| Coos history home Herald 1883 1884-June-on | 1884-Dec 1885 1886--9 1890 1891-3 to newspaper menu Historical Newspapers OREGON YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PUBLISH (or show publicly) THIS FULL DOCUMENT. For permission to copy excerpts. click here. compilation copyright (c) 2008 by Marilee Miller COQUILLE CITY HERALD Coquille, OR. [compiled May 2008. not keyworded yet] November 11 – 25, 1884 November 11 Nv100-109 open Nv110 CCH November 11, 1884 Coquille Commercial College, Coquille City, Coos Co, Oregon, will reopen Dec. 1st, 1884. Students wishing to take a complete business course, can avail themselves of the privilege without incurring the enormous expense and inconvenience of going far from home. A Primary Department Will be conducted with this institute, and instruction will be given to pupils of any age and grade. Among the branches which constitute a scientific course are, orthography, reading, elocution, plain and Ornamental Penmanship, Business and social letter-writing, composition, grammar, political, physical and commercial geography, arithmetic, book-keeping [sic], commercial science, algebra, physiology, health, and the rudiments of music – vocal and instrumental, etc. Tuition, the same as under our old system. Primary (per term)…. $5.00 Secondary (“) … $7.00 Clark Miller, Principal. [+ text.] Nv110 CCH November 11, 1884 An Exchange gives the following as a sure remedy for noxious bees and wasps. Put two tablespoonfuls [sic] of commercial cyanide of potassium into their holes in the daytime; the wasps will enter the holes to the nests, never to return. In 24 hours all will be dead. Caution should be used, as the drug is poison. + Nv110 CCH November 11, 1884 Possibilities of the Heart. [head; centered, bold, smaller than text; narrowish-medium margins.] ____ A London noted physician says he was recently able to convey a considerable amount of conviction to an intelligent scholar by simple experiment. The scholar was singing the praises of the ruddy bumper [sic] and saying he could not get through the day without it, when Dr. Richardson said to him: “Will you be good enough to feel my pulse as I stand here?” He did so. I said: “Count it carefully; what does it say?” “Your pulse says seventy-four.” He then sat down in a chair and asked him to count it again. He did so, and said; [sic] “Your pulse has gone down to seventy.” I then lay down on the lounge, and said: “Will you take it again?” He replied, “Why it is only sixty-four; what an extraordinary [sic] thing!” I then said: “When you lie down at night, this is the way nature gives your heart rest. You know nothing about it, but that beating organ rests to that extent; and if you reckon it up it is a great deal of rest, because in lying down the beat is doing ten strokes less a minute. Multiply that by 60 and it is 600; multiply it by eight hours, and within a fraction it is 5000 strokes different; and as the heart is throwing six ounces of blood at every stroke, it makes difference [sic] of 30,000 ounces of lifting during the night. “When I lie down at night without any alcohol, that is the rest my heart gets. But when you take your wine or grog you do not allow that rest, for the influence of alcohol is to increase the number of strokes, and instead of getting this rest you put on something like 15,000 extra strokes and the result is you rise up very seedy and unfit [sic] for the next day’s work till you have taken a little more of the ‘ruddy bumper,’ which you say is the soul of man below.” --Medical Exchange. = Nv111 CCH November 11, 1884 THE GREED OF PARTIZANSHIP. [sic] [head, centered, spans the column; smaller than text.] _________ The election now past seems as if it engendered more bitterness and partizan idolatry than anything that we have seen since the close of the war when Grant carried the convention which nominated him by acclamation. There can be no necessity for so much bitterness – no reason whatever for an individual to allow his brains to run riot on an illogical plane of enthusiastic insanity. Patriots are not made from the debasing elements of bigotry, superstition or the enthusiasm engendered by a blind adherence to party. Ridicule is the great enemy of enthusiasm, and the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success. Whenever we observe a person so lost to all forms of discretion, common sense and prudence – wishing that he may die and be buried, or that the country will be totally ruined if his party is not successful, and while giving away as much of the argument as admits that, there must be two parties, but it is indispensable that his party not only win now, but always, or at least while he exists, then set him down as an unmitigated ass, and while it may appear uncharitable to say so, the sooner he dies, the sooner we charitably hope his insatiable soul will find that peace which passeth all understanding. The great industry on this coast is the manufacture of lumber, and in addition, we must consider the farmer and stock-raisers. The de- [sic] decline in prices owing to overproduction by the numerous saw mills has had a depressing effect on those industries. Now, we would be overjoyed in knowing that the success of any candidate would create a greater demand for lumber; that the mills now closed would resume work and give employment to the thousands of idlers in the state of Oregon and in Washington Territory. We would rejoice in seeing the farmers receive a better price for their cattle, and a good market for their garden truck. Some believe, aye, [sic] even assert that such things follow the success of their ticket. Being but the most sheer folly, and the meandering of diseased brains, no argument is necessary to prove the utter madness of such theories. Governments or parties must no more be credited with the increase of population and consequent increase of wealth, nor the prosperity of the people considered as a unit, than can be credited with the inevitable increase, consequent thereto, in disease and death. The position is untenable and unworthy of serious thought. Opposition is the great essential to our success as a people. Hear what a master in political ethics has to say on this subject: “Opposition when restrained within due bounds, is the salubrious gale that ventilates the opinions of the people, which might otherwise stagnate into the most abject submission. It may be said to purify the atmosphere of politics; to dispel the gross vapors raised by the influence of partizan artifice and corruption, until the constitution, like a mighty rock, stands fully disclosed to the view of every individual who dwells beneath the shade of its protection. The opposition necessary in a free state is not at all incompatible with that national concord, which ought to unite the people on all emergencies in which the general safety is at stake. It is the jealousy of patriotism, not the rancor of party; the warmth of candor, not the virulence of hate; a transient dispute among friends, not an implacable feud that admits of no reconciliation. The history of all ages teem [sic] with the fatal effects of internal discord; and were history and tradition annihilated, common sense would plainly point out the mischief that must arise from want of harmony and national union.” These are wise words from which we may deduce the following facts: No display of delirious venom, no intense rancor can pervade the bosom of the true patriot; and he who displays in his character the possession of such virulent qualities is an object to be shunned as we would the snake who injects his loathsome poison into all with whom he comes in contact. Truly, it may be said that he is a more dangerous enemy than the snake, because, being the domestic enemy, we don’t know where to crush him. We have said it before, and repeat it now, that governments are organized for the protection of persons and property, and there it [sic] ends. We will add the words of one better qualified and more learned in political economy than ourselves. “There is no need among an intelligent population to set up a governmental guardianship to control and direct the energies of the people. Such interference must result in a disturbance of supply and demand, in over-production and starvation prices at once time and shortages at another. Enforced idleness and paralyzed [sic] energies are manifested in every quarter of the country where government bounties have influenced the labor and capital of the people.” Such being the position now presented to our view. Would it not be well to give it a careful consideration, and reflect upon the necessity of united action to obtain some reform that will redound to the benefit of the whole people, and not altogether to a limited, selfish and aggressive portion of it? It may be beyond the power of the ultra partizan to assist in such a movement, but what does he amount to? A mere voting machine with ulterior end in view that will benefit himself or anything else. Being mentally blind – afflicted with that kind of strabisms [?; illegible] which enables him to ignore the vulnerable points in the armor of his party – totally oblivious to any and all of its corrupt practices, he affirms nothing but that which leads, finally, to national decay. It would be highly ludicrous to even think that the continued elevation, for an indefinite period, of any party to power would not lead to extravagant neglect and corruption. We say that the office-holders are the servants of the people. What an easy thing it is to deceive ourselves. Shakespear [sic], we believe, was something of a politician. He says: “Get thee glass eyes, and like a wiry [sic] politician seem to see the things thou dost not.” That is the case with us precisely. We obscure our mental vision, and call them servants; we remove the mask and behold our masters. Who ever heard tell of the servant giving away the property of their employer? We ask our servants to look at the condition of the laboring element throughout the country, and our servants in congress appoint a committee, and what did that committee do? Nothing. We asked for bread and they gave us a stone. Something may be, in fact, must be done [sic] to remedy existing evils, or the inevitable result will be agitation and violence. Let it come, as, sooner or later it must, if there is to be no reform by legislative enactment. We would rather see it in our day and assist in its denouement than to bequeath it and the additional evils that it accumulates to posterity. Whichever one of the eminent gentlemen nominated [sic], may be elected president, we hope that something will be done looking to the amelioration of the laboring element. We say, eminent men, because the fact of their nomination leads to that conclusion; but we assert something more, and that is that no partizan venom or delirious hate engendered by mental imbecility can detract one iota from the well-earned reputation substantiated by the nomination of each to lead and represent great interests and select bodies of their fellow citizens. + = Nv112 CCH November 11, 1884 GENERAL NEWS. