| Coos history home Historical Newspapers OREGON Items from this paper have been selected, and transcribed from microfilm, by Marilee Miller. This document is a fairly comprehensive one, but makes no attempt to copy all items. Please see Explantions, and copyright info, at end of document. COQUILLE CITY HERALD Coquille, OR. [additions and re-keyworded Jan 2008 & Feb 2011; further keywords may be needed.] 1884 1883 1884-Jun July1-8 15 | 1884-July29 1884-more 1885 to newspaper menu JULY 22, 1884 Literary poem Srh-ocean enterprise-fishing health-death? natl filler Nn76 CCH July 22, 1884 The Fisher’s Daughter. [<headline. Poem; not copied; rather maudlin and obscure in meaning.] Tot-Bandon Tot-MyrtlePoint Tot-Coquille Tot-Marshfield Tot-Multi OT-Roseburg Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Srh-boat-LittleAnnie politic election name-Hermann entertain-social music organiz entertain-[?] Locale-CoosCounty locale-Oregon friend? character name-Lynch name-Hermann speech people-attitude lifestyle? superlative misc-word(several) saying Nn76 CCH July 22, 1884 The Serenade at Myrtle Point. We are indebted to the generosity of Henry Schroeder Jr. for the following account of a social gathering which took place at Myrtle Point. On Saturday the 5th inst., the Myrtle Point Brass Band returned from the “grand celebration” at Bandon, with the Marshfield Brass Band, as their guests. They embarked at Coquille City, on the steamer, Little Annie, and proceeded to Myrtle Point. The trip was an enjoyable one – abounding in song and merry-making, interspersed, at intervals, with choice selections of music by the bands. Upon landing at Myrtle Point, the two bands formed in marching order, with music, and colors flying, proceeded to the headquarters of the Myrtle Point Band. The people anticipating their arrival, had organized a dance for the evening, which, [sic] was well attended – an impromptu affair, but a complete success. The principal feature of the occasion was the serenade at 11 P. M. to Hon. Binger Hermann, the representative elect of Oregon. The two bands rendered several of their best pieces, on the conclusion of which, Mr. T. Lynch, of the Marshfield Band, made a few appropriate remarks concluding with a call for Mr. Hermann. M. Hermann said that he felt grateful to the people of Oregon for the honor conferred on him, and that he intended to merit the honor by a faithful application to his duties as their representative. That, [sic] he represented the state at large, and while he would do all that lay in his power for Coos county, there were other parts of the state which must not be forgotten, and that it is his intention to work for every section of the state in proportion to its importance. He said that language failed him in expressing the gratitude he felt for the expression of confidence in him, as indicated by the vote of his two home places, Myrtle Point and Roseburg. That, [sic] he had been honored by serenades throughout the state, for which he felt grateful, but to come home and receive the recognition that he had received from friends and boyhood comrades of both political parties, was more than he expected, and words would not express his feelings on the occasion. The best of good feeling prevailed and the fraternal evidence of good fellowship exhibited by the two bands was an admirable feature of this occasion. To sum up, an event that long will be remembered by the participants, [comma, sic; = period] + Improve Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Srh-CoosBay Srh-ColumbiaR Srh-Cascades(river) Srh-WillametteR Srh-SnakeR Srh-harbor Srh-bay Srh-YaquinaBay Locale-CoquilleRiver Locale-CoosBay Locale-ColumbiaR Locale-Cascades(river) Locale-WillametteR Locale-Snake-R Locale-YaquinaBay OT-Portland condit character govt law? Prices? paper-attitude item-toy fish history misc-word(several) saying Nn76 CCH July 22, 1884 The following items from the river and harbor bill, and which are applied to improvements in the state of Oregon, have passed both houses of congress: Mouth of the Columbia river. [sic] $100,000; Cascades, $150,000; Columbia and lower Willamette rivers, below Portland, $100,000; upper Columbia and Snake rivers, $20,000; Coos Bay $ 30,000; Yaquina Bay, $50,000. There are some hopes entertained that the Coquille may be considered. We think that it is doubtful at this late stage of the session. With such a poor opinion of our importance, supplemented by the sneer of Bob Lincoln, the secretary of war, congress will give us but a trifle, if it gives anything. A modicum with which to build some wheelbarrows and lay a few feet of track. [sic] Something to amuse us – to still our anguish and oft repeated howl for justice, and given for the same purpose that we give a boy a rattle, or a baby girl a doll. Would it not improve the average statesman to learn the geographical importance of his country? Later, Since [sic] writing the above, we learn that the Coquille has received $10,000. Our prophetic souls! We have not yet ascended to the position of importance occupied by Yaquina Bay, when it was a simple oyster port, and supported one small schooner. + [M. note: probably written by editor Starkey.] = other-mining mineral-quartz geology-rock Locale-CurryCounty