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THE INDEPENDENT 13 ISSUED Saturday Morninss, BY KEUTATFELIS. Pnblisbers. THE INDEPENDENT FINEST JOB OFFICII W DOCOLAS ooustt. CARDS, BILLHEADS & LEGAL BLANKS And other rEnmSGlncIod d Larre and Heavy- Paster and Sfcawy Haa.BiU, ; NEATLY ASD EXP El ITIOCSLT ilZCCTED -A.T PORTLAND PRICES I T NDEPENDEOT. TEBXS 131 ADTAXCE l On yeer . Six month. .. ................. t2 SO . 1 50 "Independent in all Things; lYeixtrnl in TVothing-.' monitie ..... 1 00 TThjI..' .M tk m. .I... - I l .1 . - - ui iiiim ;uiK w euvuioe. to IXDSrs.iDSirr oSere fine Inducemeau to advertuere ternu reMoaabie. ' VOL. 3. HOSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1S78. NO. 35. E DO Y. E. Willis, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, ROSEBURO, OREGON. COSMOPOLITAN RESTAURANT ROSEBURO, OREGOX. ' A. E. CUAMPAV5E. Proprietor. The only flraVcfcuM hoa In Rooelmrt;. Kept on (ha European plan. DEPOT HOTEL, ' OAKLAND, OREGON, Richard Thomas, Proprietor. "T"Hia HOTEL HAS BKEX ESTABLISHED FOR A X nam bar of Tetu-9, and baa bocoaie very popular with tba raTUn public. Vint vlua SLEEPING AGC O.M.M O D ATI O N 3 And tba table euppliad with the beat the marlcot affords Hotul at the depot of the Railroad. SUGAR PINE MILLS. LOCATED AT SUGAR PINK MOUNTAIX, Port Offloa address, LOOKING GLASS, OREGON. The Company owing theaa milla would aay they are prepared to furnish tea BEST OF LUMBER At the moat reasonable rates. SUGAR PINE, FIR AND CEDAR Lumber always. on hand,' and all persons wishing to purchase Lumber will do well to (ire us an opportunity of filling their orders before going elsewhere. i. O. GALLIGHAN, President. V. B. CLARKE, Secretary and Treasurer. Uotropolitau Hotel, ROSEBURO, OREGOX. Button & Perkins, Proprietors, '' the onlt . FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN THE CITY - AND ; Depot of the C. Jk O. Stage Co. XtfELI. FURNISHED SLEEPING APARTMENTS, V the best of beds, and the moat attentive of Housekeepers, and a table supplied with the beet of everything. staqes roa RCCDINO the arrival of the oars Leave the house ererydayon from rortlano. The traroliar public, and all who favor us with their patronage, oan rert awured that they will be entertained fa the beat pjaaible manner. O. L. Iil'TToN, C. FIRKINS. T. R. SHERIDAN. J. P. 8HERIDAN. Sheridan Bros., Jackson Street, Roseburg, Oregon, near the Poet Offloe, ; DEALERS IN . AND GENERAL HARDWARE, And Manufaotmrars of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware, Are prepared te GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA STAGE LINE! THROUGH TO SAN FRANCISCO 1ST- JJ'OTXF. DAYS The Quickest, Safest and Easiest Route STACKS LEAVE ROSEBURO f very Day at 7S0 P. X., Hakraf quick eoanection at Reading with the ear of tae u. a w. a. n. . Tot full parti oolari and piieare apply to BUTTON' a PERKINS, Agents. NOTICE. aTOTTCI IB HEREBY OIVKH TO WHOM IT MAT i.1 eeaeern that tlie nnderairned haa been awarded Ik. ooatrat far keeping the Douglaa county paupera (or a oeriod af two yeara. All pereona in need el aatiatanoe c irom eaid oeuaty aauat aret sreeure a certificate to that offaet from Bar member of the County Beard and pre sent it to one of the following aamed pereena, who are . antboriied to and will care lor thoee preeenunr euca certificate: Button A Perkina, Roaeburg; L. U Kellorg, Oakland; Mre Brown, Looking Giaaa. Dr. Woodruff 1. anthoriaed to f arniah medical aid to all pereone in need of the suae and wbo have beeu declared paupera el Dougiae ouunty. W. B. CLAKnE. T. D. MARKS, RKPIJIKSINTINO" J. H. PIKE & CO., ImporUn and Wholteale Deelera in TOBACCO AND TEAS. IHA-HUFAOTUBERS OF CIGARS. And eole proprietor of the non-equalled PINK Of PERFECTION AND SOUTH CIGARS, See. 101 and 10S California Street, SAX FRANCISCO. SCHULTZ & TON BAEGEX, Importsrt and DoftUn in i FOREIGN a DOMESTIC WINES LIQUORS ' AND BRANDIES. AVto Sole Agents for TV fTt ESRATED OLD BOURBON WHISKY VEibbUtH"" ( M. AH rBAKCIaOO, CAL.' ErrC22 w vltftSe LOHCOa TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN STATES. War In Kentucky. Mount Sterling, Dec. 11. James Pettit, deputy U. S. marshal, arrived last night from a point 20 miles from Jackson, the scene of the late disturbances in Breathitt county, and reports another collision be tween ;the parties of Bill Strong and Jerry Little, 'which occurred on Wednesday even ing last. Four men were killed and seven wounded. I All In One Say. . Columbia, Dec. 11. Governor Hampton's leg was amputated to-day below the knee. His friends say his condition is yet danger ous. .. He was elected U. 8. Senator, the vote in the Senate being unanimous. The House with two exceptions, voted for him. They were Miller and Simmons (colored), from Beaufort. i OiA- Representatives. Washington, Dec, 11. Delegate Jacobs introduced a bill appropriating $8,000 for the site' and fog signal on Sandy Point, Puget Sound, and $22,000 for improvement of the Ucper Columbia. Mitchell's bill for tho construction of a harbor of refuge quotes the report of the army engineers for 1877, showing that there is not a harbor in a distance of 700 miles northward from San Francisco which a ves sel can enter in heavy weather, and there fore proposes an appropriation of $500,000 be expendeu by the war department in the commencement of a breakwater at such point between the straits of Fuca and the 42d par allel as may in the opinion of the majority of the board of engineers for the Pacific Coast be most suitable. ' ! Heavy Rain Storm. New Yoek, Dec. 11. A heavy rain storm during ' the last two days has caused mneh damage in New England. In Philadelphia the loss is serious by the overflow of wharves and flooding of cellars. At Scrauton the rivers and streams are greatly swollen, and should jthe rain continue mining operations will be stopped. Railroad and other bridges throughout this State are threatened by floods, It rained stealily full 50 honrs. A heavy gale to-day along the Atlantic coast and very severe at Boston. Some dam age toj shipping reported. The abutment of the Barrett suspension