| Coos History home Herald 1883 1884-Jun-Aug Sept 2-9 1884- Oct-Dec 1885-9 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. [additions and re-keyworded Mar 2008] SEPTEMBER 23 – 30, 1884 Historical Newspapers OREGON September 23 RE land? Tot-Randolph agric farm fruit house prices Nv38 CCH September 23, 1884 FOR SALE. [head, centered, very wide margins.] 320 acres of land, 1 ½ miles above Randolph, 13 acres in meadow, a good orchard, house, barn, woodhouse [sic], wash house [sic], smoke house [sic], etc. Price $3200. For particulars, apply to J. L. Offield on the premises. + Ad animal-sheep Tot-Norway Locale-CoosCounty Nv38 CCH September 23, 1884 NOTICE! [head, centered, bold, larger type than text, medium-wide margins.] I have a few head of half and three-quarter breed, French Marino buck lambs for sale. E. Corman [sic], Norway, Coos Co., Oregon. [+ text.] Ad home-seekers land? Tot-MP OT-Roseburg Nv38 CCH September 23, 1884 NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. [head, centered, medium margins.] LAND OFFICE AT ROSEBURG, OREGON. [smaller type than text; right margin very narrow; left margin medium-wide.] Sept. 1, 1884 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intentio9n to make final proof in sup0port of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register or Receiver of the U. S. land office at Roseburg, Oregon, on Friday, October 10, 1884, viz: Jemima Hoffman, pre-emption D S No. 4269 for the S W quarter of N W quarter, N W quarter of S W quarter section 26 and S half of N E quarter section 27 township 29 S R 12 west. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: M P Whitington [sic] [4-line vertical bracket] Anton Wirth all of Myrtle Point, Ed Hoffman Oregon. John Whitington [sic] Also at the same time and place John C Whitington homestead No. 3314 for the S W ¼ of N E ¼, S E ¼ of N W ¼, N E ¼ of S W ¼ and N W ¼ of S E ¼ section 29, township 29, S R 12 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Ed Hoffman [4-line vertical bracket] J Hoffman all of Myrtle Point, Fred Hoffman Oregon. B C Shull Also at the same time and place Edward M Hoffman homestead No. 3368 for the S W ¼ of the S W ¼ section 35, township 20, S R 12 west, lots 3 and 4 section 2, lot 1 section 3, township 30, S R 12 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: John C Whitington [4-line vertical bracket] Will Volkmar all of Myrtle J Hoffman Point, Oregon. Fred Hoffman WM. F. BENJAMIN, Register. [+ text] Tot-Marshfield business ad enterprise-insurance Nv38 September 23, 1884 A. M. CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counselor, at Law. General Insurance Agency, Marshfield Ogn [sic]. [+ text.] Ad Tot-Coq business health-provider Nv38 CCH September 23, 1884 J. P. EASTER, M. D. Physio-medical and Eclectic Physician and Surgeon. Office at residence in Coquille City. + Ad Tot-Marshfield health-provider Nv38 CCH September 23, 1884 C. W. TOWER, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Marshfield, Ogn. [+ text] Poem literary lifestyle [?] condit-labor condit church-indir Nv39 CCH September 23. 1884 “OUR FATHER.” [head; large-type; centered, bold; medium-wide margins.] _____ Pale, struggling blossoms of mankind, Born only to endure: White, helpless slaves whom Christians Bind; [no capital] Sad children of the poor! Ye walk in rags, ye breathe in dust, With souls too dead to ask For ought beyond a scanty crust, And Labor’s grinding task. You ne’er have heard the code of Love, Of Hope’s eternal light; Ye are not led to look above The clouds of earthly blight; And yet ‘mid ignorance and toil Your lips that ne’er have known The milk and honey of the soil, Sleep not before they own “Our Father!” Proud, easy tenants of the earth, Ye who have fairer lots; Who live with plenty, love and mirth, On Fortune’s golden spots; Ye who but eat, laugh, drink and sleep, Who wake ‘mid Eden’s bloom, Who know not what it is to weep In Poverty‘s cold gloom; Oh, turn one moment from your way, And learn what these can teach, Deign in your rosy path to stay, And hear the “untaught” preach. Then to your homes so bright and fair, And think it good to pray; Since the sad children of Despair Can kneel in thanks and say, “Our Father!” --Eliza Cook. [+] natl-filer lifestyle? Paper-[?] OT-NM OT-CO OT-NJ OT-UT condit-signs-times animal-livestock animal-horse agric? Job racism war crime health-accid health-death item-rifle item-goods Nv39a CCH September 23, 1884 THE COWBOY. [Head; centered, bold. Wide margins.] _____ A Graphic Description of Life on the Plains. ____ The New York World publishes the following: Benjamin A Robinson, son of Dr. Morton Robinson of No. 247 Mulberry St, Newark, N. J., went to New Mexico four years ago and became a cowboy. He is 22 years old, weighs 195 pounds and is 6 feet in hight [sic], with this cousin George P. Robinson, an old cowboy, two more cousins and Sam Todd and Jersy [sic] Pearse, veteran cattle men [sic], herded cattle over a range 350 miles long and 100 miles wide. There were over 100,000 head of cattle on that range. Robinson and his party sold out to the Prairie Cattle Company in 1882, and went overland with a pair of mules to Colorado. They settled on a range in La Platte county, near Durango. Last month, he wrote to his father that the Ute Indians had broken from their reservation and were driving the cowboys from the range, and that he had volunteered to fight the redskins. He was in Durango, he wrote, when the news of the outbreak was fetched there on July 6, last by two boys, aged respectively eight and 10 years. They were sons of Mr. Wilson, of Wilson, Carlisle & Johnson, who own a large ranch in LaPlatte county, near the Utah line. On July 3, the Utes put on their war-paint, attacked the ranch, drove off cattle, and one of their number was killed by one of Wilson's men. The Indians then attacked the cowboys, wounded Adolphe Tush and Charles Cook, and had five of their own men killed and a number wounded. But they killed eleven horses of the whites, stampeded 100 horses, drove the cowboys from the camp, burned the outfits and took away all the provisions and stores. They had 17,000 head of cattle. AT THEIR MERCY. [subhead; centered; smaller than text.] Wilson's boys rode twenty-nine hours without food or rest, and arrived in Durango exhausted. Colonel Hall, commandant at Fort Lewis, twelve miles from Durango, sent a company of cavalry to drive the Indians back to their reservation, and Robinson and his chum went along. Last week, his father received from him a letter from Dolores, the last postoffice [sic] station in the wild country. He said that he collected a force of cowboys in Durango and proceeded to Mancus [sic], a small post village near the cattle range, where a number of cowboys joined the party. At Dolores the force of cowboy volunteers was increased to 40-2, all of whom were well armed and mounted. The Utes had fled over the Blue mountains into the Indian territory, and the avengers had followed the trail for seven days and nights to Utah, where the savages took refuge. "I have returned from the figh all right," Robinson wrote. "After we found the Indians the fight lasted fourteen hours by the watch. They had fortified themselves on the top of a nearly round mesa, the cap rock being twenty-five to thirty-five feet high, with just one small gap to go through. We were sixteen days on the road, and at the least calculation have [sic] ridden 550 miles, averaging thirty-five miles a day, which is very good traveling for the soldiers who were with us. In the outfits were eighty soldiers and forty-two cowboys, which made quite a string [sic; no period] STRUNG OUT IN SINGLE FILE. [subhead; centered, medium margins, smaller than text.] We followed close on the trail of the Indians were eight days, and when we ran onto them they had stopped and were waiting for us. They had selected their position well. The man behind the rocks could have stood off a thousand. Half of the outfit's lives were saved by the daring of two men who lost their lives. One was a government scout and the other was a cowboy. We had pushed the Indians hard the day before, and night, and in the night they laid a trap for us. They had pushed ahead while we were resting our horses and waiting for the moon to come up, and had taken up the strong position I have described. We had a hill to climb, and before we could get down they would have killed half of our outfit, if those two brave men had not gone ahead to look at the trail to see if our Jack mules could go over it. When within fifty yards of where the Indians were concealed they opened fire upon the brave men, wounding one and killing the other outright. All not the one who was killed said when he fell ones: "oh, boys; oh, boys!” The other man said not a word, but he rolled in behind a bluff below the top one, so that the Indians could not see him, and laid there all day. “There was about forty Indians in the bunch, and during the day they were joined by more. There were some ring-leader white men in the bunch and they would call out to us: “ ‘Oh, boys! Oh, boys’ ‘Come up, you -----------, and bring the soldiers!’ I tell you what, the bullets flew hot and lively for awhile. There were about seven of us cowboys in range with our horses. I had forgotten all about danger, and was standing in the open, about 450 yards from the yelling red devils, shouting the best I knew how, I was getting close to their heads, as they were to me, and I could hear the ping, ping of the bullets as they passed my head. Some of the boys hollered out to me to get my horses under cover or the Indians would kill them, and you bet I got them out in a hurry. THE BALLS CAME CLOSE ENOUGH. [sub head, centered; smaller than text.] For me to feel the heat of them on the side of my face, and one threw the dirt all over of me [sic]. Another ball struck between my feet above the knees and went sailing off a humming [sic]. We were fighting now mostly for the two men they had within range of the rock, for we did not know then but that they were both alive [sic], and we kept them covered so the Indians could not get to them to scalp them. But the red devils got the poor fellows in spite of all we could do, and it made our blood boil and nerves tingle with hot anger to hear their fierce and triumphant yells and the cheers of the renegade white men with them. We could not get to the poor, brave fellows in the rocks, on account of the hill, which was sure death to the man who attempted to ascend it. Well, we fought them all day and part of the night, and then we had to leave after several attempts to draw them from cover. They had us in a dry canyon, and when we got out we were nearly dead for water, for we had been over thirty hours under fire without a drop of water to quench our thirst. We feel satisfied that the wounded man killed three or four Indians, if not more, for just at dusk, when the Indians came down after his scalp, we heard him fire twelve rounds from his six-shooter at short range. He was a good shot, and was revenged. The soldiers were the most scared lot of men I ever saw. It was nearly a panic with them. But after all, it was a fearful hot purgatory in that canyon under the fire of a concealed and treacherous foe. We got back here considerably worse for wear, for we had suffered severe hardships and privations, loss of sleep, and only one meal in thirty-six hours, were thirty hours without water, and then beside [sic] the hard ride up and down the mountains. It will not be safe in this country for some time – not before spring, anyway – for the settlers are on the war-path as well as the Indians. The latter got away with 150 head of horses, a number of saddles, guns and blankets, a quantity of ammunition, burned two wagons and a cabin, killed a lot of horses and got off with about 2500 weight of flour and other grub. The settlers say they will kill every Indian they see, and I know the cowmen never fail to keep their vows for vengeance.” + = OT-Kansas Locale-Pacific Locale-CoosCounty condit animal-bird animal-snake animal-insect animal-horse agric crop flower climate RR-outside Prices health-sickness Locale-CoqR Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-boat-Ceres Srh-boat-LittleAnnie misc-word? Nv39b CCH September 23, 1884 Communicated. [Head; centered, bold, wide margins; smaller than text]. [Line under]. Mr. Editor: We have long thought to sit down and have a chat with the readers of the Herald -- with the editor's permission, of course -- but time flies and so must our hands if we would accomplish all the work before us. Being at the head of the cooking, laundry, sewing and garden department of a Kansas farm, means work and plenty, and as work and ourself quarreled long ago, we do not like to associate too closely with it. Altogether, we like this place very well. We live on a quiet, billowy prairie that we liken in more than one way, to the old Pacific, and there is a kind of birds here [sic] that is almost like the sea gulls [sic], and once in a while a prairie schooner sails by and we imagine ourself by the shore of the "sounding sea." For about two months this summer, there were a succession of different prairie flowers dotting the prairie; we never saw so many different kinds, and such beautiful ones. We miss the nice wood of Coos county, and are obliged to burn coal, and if we need a switch for anything, or our armful of kindling wood, we use a slipper for the former, and hunt up old drygoods box for the latter. We could not get used to this new mode for a long time. Harvesting lasted about five weeks, and some grain was not cut on account of increased acreage, a large yield, and scarcity of hands. A few self binders were used, but the greatest part was with headers which need a crew of nine men. Those with whom Mr. Lynn worked, cut stacked 25 acres per day. threshing has been in progress about a month but wet weather has to make believe hindered very much. A number of steam threshers are working in this vicinity. What is yielding from 20 to 40 bushels to the acre, and at twenty-five cents per bushel, the farmer makes money very fast, with his improved machinery. Corn and potatoes and all kinds of vegetables, including pumpkins, melons, and squashes, are abundant. Our crop, though small this year, will as near as we can estimate it now, bring about $600.00. Good health has prevailed until lately; there is [sic] a few cases of billious [sic] fever in the neighborhood. We expected to hear the musical rattle of the rattle-snake [sic] when we moved here, but so far, we have not heard or seen one. We have some very disagreeable wind-storms in fall and winter, sometimes lasting all day, but oftener only an hour or two; then the dust flies so you can not see your nearest neighbor house, if it is a half mile away. The lightning plays about quite lively, too, sometimes. One man and two horses have been killed in this county this summer. We have no sleighing here. The snow comes and goes about as it does in Oregon. We live in sight of the Kansas Pacific R. R.; and though we can hear the whistle of "Little Annie" and "Ceres" no more, the shrill notes of the locomotive reminds us of them [sic]. We often long to watch the old Coquille, as it goes on and on, rippling so softly to the sea, and hear the wind sighing through the cedars and toss [sic]. The glossy, fragrant myrtle, but alas! we must content ourself [sic] in viewing the waving, ripening grain, and in listening to the tuneful notes of the festive grasshopper -- the Kansas grasshopper -- whose reputation is world-wide. They are, now we think he'll have a fair idea of Kansas, and will admit that it is not a paradise, as some try to make believe Oregon is, nor is it the worst place in the world. To our friends, we wish the best of wishes; to our enemies -- if any we have -- good luck and a pleasant life. If we find time amid the busy cares which surround us, we may write again. Adieu! Lena Lynn. Wilson, Kansas, Sept. 5th. + = Cosmic food? Agric [?] paper-misc Nv40 CCH September 23, 1884 The Moon’s Influence on Veg- [head, bold, smaller than text; spans the column] Etation. [no capital] Although many disbelieve the idea held by many others that the moon governs and affects meat and vegetation, it would hard to make a great many believe who have experimented upon the theories held, that the moon does not exercise a decided influence on vegetation. The old idea that still prevails is that all things that grow and bear above ground should be planted on the increase and just on the full of the moon. They generally come up better, grow off quicker and mature sooner, and things that grow underground, such as turnips, potatoes, etc. generally do the best planted after full moon and on until the new moon in what is generally called dark nights. There are many old farmers who are always governed by the stage of the moon in planting and nothing will shake their convictions of belief that such is not the true plan. It is also believed that if hogs are killed in the full of the moon the meat will not shrink in cooking, to boil it will increase in size, but will not let out much oil or grease. To kill and cure on the decrease of the moon, the meat will shrivel, draw up and lose in size in boiling it, but will give considerable oil or grease in cooking to grease the vegetables that may be boiled or cooked with the meat. Any one can easily try this experiment as well as experiment with the time of planting. Any one who has cooked much pork knows that some meat increases in size while being boiled and that some pork almost fries away to lard, while some gives but little fat in cooking. –Ex. + Ad Tot-Coq food crop name-Nosler name-Hunt Nv40 CCH September 23, 1884 COQUILLE CITY MARKET. Nosler & Hunt Props. River Front, Coquille City, Oregon. ---:O:--- Fresh and choice meats of all kinds constantly on hand. Also Groceries, vegetables and Provisions, etc., etc. [+ text.] Natl-filler? RR-phy RR-outside Locale-Oregon Nv40 CCH September 23, 1884 General News. The first section of the Oregon Pacific railroad has been accepted by the examiners. + Natl-filler? Racism-ethnic OT-WA crop Nv40 CCH September 23, 1884 General News. Five thousand Indians are at work in Pierce and King counties, W. T., picking hops. + [M. Washington Territory.] Quote cosmic-indir lifestyle character? Nv40 CCH September 23, 1884 Longfellow: Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. + Trust other-coal Srh-[?] Locale-TacomaWA Locale-PugetSound Nv40 September 23, 1884 General News. A syndicate is said to have been formed in Tacoma, to buy up all the coal lands on the sound or within fifty miles of navigation. + = Ad home-seekers Tot-Empire Locale-CoosCounty Tot-Bandon OT-Roseburg name-Crook Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 10, 1884 Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the clerk of Coos county, Ogn., at Empire City, on Friday October 24, 1884, viz.: Alonzo Winton, pre-emption D. S. 4701 for the W ½ [sic] of N W ¼, Sec 13 and E ½ of N E ¼, Sec 14, T 30 S, R [sic?] 15 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous res idence [sic] upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: T. W. Crook [4-line vertical bracket] [? ] Crook all of Bandon Coos Co. Jay Davidson Oregon. Elija Davidson Wm. F. Benjamin, Register. [+ text.] Poem natl-filler money paper Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 There’s a street in New York known as Wall, Far famous for wind and for gall, Where men who go in Intending to win Come out with just nothing at all. Louisville Courier-Journal. [+] Tot-Denmark Locale-CurryCounty misc-word(title) Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Grandma Cox arrived at Denmark on Saturday the 13th. + [M. Curry county.] Church name-Sharp Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Rev. H. B. Swafford will fill the appointments of Rev. B. T. Sharp. + Locale-Isthmus-indir speech expo-fair Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Hon. J. M. Siglin will deliver the inaugural address the second day of the fair. + Tot-Coq-name OT-Salem health-insane health-death misc-word(symbol) Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Daniel T. Hill, late of this town, died at the insane asylum at Salem on the 14th inst. + Pursuit-sports animal-deer Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Messsrs. Goodman and Johnson killed a splendid buck deer while out hunting, lately. + Locale-CoosBay commute Tot-Bandon Nv41 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. M. E. Anderson came over from the bay, and left town for his home at Bandon, on Sunday. + = name-Dyer Locale-CoosBay judge visit OT-Salem school Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 Judge G. M. Dyer and family leave Coos bay, for a three weeks’ visit to Salem. His daughter Miss Hattie, will remain in the capital city to attend college. + Music entertain drama organiz event? Dance pursuit-racing expo-fair? Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 The Coquille City Brass Band intend giving a dramatic entertainment to conclude with a ball, on the evening of the second day of the races – 8th of October. + Name-Bunch paper fruit misc-word(superlative) Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. F. S. Bunch has beat the record so far, in the size of his peaches. They are not only large but good, and Frank did not forget the printers. Thanks. + House improve Tot-Coq health-provider boomer? misc-word-ornament Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 Preparations are about complete for the work of putting on the finishing touch to the interior of Dr. Angell’s house. The structure will be an ornament to the town. + Tot-Fairview Locale-BurtonPrairie paper name-Dean fruit quote Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 W. C. Haskins, of Burton Prairie will accept the thanks of D. F. Dean, for a box of sweet, refreshing, peaches presented to him. “Though lost to sight, to memory dear.” Srh-ocean Srh-ship-Oregon “first” saying Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 “Oregon” ahead of the world. The Cunard steamer Oregon has made the quickest passage ever recorded in crossing the Atlantic ocean – 6 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes. + Locale-LR Locale-CoqR [?] enterprise-cannery fish Srh-ocean Srh-ship-Arcata Srh-freight OT-Cali Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 The cannery is two thousand cases ahead, up to date, of the amount caught last year. The firm will ship one thousand cases to California on the next trip of the steamer Arcata. + Entertain dance Tot-Coaledo commute Tot-Marshfield misc-word aided…enjoyable Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 There was a dance at Coaledo last Saturday night, in which some couples from this town participated. A few visitors from Marshfield were in attendance, and aided in making the affair enjoyable. + Srh-river Srh-CoqR Fish enterprise-cannery misc-word(superlative) Nv42 CCH September 23, 1884 Twenty-two boats are at work for the cannery, and are hauling in the salmon rapidly Mr. F [sic] Getchell tells us that the fish are unprecedently [sic], large. Boat loads are caught that will average 28 pounds to each fish. + = paper Tot-MP item-goods name-Lowe misc-word(superlative) Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 We call attention to the notice in another column of the sale of the stock of Burke and Hickey, Myrtle Point, by the assignee, R. H. Lowe. Give him a call and you will have an opportunity seldom offered. + Politic organiz character? Lifestyle? Speech misc-word(title) misc-word(several) Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Hon. A. C. Jones, candidate for presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, spoke to a slim audience in this place, on Thursday evening last. The Good Templars were holding their weekly session in the hall overhead, the same evening, and this aided in preventing many from attending. It also tended towards discommoding the speaker; the noise in the upper hall resounding loudly in the hall below. + Name-Nosler name-Hunt enterprise-construction business bldg name-Olive food improve novelty-brick Tot-Coq boomer Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Messrs. Nosler and Hunt are about to construct a building 18 x 30, opposite the Olive hotel. The lower story will be occupied as a meat market, and the upper portion as offices. The building is to be supported by brick pillars, the construction of which is in the hands of Mr. J. F. Goodman. This will be another valuable addition to the business portion of the town. + = Tot-Randolph commute Tot-Coq Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. H. Southwell and family, of Randolph, are in town. + Name-Dunham commute Tot-Coq misc-word-and-lady Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 J. F. Dunham and lady passed through town yesterday. + Name-Hall Tot-Marshfield commute Tot-Coq Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Mrs. Wm. Hall, of Marshfield, paid us a visit yesterday. + Tot-Empire county-official visit friends Locale-CoqR Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. Benjamin, of Empire, is visiting friends on the river. + Road-stage commute? Tot-Coaledo-indir misc-word(title) Tot-Coq Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Hon. J. M. Siglin came to town last evening by the Coaledo stage. + Name-Brown Srh-CaptBrown commute Tot-Coq travel? Locale-CoqR Srh-CoqR Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Captain Brown was in town last week and went down to the mouth of the river. + Pursuit-racing agric organiz Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 The race track of the S. W. O. A. is now completed and ready for business. + Salesman Tot-Coq travel? Book History Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 A Mr. Faulkner who is traveling in the interest of Bancroft’s history, is doing the town. + [M. 2008 -- See also Nv57 CCH Sept 30, 1884] Road road-stage Tot-Coaledo paper-attitude travel? Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. Jarvis is having some good work done on the Coaledo road. Our people ought to assist on this road, for it brings an immense amount of traffic this way. + Photo salesman? Tot-Coq Tot-Sumner Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 By special request, the McMillan Bros. will remain in town over next Sunday. Sept. 28th our last Sunday. Monday, Sept. 29th, will be, positively, our last Sunday. Monday, Sept. 30th, will be our last day. Remember this is your last chance to get cheap pictures at our cheap prices. We will be in Sumner, Oct. 2nd. + Tot-Coq business utility disaster-fire-prevention misc-word-general-conflagration Nv43 CCH September 23, 1884 Mr. C. Andrews’ reservoir for holding water as a precaution in case of fire, is finished. The connecting pipe through which the water is to be pumped, is now being put in. These structures are all invisible but useful underground auxiliary in the event of a general conflagration. + = Srh-river Srh-CoqR expo-fair agric Tot-HallsPrairie Tot-HallPrairie Tot-Coq Tot-MP road road-wagon Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-boat Srh-ferry Srh?-CaptButler music organiz name-Dame Nv44 CCH September 23, 1884 Negotiations are being made to have a steamer run daily between this place and the fair ground at Halls prairie. The road from Joe Dame’s place and that of Capt. Butler, is being put in repair, so that buggies and wagons can get to the ferry opposite the fair grounds. The Myrtle Point Brass Band will be in attendance. + County-court Tot-Empire judge RE? Item-liquor crime health-accident prices Nv44 CCH September 23, 1884 Circuit Court. [head; centered, bold, smaller than text; medium-wide margins.] ____ \ Circuit court met at Empire last Monday, Judge R. S. Bean presiding. + In the matter of W. B. Curtis et al. vs A. Nasburg et al, for a partition of real estate, A. P. Owen was appointed referee and the property was ordered sold. + The following named persons were indicted by the grand jury: W. H. Jenkins, selling liquor without a license; George Youngerman, conducting a faro [sic] game, and W. J. Webster, assault. Wednesday morning, Jenkins and Youngerman pleaded guilty in the charges against them. Jenkins was fined $50, and Youngerman, $150. W. J. Webster’s case was continued. M. E. Anderson, selling liquor without license, $50. The case of Frank Sheridan in the stabbing of A. C. Frick, resulting in the defendant being fined one-hundred dollars. + Judge county-official name-Dyer Srh-ocean? Srh-ship Tot-P.Orford Locale-CoosBay character Nv44 CCH September 23, 1884 From the Mail. James Dyer, who arrived here on the last steamer, is here on a visit to his brother, our esteemed county judge. Some years ago, Mr. Dyer resided at Port Orford. + Utlity-indir business other-coal-indir Tot-Newport Tot-Libby Locale-CoosBay OT-Cali prices Nv44 CCH September 23, 1884 From the Mail. Otto Schetter, late of California, and P. Flanagan of Newport, purchased H. P. Whitney’s property and business interests on the bay, paying therefor [sic] the sum of $27,000. + Srh-ocean Srh-ColumbiaR Srh-bar Srh-dock Srh-tug-Astoria Srh-ship-Belle-of-Oregon fish enterprise-cannery Srh-freight food Srh-tide climate Srh-ship-building Locale-CoosBay Nv44 CCH September 23, 1884 From the Mail. The first work performed at the Columbia river bar by the new tug Astoria, more than