Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-11-20
SITE NEHs.

t is hard work to convince John Shcr-
nan and Geo Frisbic Hoar that the
var is over
4 FRIEND at our elbow desires to
Snow if a man living at CRAFTS Pass,
Josephine county, ean1epresent Doug
as county in the called session of the
Legislature?
The G. Il o. stages sbegan running
upon winter time last Monday which
gives them forty hours between Delta
and Ashland if they choose to consume
it all in the trip. The stages arrive
now after daylight in the morning.
There was in store at stations on the
0. r. & n. Co.'S railway lines in cas-
tern Oregon and Washington, and in
Idaho, and at landings on Snake river
on first Of Novemher, Ia, 557 tons of
wheat. This amount nearly equals
the entire surplus last season.
?. G. Strickland, of Umatila county |
who was put in Jail on three criminal
charges of abduction, deadly assault
and sending obscene letters, has been
adiudsed insane, and yesterday passed
through this city in charge Of deputy
sheriff from Pendleton, en- route to the
asylum in Salem.
A few days before the Ohio ele, on
the Oregonian said it would not be inn
portant, but the election to come of in
Nov. in Now York would be important
as showing the tendency of political
sentiment. Well, we are satisfied with
the tendency. How does the Oregon
ian like it?-Albany Democrat.
There will be no more elections in
the United States in October Tie
October states are thing of the past.
The last one to adhere to the October
system was Ohio, and at the late elec
ton in that state it was determined by
all affirmative vote of 537, 900 that all
elections shall hereafter be held in No
vember.
In the Democratic council held at
the Helten House, Portlend 7th re
port and resolutions were adopted.
The fifth section referred apparently to
the corruption money Of the Northern
Pacific. 1t is stated: 1--WE view with
alarm the manifest agency of organ
lied capital in the indecent haste Of
this special session to forestall just
public expression of next June.
! Last Sunday night three burglaries
were committed in East Portland. The
residence of G. A. Meussdorfer was en-
tered by the front window and $500 ii
jewelry and a little money stolen; /;
rifle and shotgun disappeared fron
the house of J. r. Shaw, aud the saf,
: of Hudson Il Brown was blown opel
7 and Sl20 in money and a farmer
pure, containing an amount unknown
stolen therefsom.
The Statesman, Plaindoaler Oregon
City Enterprise and several other re
publican papers before the New York {
! lection twitted the democrats about ho'
; Overwhelmingly the republicans woul
: sit down on democrats III that state
: but since the election they have ll;s
y nothing to say. Gentlemen we al
q now under the head of "Good of til
a Order" any one may speak withor
a motion. What have you to say?-Dcn
u A good deal has beea said of lat
ii about the supposed feasibility of
: route through Hudson's bay for tran
portation of the products of the mi'
4 die portion of the continent to Europ
1t The project has been commended c
'e the claim that it would give eompa
N atisely short rail route, and thcrel
* make transportation cheap. The pr
re jectors have expressed a belief th
N lines of railroad from the central pc
/ tons of the continent, reaching as f
to south as Colorado and Kansas, won
converge upon Hudson'a bay.
DC Fred Schwatka is planning anoth
e Arctic expedition. He is reported
d. saying that lie is convinced that
Se vessel viii ever reach the pole, a
. that he will not attempt to get the
er by that means. He proposes to get
he far month with ship as PRACTICAL
an and then travel over the ice Oh sic,
nd He will depend entirely on the natiN
'us to drive the dogs, as he believes tn
lrs are better fitted for the work til
nj white men. He says the natives tn
lu- el more rapidly and of course have /
ter knowledge of the land. He expe
no to be ready to start with the openi
in of sprin9 and is fully confident that
ne, is going to get there this time. /
hat also stated that Engineer Melville
res planning another expedition.
me Gov. Moody says in his special n
On sage: 'The appropriation made
nee tue construction of fsbway in
her Willamette falls has been expended
tier the way designated by law, and
ons satisfactory character of the work,
uld the wisdom that suggested it, are
de- ready demonstrated by the appeare
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