at Fort Jerzis was carried away this morning; loss heavy; river higher than for years, , A freight train from Boston with two engines went into the river near IWentworth, N. H., where the trestle was swept away. Both were badly wrecked. The bridge being swept away the wrecking train; cannot reach the disabled train. At North Adams, Mass., the people had to abandon their homes on the river banks. Not Ready to Accept. Washington. Dec. 12. Postmaster Snow den of Philadelphia has been tendered Lin derman's position, but reiuses to accept at present, because he is waiting until the par son ! he desires is appointed postmaster of Philadelphia. jsan lose Reservation Bualncsti. Secretary of War has transmitted to the House the report of Humphrey, chief of engineers, on the two House bills relating to Point San Jose reservation. One proposes to relinquish the reservation to certain set tlers, one of whom is Mrs. Qen. Fremont, and the other to reimburse them for the loss of property, , Report quotes Generals Hal leck, McDowell and engineer officers as con curring in the belief that this point is essen tial to proper defense of the second line of fortifications, and in guarding the harbor and property of San Francisco in case of war with maritime power as to right of holders to compensation. The report says this point occupied by Spaniards for military, purposes and held by United States troops prior to cessation as well as after, and that settlers were squatters. The recommen dation in which the secretary concurs is that the reimbursing bill onght to pass and this will be final. Chapter of Harder. Mcbfbebsbobough, Tenn., Deo. 12. Den nis Edwards, colored, living 10 miles from here, was shot and killed Saturday by Will Smithy and John B. JerroJds, white, because be refused to allow one of them to cut off the tail of a horse he was riding. The mur der occurred at Edward's cabin, and his wife and child were also hit by bullets, and soon after died. A colored visitor was fa tally wounded. Edwards was much liked by both races, and the jail is now being guarded to prevent lynch law being admin istered. x Omaha. Dec. 12. Two suspected cattle thieves, named Mitchell and Ketcham, had a fight a few days ago with four herders who were trying to arrest them on South Loup Fork in Custer county, and during the fight Stevens, one of the herders was shot and in stantlv killed. Mitchell and Ketcham es caped, but were son afterwards arrested, They were corralled by an armed party of 20 or 30 masked men who, tinder cover of cocked rifles, took the prisoners from the sheriff and guards and hurriedly disappeared with them. Yesterday the bodies of Mitchell and Ketcham were found burned almost be yend recognition at a foot of a tree, to which they had evidently been tied, while the fire vas built around them and burned them to death. isoah Martin, aged 50 years, living on a farm a few miles from York, Neb., was mur dered on Tuesday night. On the arrival of his team from York, whither he had been on business, he was found dead in his wagon with his skull broken. No clue to the mur derer. The dead bodies of Mrs. Harlson and three children were discovered yesterday in a hay stack on a farm bouth of Kearney. Nebraska The murder is supposed to have been.com- mitted several days ago. No arrests. A man named S. D. Richards is suspected of the crime, ae has aed the country. Storm Damage. Spmxofiild, Mass., Dec. 12. The break ing of dams at Ashfield, Conway, Whately and North Hatfield, has caused the destruc tion of a number oi mills and bridges, and serious damage to highways. Particulars of the Outrage. Omaha, Dec. 13. Later ; developments show that the burning of Mitchell and Ketchum in Custer county, as teleeraDhed yesterday, was one of the most barbarous enmra ever perpetrated in this country, more especially as it has been learned that the victims were not only innocent of cattle stealing, but were respectable citizens. Mr. Mitchell, who was over 60 years age, was a farmer, and during the past Summer had had trouble with one Stevens, a cattle herd- er, on account of having been driven over Mitchell's crops. Stevens, who had threat ened to kill him, went to his farm with sev eral companions under the pretense of ar resting him. Stevens and party at once fired On Mitchell and Ketchum. who was working for Mitchell. Ketchum was wounded and in turn Stevens was killed. Thereupon Mitchell and Ketchum fled, but were after wards arrested by the proper officers, from whom they were taken by a mob pf Texas cowbovs. who cruelly tortured them in In- dian fashion while burning them to death. Tmmi1il itima trill Ho t.U. tV,.. I is creating intense excitement and indigna- luon. . iutcheil lett a large family. Tw Bank Closed. Saratoga. Dec. 13. The First National J Bank suspended to-day, owing to the run growing out of the defalcation- of County Treasurer Wright. The run was then pre cipitated on the Commercial Bank and its doors also were closed. A Fever Hero. Nkw Yor4, Dec. 13. A reception was given last night by the New York Press club to Col. Keating, editor of the Memphis Ap peal, in recognition of his heroic conduct during the yellow fever scourge. The club rooms were crowded. Hopelessly Sim. A friend of Bayard Taylor writes from Dresden that Taylor is hopelessly sick with dropsy. He states that a fortnight ago 15 quarts of water were taken from him, and that the operation was subsequently re peated. Manhattan Bank Robbers Caqgnt. New York, Dec 14. The police io-night arrested Red Leary and John McCarthy, alias Butcb. Cant. Brynes intimates plainly that the prisoners are known to have been among the planners and perpetrators of the Manhat tan bank robbery. Suicide and Attempted Mnnlcr. Cincinnati, Dec. 14. Peter Muchmerisser this morning beat his wife with a flat iron uuiil he supposed her dead, and then went out and banged himself. The woman may re cover. Storm, lee and Snow. St. Louis, Dec. 14. Dispatches from Mis souri, Iowa and Kansas report the heaviest snow storm for years. Tho railroads gener ally are obstructed and