fulfilled the expectation of her power and speed. She took hold of the bark Belle of Oregon at Flavel’s dock at noon and towed her over the bar to Fairway’s buoy in two hours and six minutes. The distance is a trifle over 16 miles. The ship was drawing 21 1/2 feet, and her cargo consisted of 36,700 cases of salmon, weighing 1200 tons, and 500 tons of flour. She was towed against the tide, and in the face of a moderate southwest breeze. An ordinary tow from Astoria to the sea occupies about three hours. The Astoria’s work is by all odds the best ever done at the mouth of the Columbia. The Astoria was built on Coos bay. + = Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 X+X Bandon. [head, bold, smaller than text. Wide margins.] [short line-under] The schooner Amethyst on her way down to the mouth of the river, stopped at Getchell’s cannery, and took on board one hundred cases of salmon. We hear considerable complaint from some of the farmers that their hen-roosts have been raided, and they lay the theft at the door of the heathen Chinese. “But,” says one of those employers of coolie labor, “I know that my Chinamen do not rob hen-roosts.” Oh!, no; of course not, nor do the much abused pigtails work for less wages than our own honest, hard working men and women of America. It is through their influence on the labor question that many impoverished whites in the cities and elsewhere are compelled to tramp, steal and commit murder; driving some of our women to a life of shame. + On Friday, I took passage on the steamer Ceres for Bandon, arriving there about sunset, and feeling somewhat hungry, sallied forth to the Lewisport hotel, arriving there just as the bell was ringing for supper, at which your correspondent and others were soon seated, enjoying as substantial a meal as the most fastidious could wish for. The next morning I strolled down to the mouth of the river, to where they were at work on the break-water [sic]; where all were busy as bees. They have not yet proceeded far with the work, yet, [sic] there is so much gravel and hard sand that is slow work driving the piles down, taking as much as three hundred blows, by actual count, to drive some of them. At present the sand is not packed so hard, and they are progressing finely. E. B. Miller, of your town, was at Bandon, seeing what was to be seen and enjoying himself hugely. Capt. Littlefield came over from the bay Thursday, 18th, and will return in a few days. Capt. Floyd towed the Helen Merriam over the bar, on Thursday last. They report eight feet of water on the bar. The Parkersburg and Amethyst are waiting an opportunity to go over the bar. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear Creek, Sept 20th. X+x Above, dissolved Tot-Bandon Srh-ocean Srh-river Srh-CoqR enterprise-cannery Srh-ocean Srh-freight Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. The schooner Amethyst on her way down to the mouth of the river, stopped at Getchell’s cannery, and took on board one hundred cases of salmon. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear Creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon farm crime animal-poultry racism paper-attitude misc-word(several) condit-labor lifestyle? Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. We hear considerable complaint from some of the farmers that their hen-roosts have been raided, and they lay the theft at the door of the heathen Chinese. “But,” says one of those employers of coolie labor, “I know that my Chinamen do not rob hen-roosts.” Oh!, no; of course not, nor do the much abused pigtails work for less wages than our own honest, hard working men and women of America. It is through their influence on the labor question that many impoverished whites in the cities and elsewhere are compelled to tramp, steal and commit murder; driving some of our women to a life of shame. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear Creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-boat-Ceres food business correspond misc-word(several) Srh-jetty geology-rock novelty-wood-piles machine Srh-govt-works? Improv Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. On Friday, I took passage on the steamer Ceres for Bandon, arriving there about sunset, and feeling somewhat hungry, sallied forth to the Lewisport hotel, arriving there just as the bell was ringing for supper, at which your correspondent and others were soon seated, enjoying as substantial a meal as the most fastidious could wish for. The next morning I strolled down to the mouth of the river, to where they were at work on the break-water [sic]; where all were busy as bees. They have not yet proceeded far with the work, yet, [sic] there is so much gravel and hard sand that is slow work driving the piles down, taking as much as three hundred blows, by actual count, to drive some of them. At present the sand is not packed so hard, and they are progressing finely. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon name-Miller commute entertain? Misc-word(several) Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. E. B. Miller, of your town, was at Bandon, seeing what was to be seen and enjoying himself hugely. + Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon Srh-[?] Srh-CaptLittlefield Locale-CoosBay commute Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. Capt. Littlefield came over from the bay Thursday, 18th, and will return in a few days. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-ocean Srh-bar Srh-CaptFloyd Srh-ship-HelenMerriam Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. Capt. Floyd towed the Helen Merriam over the bar, on Thursday last. They report eight feet of water on the bar. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear creek, Sept 20th. [+ text] Tot-Bandon Srh-ocean Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-bar Srh-ship-Parkersburg Srh-ship-Amethyst Locale-BearCr Nv45 CCH September 23, 1884 Bandon. The Parkersburg and Amethyst are waiting an opportunity to go over the bar. Mountain Boomer. [M. name of correspondent] Bear creek, Sept. 20th. [+ text] x+x = Vital Tot-MP [?]-official Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 MARRIED. At Myrtle Point, Sept. 17th, Carl Volkmar, J. P. Mr. D. H. Campbell to Miss Mary Stacy. [+ text] Vital Tot-GF name-Bright Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 Married. At Gravel Ford [sic], Sept. 14th, Mr. Albert Bright to Miss Sarah Culbertson. [+ text] Health-birth Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 BORN. September the 19th, to the wife of John A. Laird, a son. [+ text] Health-death OT-Salem Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 DIED. At Salem, Sept. 14th, Daniel T. Hill, aged about 46 years. [+ text] Health-death Tot-Coq poem lifestyle? Character? Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 Died. In this town, on yuesday [sic] Sept. 16th, Mary Scott Simon, wife of J. A. Simon, in the 32nd year of her age. She suffered long and patiently; She’ll suffer thus no more; The burdened spirit now is free, And sorrow’s reign is o’er. [+ text] Srh-ocean Srh-Atlantic-Ocean Srh-ship-Oregon Srh-ship-America Srh-ship-Alaska law condit climate “first” OT-Queenstown(?) misc-word(several) misc-word(superlative) home-seekers(immigrant) Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 The Fastest Vessel that Floats. [head, bold, centered, smaller than text; almost spans the column; very narrow margins.] [short line-under] To the steamship Oregon, which arrived Saturday night, was reserved the accomplishment of besting her own fastest trans-Atlantic record of 6 days, 10 hours 10. [sic] She left Queenstown at 3:21 P. M. local time on Sunday, the 17th, inst., arrived off Sandy Hook at 9:50 P. M. Saturday. Allowing for the difference in longitude, the corrected time of her crossing was 6 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes, being just 20 minutes faster than her former record. The total distance made was 2818 miles. This would give an average of over 445 miles a day, and more than 18 ½ knots an hour. At 9 o’clock yesterday morning she hauled alongside her dock at pier [sic] 38, North river , having on board 368 cabin, 73 intermediate and 467 steerage passengers. Her officers and crew being added to this make a total of 1182 souls all told on board. A large number of people had assembled at the pier to welcome the fleetest vessel afloat. The friends of the America, however, think she will lower the record, and claim she would have made the last trip in less than six days and seven hours had she not dropped a propeller blade. The Oregon left Queenstown just six hours and two minutes later than the Alaska [sic]. The weather was quite rough at times, and head winds [sic] were encountered which not only retarded her some, but prevented her spread of canvas. The chief officer stated that during his thirty years’ experience at sea he had never been on a vessel which acted better in rough weather. “Why,” said he, “she’ll ride through a heavy sea as gracefully as a swan, with little difference in speed from fair weather. She can’t be beaten, except by herself. We are as much attached to her as if she was [sic] a person.” It is said that after the season is over she will be laid up for alterations in her interior arrangements, so as to be able to accommodate at least two hundred more cabin passengers. Another one of the officers who was met referred to the recent decision regarding the detention of immigrants on board until examined by the commissioners of emigration [sic]. He said the inconvenience to the steamship companies was very great, and that the lives of many who were unaquainted with ship life were thereby endangered. “It will not be long,” said he, “before all parties concerned will realize the mistake and some means be