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text, medium margins.] ____ The boys employed in a number of glass factories in Pittsburg are on a strike for an advance of 5 to 10 cents per day in their wages. … The engagement of President Arthur and Miss Tillie Frelinghuysen [sic], daughter of the Secretary, is announced. The marriage will take place in January. … H. B. Snott & Co., barbed wire manufacturers, Pittsburg, Pa., have notified their 890 employees that wages will be reduced 10 per cent, to take effect immediately. Reductions will be accepted. The postmaster-general and the Mexican minister at Washington last week concluded the postal convention providing for exchange of mail matter between the United States and Mexico at domestic rates of postage. The comet recently discovered by Professor Wolf, of Heidelberg, and Professor Copeland, of England, is now visible to the naked eye at Alexandria. It appears as a nebulous body, condensed at center and devoid of a tail. The manufacturers of Quincy, Ill., held a meeting last week and notified the molders in all the shops that unless work is resumed in Bennett & Nancy’s foundry, all the men will be discharged and a general lock-out will take place. On November 1st, the wages in the woolen factory at Oregon City will be reduced from 6 to 10 per cent. More than half the employees are Chinamen. The wages paid to the white girls are said to be poor enough now. Wages or no wages, the picture presented of white girls working with Chinamen is a sad one. … + Nv112 CCH November 11, 1884 The secretary of the navy has issued a general order for the establishment of a college for an advanced course of professional study for naval officers, to be known as the Naval War College. It will be under the general supervision of the Bureau of Navigation. The principal building on Coasters’ Harbor Island, R. I., will be assigned to its use. + = Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 PAY THE PRINTER. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] By LE GARCON. [centered; very small type; wide margins.] ________ There’s no fuel in the wood shed [sic]; No corn within the bin, sir; An empty purse – thoughts in my head That fill my soul with sin, sir. Stern creditors do now pursue; And some who read the news, sir— The best I have they misconstrue, And do not pay their dues, sir. All debts of honor should be paid; Who makes a bond must keep it; There’s honor in an honest trade, Who pays his debts will reap it. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 Skukum Joe is in town. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 Mt. J. F. Fuller, of Bandon, called on us yesterday. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 Glen Cox, of this place, is laid up with a sore throat. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 The weather looks favorable so far for a mild winter. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 Rev. W. Lund preached here on Thursday evening last. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 Amos Nosler has commenced selling goods in his new store. + Nv113 CCH November 11, 1884 A good cook is wanted at the Olive hotel. A woman preferred. [sic] + = Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Judge Dyer and Capt. Harris came over from the bay yesterday. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Mr. Jesse Belieu, of Enchanted prairie, called on us this morning. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Whooping cough is prevalent at Enchanted prairie and Parkersburg. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Coquille City and Coaledo stage will only make one trip a day hereafter. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 The weather seems to fluctuate between sunlight and shadow – wet and dry. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 This county, from the best we can learn, gave Blaine about 120 majority. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Hiram Thurston and Willie Dean have completed a well for W. H. Carothers. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Uncle Ben Stephens, of Jackson county, spent several days in this place last week. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 M cEwan, Pioneer Hardware man, wants everybody to call and price his goods. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 See McEwan’s mammoth ad on second page of to-day’s paper. He means business. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Judge J. H. Nosler and Mr. A. H. Fish returned from Marshfield on Friday evening. \+ Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Mr. Nelson Smith, of the upper river, has been in town several days with a sore hand. Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 A, J. Radabaugh, of Norway, is the mail carrier between Port Orford and Ellensburg. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 James Aiken came down from Myrtle Point and continued on his course down the river. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Mr. Tennisson [sic] tells us that he gathered a fine lot of blackberries at his place, on the 6th inst. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 Daniel Grow accidentally shot himself in the left thigh, while handling a pistol at Coaledo. + Nv114 CCH November 11, 1884 J. McNaughton came in from the bay with Zumwalt on Saturday evening. More evidence of mud. + = Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Eld. [sic] J. P. Easter preached here Sunday at 11 o’clock, and delivered a temperance lecture in the evening. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Perry Levar [sic] has returned to his home in Marshfield. He has been visiting friends and relations in the eastern states. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Joe Davis’ baby is very low with whooping cough. From this it appears that Catching creek is troubled with that disease. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Messrs. H. P. Whitney, George Flanagan and Mr. Carriger [sic] came over from Marshfield on Thursday last, and proceeded up the river. Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Carl H. Volkmar, Esq., called on us last Saturday. His horse bore evidence to [sic] the muddy condition of the road between this place and Myrtle Point. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Chris Danielson bought the rigging of the wrecked schooner, City of Napa. He intends using it in rigging the new vessel at Grube’s mill. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 A large ruta-bega [sic] turnip can be seen in the window of Dr. S. L. Leneve’s drug store. It weighs thirty-four and one half [sic] pounds, and was raised by William Williams on the farm of Steve Steward [sic]. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 Complaint has been made to us of the neglect in delivering papers to subscribers, in some of the post offices on this river. This is a very unfair business, and on further complaint we will designate the offender. + Nv115 CCH November 11, 1884 THE NONPAREIL. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium-wide margins.] [By LE GARCON.] [centered; very small type; brackets are sic] ____ Of all the friendships, there is one, ‘Tis firm and ne’er recedes; It is a flower that stands alone And blooms amidst the weeds. When fortune smiles, the clouds are clear, And friends, so called, will please; But, in the storm, they disappear Like vultures, with the breeze. [space] Seek where you may, there’s naught so dear, Where all the virtues blend; As that sparkling gem, the heart sincere, The true wife to the end. [space] I’ve felt the sad effect, ‘tis true— The bitter aloe’s taste. The gall that comes to not a few— Of marrying in haste. Exceptions, though they are not rare, Do not affect my view In this, that nothing will compare With woman, pure and true. [space] And still I say there’s naught so dear, Where all the virtues blend; As that sparkling gem, the heart sincere, The true wife to the end. + = Nv116 CCH November 11, 1884 Mr. A. H. Fish, of Enchanted prairie, called on us Wednesday evening. He was taking the election returns to “Empire from his precinct, which gave Blaine 5 and Cleveland 20. + Nv116 CCH November 11, 1884 Having received a full supply of material and ink of various colors, cards, paper, &c., [sic] we are now prepared to do job work in first class style. Call and examine for yourselves. We have filled a number of orders during the past three weeks and all whom we have supplied express themselves as being perfectly satisfied with the work. + Nv116 CCH November 11, 1884 Miss Kittie Cox, of this place, has our thanks for a basket of green peas. They were splendid with some young potatoes we had grown this fall. What other part of the country can boast of green beans, peas and new potatoes this late in November. [sic] Tomatoes and other very tender plants are growing nicely, and possibly we may have them till Christmas. + Nv116 CCH November 11, 1884 Anxious and expectant faces are now the order of the day and until a late hour of the night. Oh! the anguish and torture of suspense, awaiting the returns during election periods is as rasping to the feelings as the braying of the hooligag [sic] in the meadow of anticipation. Being a sufferer from neuralgia, and a spectator of the spasmodic contortions of the telegraphic news, we imagine that it is equal to the jaw-ache in exciting nervous action. We have been in trouble for the last three weeks with neuralgia; consequently, unable to appreciate the clatter of the church bell which was going ding dong until late on Thursday night last, in honor, we suppose, of some glad tidings. What the tidings were, we have not asked, up to the time of writing, and what is more to the point, we do not care. People will enjoy themselves in diverse ways, and we wish to be understood plainly in saying that we do not offer the slightest objection, but, we fail in seeing anything appropriate in church music as an accompaniment to the turbulent action of a political campaign. + Nv116 CCH November 11, 1884 Question: Does not spiritualism agree with the bible? Answer. Answer [sic]: Yes, if you say so. But you have not stated which side you are on, therefore, we are left in a dilemma. Now, if you take the position that it does not agree with the bible, and appeal to us for an opinion, we are ready to acquiesce in your decision. Either way will suit us, as we would rather agree with you than to fight over the matter. It is better to believe in a number of things than it is to torture our minds with doubt, and it possesses another virtue – we can avoid a great deal of unprofitable controversy. When the politician approached a merry darkey [sic], he asked: “What party do you belong to?” The darkey answered thus: “I belongs to the laughin [sic; no apostrophe] party, cos dat eases the conscience, aids digeshun [sic] and laxitudes the muzzle ob da face.” [sic] There is wisdom in that answer, and a smooth way of getting out of a difficulty. In the present instance, we belong to the laughing party. + [ M. this sounds as if it might be another paragraph in the item above it; there were a number of items in a row, perhaps all by Starkey, but they appeared to be separate items.] = Nv117 CCH November 11, 1884 THE NEW COASTING STEAMER. [headline, centered, bold, smaller than text; spans the margins.] _________ A steamer of light draught is to be built on Coos bay, the object being to have a vessel that can pass over the shoal bars of many harbors on this coast. With such a vessel there will be little or no detention, if we except the time during heavy gales. This will be a great advantage to those who have suffered from delay in getting their freight to market, and it will possess a double advantage to settlers on the Coquille in having the Coos Bay market open to them by a route both direct and rapid. Coos bay imports, annually, thousands of dollars’ worth of the products of California, that can as well be supplied from the farms on this river. There is no occasion for all this money to go out of the county. With direct communication there will spring up a demand for numerous articles that we can produce in abundance, but which we have hitherto had no market that would afford a stimulant to production. Among the importations [sic] from California that may be mentioned, are hay, onions, butter, eggs, cabbage, potatoes, flour and other products of the garden; most all of these can be furnished here, although we are not at present aware whether we can furnish all the flour that is needed for consumption. A demand might be created for some of our finest timber – maple, myrtle, ash, etc., and where sales could be effected, this would be the quickest method of obtaining returns. Coos bay is progressing rapidly – her population is increasing, and we may as well profit by a share in the results. If we make the effort and secure a portion if not all of the bay trade, it will stimulate our people, as there will be considerations of mutual benefit. A home market of easy success will be an advantage to both the Coquille River and Coos bay. Opinions will differ in regard to all reforms, revolutions and improvement, and we would like to hear from some of our contributors who may be interested in the matter. We believe the question to be one of quick sales and small profits, or one where, while the sale may have been effected, the delay in getting it to market has robbed the production of all the profit. This will not interfere with schooners at present engaged here for the lumber trade, unless it be in the article of wool, and in that it cannot be expected that the shipper will favor a long delay in getting to a market, if he can get there as cheap and with greater dispatch. We understand from information received that the frieght [sic] from the Coquille to Coos bay will be $2, and from there to California, it will be $4. While we believe that the new steamer will be a great benefit to this section, we feel confident that she will open up a new market for the products of the way ports with which she will connect. We await any expressions of opinion that will throw more light on this subject, and will, gladly, [sic] give publicity thereto. + = Nv118 CCH November 11, 1884 Coos County Returns. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] ________ The vote in this precinct on Thursday last stood, for Cleveland, 72; Blaine, 65; St. John, 13; Butler, 4. Marshfield – Blaine, 239; Cleveland, 123; Butler, 13. Coos River – Blaine 78; Cleveland, 10. North Coos River – Blaine, 24; Cleveland, 15. Empire City – Blaine, 185; Cleveland, 148. Sumner – Blaine, 24; Cleveland, 11. Norway – Cleveland 32; Blaine, 18; Butler, 11. Myrtle Point – Blaine, 77; Cleveland, 73. Bandon -- Cleveland, 38; Blaine 18. Enchanted prairie – Cleveland, 20; Blaine, 5. Randolph precinct gave 15 majority for Cleveland. We are unable to give the result of the election in this state, but is increased Republican [sic]. + Nv118 CCH November 11, 1884 The Latest Election Reports. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; narrowish-medium margins.] ____ News reached here yesterday morning that Cleveland and Hendricks had carried New York by upwards of 1300, which without doubt, if true, insures their election. For several days the news has been favorable to the democrats, and that of yesterday morning and last night corroborates it. While too much reliance should not be place in these telegraphic reports, it is about time some reliable news should come. According to the Associated Press dispatches, the Republicans concede Cleveland’s election. A telegram from Jay Gould congratulating Cleveland on his election came over the wires last week, since which time the reports have been to verify this Democratic comfort [sic]. + = Nv119 CCH November 11, 1884 Political Barometer. [ head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] ____ Thursday 6th – ‘Rah for Blaine. Music by the church-fiend [sic]. + Friday 7th – ‘Rah for Cleveland. Atmosphere cloudy and uncertain. Clevelanders quiet, conclude to await further developments and adopt the tactics of the bivouac. Saturday 8th – Flattering dispatch from Ramsdell – New York and Indiana for Blaine. Fresh but faint efforts for another ‘rah. Sunday 9th – Letter from Hermann to Myrtle Point, tortured out of every conceivable shape. The ‘rahs faint and indistinct. Charles Olive intends, in a certain contingency, to decorate his Blaine hat with crape. + Nv119 CCH November 11, 1884 BORN. At Stewards [sic] ranch, Coquille river, Nov. 7, to the wife of William Williams, a daughter. Near Coquille City, Nov. 8th, to the wife of Bush Roy [sic], a daughter. [+ text] Nv119 CCH November 11, 1884 MARRIED. At the residence of Rueben [sic] Jefferson, south fork of the Coquille, on Oct. 29th, by C. H. Volkmar, J. P., Mr. E. B. Robinson, to Miss Mary E. Beach. [+ text] Nv119 CCH November 11, 1884 I F Y O U O W E F O R Y O U R P A P E R P A Y U P. [M. 2008. letters form a true diamond. I at top lines up vertically with P at bottom.] [M. If you owe for your paper pay up ] Nv120-22 open November 18 Nv123 CCH November 18, 1884 FOOTPRINTS. [head; centered, bold, abt size of text, but different font; wide margins.] _______ We walk upon the shores of time And watch the billows play. The tide comes in, the tide goes out, And life has lost a day. [half-space] And yet we sport upon the sand Like children in their glee, While tumbling waves our footprints hide For all eternity. [half-space] Can we afford through life to go And leave no mark behind, No product of the heart or hands, No creature of the mind? [half]space] Each life should be a written book, Which all may come and read; A story of a noble aim, Of thought and act and deed. A. J. Mck. [+] Nv123 CCH November 18, 1884 Fairs as Education. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium-wide margins.] ____ Farmers have not as cordially devoted themselves to the success of annual fairs as the importance demands. The local animal fair is the farmer’s home school; and should teach a valuable, practical lesson. The fair should be expected to bring together the best evidence of the advancement of agriculture in the district. If the farmers in the district, represented by the annual fair, entered into it as a matter of personal interest, coming whenever an opportunity offered, offering prizes in all those departments most requiring improvement, stimulating a lively rivalry, such enthusiasm would produce most unexpected progress and soon give the fair a wide reputation. The fair is capable of being organized into a most instructive school in any or all departments of agriculture. Let us suppose that cattle feeding for beef is an important industry in the district. Now this business, by some, is supposed to be well understood by farmers, and they are hardly aware that anything remains to be learned about it; but when you meet one who holds that opinion, just ask him what it costs, accurately, to raise a thrifty steer the first twelve months. He can do nothing more than give a guess at it. As he does not know the cost of the steer, he does not know whether it is kept at a profit or loss; this is the precise state of agricultural knowledge upon this matter. But a proper management of the fair will soon produce accurate knowledge on this question. Let $40 be offered for the best two-year-old, and $20 for the best yearling, and half the amount to the second best, with a full account of all the food given in separate periods of six months, making it easy to determine the real cost of the animal; this will not only render it easy to figure the cost of the of the animal at one and two years old, but it will show another important fact, the cost of keeping at different ages. This point would be of the greatest consequence to the old-fashioned farmers, who have been wont to consider beef under three to four years old as of very inferior value, and who have never discovered that their steers do not pay their keeping in gain after they are two years old. This test in actual feeding will show them that the younger the animal the less it costs to put on a hundred pounds of live weight -- that it takes less food the first six months than second, less the second than the third, and less the third than the fourth six months, and so on; and when this law is thoroughly understood, the beef-producer will govern himself accordingly. The fair is the practical school to teach such principles. Every prize offered should be for the illustration of some important point in agricultural practice; and as the feeding of live stock [sic] absorbs more of the capital and time of the farmer than any other specialty, so it should occupy a very prominent position at all our local fairs, and the prizes should be given to illustrate in a practical way all the live-stock [sic] specialties. All breeds of cattle should be encouraged alike, for each breed has special qualifications, adapting it to certain localities. All matters in farm practice should be illustrated at our fairs, and every farmer should regard it as his duty to assist in building up these local fairs. –Live-Stock [sic] Journal. + = Nv124 CCH November 18, 1884 When to Dig Potatoes. [head. Centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] _______ The serious potato rot commenced about the year 1843 and for a time it was difficult to supply our families and save our seed. The vines were killed previous to becoming ripe, but I found the potatoes did not rot until the ground became wet, and I resolved to dig my potatoes as soon as the vines were dead. In the spring of 1847 I planted about one acre to Canada Red, a late variety; planted early on rich gravel land, and about the 20th of August the vines died, and the last week in August I dug them. The weather was hot, the ground dry and the potatoes so green that the skin would rub off in handling. I dug in the forenoon and carted them to the cellar in the afternoon, running into a window [sic] and filling a bin four feet wide and five feet high. There were about 150 bushels altogether and no ventilation in the cellar, except the windows, and these potatoes kept perfectly sound, while another lot planted the same week and dug in November was half rotten, or more. I have followed this rule – to dig potatoes as soon as convenient after the vines die. This season my potatoes were all in cellar in August. In cultivating potatoes my rule has been to plant shallow, cutting all as soon as they are up, covering the young plants nearly up. I believe in mulching with coarse manure soon after cultivating, and have had very god crops by shallow plowing; soil, sandy loam. Drag the ground and drop the potatoes, and cover the ground with dry straw six inches or more, without any cultivation during the summer. Flat culture has proved best with me. –Country Gentleman. + = Nv126 CCH November 18. 1884 GENERAL NEWS. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] ____ The work of setting stone on the Washington monument was resumed last week. Heavy winds and snows are reported from Lakes Huron and Michigan ports. General Fitz John Porter has been appointed Police Commissioner of New York. To a New “York reported Capt. Pim, of the English navy, said that the Panama canal is a failure. The ladies of Washington Territory, generally, voted for Voorhees, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress. [M. could women in WT vote that early?] … Hon. Hugh McCullough has been appointed by the President to succeed Walter Q. Gresham as Secretary of the Treasury. It is said in New York that the Union Pacific is more likely to get the Oregon Railway and Navigation lines than the Northern Pacific. A Pekin dispatch says the French commander telegraphs to Paris that to march to Pekin will require 40,000 men, 8,000 horses, and 120 field guns. … The ship Gilbert C. Ropes [sic] was launched at Bath, Maine, last week. She cost $125,000, and is the largest vessel ever launched at Bath. She is intended for the California trade. Billy Henderson, a N. P. R. R. engineer, while taking his train over Hangman gulch, was shot at three times by would be robbers. [sic] The engineer dodged each shot and passed on. J. B. Johnson, District Master Workman of District Assembly No. 53, Knights of Labor, San Francisco, has been deposed by the executive officers of the order at Philadelphia, for seeking to use his position for political purposes. ,,, Chinese mobs have been committing fearful outrages on women, and murdering Christians, regardless of age or sex, and destroying their places of worship, at Canton and other interior ports. That is reciprocity, from the standard of the Chinese brute. The remedy or at least, all that is applied, is the planks in platforms, and the sweet-scented promises of candidates. The capitalists must have the Chinaman, no matter how villainously these Chinese retort [sic] on those who grand them so many privileges. If this thing is to continue much longer, they will be hoisted with their own petard. There is a point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue – “where they cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war.” + Nv126 CCH November 18. 1884 Church Directory. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; wide margins] ____ Methodist services, by Rev. H. B. Swafford, are held as follows: 1st Sabbath at North Fork 11 A. M. 2nd “ “ Lampey Creek “ “ 3d “ “ Fish Trap [sic] “ “ 4th “ “ Coquille City “ “ [+text] = Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Mr. A. Machado, of Randolph was in town Sunday. + Nv127 /CCH November 18. 1884 Master Walter Colvin has our thanks for some splendid cider. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Mr. W. L. Record, the tombstone man, is on the river soliciting orders. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 W. H. Carothers’ new house looms up as another addition to this progressive town. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 A rush of job work at this office. The people appreciate home work, artistically accomplished. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Travelers from the river to Coos bay, will remember that the stage makes but one trip daily. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 H. P. Haskell, Esq. paid us a visit on the 13th. He is looking up our resources – coal, etc. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Lars Samuelson, of Angora, was in town, purchasing tools with which to improve his place. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Judge Dyer is around and looks hearty, considering his increasing responsibility as a grandfather. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 An article on intemperance, by H. M. T., was received too late for this issue. It will be inserted next week. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Every one of a flock of geese that attempted to fly over this town, last Sunday morning, were killed by our citizens. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Thursday, the 27th inst., is designated by President Arthur as a day of general thanksgiving throughout the United States. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 All persons knowing themselves indebted to Dean & Huntington are requested to call and settle up. We need our money, gentlemen, and must have it. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 “Baby, cash and low prices,” is a plaintive wail which could be distinctly heard in the vicinity of the “Pioneer Hardware man’s” store on Friday morning. + Nv127 CCH November 18. 1884 Remember it takes cash to buy boots and shoes at Dean & Huntington’s boot and shoe store. No goods will be allowed to leave the store unless paid for. + = Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 A couple of Californians arrived here last week, and having found suitable claims on the upper north fork [sic], left with their families for their new homes the last of the week. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 We have been requested to call attention to the ball and celebration in honor of the election of Cleveland and Hendricks, at the Odd Fellows Hall, Thursday night. We anticipate a lively time. The anvil chorus will be performed as usual. + [M. 2008. Since it’s not capitalized, might this refer to the anvil-and-powder-blast [as Perrott interview] to imitate cannon fire?] Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 Prepare for the entertainment by the school children on the 22d inst. The principal gives notice as follows: “Our public school will close next Friday. Saturday evening following, Prof. Tobias gives a free, school [sic] entertainment in the “Odd Fellows hall to conclude with a dance. Come one, come all!” + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 Mr. L. Heller, of Dora, came down Saturday. He intended to bring us some potatoes and apples grown on his place, such as have not been reported before this season, but did not owing, [sic] to the bad condition of the road. Six of his potatoes weigh over one bushel, the largest going something over 11 ½ pounds. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 We hear that a person conveying tickets unto a certain precinct in the county, lost that portion which were intended for the voters with whom he did not affiliate. This is the inevitable result of intrusting [sic] anything to an irresponsible person – one without principle and totally oblivious of the definition of the term. A man who will attempt to obstruct his fellow citizens in their inalienable right to vote, is beneath the contempt of honorable people. It would be far safer to trust such matters to an intelligent dog. Pass such knaves around; their probity lacks the admiration it deserves. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 It is generally admitted now that Cleveland has been elected. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 Eld. C. P. Bailey closed a three days series of meetings here last night. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 We encountered the genial visage of Mr. Robert Lowe, [sic] in town last week. + Nv128 CCH November 18. 1884 The official vote of the county is as follows: Blaine, 758; Cleveland, 638; Butler, 35; St. John 13 -- total 1444. + Nv129 CCH November 18. 1884 Mrs. Gilmore, a blind lady, aged 74, residing on Willanch slough Coos bay, was burned in such a dreadful manner on Saturday the 8th inst., that she died in eight hours afterward [sic]. + = Nv129 CCH November 18, 1884 There has been a considerable anxiety evinced with reference to the returns , From all that we can learn, there will be little danger of counting in or counting out through fraud. + Nv129 CCH November 18. 1884 It is a pity that the mill is shut down. There has been so much said about planking certain sidewalks in this town, if the parties could obtain the lumber, that, [sic], we would be glad to see it verified. [sic] + Nv129 CCH November 18. 1884 Jay Gould and W. H. Vanderbuilt the reformers and anti-monopolists, have written letters to Cleveland congratulating him on his election to the presidency. Poor souls, they don’t want to get left. –Coast Mail. + Nv129 CCH November 18. 1884 Alex H. Snyder of Myrtle Point had his left arm broken between the elbow and the shoulder, at Rocky Pint, last Tuesday. He went there to see Capt. Littlefield, on business [sic] and was not aware of the blasting operations going, the consequence of which was that he went within 50 or 60 feet of a blast just at the time of its explosion. He was struck on the arm by a flying rock, larger than a man’s fist, which broke the arm, while the same rock, or another one, struck Snyder on the chin and knocked him down. Snyder was also injured in one hip, either by falling or by flying missiles from the blast. + Nv129 CCH November 18. 1884 Communication. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text. Wide margins.] ____ Mr. Editor: Do men of eminence assume airs of importance, and when in company, do they interrupt others by reading and talking aloud, thus making it unpleasant for those who may wish to enjoy their book or paper? Answer and oblige – A subscriber. [sic] Eminent men, refined scholars, or what is equivalent, men possessing those attributes which are inseperable [sic] from the character of a gentleman, are always considerate in regard to the rights of others. We have never had an opportunity to mix up with any very eminent men, if we except one solitary occasion, when we were, one whole day, in the company of James Buchanan, late President of the United States. At the time spoken of, he was Secretary of State in Polk’s administration. The old fellow would talk, and what is more to the point, he could talk well; and further, it seemed to me that he was expected to do the talking – deference to position and all that, you will observe. Napoleon, it is said, could do his share in the conversation at the dinner table; and we do not think that there are any who will deny his greatness. If you have any great men in your set, cultivate them. What is the use of a man being great and hiding his light under a bushel? No doubt, the person or persons that you hint at in your communication, wish that you should reap the advantage of their super-excellence in reading; and seeing the charitableness [sic] of their disposition, it is absurd in you to object. These bright and effulgent minds do not want to see a good piece garbled and distorted in utterance; therefor, you ought to appreciate their magnanimity in affording you a meteoric display of their flashing brilliancy. The truly great men are scarce; consequently, when we discover a man possessing the dormant spark, we ought to puff, blow it, and assist in its development. + = Nv130 CCH November 18. 1884 The Contents of my Purse. [head; centered, bold, narrowish margins.] ____ An Acrostic and Problem. [2nd head; centered, bold, medium margins.] ________ BY LE GARCON. [very small type; centered] Now if you to five-sixth of four [sic] Add two-seventeenths of ten, To that then add just five-twelfths more; Let’s see what it makes then. Hah! Throw away the figures, [no cap on throw] And do not take my words amiss, Kind friend, we’re not all scholars; Enough it is to know that this Results in just five dollars. [+ text.] Nv130 CCH November 18. 1884 On the Advantage of using Con- Crete in Jetties. [head, centered, bold; 1st line spans column, 2nd has wide margins.] _______ Communicated. [sub-head; centered, bold, same size type as head; wide margins. ] ED. HERALD: --Why does the government not adopt the use in the works of Coos Bay and the Coquille, where there is an abundant supply of sand and gravel directly on the ground. [sic] Its use would certainly advance the works far more than the present method of driving wooden piling and dumping in small pieces of light soft rock, which is certain to be flattened down and spread over a large area by the force of water acting upon it. Driving piles in loose sand on the sea beach does not seem to be exactly the thing to insure a permanent structure to resist the surf and drift on one side and the cut of the river current on the other side. The following figures will show that had concrete been used properly from the start, the jetty could have been built at the Coquille, of solid blocks, from 5 to 10 tons weight, I think, thick [sic] and high enough for the purposes required, for far less money than what it has cost. At present, after expending three appropriations, we have practically got nothing. In constructing sea wall [sic] in Boston harbor, they used 308 pounds of cement to make 32 cubic feet of concrete; as there is 27 cubic feet in one cubic yard, and with cement at 1 ½ cts [sic] per pound, which would be a big price, the cost of cement for one yard would be $4.62. Now $1.38 would seem a full price for mixing, molds, laying in work, etc. Now, suppose the present work to be 1200 feet long, a portion of it over a shoal ledge, it would be probably safe to estimate a wall 6x9 feet the entire length or volume sufficient for all purposes. Taking the above figures as length and size, it would take 2400 cubic yards of concrete blocks to build it; at $6.00 per yard it would cost 14,400. [sic] At these figures, for the money already expended, we could have had a wall 12 feet high by 9 feet thick, 1200 feet long, of blocks weighing 10 tons each, which would last for centuries. Now we have nothing, hence the question – why not use something sensible? I think the above a very high estimate for material; as, the cost of labor and material expended in laying concrete at Fort Tompkins, N. Y. harbor, was $2.26 per cubic yard. There is, no doubt, too much depending on the entrance to this river, to lose our money spent in pegs and sand bags. Please answer through your paper, are U. S. engineers appointed for a longer term than their natural lives? If they went out with the president we might be happy yet. A Mourner. [signed] + = Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 Notice [sic; no period] head, centered, bold, very small type; extra-wide margins] Is hereby given to the taxpayers of school district No. 8, that the directors of said district will meet as a board of equalization, at G. Mehl’s, on Saturday, Nov. 22, ’84. All persons not satisfied with their assessments – which have been taken principally from county assessment roll – are requested to present their claims. By order of the directors. Geo. McEwan, Clerk. + Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 John Wilkinson, of Myrtle Point, was in town during the past week. + Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 J. P. Messer is fencing his lot and building additional sidewalk – a much needed improvement. + Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 A large goods box, marked Mrs. Nunn, came up the river the other day and is unclaimed. + Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 “The cry is still they come” to Dean and Huntington’s first class boot and shoe emporium. There is no withstanding the damp of the understanding. [sic] + Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 BORN. At Coquille City Nov. 18th, to the wife of George McEwan, a son. Mother and Child doing well, and the father – well, don’t men,tion it [sic]. [+ text jpg in 1884-Nov] Nv131 CCH November 18. 