some of them are obliged to suspend running trains. The Mis sissippi at Rock Island is closed and people cross on the ice. The Missouri is full of filiat ing ice and its closing is looked for soon. Terrible. Explosion. EvANSvitXK, Ind.. Dec. 14. An explosion of nitro glycerine and gunpowder at the St. .Bernard coal mine at Kariington. Kv.. oc curred to-day.. Its shock was felt for miles. A train of mining cars, mules and a negio dri ver were blown to atoms.' A panic among the miners was created. V It. B. Chance. St. Louis, Dec 14. A Pueblo dispatch says the Atchison, fopeka and Santa Fe Rail road takes possession of the Denver and Rio Uraud Railroad to-niclit, under a thirty vears lease. The new arriiuieuiBUt gives the com pany entire control of the carrying trade of Southern Colorado. Warehouse Burned. Richmond. Dec. 15. The large tobacco manufactory of Thos. C. Williams & Co. was burned this morning. The loss is esti mated at $75,000; stock and fixtures insured. Ou Ike Sea. . Boston, Dec. 15. While the British bark Ana way was on a voyage from New York to Ineste two Oreeks attacked the mate, fatally wounding him. and afterwards attempted to kill the boatswain and a seaman, both of whom had their skulls fractured. The cap tain fired upon the mutineers, wounding one when both jumped overboard and were prob ably drowned. For Bnlldosinsr. Nobfolk, Va., Dec. 15. At Wenton. X. C, Samuel Jacobs and Elbert Gotling, col ored, have been sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for six years for assault and battery with intent to kill Marcus Wil liams, colored, for voting for J. K. Yeates (Dem.) for Congress. A Horrible RaMeide. j Omaha, Dec. 15. August Hubermann, I formerly a furrier by occupation, and at one j time carrying on an extensive business, and being considered well off, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat with a piece of glass broken from the window of the cell in jail, where he was confined by reason of insanity, and from which he was to have been taken to the insane asylum on Monday. Whisky was the cause of his troubles. - Jfesrroea Hanged. Galveston, Dec. 15. The News' Bastrop special says that Pryer Jones and Smith Jackson, colored, were hanged to-day in the presence of three thousand persons, princi pally negroes. Both remained firm to the end. Both were dead in five minutes from the drop. , Drury Acquitted. Memphis, Dec. 15. To-nieht the jury in the case of Robert Drnry, who killed his un cle, Albert Gibson, deputy U. S. Marshal, in this city two years ago, returned a verdict of not guilty. This was the third trial. Northern Pacific. New Yobk, Dec. 16. The directors of the Northerp Pacific Railroad meet to-morrow to open bid3 for the construction of 200 miles of road from the Missouri to the Yellow stone. The road has done a good business the past season from Dulnth to Red river. By an arrangement with the St. Paul &, Pa cific road, the Northern Pacific has right of way over that road from Sauk Rapids to St. Paul. Satisfactory Understanding. President Dillon, of the Union Pacific, says a satisfactory understanding has been reached between the Pacific Mail and the railroads. The Lucky Ones. Washington, Dec. 16. The following are among the nominations sent to the Senate to-day: Postmasters Alonzo E. Raynes, Yreka; Joseph H. Jones, Colusa. Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory, Joseph R. Lewis; Associate Jus tice, Samuel (J. Wingaid. Indian agent at Quimalt Agency, sshmgton Territory, Oliver Wood, of Ohio. Charges I'awarranted. The House committee on civil service to day concluded the investigation of charges of corruption in connection with the district bond legislation. The charges appear to have been nn warranted. Have Been Settled New Yobk, Pec. 16. The Tribune says: The freight and passenger troubles between the Union and Central Pacific railroads and the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., have been settled, a new contract having been executed yester day. The plan of settlement provides that $10 head money should be paid on every through passenger carried overland. It is also provided that steamships shall carry only heavy freight, and that each vessel shall not fill within 500 tons of its carrying capacity; the railroad is to pay an equiva lent for this freight. The contract will not expire until January, 1S86, unless it should be revoked on sixty days notice. ':. . . Won Id not Accept. The trustees of the Hebrew Orphan " Asy lum have .declined the offer of a gift 'of money from Mrs. A, T. Stewart, through Judge Hilton, and it is expected that other Hebrew associations will take similar action, The president of Mount Sinai hospital says if Mrs. Stewart had quietly sent a check to the institution it would have been probably accepted; but in view of the way m which the offer was made, there was a feeling of opposition to its acceptance among Hebrews generally. The president of the house for aceu ana innrm neurewn, says me oner . . J' YT-l .1 - made through. Judge Hilton would not be accepted, as he had thrown down the gaunt let and proscribed the wnoie Hebrew race. There was naturally a strong feeling among Hebrews against accepting gifts from such a source. - ; --' - - - -. - v , . . Orwea BUI. ,' The Herald's Washington special says that G rover gays, in explanation of the bill introduced by him yesterday prohibitirg the employment on the governmen works of any person who is not a citizen of th United States or who has sot de clared his intention of becoming a citizen, that it is intended solely to prevent the em ployment of the Chinese laborers on govern ment work on the Pacific Coast. He says that he received a letter a few days ago from ths Prt sident of the Workingmen's Associa tion at Portland, Oregon, to the effect tint the person having the contract for the con struction of canal and locks at the Cas cades of the Columbia river had informed him that some 200 Chinese were employed to the exclusion of. white laborers. This work is being done at the expense of the government, an appropriation of $250,000 hav ing been made. Federal judges on the Pa cific Coast have decided that Chinese are not eligible to citizenship. They wor at verp low rates and send their earnings home, so that the government funds are not only disbursed among needy citizens, but arc sent out of the country. Grover says that ha shall press the matter before the com mil tea on commerce, to which committee 'the bill has been referred. A New Custom House. ' Senator Mitchell introduced a bill appro priating $100,000 for construction of a brick building for the accommodation of custom house and other federal officers of Portland. It is provided that this shall cover the entire cost, and that no money te expended nntil a valid title to the land for a site is vested in the United States. Also a bill to pay Robert Y. Pain's claim against the government, FOREIGN JiEWS. Q,ueeuVIetoria'M Life Threatened. London, Dec. 13. A man named Maddan was arraigned at the Bow street police court yesterday, charged with threatening the life of Queen Victoria. Later It appears that Edward Byrne Madden, who sent the letters to the home office threatening the life of Queen Victoria, is a somewhat eccentric and probably half witted man, who is well known among the habitues of Leister square, where he has often been in the haunts of foreign refugees. His letters, which are writltm in bad French, are made up of rather incoherent invectives, and demands for an immediate and radical change in the government. But little im portance is attached to the letter or the writer. Will Not Fljiht. News from Cabnl represents that eight regiments of A.'ghan infantry there have shown disinclination to fight. The natives in South Shutar Gardan pass seem friendly to the British. The Kinr's Decision. Rome, Dec. 13. Premier Carioli has an nounced that the present minister will con tinue the administration pending the king's decision on the proffered resignations. Trouble in Australia. Stdset, Dec. 13. The ministry of New South Wales has resigned. Robertson will form another cabinet. Treaty of Berlin. Pesth, Dec. 11. The lower homse of the Hungarian diet rejected, by a vote of 147 to 96, a motion, which was opposed by Premier Tisza, to discuss the treaty of Berlin. Nngar Loan. Copenhagen,. Dec. 12. The government has telegraphed the governor, of Santa Cruz to grant administrative loans, not exceeding five hundred thousand crowns, for the pur pose of restoring sugar plantations. t Spain and Basque. Madrid, Dec. 12. Premier Commas del ! Castello, replying to an energetic protest of Basque deputies, declared that a state of siege would be maintained in the Basque provinces as long as the agitation continued. and that the law abolishing fueros will be earned out to the ntmost despite the passive resistance. These declarations cause a mark ed sensation in political circles. An American Citizen. Constantinople, Dec. 12. The American consul has made three applications for the release of Bonier. He was informed that Romer was a party to a conspiracy in 1868 in Syria, but as his arrest was contrary to treaty, the Vizier ordered Romer to be deliv ered to the Consul for trial. The minister of police requested a remand of the prisoner nntil to-day. The Consul protested and will apply again to-day for the custody of Romer. A Princess Dead. Darmstadt, Dec. 14. The Grand Duchess was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. She was born April 25, 1643. Her father, the late Prince Albert. died on Saturday, December 14, 1861. The princess was in a state of unconsciousness from 2:30 A. M. nntil the time of her death. Her Majesty, though greatly grieved, is not ill. The flag at Windsor Castle is at half mast. Bells at the royal chnpel and at Eaton college are tolling, and nearly all houses, public and private, in the royal bor ough are closed. London, Dec. 14. In conseqnence of the death of the Grand Duchess of Hesse, Lord Beaconsfisld has requested a postponement of, the presentation fixed for to-day of an ad dress and casket trom English residents on the Pacific Coast of the United States. In Behalf of Greece. Versailles, Dec. 15. In the chamber of deputies to-day Count De Goutout Byron questioned -tne government respecting the treaty of Berlin. The Minister of Foreign Affftirs defended the act of Congress. He avoided compromising French neutrality, or entering upon any binding engagements. He had supported Greece because that was the traditional policy of France. There would be united action of Europe in behalf nf Greece on the initiative being taken by France. New Turkish Loan. London, Dec. 16. A dispatch from Con stantinople under date of December 15th states that Prince Labanoff, Russian Ambas sador, has presented a note protesting against me issue oi tne new Turkish loan, declaring that Turkey has no right. From Lahore. Lahore, Dec. 16. General Roberts tele graphs under date of Thursday as follows: we nave nnished the reconnoissance to the top of the Shaturgardaa pass and returned to Ali Khil without firing a shot. The coun try is mencuy. i am rapidly fortifying the Peiwar pass camp." General Roberts was to leave All h.hil for Khurum to-dav. Gen. Browne has sent a Sikh regiment back from uatjca to Peshawar on account of sickness trenerai Biddulph has constructed a road over Khojuk pass unopposed. A Sultan's Troubles. x-ESTH. Dec. 16. A dispatch states that the recent conspiracy in Constantinople, ac cording to some accounts, was a serious at tempt to replace the Sultan by his brother Reshad Pasha. The Sultan had to be dis suaded from executing Reshad and Mah- moud JUamad Pasha. The former is con. fined in the seraglio. . i China against Russia. London, Dec. 16. The Turkish Gazette says the Chinese troops in Eashgar are con centrating to operate against old Knldja, wiucu ib occupied Dy .Russians. Reduction In Wages. V The South Yorkshire and the New TWbv. shire colliers have received notice of a reduc tion of nyt per cent, m wages. Proposal Abandoned. The government intends to abandon their proposal in the House of Commons for grant for the relief of