taken, to land the immigrants at Castle Garden as before. It is not right to compel the owners of steamships to support them while in port and then return them, “if assisted,” [sic ] to their houses again. – New York paper. [sic. no closing quote ] + Ad item-goods Tot-MP? name-Lowe business bldg condit Nv46 CCH September 23, 1884 Auction, Auction, Auction. [head, med-bold, centered, larger than text, medium margins.] I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, the stock of goods remaining on hand, on Saturday September 13th, 1884, at the store house [sic] of Messrs. Burke and Hickey, for the benefit of creditors. R. H. Lowe, Assignee for B. & H. [+ text] = church character paper-attitude natl-filler? War? condit-signs-times OT-London OT-WorthingUK misc-word(several) misc-word(title) saying quote Nv46a CCH September 23, 1884 THE SALVATION ARMY. [head, centered, bold, narrow margins.] [medium line-under] From the London Telegraph [M. Telegraph is italicized] of the 21st ult., we glean the particulars of a desperate riot which took place in the town of Worthing, the cause of which was the outrageous antics of the miscalled “Salvation Army.” Another band who style themselves the “Skeleton Army” attacked the members of the Salvation Army, and riot, rapine and destruction of property reigned supreme, despite all efforts of the police; assuming such an overwhelming character that the civil authorities had to appeal to the military. The Telegraph [not italics] says: “The magistrates sent for cavalry, and a troop under command of Captain Walton, with Lieutenants Law and Shakespeare [sic], arrived and drew up in front of the Town Hall, at ten o'clock at night. The Justice of the Peace addressed the crowd and asked them to go home quietly. They refused to do so, and commenced to sing “Rule Britannia,” “We won’t go home till morning,” and such-like songs. At half-past eleven the Riot Act was read, and the space in front of the town buildings speedily cleared. The Dragoons made no charge. The police were afterwards able to clear the streets. Order was restored about midnight.” The loud sounding brazen element known as the “Salvation Army” is one of the great humbugs of the age. Everything connected with its proceedings partakes of the theatre [sic] and the circus. There is nothing in its turbulent notion that bears the slightest resemblance to a conformity with the teaching of Christ. His doctrine was peace and the quiet of the closet or temple of prayer. Their antics cannot be described otherwise than those of a lot of cranks. It is the rushing of the torrent and the roll of drums. The clamorous jargon of an excited multitude. It is the outgrowth of fanatical, overheated brains that rejoice in every opportunity for excitement, and has nothing of the redeeming features of true religion to commend it to favor. The glaring absurdities of its disciples have to be checked and circumscribed by the ordinances of towns and cities which it afflicts with its presence. Mankind must have some religion, no matter how varied; but the sooner the Salvation Army is suppressed the better it will be for society at large. + = Tot-Coq business bldg Tot-Parkersburg Tot-Randolph Tot-Fishtrap Locale-SouthFork Locale-BearCr Tot-Sumner Tot-Marshfield Locale-CoqR Tot-Newport Tot-Libby Tot-Bandon Tot-Empire OT-Roseburg OT-SF name-Fox name-King name-Brown name-Barrows Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-boat-LittleAnnie Srh-CaptBrown Srh-CaptSnyder Nv46b CCH September 23, 1884 HOTEL ARRIVALS. [head; centered, bold, larger type than text, medium margins.] (Olive Hotel) Sept.15 C L Pape city Capt Floyd Parkers’bg J Walser Randolph Mrs Floyd “ Dr McCormac Marsh- A E Hadsell Fishtrap field Mrs. Hadsell “ S King South fork Sep 16 V N Perry city Jason Randleman J Benham Sumner Bear creek Geo Benham F Getchell Parkers C B Marsters “ burg E H Truman Parkers [sic] Sep 17 J Perry Marsh- A Machado river field W Windsor Parkersbg A Fox S F W Altachul [sic] S F L Leichner S F John Lewis Bandon J Rowan river H B Haskins Sumner Sep 18 W Campbell C Douglas Randolph Fewport [sic] Mrs. Campbell Newport A G [?] Jones Roseburg P Hickey Empire City F Tupper Bandon Mrs Sullivan & child Miss Sullivan C Jackson Empire City Sep 19 W Skelly river Capt Brown Bandon Sep 20 Dr. Angell city John Goodman city H Collier city J Waller city M Anderson Bandon Sep 21 Capt L Snyder Geo Leneve purser steamer Annie str Annie Sam Barrows Parkbg H Dalmas Randolph [+text] = Condit-labor condit-signs-times other-coal OT-PA trust-indir invest? Prices food paper-attitude home-seekers(immigrants) OT-Europe OT-US govt law? Needed? Misc-word(several) Nv47 CCH September 23, 1884 PERSECUTING WORKINGMEN. [head, centered, bold, smaller than text; spans the column.] __________ At Coal Center, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of August, 700 resident workingmen were turned out of employment in the mines and their places filled by contract laborers from Southern Europe. It was announced at the time that this change was made that 300 more contract immigrants were on their way to the United States to take the places of an equal number of workingmen still employed in the mines. The 300 miners still remaining when the announcement of their approaching displacement was made to them, sent to the owner of the mines a formal protest, and begging that “the great wrong contemplated should not be inflicted upon them.” They stated that they were receiving but 65 cents a day, “which sum is totally inadequate to support our families; but if this pittance is taken from us, starvation and want are inevitable. The mine owners construed [jpg missing] ing to eat, and hopeless, [sic] of succor, these 450 destitute laborers broke into little gangs of twenty-five or thirty each, and camped in the woods, living upon fruits and young corn and whatever else they could pick up. The mine-owners, considering their presence in the neighborhood a menace to themselves, applied to the county authorities to disperse them. It was claimed that they were riotous and disorderly. In compliance with this request, a systematic attempt has been made to drive these poor people out of the country. –Ex. We are often treated to sugar-coated accounts of the general prosperity prevailing throughout the country, and the above is a sample picture. It is the old, unending problem, seemingly impossible of solution. We are building an aristocracy that revel in luxury, and, following luxury, with slow but unafiling tread [sic], come negligence, inflence and egotism -- the total disregard for the rights of the lower class – the arrogance of caste and the total denial and abandonment of justice. These are the signs of the time [sic], and anarchy supplemented with all the modern improvements in warfare may be the result. There are many who speak of the sense of the people, while arguing on the wrongs they endure. There is neither sense or discrimination in despair. Terrorism rules. The French revolution was an example, and it taught the debased arisocrats [sic] a lesson. Horrible as that revolution was, it had not a tithe of the aids of anarchism which can be brought into play in the present day. If justice could prevail, the laborer would receive some attention. He receives less under this government than he does under some others. If this government passes laws, state or federal, it, [sic] frequently, [sic] fails to enforce them. Such laws are but laughing stock [sic], and the men who make them are knaves. The law of this state prohibiting the carrying of deadly weapons is an example. Let the government pass laws to regulate the hours of labor, and then see that they are enforced. A bureau of labor is as great a necessity in time of peace, as one for war; and, no doubt, would be the means of preventing the numerous strikes and riots with which this country is, at present, afflicted [sic]. If a strong man needs protection, a weak man must certainly need it. Capital is strong, and is always howling for protection. The laborer is weak therefore, [sic] let us give him protection. Let us protect both the weak and the strong, then, [sic] we can substantiate the claim that is not yet truly recorded, and that is that we have the best government the world ever saw. + [M. 2008. latter part is unsigned, no way of knowing if local opinion or copied.] = Poem OT-general lifestyle school Nv48 CCH September 23, 1884 THE VILLAGE SCHOOL BELL. [head, centered, almost spans the column; bold.; smaller than text.] (Le GARCON.) [very small text.] ________ I remember a village, a bright little spot, Where I first saw the light of the day. Its dear homely aspect will ne’er be forgot, Tho’ I wander for aye, far away; The fields and the meadows, the river be- fore--- And the day I last bade it farewell. I remember, and tho’ I may hear it no more, The deep tone of the village school bell. [space] In youth we are fitful, we haste to be free And fly from the monitor’s rule; The yoke in the distance, there’s none of us see, We heed not the blessings of school; The future has charms which we long to explore, On its troubles we care not to dwell, ‘Tis this makes me remember I’ll here [sic] it no more [sic] The deep tone of the village school bell. [space] In youth we must study the lesson and learn To prepare for the battle ahead, ‘Twill [sic] aid in combating the evil we mourn, Where’er in life’s journey we tread; Let no fancies incite us in visions to soar, In improving such moment’s [sic] the spell, Then we’ll remember with joy tho’ we hear it no more, [no capital] The deep tone of the village bell. [sic] + = September 30 Health-death war racism-ethnic patriotic? Music-indir lifestyle? OT-KY OT-GA poetry paper enterprise-writing character? misc-word(several) Nv49 CCH September 30, 1884 The Bivouac of the