The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-26
PORTLAND ITEMS.

izenship in the County Court.
The improvements being made in the
city Jail are nearly completed.
A large force of men have been put to
work on the round house at Albina.
The street lamps, or at least a majority
of them. are lit about midnight now.
Washington street is getting to be one
of the most popular streets in the city.
Jailor Doherty is kept very busy now
guarding the numerous murderers placed
In his charge.
Angelo D. Martin has been arrested up
on charge of assault and battery upon
Louisa 0rsini.
Gustav Scholl has begun suit in the
State Circuit Court for a divorce from his
wife Margaret.
Van B. DeLashmutt has been arrested
upon charge of assault and battery pre-
ferred by G. w. Elkins.
James Holbrook has brought suit in the
State Circuit Court to obtain divorce
from his wife, Ida Holbrook.
There is talk of organizing gentleman's
driving park association in this city, with
a track two miles down the river.
Augustus E. Miller, familiarIy known
among the people of Portland as Gus, :
died from hemorrhage of the luugs.
JuStlce w ulG6 OlSItllSSeU bIle case dSSeil1ISt
Henry Anderson, who was charged with
threatening to kill Mike Harrington.
A number of people who place vessels in
front of their houses, to receive their milk
in, complain that the same are stolen.
The directors of the Nelson Cordage
Company appointed j. L. Barnard secre-
tary of the company, vice j. V. Spader.
Herbert Nevl was charged by John
Snider with stealing lot of clothes be-
longing to him from the New York Hotel.
A large lot of firebrick from Detroit,
Mich, has been received at Albina, for use
in the erection of furnaces in the new car
shops.
The building on Fourth street, near Sal
mon, formerly occupied as carriage fac
tory, has been turned into a Chinese lodg.
ing house.
d. F. Hill, prisoner in the county jail
upon charge of completely in robbing the
United States mails, is seriously troubled
with heart disease.
The cantata of Esther will be given early
in March by number of Hebrew ladies,
gentlemen and children, under the direc-
ton of w. H. Kinross.
Grain appears to be a little scarce at
present judging from the way couple oi
vessels, which have been chartered and are
The action brought by the Multnomah
Street Railway Company against Poole &
Rothschild has been appealed from a JUS
tice's court to the State Circuit Court.
The new hose house at the foot of
street is being pushed rapidly, and is now
well on toward completion. 1t will be fin
ished in week or two at the farthest.
Sixth street was cleaned some time age
by the chain gang and the dirt piled III
heaps, and with the next rainfall there
will be more mud and slush than ever.
Phil Corkin, one of the oldest engineers
on the Northwest coast, returned from the
Northern Pacific last week and will at once
resume his old position on the East Side
road.
Warrants were telegraphed to Tacoma
recently for the arrest of two Cinnamon
charged with the theft of a quantity OF
jewelry from country woman in this
city.
Robert McLennan, of Napa City, CAL,
stopped in this city while on his way to
Colfax, w. T., in the neighborhood OF
which place he intends to engage in cattle
raising.
There is complaint that the city physi-
clan, F. A. Mayer, does not half attend to
his duties, for which he is well paid, and
sometimes absolutely refuses to go near a
patient when requested to do so.
In the matter of the estate of NJ M.
Myers, deceased, County Judge Stearns
has set the first Monday in March as the
time for hearing the report and settlement
of the final account of the administrator.
John S. Raleigh has been appointed
guardian of Mary E. and Johanna A.
Riley, minors, and it was ordered that the
city clerk pay over to Mr.. Raleigh all the
money now in his hands belonging to the
said minors.
The county commissioners have ordered
that the county treasurer shall sell at pri-
vate sale all the property left by Sanford
Brightman, deceased, for the benefit of
his heirs. The total property left will sell
for only few dollars.
Frank Gray. alias Rineheart, was ar
from Fishers Landing, Washington Ter
ritory, accusing him of the larceny of a
watch, pistol, overcoat, etc. He was taken
back to Washington Territory.
The money drawer in the establishment
of man named Peters, on the southeast
corner of First and Hall streets, was taken
away from the counter recently and robbed
of it's contents. No clue to the thief, and
the amount of money taken not stated.
All Nuff, heather Chinese, was locked
up a few days ago upon charge of at
tempting to extort money from Second
street merchant named All Sui. The lat
ter alleges that Nuff told him the high
binders would kill him unless he gave up
$780, 4
E. S. Larsen & Co. have recently brought
suit in the State Circuit Court to recover
from Thomas Brown and William Philpot,
proprietors of the restaurant corner First
and Pine streets, the sum of $512.33, for
goods sold some time ago. The place was
closed by the Sheriff.
There number of young hoodlums in
this city who make it habit to throw
stones at every Chinaman they see. One
of them was given pretty lively chase on
Sixth street a few days ago, and had he
been caught he would have Jared badly at
the hands of the enraged Chinaman.
A young man by the name of Mike Lo-
gan was found lying in the gutter at the
corner of Second and E, by Officer Cramer.
The man was too weak and drunk to talk,
but in all probabilities he was knocked
down and robbed, as he was minus his
coat and hat and had pocket cut out OF
his pants.
An effort is being made to get up an
other brutal knocking out match" for the
benefit of the sports and gamblers in this
city. Bob Snortell offers to back an un.
known giant against the "Prussian." The
latter is a great brute, now in San Fran.
cisco, who goes around the country fighting
for money.
A brutal fight took place in one of the
saloons on First street, near +, some few
days ago, in which man named William
Smith, because he refused to treat the
crowd, was knocked down and badly
beaten by them, besides having mouth.
full of flesh bitten out of his hand by vii.
liam Enart.
Young Rinehart, who was shot while at
tempting to escape from the penitentiary
last July, and who was pardoned when
the physicians supposed him to be dying,
has been nursed back to life by his de.
voted mother. and was out of doors for a
little while, a few days ago, enjoying the
sunlight and beautiful air.