Rhodope fugitives. A Total Wrecks Halifax, Dec 16. The iron screw steam er Sate, of Whitney, England, was k( tally wrecked at Bermuda on the 1st int. She was from Galveston laden with cotton lor Havre. A portion of the curgo was saved ia a damaged condition. No Oppcsitlon. London, Dec. 16. A correspondent at Peshawur understands that Gen. Browne's advance on Jellalubad has commenced and meets with no opposition. British Jurisdiction. Constantinople. Dec. 17 The Pnrt and Great Britain are nccrotiatinir PAiipprnino British jurisdiction over foreigners in Cy prus. Great Britain recognizes the Sultan's sovereignty over the island, but denies that capitulation concerning consular jurisdiction is suu applicable. For Iron Clads. Pesth. Dec. 17. The Hnn tion have agreed to the Austrian delegation amendments to estimates utrikinir nm. ltt-.it. for iron clads, and for increasing the number of army omuers. Rhodope District. London. Dee. 17 The Times sars th introduction and withdrawal of the motion for granting aid to the sufferers in the Rho dope district, becomes verv simnle when the reasons are stated, it was thought by min isters that the distress revealed by the report of the Rhodone commission wg a fi(tinr nV. ject for parliamentary aid; but it would have uceu lutiecurous 10 maae an act oi cnarity the occasion of a heated debute, ftr.,1 tli imi. pose of the government was no sooner known that it was clear that it would be resisted on both sides of the House.. PACIFIC COAST. More Rottenness. San Francisco, Dec. 12. There is more rottenness developing in the school frauds. The supervisions have decided to take the investigation in hand. The school board will bring charges against the implicated teachers. The questions by the State loard for the postponed examination were resumed yesterday. They are very easy, and will let in as many candidates as usual. Killed HlniselL Norbert Landrv, a prominent real estate agent, shot himself through the bead yester day at his room, 2,421 Sacramento street. pistol was found and a note as follows: 'I have decided that you might as well blow out your brains as your money, for yon can live as well without the first as without the latter; and that this earth will revolve here after as herutofore." Two safes'werein the room with the key and combination written out. lie was aged otf, and was a widower with married children. The cause of his suicide was the publication of his name as having improper relations with the child of Rose McFurland, for whom a guardian was recently appointed by the Probate Court. Landry hue shown considerable depression of spirits since the case came up in court. lie returned home earlier than usual yester day afternoon and shot himself in his room. lie was found by his son-in-law and his housekeeper about 3 o'clock in the after noon. A Confession of Murder. Red Bluff, Dec. 12. In April last A. D. Buck of this county was found dead on his ranch with a bullet hole through his body. The officers have never' relaxed their efforts to find the murderers. Suspicion was fas tened upon the following individuals : W. R, Donnalson, John Cluckey and John F. Mar tin. The district attorney has succeeded in getting a, full confession out of them all. Dountlson did the shouting and the others were accessories. The confession develops a plot which has never been eqnaled in this county, and ia scarcely excelled by the fiend ish work of Troy Dye and his associates. They accused the deceased of poisoning some horses belonging to them and agreed that the first one of the three who saw him was to shoot the "old badger," as they called him. Beat Time Tet. Stockton, Dec. 12. At the Agricultural Society track to-day a trial of speed occurred between Rarus and Sweetzer. The track was in splendid condition. A strong north wind prevailed all the afternoon. The purse was ?o00, and in case either torse should beat Goldsmith Maid's time in this State (2:14), $500 added. Bar us made the' first heat in 2:15, and tho second heat, with a running horse, in 2:14, the fastest time ever made in the State. After this heat Shippee, the president, announced ' that Rarus having beaten the fastest time ever made in the State, would not trot a third heat. Sweetzer made the first heat in 2: 16; second, with running horse, 2:16; third. nan; mi mien. ' Carmstadt Wamshultz, a painter, a native of Germany, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself to the rafter of a chicken house at his residence on Harrison street, near Sixteenth. He was 54 years of ago. He has been drinking very heavily lately, and is supposed to have been intoxicated at the time of his death. Skeleton Found. The skeleton of a man with a rope around his neck was unearthed on the levee by some workmen at Sacramento yesterday. The man had red hair and very large bones, and was dressed in the uniform of a United States soldier. He is supposed to have lain there 12 years, and is evidently the finale of a sui cide. - Mining; Accident. ; The cage in the shaft of the Guadalupe Mine, near San Jose, fell a distance of 100 feet yesterday. There were nine men on the cage at the time of the accident. Thos. J. Crocker was' instantly killed and the others were fearfully mangled, but it is thought they will recover. Counterfeiter Caught; San Francisco, Dec. 13. U. S. Detective Finhegass arrested John H. McDonald, alias Zeb Rice, for counterfeiting half dollars. All the implements were found in his room. Fisherman's Luck. An Italian fisherman, well nigh exhausted clinging to the mast of a plunger, was picked up this morning at labout half past 3 O cioCK, on X on rout, Dy me steamer Amelia. He reports the drowning of two comrades.' The man saved is Agostino San Quinette, who, with' Emanuel and Stefano Castello, his brothers-in-law, left Lime Point last evening at 11 o'clock in their plunger to cross over to th city. Vi hile opposite the Golden Gate a heavy sea swept over the craft, filling it full of water. The Castello brothers hung on to the boat almost three hours, when they were swept off and drowned. A Lively