Dead. [head; centered, bold, smaller than text; margins medium?] __________ The following well-known poem Was written by Colonel Theodore O’Hara, a heroic soldier in the Mexican war, and read by him at The dedication of the monument Erected by the state of Kentucky in the Frankfort cemetery to the memory of her citizens who fell in that struggle. O’Hara was a southern poet and journalist, and for some time was the editor of the Mobile Register. He died in Columbus, Ga. In 1867. [space] [M. poem below is in smaller type.] The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier’s last tattoo! No more on life’s parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame’s eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. [space] No rumor of the foe’s advance Now swells again the wind, Nor troubled thought at midnight haunt Of loved one’s [sic] left behind. No vision of the morrow’s strife The warrior’s dream alarms; No braying horn, no screaming fife At dawn shall call to arms. [space] The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle’s stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past: Nor war’s wild notes, nor glory’s peal Shall thrill with fierce delight These breasts that nevermore may feel The rapture of the fight. [space] Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead! Dear is the blood you gave---- No impious footsteps shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While fame her record keeps, Or honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps. + = church politic? Paper-attitude character condit-signs-times lifestyle? name-Starkey name-LeGarcon climate-indir agric-indir? misc-word(several) racism-indir poem OT-US? Saying Nv50 CCH September 30, 1884 Some Thoughts on the Evident State of Dissatisfaction in Which Some Portions of the Religious Element in Our Country at Present Exist. [head; centered, bold, smaller than text. Widest lines span the column.] [very short line-under] The influence exerted by that eminent, English, Roman Catholic prelate, Monsignor Capel, in his warlike speech on the school question had an effect in producing various petitions throughout the country, demanding state aid and support of parochial schools patterned after those of the Middle Ages. Without the religious element of all complexions has the free use of the newspaper columns, to circulate the peculiar doctrine, fair play demands that those calling themselves religious, as distinguished from heathen, but who are opposed to that morbid monomania that would burden this life by a continuous system of terror – an eternal envelopment in sack-cloth and ashes – should have been an opportunity to express their opinions. With this view, and knowing the selfishness of religious bodies on this matter, we have ventured this opinion. If one side is made to suffer by suppression, would it not be in order to suppress such characters as that English clergyman Furniss (a very appropriate name), [sic] who gave a vivid description of hell, thereby inflicting terror on the ignorant, whilst substantiating his claim to the title o an imposter. “For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. “For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. “Also their love and their hatred, and their envy is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God now accepteth thy works.” --Ecclesiastes, IX Chap., iv, v, vi and vii verses. Accepting the words of Solomon, in the letter and spirit of the t4ext, then, it may be asked, why is the attempt made to keep humanity in a state of terror? The irrepressible conflict at present, with us, is the public school system. Some sects advocate the use of the Bible in schools, others again object to its use, and thus the war is continually kept up by those who, lacking the discretion necessary to cover their weak points, are eternally crying out for our sympathy on one side or the other. One sect claims that through this vile influence of the schools its disciples now number less than 7,000,000, whereas they ought to have in the United States not less than 25,000,000 or 30,000,000. All these souls, they assure us, are a dead loss. Others again are deeply afflicted by what seems to be an increase in infidelity. When the Russian barbarian first approached Christianity, he sent an embassy to Constantinople to see how they worshipped in the headquarters of the Greek church. All is not gold that glitters, but the glitter of gold, not the gold of true Christianity, but that in which it was adorned, captivated his savage heart. He is a Christian to this day; yet he is but little removed from the savage of a few centuries back. What we need is laws in every state of the Union, making education compulsory – compelling the attendance of children up to a definite age. Capital is charged with a considerable amount of despotism; yet the despotism of ignorance is more to be dreaded. We need laws to check the despotic head of a family, whose avaricious propensities lead him or her to devote the child of tender years to a life of ignorance and toil. Give us the education that enables all to read, write and traverse the primary rules of arithmetic, intelligently, and then there will be less danger of that much to be dreaded majority which can be bought and sold like cattle. The more intelligent the community, the less susceptible will it be to immoral suasion [sic]. The Declaration of Independence claims for the people the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The constitution guarantees to each the privilege of following the dictates of his own conscience. Shall we surrender these rights, and by a retrograde movement return to the age of superstition and ecclesiastical despotism? No! Let well enough alone. Fair play will be best carried out by resisting all efforts that are aimed at teaching sectarianism in the public schools. If the soul of a human being cannot be saved without subjecting the mind to a system synonymous with slavery, then it deserves to be damned. Millions of human beings exist and have existed without the aid of that which, with profound egotism, declares itself to be the only true guide, and it would be the height of folly, the sum total of debasing ignorance, to suppose that they have been damned in consequence. The upright, conscientious person need have no apprehension. The world was not made to be a terror to the inhabitants, but a place where all can observe the works of the Creator, and in which the wise will study the lesson of the hour. “Be just and fear not.” The nets of the fishermen are spread, but the supply of docile, unthinking, unintelligent humanity is, sensibly, decreasing. I gaze upon the stately tree That writhes when tempest tossed; Whose scattered germs [sic] reveal to me That naught on earth is lost; It falls and dies; but death has freed The first principle of birth; And spreads fertility and seed To fructify the earth. [space] I came, I know not whence, nor where I finally may go, Why should I cultivate despair, Or fill the mind with woe? The unknown power that placed me here, Deigns nothing more to tell. Why should I fret? What should I fear? “He doeth all things well.” -- Le Garcon. + = Srh-tideland? politic? Govt State Locale-CoosBay OT-Oregon suit?condit Lhc-land? law? Locale-swamplands? Fish enterprise-fishing home-seekers? misc-word(several) Nv51 CCH September 30, 1884 TIDE LAND QUESTION. [head; centered, bold, medium margins.] __________ In view of the litigation impending and the frequent, petty and vexatious lawsuits to title under the swamp-land act, whereby the State became invested with the authority to assume the ownership and consequent power to sell such lands, would it not be advisable for the settlers whose claims embrace lands which are not truly a swamp and overflowed, to combine and make a test case. They should subscribe enough money to enable one claimant to test the matter thoroughly, and thus bring this long-winded and ever recurring question to a final verdict. The land-grabbers never tire, but are always indefatigable in their efforts to not only gain a title to their own land, but a slice of that which rightfully belongs to their poorer neighbor. Viewed in this light, which is the true one, it becomes a paramount duty for the poor settlers to club together and raise a fund sufficient to carry it up to, and through the highest court of the land. There is plenty of land which needs draining, but upon which the tide never rises. Another thing that ought to be considered is the fact that, [sic] land overflowed by the winter rains are [sic] not legitimately, tide land. The tide comes from the sea, and not from the mountains. Land has been claimed on Coos Bay, which was never overflowed by the tide; all it needed was a strait [sic] outlet to allow the accumulation of fresh water to escape. Again, there are sand islands in Coos Bay, around which you can sail a schooner; and the are covered with clams. There can be but little doubt that such spots are not included in the act – that they are public property that it was never the intention of the government to sell to any person. If these matters were thoroughly sifted, we would, undoubtedly, discover that Uncle Sam does not allow any avaricious biped to absorb and grab the fishing ground, oyster and clam beds of his domain. It is the old fable of the dog in the manger – they do not want the bone and they will not allow anybody else to have it. In conclusion, we repeat the advice above given -- make test cases, then the swamp land business may be finally settled, and an American citizen may be able to dig a clam in any portion of Coos Bay without being compelled to pay for it. + Misc-word(symbol) misc-word(several) character paper paper-attitude condit-signs-times Nv52 CCH September 30, 1884 SCURRILITY OF THE