1884 J. P. EASTER, M. D. [head, centered, bold; larger than text; medium margins] PHYSICIAN, SURGEON and OBSTETRICIAN. [smaller than text; narrow margins] Special attention given to diseases of women and children, and all chronic forms of disease. Cases of obstetrics $10; teeth extracted for 50 cents each. Special treatment for Rheumatism and Neuralgia by the medicated vapor bath. Office at residence in Coquille City. [+ text.] Nv132-4 open November 25 Nv135 CCH November 25, 1884 THE WAY OF THE WORLD. [head; centered, bold; abt same size as text (but as always, a diff font; narrow margins.] ____ Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For this brave old earth must borrow Mirth; [no cap] It has troubles enough of its own. Sing and the hills will answer; Sing [sic *]– it is lost in the air; The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. [space] Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go; They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not want your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all; There are none to decline your nectared [sic] wine, But alone you must drink life’s gall. [space] Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by; Succeed and give, and it helps you live, But no man can help you die. There is room in the halls of pleasure For a long and lordly train; But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisle of pain. -- Anon. + * [should be: sigh] -[M. 2008 Wikipedia says this is the poem, “Solitude,” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Beside the word sigh as a typo or mis-interpreted word, nectared should have been nectar’d, and there were a few minor punctuation differences, .] = Nv136 CCH November 25. 1884 COMMUNICATED. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; wide margins.] ___ Intemperance is the strongest and most dangerous foe that our country has to deal with; it is the commencement of most every evil. A great portion of the theft and murders that are committed can be attributed to the use of intoxicating liquor. What a curse our great republic has to abolish! How many fire-sides [sic] have been and are being ruined by this great and powerful enemy of mankind? Some say: “What is the harm in taking a glass of wine or whiskey; if you wish, [sic] so long as you do not drink to excess?” My friend, you may feel safe; but reflect one moment and think on that which is happening to those who are not so fortunate as you, and who are following your example. How do you know but that the person you have just treated to a glass of whisky, may, [sic] from that time on drink, become a confirmed drunkard? The only safe and sure way to avoid intemperance is to let liquor alone. How proud a mother must be of a son who has grown to manhood and can, truthfully, say, [sic] I have yet to learn the taste of liquor. What a contrast is the feelings of a mother whose son has forgotten all the home teaching and the advice of his friends, and has turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of his parents to turn from this demon which is gaining such a mastery over him. Men alone are not enslaved by intemperance; women and children are subjected to its destroying influence; but not so much in this country as in England. (You might add Ireland, Scotland and Germany. –Ed.) There has been more money spent, more books written, and more societies formed to eradicate this evil, than all other evils. May the time not be far distant when intemperance shall be swept from the country. HELEN TAFT. Angora, Nov. 10th. + = Nv137 CCH November 25, 1884 Chinese Reciprocity. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] ___ The recent outbreaks of the population in some portions of the Chinese Empire, when they slaughtered the Christian people who were dwelling peacefully among them, destroying their places of worship, etc., brings us to a consideration of the justness of reciprocity, when these brutal outrages are taken in to account. Retaliation is not to be thought of; it would be a slur on our intelligence; yet, we are compelled to open our eyes and behold the fallacy of there being any advantage to be gained from a treaty that enables the Chinese to come to us and be protected in all the rights and privileges of the most favored nations, while our own citizens who may venture into their territory are murdered, indiscriminately. After these outrages have been committed, the general practice is to enforce an indemnity; but that settles nothing; it is but a temporary lull in the storm that is likely to be renewed at any moment. There is a restriction act in force to prevent them from landing on our shores, in such great numbers as formerly; yet that is evaded, notably, by crossing the boundaries of British Columbia and Mexico. False papers, false swearing and similarity of dress and physiognomy [sic], with the Chinese, are great aids in deception. They are a race of perjurers. It is more difficult to radicate [sic] them than the Norway rat. We have had some experience with them on ships, and can attest to their filthy, debasing habits. As cooks, they will, when suffering from some real or fancied indignity, spit in the food, and give play to their anger in innumerable actions of a similar nature. There are no people that can surpass them in the art of smiling and being villains. They have not got the least respect for women, and mock the idea of such a thing being in existence as female virtue. They barter and sell their women, with so much ease, in so far as their feelings are concerned, as they would a chicken or a hog. This is the truth, and he who runs may not only read, but discover the fact that it is nothing less; [sic]; neither will he experience any difficulty, if he is not pecuniarily [sic] interested in the Chinaman. We can see no good to ensue from patronizing the Chinaman and crowding the native. On the other hand, we anticipate trouble arising from this cause. Reciprocity there is none; and when the people are fully and fairly satisfied on the merits of the case, the movement will commence. We trust that legislative action may succeed in averting any calamity; but with the labor difficulties that have been increasing lately, and the hostile attitude of capital, there are signs of danger. Every effort should be put forth looking to the welfare of the white laborer, then it will be time enough to consider the rights of the Chinaman. As the case now stands, the Chinaman has a monopoly, because he works cheaper and can live cheaper. In these days when scientific improvements enables one man to carry in his pocket that which will destroy hindreds of lives, great care should be taken to prevent anarchy. We can do this by evincing a just regard for the rights of our own citizens and by placing proper safeguards to prevent the encroachment of this Asiatic incubus [sic]. + = Nv138 CCH November 25. 1884 The Democracy celebrated the election of Cleveland and Hendricks, on Thursday the 20th inst. Flags were displayed in different portions of the town, and the firing of cannon was continued until an hour after sunset. The affair terminated with a sociable dance [sic] in Odd Fellows’ Hall, to which all were invited, irrespective of politics, race, creed or color. As an amicable display [sic], the programme was a success. + [M. compare “race” in this item, to the above item.] Nv138 CCH November 25. 1884 Trfles [sic; = trifles] with no direct object, are frequently magnified into mountains of intentional offense. Let us guard against it. + Nv138 CCH November 25. 1884 GENERAL NEWS. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; wide margins.] ____ Sheep now sell for $2 a head in Jackson county. The Good Templars of Eugene burned St. John in effigy, Monday night. … [M. 2008. Apparently the St. John who was a candidate for U. S. president. See Nv113 CCH November 11, 1885. Though it isn't clear why an effigy would be burned after the candidate had already been defeated.] The re-appearance of cholera, in France [sic] causes great alarm throughout Europe. Trouble with miners in the Hocking Valley (Ohio) are again assuming a serious shape [sic]. Lena Haberl [sic], 10 years of age, died at the female hospital in St. Louis, the other day, of trichinosis, caused by eating half-cooked pork. An old man named Donahue, of Josephine county, died at the Insane Asylum on Friday, after being an inmate for twenty-one years. He was 73 years of age and was deaf and dumb. Capt. Grant of the Bob Irving, and Capt. Greene of the Emma Hayward, while docking their boats at Seattle on Thursday, bumped their boats together. Capt. Greene of the Hayward made fast first and, going ashore, invited Capt. Grant to come down and get whipped. The invitation was accepted, but Greene got whipped. … + The Good Templar lodge at Oregon City has fallen to pieces. It is said that all the brethren got on a big drunk one night and had a stag dance in the hall, after which they threw the property into the river. + = Nv139 Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 The people’s hardware store. + CCH November 25. 1884 So far we have had no frost to speak of, in this part. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 H. Paden and Henry Clemens spent Sunday in town. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 The Coos Bay News failed to come to hand last week. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 D. J. Lowe paid the office a visit on Thursday, last. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 C. H. Volkmar was in town, on Wednesday, last. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Capt. Parker and Mr. Thomas Beale came over from the bay on Wednesday. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Chris Danielson expects to launch the new vessel at Grube’s mill, next Saturday. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. W. S Dye, of Cunningham creek, has our thanks for a basket of fine apples. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Joseph C. Dean goes to the Columbia by the present trip of the steamer Coos Bay. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. Carother’s [sic] residence is receiving a coat of paint, at the hands of Noah Leneve. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Attorneys, Watson and Gray, arrived in town last night to attend some legal business here to-day. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 Rev. W. H. Nosler will preach in this place the 5th Sunday in this month, and the first in next month. + Nv139 CCH November 25. 1884 The opening of Prof. M. C. Miller’s commercial school has been unavoidably delayed, but will open Jan. 5th. + = Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 Five yoke of cattle from the Columbia river came down over the [illegible; = road?] last week, to engage in logging at Coos Bay. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. A. Grimsley went to Roseburg last night to meet his wife, whom he expected from Virginia. They arrived last night. +\ Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 Uncle Chris Lehnherr and lady started to Illinois last week to visit it [sic; = with] friends. They will remain till next Summer, we are informed. Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 See Whitney & O’Cconnell’s mammoth ad in this paper. They desire an inspection of the goods and prices before you purchase elsewhere. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 We are reliable informed that a brick kiln will be put up here the coming season. This is a thing much needed, and will prove profitable. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. Thomas Beale called in and had a chat about old times. It is twelve years since we last saw and conversed with him, yet he seems as young as ever. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 A couple of gentlemen living above town killed a bear the other evening while going home in their boats. They beat and drowned it with their oars. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 There will be a grand shooting match in this place on Christmas day, by Hunt Bros. for one doz. Turkeys, two doz. Chickens and a beef. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 All persons indebted to the Coquille City mills, will please settle immediately, by paying the accounts to J. H. Schroeder. B. Hermann. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. Sinclair, of this place, has a house and lot for sale in which there is a very great bargain. He also has a ranch of 160 acres, 100 acres cleared, 80 acres under fence, and 500 fruit trees. Price $1400 – very cheap. + Nv140 CCH November 25. 1884 The board of equalization for this school district met last Saturday for the purpose of adjusting wrongful assessments in the recent 8 mill levy for school purposes, but adjourned to meet a week from next Saturday. + = Nv141 CCH November 25. 1884 Geo. Harrington, boatswain of the ill-fated collier Tacoma, at the time she was wrecked, is reported to have committed suicide at San Lorenzo, Cal. Harrington left this place as mate of the steamer Coos Bay on her first trip. –Mail. + Nv141 CCH November 25. 1884 M. E. Anderson has for sale, a good house and lot near the Ocean House, at Bandon. Any person seeking a good business location or a private dwelling by the sea-side, will do well to call early and secure a bargain. He also has two good lots for sale near the Golden Beach Hotel. + Nv141 CCH November 25. 1884 THE WAY TO PROHIBITION. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; very narrow margins.] [short line-under] Organize a Prohibition league in every State irrespective of party. Divorce Prohibition from partizan [sic] organizations. Let Republicans and Democrats opposed to rum, join hands in a movement against the supremacy of rum. Elect legislatures [sic] pledged to the submission of prohibition amendments to the people. This is the only way to prohibition. Half the States [sic] in the Union may free themselves from the rum and beer curse in three years, if this method is adopted. – Toledo Blade. While we differ with the Blade in the length of time in which to obtain success, we agree with the position that it takes in the above extract. It is a new departure for the Blade, but better late than never. The mirth and satire of the harlequin creates a momentary gratification, but, the gratification is of a volatile character; the mask being no sooner removed than we discover the sham that lies concealed beneath it. We hope that the Blade is sincere. + Nv141 CCH November 25, 1884 The Salem Talk in discussing the advantage which the settler in a district reaps from subscribing for a local paper, in which he gets the home news and other matters in which he is interested, gives us the following facts in regard to the large city papers: “If one of our farmer friends should happen in one of these offices, he would find out in two minutes that he had no cordial welcome there, such as he would receive at the printing office at home.” That is the frozen truth; and in no other office in the country is it more aptly illustrated that in that of the Herald. But, notwithstanding all this, the press room of a newspaper is no place for the modern orator to deliver a harangue, lasting from a half, to one or two hours. There is neither business or [sic] method in the license; it obstructs the typesetter, and no man of ordinary intelligence would be guilty of it. + Nv141 CCH November 25. 1884 The agony is past. Cleveland and Hendricks are elected to fill the president and vice-president for the next four years. The excitement incident to a presidential election being concluded, we will now be enabled to observe what radical changes may take place during the period mentioned. Dire calamity has been predicted, but we have no faith in predictions. The law-making power is generally, so well balanced, that the occupant of the residential chair operates as but a trifling weight in either direction. Prognostication spreads consternation. And with prostration old women swoon. When the battle ends, pacification Appears and plays its soothing tune. + [M. poem in very small type.] = Nv142 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. H. DeYoung, proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle, was shot twice on the 19th inst., by Adolph Spreckles, the Hawaiian sugar king. At last accounts DeYoung was in a critical condition, and Spreckles under surveillance. The trouble grew out of an article which appeared in the Chronicle, in which it was intimated that Spreckles would eventually absord [sic] and become the owners of the Hawaiian Commercial and sugar [sic] Co., leaving nothing but valueless certificates to the company. A third shot struck some books in DeYoung’s hands or he would have been a dead man. + Nv142 CCH November 25. 1884 In the language of the Tombstone Record, the Independent is Bawling and the Plaindealer is Hushed. + [M. 2008. Is this a reference to [Salem?] Independent and Roseburg Plaindealer? Or “outside papers”] Nv142 CCH November 25. 1884 The Southern Oregon Improvement’s [sic] new steamer arrived at Coos bay last week and brought a large quantity of freight for the company. + Nv142 CCH November 25, 1884 Soldier’s Pensions. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text, medium-wide margins.] [very short line-under] The case of Edward Lansing, of Fall river, Shasta County, California, a disabled soldier of the late war, is one among many illustrating the injustice and partiality of those government officials who control the bureau of pensions. Three years ago, he furnished evidence, on good medical authority, as to increased disability, and to his having been unable to earn his living by manual labor since the date of his discharge, and that he was a sound able-bodied man [sic] at the time of his enlistment, yet on a mere technicality, his application is denied. The surgeon of his regiment being dead, the assistant surgeon informs him that in the absence of the medical records which were lost on detached service in the Peninsula, in 1862, he is unable to remember his particular case. We think that the evidence of his brother, who was a comrade in the same company, and who nursed him in hospital [sic], combined with that of the legal, medical examiner, would be sufficient. It is a difficult mater to probe into these mysteries of red tape, or to discover the reason for placing so many obstacles in the way of the deserving soldier. Being requested to publish something in regard to this case, we now comply with as much space as our limited columns will permit. It is not our duty to criticize the individual merits of those who who [sic] being more or less disabled, are now enjoying pensions. But, we, [sic] are aware of the fact, [sic] that men who have been utterly and irretrievably ruined, in a physical sense, receive no pension, while others who seem to go about their business in the usual way and who suffer slightly, if at all, receive pensions. There is something wrong in this – a screw loose somewhere. If every soldier that received a scratch were pensioned, we would be among the last to object. We believe that the man who serves his country well and faithfully in the hour of need, and becomes disabled in consequence, ought to receive recognition, and every facility should be afforded him to prosecuting a just claim. Impartiality demands the attention of the proper officers in cases like this of Lansing's.’ The claim being a just one, why is it not allowed?] We are not aware of the attorney’s name, if any, that is acting for the suffering family, therefore, we mention one who has served as faithfully, in Mexican War matters – Alex M. Kenady [sic], Sec. Nat. Asso. Vet. Mexican War, Lock Box 37, Washington District Columbia. + = Nv143 CCH November 25. 1884 The School Entertainment. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] On Saturday the 22nd, we were aroused from a reverie on the necessity of the government inaugurating the proposed improvements at Port Orford, by the martial sound of the fife and drum. Now, thought we, there is some more truthful telegrams – gratification and gall – sunshine and shadow. [sic] On going to the door, we were delightfully disappointed. The ear-piercing fife; the spirit-stirring drum” [sic] heralded the march of the school children of this district on their way to rehearsal at Odd Fellows’ Hall, for the evening’s entertainment. Being indisposed, we were unable to attend throughout the performance in the evening. We beheld, with some feeling of awe, the pantomime where the two opposing armies met in dread array. Our feelings suffered a collapse on seeing the amicable solution of that which seemed to augur an impending conflict. The “Tin-maker-man” was the next on the programme, and it was sung with a vim and regularity that was admirable. The verdict of those who witnessed the entertainment, [sic] was that it proved an entire success and reflected great credit on the management. The youthful performers surpassed all expectation, thus illustrating the advantage of sound, deliberate training. The performance concluded with a social dance which was kept up until the wee sma’ hours ayont the twal’. [sic] + Nv143 CCH November 25. 1884 The Thorny Path of the Newspa- Per. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; 1st line spans column, 2nd line centered etc.] [no cap on per] [short line-under] In conversing with a friend – one who is strictly given to impartiality, and who can look at matters from an unbiased standpoint – we were deploring the utter impracticability of being able to draw the line so fine but what some insatiable character would take offence. His reply was. [sic] “Set your stakes and stand by them, you cannot please everybody; therefore, you may as well cease trying.” The advice is good, providing the case had to be tried before an impartial tribunal. But, while the great body of the people are gifted with that spirit of fairness which will always make some allowance in favor of writers why [sic; = who] may, inadvertently, give offense, [sic] there is a class so prejudiced – so utterly lost in taking into account the rights of individuals that to endeavor to please them the person must lose his self-respect; and instead of being a free citizen, he must descend into the position of a calligraphic [sic] serf. While we have struggled to make this paper an acceptable sheet, we may have displeased some people, in giving the facts necessary to support our views on the labor question. If that be the case, we are sorry that people will display a lack of intelligence in misconstruing our efforts in a worthy cause. We have no fears from the result of dispassionate criticism. + = Nv144 CCH November 25. 1884 G. A. R. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; very wide margins.] On the evening of the 3rd December – the first Wednesday – Gen. Lytle post will elect its officers for the ensuing year. Let there be a general turn out [sic] of all the comrades. By order of the commander. H. J. Tobias, Adjutant. + Nv144 CCH November 25. 1884 Grand Ball! [head, centered, bold, smaller than text, wide margins.] [very short line-under] To be given by the Myrtle Point Brass and String Band, on Christmas evening, December the 25th. A general invitation is extended. Posters containing the programme will be issued in a few days. + Nv144 CCH November 25. 1884 Candor in some people, may be compared to lemon drops, in which the acid predominates over the sweetness. + Nv144 CCH November 25. 1884 Mr. Joseph Collier has just left at this office a branch of an apple tree which is in full bloom. + = Nv145 CCH November 25, 1884 NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. [head, centered; medium margins.] Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, [centered; narrow margins] August 20, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notion of his intent to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the judge or clerk of Coos county, at Empire City, Oregon, on Wednesday, January the 7, [sic] 1885, viz: John S. Cocke [sic], homestead No. 3105, for the W ½ of N E ¼ , N E ¼ of S E ¼ section 28, township 27 S R 11 west [sic; no period] He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: L A Lawhorn [4-line vertical bracket] Geo W Norris all of Fairview, Thomas Norris Oregon. T G Norris Also at the same time and place Melvin Newland, pre-emption D S No. 4183, for the S W ¼ of the S E ¼, E ½ of S W ¼ and S W ¼ section 29, T. 27, S R 11 west. She [sic] names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: T A Lawhorn [4line vertical bracket] John S Docke [sic] all of Fairview, Thomas Norris Oregon. T G Norris WM. F. BENJAMIN, Register. [+text; jpg in 1884-Novcc] Nv145 CCH November 25. 1884 GOLD! AGENTS ARE MAKNG FORTUNES selling our new and popular books, “The Universe,” “Lives of the Presidents,” “Daughters of America,” “Austin’s Indispensible [sic] Handbook,” “History of Christianity,” and the latest and quickest selling novelties. Be first in the field. Address GORHAM & CO., Publishers and Agents, San Francisco, California. [+text; jpg in 1884-Novcc] CCH November 25, 1884 COLUMBIA [no period] [head, centered, bold, larger than text; wide margins.] [short line-under] An Aria [no period] centered, bold, larger than text, very wide margins] [medium line-under] BY LE GARCON . [centered. very small type] Columbia! Home; thy lofty mountains, Thy woods and lakes are beautiful to see; Land of abundance, life’s sweet fountains, Where’er I roam my heart still clings to thee. [space] In distant climes I often wander ‘Mid toys of art and work of Nature’s hand; Whilst all are grand, there’s naught seems Grander [no cap] Than scenes of home in this my native land. [space] From tyrants and their arts restraining, They flee afar in lands where others dwell; No fetters here; no despots reigning--- Land of the free! there’s none can thee excel. + [jpg in 1884-Nov25] = Nv146 CCH November 25. 1884 NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. [head, centered; medium margins.] Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, [centered; narrow margins] -Oct. 28, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the judge or clerk of Coos county, at Empire City, Oregon, on Friday, Dec. 12, 1884, viz: Elias B. Robinson, homestead No. 3779 for the lots 6 section 13 lot 16 section 14 lots 4 and 5 section 24 township 31 S. R. 12 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Henry Wigant [4-line vertical bracket] James D. Hayes all of Myrtle Point, Isaac Bingham Oregon. Charles Morris Also at the same time and place James D. Hayes, pre-emption D. S. No. 4259 for the W ½ of W ½ section 7 township 31 S R 11 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Henry Wigant [4-line vertical bracket] Elias B. Robinson all of Myrtle Point, Isaac Bingham Oregon. R. B. Jefferson Wm. F. Benjamin, Register. [+text. Jpg in 1884- Nov25] Nv146 CCH November 25. 1884 NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. [head, centered; medium margins] LAN D OFFICE AT ROSEBURG, OREGON [centered, small type; narrow margins] - October 10, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge or Clerk of Coos county at Empire City, Oregon, [sic] on Friday, Dec. 11 [sic; =12], 1884, viz: Joseph Laird, Homestead No. 3385, for the E ½ of S W ¼, Sec. 15 and E ½ of N W ¼ Sec. 22 T 28 S R 33 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: G. D. Sargent [4-line vertical bracket] J. [?] C. Laird all of Coquille City, P. Wade Oregon. Austin Sargent Wm. F. Benjamin, Register. [+ text. Jpg in 1884-Nov25] Nv147 CCH November 25. 1884 The Long Haired Poet. [sic] centered, bold, smaller than text; medium margins.] [very short line-under] New York, Oct. 28. –The Herald says: “Joaquin Miller’s last play, “John Logan, the Silent Man,” which is supposed to depict life in the wild west, was performed last night at the Third avenue theatre [sic], with long rows of empty benches and dreary waits between acts. The play was not a success. Of all the dismal dreams inflicted upon a patient public, “John Logan” is probably the most dismal. The audience was confronted with death early in the proceedings; there is an attempted lynching in the second act, and in the third act there is a cowardly assassination, which takes place in a graveyard. The dialog is the flattest and dullest description and the border men impossible beings. + = [M. note, 2008. This document contains most of the data from these issues except for some outside news and national-fillers (boilerplate). Repeat-display-ads are generally not listed more than once in the year.] home 1883 1884-June-on | 1884-Dec 1885 1886-9 1890 1891-3 to newspaper menu |