Shooting; Scrape. At about one o'clock to-day Win. Hayes became involved in a dispute with Jacob Himmelylight in the latter a saloon, no. Washington street, and as he left, Himme lylight followed him, snatched his hat, and defied him to come back after it. Hayes went back after it, vanquished Mr. and Mrs, Himmelylight, and was on the sidewalk again when Himmelylight appeared at the door with a pistol and fired. The ball flat tened against Hayes forehead. - The latter ran into the house where he lived, No. 7, and his assailant fired into a window after him. The landlord, Wm. Miller, returned the fire and hit Himmelylight on the cheek and inner corner of the left eye. The wound will probably prove fatal. A tlaeer Story. . N. C. West, aged 50 years, lately preacher at Gilroy, was arrested in this city to-day. He ran oft" with the wife and five children of John Rupe, a farmer, leaving the old man and two boys, and taking the port able property and money. They have been lodging in different parts of the city. Mrs. Rupe declares West innocent. Hard Votes. . San Francisco, Dec. 11. Officers ot the detective force say the city is rapidly filling np with bard -characters, who come here to spend the Winter. Many are ex-convicts re leased under the provisions of the Goodwin act. , ' . ': Telegraphic Changes. The district superintendents of the Pacific Division of the Western Union lelegraph Co. are in session in this city discussing the general business of the division, and some changes in the methods of business to be in augurated on the 1st of January. Superin tendent Lamb, of Portland, is to be trans-. ferred to tho charge of the San Francisco district, and Dan 1 . Leahy, present mana ger of the Portland office, will succeed Mr. Lamb. Pinney'a Misdoings. In the U." S. circuit court the case of the United States against H. B. Ramsdell is on trial. The case is to recover an amount al leged to be due the government in a coal contract for the mint. It is alleged and shown by the testimony of G. O. Loring. a clerk for Kamsbell, that George M. Pinney, while clerk to the superintendent of the mint, drew and cashed a check for $3,200 for 200 tons of coal at $16 per ton; but that .Finney only called for 7a tons, and on its delivery paid Loring $1,200. Witness as sumed that Pinney kept the balance, $2,000, for his own use. Hung; Himself. ' Sax Diego, Dec. 15. Jose Ramon, an In dian desperado, brought here from Julian the other day for assault with attempt murder, committed suicide this mornirg by hanging himself to the jail door with. small cord. Mining Accident. Bodie, Dec. 15. LawreD-e Sherman wad killed in the Mono mine his afternoon. He was timbering at the bottom of the shaft, when the cage catie down and killed him almost instantly. He belonged to Virginia City. Notable Death; San Francisco, Dec. 16. Lieut. Col. B. S. Alexander, senior officer of the engineer corps of .the U. S. army on this coast, died yesterday in this city, aged 50. Accidental Death. This morning Capt. Gunn, an old resident of Oakland, while engaged in tearing up an old ship lying in San Antonio creek, fell down a hatchway and was instantly killed. Ileaith Measures. At a meeting of the Board of Health to day Mayor Bryant introduced a resolution providing for quarantining all vessels from Chinese ports bringing passengers for a term of 30 days. Laid over under the rules. Rnilroad Accident. Santa Rosa, Dec. 17. A haud car con taining seven persons collided with a flat car on the main track of the Guernville branch of the S. F. & 8. P. R. R., near Laguna, last night, killing John P. Mcliale, a boy of nine years of age. Two young ladies were slightly injured. An Erring; Wire. Martsville, Dec. 17. A young man of genteel presence, aged about 27 years, named Robert B. Lutton, said to have been a druggist in San Francisco, diedt o-day in this city from an overdose of morphia, self administered. He is known to have arrived here a few days ago, and it is said was in search of a deluded wife whom he found in a house' of ill-repute. After repeated ineffect ual efforts to leave and return with him, in fit of despondency he swallowed the fatal draught which caused his death. Tax Collectors. San Francisco, 17. Long Sing and Ah Cum, who keep a pawnbroker's shop on Jackson street, were arrested to-day on a charge of petty larceny. They have been buying up poll tax receipts from Chinamen and selling them again to such celestials as desired them, with a view to avoid the poll tax law. 1 SAN FRANCISCO PBODCCE MARKET: RKTORTKD BT RLKORAPB SPBCIAM.T FOH THIS FAPKR BY i. R. PARISH, COMMERCIAL AOKNT, PORTLAND. OON. Sas Francisco, December IT, 1878. WHEAT Market opened dull and easier owing to foreign advices. California extra choice milling quotable, $1 75. Extra choice shipping, $1 70(n:l 72. Offerings very small. There were not transactions of importance to-day. If a sale is pressed con cessions are asked; if a buyer has to operate full rates are demanded. Future state of the market hinges on the weather. OATS Price lists commences at $1 00 20 for common, with fair to good, $1 25 1 35. Choice to extra choice, $1 40 50. i. :,.'. . r -.Jf. . . v: :. . FLOUR Oregon and Walla Walla firm at $4 875 12. The Too-obliging Man. One morning one of the self -appointed missionaries w as hovering about the Mik street corridor of the Post Omce, and watching for heathens in need of liiui, when he saw a lady approach the regis tered letter office, with a gray money order peeping out of an envelope in her hand.; Swift as Mercury lie flew for ward. " This is not the money order office, ma'am," he said bowing. "No," said she staring blankly at him. "The money order omce is down stairs," he went on. "Indeedj" she answered, turn ing toward the registered window. "Please let me show you the monty order office," he cried, benevolently; " 1 know quite well where it is." "If you wislL," she said, benevolently, and accom panied lam down stairs. She was a stately white haired old lady, and as he noticed the admiring glances cast at her by passers-by, the missionary s heart