. l. D. Driver, will be present.
A. c. Craig, county judge OF Union coun-
ty, was in Roseburg this week examining our
new Jail, with view of obtaining plans for
a jail in Union county.
The coolest weather recorded at the signal
Office in Roseburg during last year was 9,4
degrees above zero. This week the cold
reached 8. 3 degrees above.
]. G. Johnson, former resident of Ozark
county, Missouri, is the only person who got
seriously injured at the fire. The next
morning Drs. Haines and Dry were called
aud performed surgical operation. The
patient is in fair way to recover.
Hon. Thomas Brennan arrived last night
says the Standard of the 10Th, in Portland,
on the steamer Columbia from San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Brennan is young man, but is
also one of the most distinguished of the
Lish agitators
The ladies Of the w. C. T. U. of Rose
burg gave very pleasant entertainment at
the Grange hall on Wednesday evening,
consisting of music, addresses, select reading,
etc. The concluding exercises were com
posed of social converse, signing the pledge,
etc. The evening was pleasantly spent.
Leonard Blaine Of this county, was exam
ined last Tuesday Eefore Judge Fitzhugh
upon charge of insanity and was remandet
to the asylum at Salem. He has been there
before and seems to be incorrigble. We ar,
not aware that he is any relation of Jane!
6. Blaine
Mr.. Joe Roberts, the-champion pugilist 0
Idaho, was in town this week and expresse,
his intention of going to Portland to NEE
Sullivan. lie seems quite confident of van
gushing the champion, while two hundred
miles away, but we fear the meeting vii
never take place.
Hon. A. C. Craig of Union county,
former resident of this county, whose mem
ory has been held in high esteem by all VIII,
knew him twenty years ago, has paid us
short visit and will remain several days a
the Metropolitan hotel. His many friend
will be pleased to greet him.
One day Last week party of sheep mel
engaged in coyote hunt They started on
on the high mountain ridge, which made fo
the river. James Shorts hounds took tn
track and chased the animal about ten miles
finally overtaking and killing him on al
island in the river.
On Monday evening Messrs Hogan an,
Butler, brother and brother -in-law of F. z
Hogan of this city, arrived, direct from Min
nesota, on visit to their brother. The ex
sheriff recognized young Mr.. Hogan as hi
brother, but was puzzled to know which on
OF the boys he was, as he had grown to be
larger ard better looking man than himself
Dan Cardwell, the affable agent of tn
Palace clothing house of Portland, has open
ed sample rooms next door south of the Net
ropolitan hotel, where he will exhibit suit
of children's, boys and mems clothing
ready-snade, and take orders A perfect Fl
guaranteed. The Palace house warrant a.
their clothing made from goods manufac
tured at the Brownsville wooden mills, tn
reputation of which is so we'll established a
to need no recommendation in this State.
Goss, Sawyer & Packard launched fror
their yards at Bath, Maine, January 90
wooden steamer, not named, of about 9j
tons, and designed as passenger and frelgl
steamer fer the Oregon coast She is for th
Southern Oregon Improvement company
would appear from this that even if they
not build the railroad to Roseburg, the con
P'HJ A''Sh1 A@i SSfy W AnCIc1Se tuS Dusllcs
at Coos Bay.
Jacob Tlchnor arrived Monday evenin!
from Port Oxford. He was five davs gel
ting through, havirs left Denmark Thurs
day of last week. He came over the Cam:
valley route aud in crossing the mountai
had to pass over snow two feet deep and ha
to break the trail most of the way. He r.
ports that the people of Port Oxford are eli
couraged over the prospect of a railroad
There is, perhaps, as much rivalry, col
sidering the gravity of the subject, anon
the itinerant tombstone men and our loc
sculptor as in any other business Our loc
artist was out some days ago drumming u
his business. He called upon rich wido
whose husband had crossed to the 9th,
shore some months before. Learning til;
two of these itinerant vendors of tom bstont
had solicited the work before him, he opene
business by saying: Il am an honest, hare
working man, and am the foinest seulpt'
i'll all Douglas county. l know Mr.. Recol
and Mr.. Walker have been trying to sell yo
their botched up work that they get mac
oway off somewhere. Now l will tell yol
Mr.. Record is a bad mon; he drinks whisk
and takes the widows out buggy riding an
talks all ki nds of nonsense to thin, and th
chates thin by selling them worthIe
painted up bronzed work that ai'nt good f,
anything at all at all. Mr.. Walker he is
bad man, too; he gets drunk and marries I'll
widows. Now for meself, don't want
do anything of the kind; all / want viii
the widows is to sell them good, hone
tomhstones for their dear, good dead hu
hands