PRESS. [head, centered, bold, almost spans the margins, smaller than text] A subscriber takes us to task on the late squabble between this paper and the News. He says that, “it looks wicked, and contains qualities that are both serious and disreputable.” Don’t be alarmed. There is nothing serious about it. It is a way that newspaper men, lawyers and hotel owners have of throwing billet-doux at each other. Subscriber may have read "Midshipman Easy, one of Marryat’s works. If so, he has read under the definition of what constitutes a repartee, worse language than that used in the present controversy. On the 24th inst., the News called us a “typhoid, gangrenous epizootic [sic], demoniac.” We laughed, at the same time we do not know what it means, and we do not believe any one else does. No doubt the News is coining a new “Blarney.” Subscriber may have observed that the big, overgrown, Dungar-von-heeled blatherskite [sic] of the News has called us an “enema.” Now, if he had called us a collyrium, we would have appreciated the accusation. On numerous occasions when this turbulent ruffian of the News would go clamdigging, and turn his number twelves [sic] out to grass, he caught cold, which settled in his upper story and rendered those orbs which resemble two burnt holes in a blanket, unfit for use. On such occasions we doctored the distastful “vilyun:” In seperating [sic] the terms collyrium and enema, we are making the distinction without a difference, still, that of collyrium has but one signification. “Subscriber” may rest assured that we are done with the matter, and will conclude the performance with some of our own views and experience in this state. The object of a low element prevailing the atmosphere of society, is ever to attack and subjugate all other elements, and thereby reduce them to a common level. A low element can creep into the newspaper business with as much facility as it can into any other; but it is ten-fold more injurious by reason of the talent, experience and profuse circulation which aid its dissemination. Personal vice may be abundant, but it is subject to certain limits; a commercial business may be corrupt, but punishment will follow the exposure, and then the evil will have been circumscribed. On the other hand, the newspaper spreads the evil far and near. This has frequently been witnessed in the course adopted by newspapers in Oregon. Having resided on this coast thirty-six years, we have had sufficient opportunities to observe this custom, and have thought it was owing, largely to the paucity of population and the jealousy of opposition. Political animosity was then, and is yet a factor in this debasing custom; but in the early days there was a dearth of news items and it was a common thing to behold whole columns o a newspaper devoted to the abuse of its opponents. As the country becomes populated and the ties of familiar congregation increase, this objectionable feature of the public press is deprecated [sic], and is, fortunately, fast becoming obsolete. There is nothing in it to commend it to public patronage. It tends towards vitiating the mind of youth, and serves to illustrate the low, [sic] moral character of those who indulge in it. A discriminating public will always be watchful of this evil, and the final verdict will be a discontinuance of its support of those who think that their personal matters are the only subjects of interest to which their subscribers have any right. A just exception to the above may be taken where the character of some person in the community is subjected to undeserved abuse, and a suitable defense becomes necessary. + Natl-filler ethnic job transport-canoe “first?” OT-KodiakAK OT-VictoriaBC Srh-misc Nv52 CCH September 30, 1884 Vills Peterson and Peter Miller, two Danish sailors, have made a voyage in a canoe, from the island of Kodiak, near Alaska, to Victoria, British Columbia. + = World natl-news church character condit-signs-times OT-OntarioCanada OT-Italy health-provider health-treatment health-accid health-death health-sickness other-mining-gold OT-Montana Srh-ocean Srh-ship-AnitaOwen OT-Cuba OT-NY OT-France natl-filler OT-Paris OT-China war disaster-piracy politic? Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 GENERAL NEWS. [head, bold, centered; smaller than text; medium margins.] _________ The Salvation Army was egged at Patis, Ontario; [sic] recently. + … The physicians of Spezia, Italy, believe that flies spread the cholera. + … There is great excitement in Benton, Montana, over recent gold discoveries. + … The brig Anita Owen from Santiago de Cuba to New York, lost three men overboard, on the passage. +… Ex-Empress Eugenie, of France, is rapidly declining in health, and it is feared that she will not much longer survive. + The Paris papers announce that if China issues letters of marque, the French will hang all who may be captured, as pirates. + [M.2008 see definition of a letter of marque on Wikipedia.] Commute Tot-Coq OT-RiddleOR Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 J. J. Birch, of Riddle’s arrived in town yesterday. + Crime health-accid Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 A. C. Frick, the man who was stabbed, is improving steadily. + Srh-ocean Srh-ship-Arcata Srh-river Srh-CoosBay Locale-CoosBay misc-word(symbol) Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 The schooner Arcata arrived at Coos bay, on Saturday the 27th inst. + Name-Langlois Tot-Langlois-indir Locale-CunninghamCr Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 Mr. J. F. Langlois has rented the Lawson place on Cunningham creek. + Name-Hall Locale-CoqR Locale-NorthFork business transport? Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 John Hall is up on the North fork, attending to some business in the surveying line. + Name-Hall visit paper misc-word-pleasant-visit business bldg Tot-Coq Nv53 CCH September 30, 1884 Miss Sadie Hall with her cousin, Miss Allie Walker, paid this office a pleasant visit yesterday. + = Commute? Transport? Tot-Marshfield name-Siglin misc-word(title) Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 Hon. J. M. Siglin passed through town on his way to his home at Marshfield, last Thursday. + Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-boat-LittleAnnie fair agric organiz event Tot-Coq Locale-HallsPrairie Locale-Hall’sPrairie Nv 54 CCH September 30, 1884 The Little Annie will run to and from this place to the Halls prairie fair ground during the fair. + Church Locale-CoosBay Tot-Coq Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 Rev. Lund, of the bay, will hold divine services in the church in this place to-morrow [sic] evening. + Name-Shull? Agric crop machine? Name-Giles Locale-[?] Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 B. Shull has one threshing machine at work on his place, and Dan Giles has started another. + Tot-Bandon pursuit-sports paper-attitude? Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 Two ladies ran a race at Bandon. Sorry; but we were rejoined with regard to the particulars. It was a dead heat. + Fish enterprise-fishing enterprise-cannery food Locale-CoqR Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 There were 850 salmon caught at the cannery last Tuesday night. The company have [sic] 400 cases of tin on the Coquille. + School event name-Miller Tot-Marshfield commute? Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 Mrs. Tobias and Professors Tobias and Miller have returned from attending the teachers’ institute at Marshfield. + Tot-MP OT-IL paper-attitude? Misc-word-old…grounds Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 John Wilkenson who left Myrtle Point with the intention of going to Illinois, has returned. Welcome, John, to your old stamping grounds. + Srh-ocean Srh-ship-NapaCity Srh-CaptGruggel Locale-BlacklockPoint Locale-CurryCounty Disaster-shipwreck Nv54 CCH September 30, 1884 Capt. O Gruggel [sic] has again had the misfortune to lose a schooner; this time the Napa City. The vessel went ashore while taking a cargo at Blacklock Point. + = school organiz bldg business house? Salesman Photo Tot-Coq Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 The school house and scholars, Odd-fellows hall, and several private and business houses in town have been photographed the past week, by the McMillan Bros. + Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-harbor Srh-jetty Srh-govt-works Locale-CoqR b-act transport? misc-word(title) Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 J. J. Thompson Esqr. [sic], local superintendant [sic] of the works at the mouth of the Coquille, was in town last Saturday, on business, and left for home on Sunday morning. + Photo b-act salesman Tot-Coq fair condit-signs-times Tot-Sumner Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 Owing to a continued rush of business, the McMillan Bros. have decided to remain in Coquille City until after the coming fair; consequently, it will be Oct. 14th before they will be in Sumner. + Tot-Bandon Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-jetty Srh-breakwater novelty-wood-pilings machine Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 A gentleman who visited Bandon, last week, tells us that they drive fifteen piles per day, in the erection of the breakwater. Its progress outward, is from seven to twelve feet, in the same period. + Srh-CaptGoodrich Srh-river Srh-trade Srh-SacramentoR Srh-boat-Confidence Srh-boat-WilsonGHunt history? Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 Capt. S. D. Goodrich called on [jpg missing?] the steamboats Confidence, Wilson G. Hunt and others in the Sacramento river trade. Cap [sic] was a river pilot in those days. + Tot-Coq business bldg utility item-hardware boomer? Condit-signs-times lifestyle? misc-word-dangerous...night Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 Whitney and O’Connell have had a useful lamp set up at the corner of their hardware store. Harry Kribs was the architect. It is a dangerous corner for a stranger on a dark night; but the lamp will act as a safeguard. + Tot-Fairview Locale-BurtonPrairie Tot-Coq road misc-word(title) Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 A Party consisting of Messrs. Holverstott, Stevenson, Haskins, Melton and Stanford have cut a trail from Burton Prairie to Coquille City. They were occupied three days in cutting through so a pack animal can travel on the road. + Paper Locale-CurryCounty Tot-GoldBeach improve? Paper-attitude saying Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 The Curry County Post has taken on a new name. “Call a rose by any other name,” etc. The Gold Beach Gazette is the new title. The paper is larger than formerly and bears evidence of improvement, typographically. Good luck attend it. + Mill-Grube’s Mill-MyrtleGrove Locale-MyrtleGrove Locale-LR Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-shipbuilding Srh-Danielson Srh-CaptDanielson character? Nv55 CCH September 30, 1884 The new vessel at Grube’s is decked, planked and nearly caulked, with the exception of the bottom. She will remain on the ways this winter, and Chris Danielson will finish the cabin and other joiner work. Chris will be captain and all hands, and good hands, too. + = poem church-indir lifestyle? Name-Starkey Name-LeGarcon character-attitude Nv56 CCH September 30, 1884 A DREAM. [head, bold, centered; extra-wide margins.] (LE GARCON.) [smaller than text.] ____ I had a dream – it seemed I was in hell, That place of torment and ne’er ending pain, And Satan sat enthroned and tolled the knell Of each sad victim sent to his domain; In truth it had a most sulphurous smell – A burning brimstone – far extending – plain; I ne’er believed in “Nick” or such a place, But now, I smelt and felt him, face to face. [half-space] “Mortal,” said he [no comma] “what brings you here below? None but the spirits of the damned come here.” “To tell the truth,” said I, “I do not know, I have descended much [sic?] beneath my sphere. But one request I make before I go, “ ’Twill gratify me and my doubts will clear.” “What is it?” said he. “Tell me the kind of men You keep in this illuminated den.,” [sic] [half-space] “Ha ha!” he cried, “you want them in de- tail; Vile murderers and thieves of every grade – The usurer who smiles when others fail;” Politicians of each party shade; Knaves of much cunning, those who rant and rail At others’ sins, a self-conceited trade; Mortal, I fervently love a liar, My draft is good when he stirs up a fire. [half-space] “Satan,” said I, “a few escape your net: A murderer, we see, at times goes clear – Some good men pray for him, soothe him and pet His fancies sometimes when he is near [jpg missing] I awoke and found ‘twas but a dream, [logical] enough, it seemed to be; [ ] and their victims o’er the stream, [ ] unprepared into eternity. [ ] boots it, then, these sentimental gleams Of sorrow and insipid sympathy? Thus I believe that prayers piled to the skies Serve not to screen the murderer when he dies. + = business bldg Tot-Coq misc-word-they…business Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 See Whitney & O’Connell’s large ad. They mean business. Call and get their prices. + Tot-Coq music organiz paper-attitude? Nv56 CCH September 30, 1884 The Coquille City, [sic] Brass Band are [sic] becoming quite proficient in their studies. The boys can play several tunes with precision. + Name-Volkmar item-hardware Tot-MP item-goods Srh-ocean Srh-ship-Amethyst Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Wm. Volkmar Sr. is going to open a tin shop at Myrtle Point. He received a portion of his stock by the schooner Amethyst, and expects other invoices shortly. + School event bldg Tot-Marshfield state-official Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 The teachers’ institute for Coos county met at the Academy building in Marshfield, last Wednesday, and was opened with appropriate remarks by Professor E. B. McElroy. + Tot-MP business bldg misc-word(superlative)? Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Mrs. Reed is entirely renovating the Lehnherr Hotel – putting a new, square front in and otherwise considerably enlarging the same. When completed, it will present quite a neat appearance. + Srh-ocean Srh-ship-CHMerchant Srh-ship-LaGironde Srh-CaptFrankHill Srh-misc? Locale-CoosBay health-accid health-death name-Hill Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Frank Hill, well known on Coos bay, as mate of the C. H. Merchant and other vessels, while acting captain of the schooner La Gironde, fell from the foremast head to the deck, and was instantly killed. + Paper log Srh-river Srh-CoosBay animal-livestock “first” misc-word(superlative)? Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 The Mail says that Jap. [sic] Yokum [sic] put into the water in one day, with one team of four yoke of cattle, 56,560 feet of logs. Jap. [sic] claims this to be the biggest day’s work of the kind ever performed in this county. + b-act Locale-CoqValley Tot-Coq salesman OT-Portland? Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Mr. R. D. Faulkner with A. L. Bancroft & Co. has been spending several days in this county and spent a portion of the same in this vicinity. Mr. Faulkner is well pleased with what he has seen and made many friends with our people. + [M. 2008. A L Bancroft is the name inscribed in pen and ink on these microfilm Herald issues; however, October papers are inscribed to H. H. Bamcroft History Department.] climate road visit OT-Roseburg OT-Cascades other-mining enterprise-trapping Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Aunt Elvira Tripp is stopping in Roseburg, with the family of Mr. Ed Sheridan. She informs us that Mr. Tripp has gone east of the Cascades trapping and prospecting. Mrs. T. had thought of visiting her old friends down here this fall, but she thinks the early rains have made the roads too bad to admit of it till next season [sic]. + Item-apparel climate Tot-Coq saying? politic govt? Name-Olive Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Mr. Charles Olive is the happy and only possessor of a Blaine and Logan hat. The climate of Coquille City does not seem to exert any influence in its citizens favorable to the production of the parti-colored hats; consequently, Charley keeps close to home when donning the symbol. No person wishes to assume the character of a bean-pole in a desert. [sic] + Ad item-hardware business bldg Tot-Coq condit Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 Pioneer Hardware Man again Heard From. [centered, bold, smaller than text; first line, narrow margins, 2nd one, wide margins.] Owing to continual reduction in prices of hardware in San Francisco market, I am again marking down. + Disaster-fire OT-Portland Nv57 CCH September 30, 1884 The Fire Fiend. [head; wide margins. Bold, centered, smaller than text.] Two Large Fires at Portland [sub head, centered, spans most of column. [last week] [M. the rest not copied.] = drama literary music entertain dance event organiz Tot-Coq misc-word-minstrelcy misc-word -minstrelsy misc-word-melodrama misc-word-typo misc-word-olio misc-word-serio-comic misc-word-conundrum name-Sugg name-Bunch Tot-Coq Tot-MP Tot-Marshfield prices Nv58 CCH September 30, 1884 Grand Dramatic AND Musical Entertainment, To be given by the Coquille City Brass and String Band, at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Coquille City, October 2, 1884. PART FIRST. Minstrelcy [sic] – Consisting of vocal and in- strumental music, jokes, gags, sketches, conundrums, etc. –Grand Combination of mirth, wit, --by the entire company. INTERLUDE. Consisting of character songs, and recitations. PART SECOND. The Charming Little Melodrama ARABELLA’S COURTS MRS. LENA LUCAS in the Title Roll [sic], Supported by the following cast: Mr. Dennison----J. W. Sugg. Josiah Sprinkle-----Chas. Zumwalt. Belinda Robins----Miss Alice Bunch. Geo. Clayton----H. S. Kribbs [sic]. William Dennison----Steve Gallier. OLIO. OVERTURE-----ORCHESTRA. Serio-Comic and Sentimental Songs and Character Sketches. PART THIRD. The Mirth Provoking Farce. LATKIN’S LOVE LETTERS. With the following cast: Littleton Lynx----Clark Miller. Robins----Walter Sinclair. Sallie----Mrs. A. A. [sic] Tobias. Isabella----Mrs. W. Sinclair. Col. Bubbleton Boilover----H. J. Tobias. The whole to conclude with a GRAND BALL The members of the Myrtle Point and Marshfield Brass Bands, [sic] have kindly volun- teered their services for the occasion. Admission 50 cents each; children half price. $2 per couple to the entertainment and ball. + ad Tot-Bandon business bldg Locale-CoosCounty misc-word(superlative) Srh-river Srh-CoqR Srh-dock Nv58 CCH September 30, 1884 Bandon Hotel – Bandon, Coos Co., Or. -- M. E. ANDERSON, xxProprietorxx ______ This house has been elegantly furnished and is at once the house of the tourist. The house is of easy access to the steamer landing. The table is supplied with the best the market affords, and no pains spared to render comfort to guests. [+ text.] Ad Tot-Coq business bldg misc-word(superlative) prices Nv58 CCH September 30, 1884 ROBINSON HOUSE, COQUILLE CITY, OGN. [sic] HAS Recently been furnished with spring beds and other conveniences for the benefit of the traveling public. Meals at all hours 25 cents. BULLARD & DRANE, Props. [+ text.] Natl-filler history OT-France OT-Canada war Nv58 CCH September 30, 1884 [an old Battle, French, Canadian, Wolfe and Montcalm. Lengthy. Not copied.] = [M. note, 2008. This document contains most of the data from these issues except for some outside news and national-fillers, that is, "boilerplate." 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