di lated with enthusiasm. ' lie would have willingly guided her over the whole building, but he consented himself with stopping at the money order office, and saying: "There, ma'am." "Ah,, year' said the lady, putting up her eyeglass. "Money order office, ma'am." "Ah h yes urn very nice," said she. "Won't you please show me the way up stairs againP "Don't you want your order cashed V he asked, in a puzzled way. "Oh, no!" Bhe said; "my husband always does that for me. 1 was going to get a registered letter on -this order display mg a yellow slip), "but you seemed to want to show me this' place; so I came down. It's very nice." The guide dis appeared, and she found her way out herself, but smiled a wicked little smile, and looked happy as she did so. She was the only woman who ever conquered the self-appointed missionary. Many of our prominent street corners are only stare ways, Secretary Sher man oa SilTev The market value of the silver! in the dollar, at the date of the passage cf the act, wag 93 cents in gold coin. Now it is about 86 cent jn gold coin.; If it was intended by Congress to adopt the silver instead of the gold standard, the amount provided for is totally inade quate for the purpose. Experience, not only m this country, but m Jburopean countries, has established that a certain amount of silver coin may be main tained in . circulation at par with gold, though of less intrinsic bullion value. It was, no doubt, the intention of Con gress to provide a coin in silver which would answer a multitude of the pur poses of business life without banishing from circulation the established gold coin of the country. To accomplish this it is indispensable either tluit the silver coin be limited in. amount, or that its bullion value be eqoal to that of the gold dollar. , If not, its use will be lim ited to domestic purposes. It cannot be exported except at iti commercial value as bull'on. If issued in excess of de mands for domestic purposes it will ne- .i ... t i. i ; : n.ii cessamy lail in marsei : vaiue. voiu will be either hoarded or exported. When two currencies, both legal, are au thorized without limit, the cheaper alone will circulate. If, however, the issue of the sih er dollar is limited to an amount demanded for circulation, there will be no depreciation, and their convenient use will keep them at par with gold, as fractional silver coin, issued under the act approved Feb. 21. 1853, was kept at par with gold. The amount of such com that can thus be maintained at par with gold can not be fairly tested until resumption is accomplished. As yet paper money has been depreciated, and silver dollars, being receivable for customs dues, have naturally notWtered into general circu lation, but havV returned to the teasury in payment of such dues, and thus the only efi'ect of the attempt of the depart ment to circulate them has been to , di minish the gold revenue. After re sumption these coins will circulate in considerable sums for small payments. To the extent that such demand wiil give employment to silver dollars their use will be an aid to resumption rather than a hindrance, but if issued in excess of such demand they will at once tend to displace gold and become the sole standard, and gradually, as they increase in number, will fall in their valua as bullion. ' Even the fear or suspicion of such, an excess tends to banish gold, and, if well established, will cause a continuous drain of gold until impera tive necessity will compel resumption of silver alone. The serious effects of such a radical change in our. standards of value cannot be exaggerated; and its possibility will greatly disturb confidence in resumption, and may make necessary larger reserves and further sales of ! bonds. . i The Secretary, therefore, earnestly in vokes the attention of congress to this j subject, with a view that either during j the present or next session the amount of silver dollars to be. issued be limited, or their ratio to gold for coining pur poses be changed. Gold and silver have varied m value from time to time in the history of na tions, and laws have" been passed to meet this changing value. In our country by the act of April 2, 1792, the ratio be tween them was fixed at one of gold to ff teen of silver. By the act of June 28, 1834, the ratio was changed to one of gold to sixteen of silver. For more than a century the market value of the ; two metals varied between these two ra tios, mainly resting at that fixed by the Latin nations, of one to fifteen and a half. : - ;" But we cannot overlook the fact that within a few years, from causes fre quently discussed in Congress, a great change has occurred m the relative value of the two metals. It would seem to be expedient to recognize this controlling fact one that no nation alone can change by a careful readjustment of the ratio for coinage ot one to sixteen, so as to conform to the . relative market values of the two metals. The ratios heretofore fixed were always made with that view, and when made, did conform as near as might lie. Now, that produc tion and use of the two metals have greatly changed in relative value, corres ponding change must be made in the outage ratio, mere is no peculiar force or sanction in the present ratio that should make ns hesitate to adopt another, when in the markets of the world, it is proven that such a ratio is not now the true one. The addition of one-tenth or one-eighth to the thickness of the silver dollar would . scarcely be perceived as an inconvenience by the holder, but would inspire confidence, and add gieatly to its circulation. As prices are now based on United States notes at par with gold, no disturbance of values would result from the change. . i . , It is respectfully submitted that the United States, already so largely inter ested in trade with all parts of the world, and becoming, by its population, wealth, commerce, and productions, a leading member of the family of na tions, Bhould not adopt a standard of less intrinsic value than other commer cial nations. Alike interested in silver nd