Locale-CoosCounty locale-mineral-belt needed Lhc-land Lhc-resources condit-outlook photo-indir(Wilkins) Nn77CCH July 22, 1884 Communicated. [head; centered.] Ed. HERALD: I concur with Mr. Wilkins in regard to his theory respecting quartz in Curry and Coos, and I am satisfied that the time is not far distant when these mineral resources will be opened up; but it requires capital which the poor man has not got, and capital does not wish to invest where there is no money in sight, and one or two men cannot do the work necessary to strike one of these bodies two or three hundred feet below the surface, with only a sack of flour and a side of bacon. I have been mining and prospecting in these mountains seven years, and have assurance of all the capital necessary whenever I can make a showing of a rich strike, but no capitalist has ever yet proposed to furnish anything for me to make this showing with, and there is the secret of this matter. Poor men cannot do this, and capital never goes where there is no money in sight. I am well satisfied of the fact that two or three persons with the proper outfit, say for a year or two, so as to work and prospect understandingly, to know what they are going to do and how to do it, and be prepared to assay and know what kind of mineral they find; to sink down on lodes or run tunnels as the case may be, will, if prepared, in this way find something in either Coos or Curry county. Also the availiblity [sic] of a state assayer with office at some accessible point in the southern portion of the state; as these mineral belts are not confined to Coos and Curry alone. All of the southern portion of the state is more or less mineral bearing, as I know from a practical knowledge and a long residence on this coast. I believe that I know or understand the geological formation of the mineral portions of both Coos and Curry counties, and know what I am talking about, if I cannot get it off in the latest and most approved style. Hoping to hear more about the subject of mining and prospecting in Coos and Curry, I will close. Respectfully, S. Hudson. + Name-Hermann transport Locale-CoquilleRiver Locale-UR OT-Roseburg title Nn77 CCH July 22, 1884 Ernest Hermann starts to Roseburg next Friday to bring Hon. B. Hermann’s family, who will reside the remainder of the season on this river. + RealE condit-outlook RR-hopes enterprise-[?] boomer? Tot-Coquille? Locale-Coos Nn77 CCH July 22, 1884 Persons wishing to buy property in this part, should not delay too long; property is going to advance in price, owing to the fact that we are soon going to have a railroad and many important manufactories. + Enterprise-SO-Co Tot-Empire improve machine-indir job condit misc-word-fair-remuneration Nn77 CCH July 22, 1884 The foreman of the Southern Oregon Improvement works at Empire City [sic], has sent an application for several mechanics, resident here. There is plenty of work at a fair remuneration, and quite a demand for help. + Moving Tot-Empire Tot-UtterCity disaster-fire business bldg Nn77 CCH July 22, 1884 The work of moving the Centennial hotel from Utter City to Empire City is going on. It is a big undertaking, but Mrs. Jackson expects to have the house on her lot in Empire where her hotel recently burned, and be ready to resume business in a month. + Tot-Empire business bldg paper-attitude superlative misc-word- bespeak… patronage Nn77 CCH July 22, 1884 Mrs. Lockhart has returned and opened out the Lockhart hotel, in Empire City, in good shape and is prepared to accommodate the public. She will spare no pains in making the house second to none other in the county and we bespeak her a liberal patronage. + = Tot-MyrtlePoint business bldg health-provider health-treatment? Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 Myrtle Drug Store. Myrtle Point, Ogn [sic; = abbr for Oregon]. W. L. Dixon, Proprietor. Commute? Tot-Marshfield Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 Mr. John Snyder went over to Marshfield. + Paper paper-attitude character? Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 The “Post” will accept our thanks for its encouraging remarks. + Music organiz Tot-MyrtlePoint Locale-HallsPrairie Locale-Hall’sPrairie Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 The Myrtle Point brass band had a rehearsal at Halls [sic] Prairie Sunday. + Salesman b-act item-household character Tot-Coquille Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 L. P. Chandler, the energetic agent of the Singer sewing machine is in town. + Srh-CaptRoberts Locale-CoosBay commute Tot-Coquille Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 Capt. Dan Roberts, of the bay, came over last week and spent several days with us. + Tot-Empire business bldg superlative Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 When you go to Empire, put up at the Lockhart hotel, the best of accommodations to be had [no period, sic] + Politic? Paper character? Tariff Srh-trade title Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 Hon. M. C. George will accept our thanks for the printed speech – The Tariff and Shipping. + Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Srh-boat-Ceres Srh-boat-LittleAnnie Srh-boat-KatieCook Srh-tug-KatieCook Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 The steamboat inspectors have examined the steamers Ceres, Little Annie, and Katie Cook. + Tot-MyrtlePoint friend health-sickness Nn78 CCH July 22, 1884 The friends of Mrs. J. H. Roberts, of Myrtle Point, will be glad to hear that, by the last news, she is recovering. + = County official-county county-court locale-CoosCounty school tax road bridge coal fuel item-[?] item-stationery condit paper money Health-insane health-death name-Lamb prices Nn79-80 CCH July 22, 1884 THE EXHIBIT of the Financial Affairs of Coos Co., for Year Ending July 1, ’84. ____ STATE FUND. From taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7130 08 Paid state taxes . . . . . . . . . . . 