gold, as the great producing country of both, it should, coin them at such a ratio and on such condition as' will se cure the largest nse and circulation of both metals without dislocating either. GqJd must necessarily be the standard of value in great transactions, from its greater relative value, but it is not capa ble of the division required for small transactions; while silver isindispensble for a multitude of daily wants, it is too bulky for use in the larger transactions of business, and the cost of its trans , portation for long distance would greatly i increase the present rates of exchange. It would, therefore, seem to be the best policy for the present to limit the aggre gate issue of silver dollars, based on the ratio of sixteen to one, to such sums as can clearly be maintained at par with gold, when that ratio should be adopted, and our coins made to conform to it; and the secretary respectfully recom mends that he be authorized to discon tinue the coinage of the silver dollar when the amount outstanding shall ex ceed $50,000,000. KATI0NAL BASKS. This system of banks, though of recent growth and adopted as an experiment amid the necessities developed by the civil war, has, under wise management, become the most important business agency in the country. Though still under trial and subject at all, times to the discretion of Congress to discontinue and limit its existence and operations, it may be fairly claimed, as already established by experiment, that the system possesses certain advantages' over any heretofoie existing m the country, and possibly only with a national system ; ; 1. The security cf the 'bill-holder from loss through the failure of the bank. " ' , - 2. The rapidity and certainty of the detection and prevention of counterfeit ing, from the fact that the notes are en graved, printed and redeemed at the treasury department. 3. The frequent and careful examina tion of the banks, and the publication of the detailed statements of their condi tion.' 4. Uniformity-and free t Sculation of the.notes throughout the United States, without respect - to the place of their issue. : 1 5. The admirable provisions by which failing banks are placed in liquidation, and their assets cheaply and promptly applied to the payment ot creditors. ihese and other advantages derived to the public from a national system of banks over a State system seem to to.be fully demonstrated, and, though irksome and apparently hard to the banks, are a benefit and security to the stockholders and a safeguard to the public. lbe only franchise conferred by this system that cannot be freely enjoyed by private bankers under State law is the power to issue circulating notes. This, it is conceded, is a franchise conferred by the government, but it is, not in the nature of a monopoly. It may be exer cised by any five persons who havoj the means and will comply with the provis ions of the law. Whether the power to issue circulat ing notes should be granted to private corporations or be exercised only by the government is purely a question of pub lic policy and public interest. In be half of a circulation issued by the gov ernment, it ia claimed that the interest is saved to the public on the full amount of the notes issued. To this it is re plied that the issue of such notes neces sarily involves their redemption in coin, and this can be secured only by coin re serves and the ordinary machinery of ' banks. It the banks issue notes they . expect to derive profit from thein. loan, but this profit is diminished by the bur den of redemption, by the large taxes imposed upon the franchise, and by he risk always incident to the issue of cir- Milnt.incr nnfos : TIipra 9n wnsirlr-rfttiona ,. which will no doubt enter into the ques tion of the permanency of the national banking system; but as the banks of this system are each, organized under the law for twenty years, and none of them expire until June, 1883, it is respect fully submitted that it is good policy to continue the experiment until that date, when the public mind will be better prepared to consider the questions in volved. The Duke of Counaught. I heard a story the other night which roe? a long way to explain the Duke of Connaught'8 popularity in the army. One of the. Prince s fellow officers was about to leave his regiment , Calling to bid him farewell, His Eoyal Highness was induced to promise him his carte It was to arrive on the night before the officer took his leave, but it did not come. Early next morning the officer was riding out of barracks, when, just as he reached the gates, ; he heard his name shouted by a breathless runner. Turning round he saw Prince Arthur, flushed and panting, rushing along at full speed, and Tiolding up, in explana tion of his unprincely haste, the prom ised photograph. Something had hap pened to prevent its presentation on the nighty and the Prince had turned out early in order that with his own lips he might make apology for the apparent breach of promise. . Very few men, I imagine, would have taken that trouble about a portrait which could be sent by post, and I doubt if there is another prince oi our own or any other reigning family who would have done so. No body except a prince couid have done it without appearing fussy and, undigni fied. But his tlioughtfulness and del icacy made his comrade-in-arms all the prouder. It ia no wonder that he ia spoken of not only kindly but enthu siastically. London Correspondent ; An honest Hibernian, trundinrr hand cart containing all hia movables. was accosxea oy a inena, wiui: "Well, Patrick, you are moving again, I see, "Faith lam," replied he. "The time are so hard it's a dale, cheaper hiring hand carts than paying rinta." At one of the stations in Paris an old lady is taking a nap as the ticket offico is opened. A traveler seeing her asleep approaches heft "Madame, the train ig about to leave." "Oh, that ia all the same to me." "Why I" "I am not go ing. I come here every evening after my uituier wseeme laces people make who miss the train.'' Aaausement is a matter of taste.