7130 08 SCHOOL FUND. On hand from last year . .$ 45.00 From state school fund . ..1413 30 From taxes . . . . . . . . . . 5092 88 From fines . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 00 6601 18 Disbursed. Paid school Supt. Orders ..5131 73 Cash on hand . . . . . . . . . 1469 48 6601 18 SURPLUS TAX SALES. On hand last year . . . . . . 676 07 From tax sales . . . . . . . . . 23.91 699 98 Disbursed. Paid on propt’y redce’d [sic?]. 23 91 Cash on hand . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 07 COUNTY FUND. Cash on hand last year . . . $4158 85 From taxes . . . . . . . . . 17650 51 From county court .. . . . . 818 73 From circuit court . . . . . . . 425 80 From justice court . . . . . . . 5 00 23058 89 Disbursed. County orders redmd 19009 53 Interest on Co. orders . . . . . 991 00 Cash on hand . . . . . . . . . . 8058 36 23058 89 RECAPITULATION. On hand last year . . . . . . . 4879 92 Recd [sic] from all sources . . 32610 16 37490 08 Paid state taxes . . . . . . . . . 7130 03 Pd Co orders & interest . . . . 20000 58 Pd school Supt orders 5131 75 Pd tax sales redmd [sic; =redeemed?] 23 91 On hand in Co fund . . . . . .. 3058 36 On hand, school fund . . . . . . 1469 43 On hand for tax sales . . . . . . 676 07 38480 08 EXPENSES. Assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 873 45 County clerk . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1523 45 Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 00 District attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 00 Counry [sic] judge . . . . . . . . . . . 600 00 Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2088 81 School superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . 400 00 Treasurers salary [sic] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 00 Court house and jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 35 Circuit court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2080 55 Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 80 Expenses on state fund .. . . . . . . . . . 89 12 Expenses on school fund . . . . . . . . . . . 125 00 Abstracts for assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 75 New indexes for deeds . . . . . . . . . . .. . 136 30 Sundries . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 00 Inquests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 25 Insane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 50 Justices courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 75 Prisoners . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 25 Paupers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2382 43 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 00 Roads and bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . 6889 29 Stationery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 05 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 00 County warrants outstanding last year . . . . . . 13578 72 _________ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32997 82 Contra County orders redeemed . . . . . . . . 19000 53 County orders outstanding . . . . . . . . . . 13988 29 _________ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32997 82 County orders outstanding less cash in county fund . . . . . . . . . . 10929 93 Dated, July 12, 1884. Respectfully submitted, J. J. Lamb. County clerk [+ text] Ad Tot-Bandon business bldg name-Nosler Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Srh-dock food superlative Nn81 CCH July 22, 1884 Bandon Hotel Bandon, Coos Co., Or. Anderson & Nosler Proprietors This house has been elegantly furnished, and is at once the home of the tourist [sic]. 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-Randolph item-liquor business bldg enterprise-brewery character? superlative Nn81 CCH July 22, 1884 Randolph Brewery! Randolph, Oregon: J. Walser, Prop. Beer of best quality always to be found at the Brewery, and orders from all parts filled promptly. [+ text] Ad Tot-Coquille business bldg food superlative Nn81 CCH July 22, 1884 ROBINSON HOUSE, Coquille City, Ogn [sic]. This house has been fitted up with the very BEST ROOMS. Special care is taken to keep the TABLES supplied with the best the market affords and to make the accommodations equal to those of any first-class hotel. Mrs. S. E. Robinson, Prop. [+ text.] Ad Item-headstone business Tot-Coquille paper name-Dean OT-Cali Nn81 CCH July 22, 1884 Care for the Dead. -o- Tombstone and Monument Agency! To be on the safe side, we have secured the agency for the sale of tombstones and monuments from Good and Reliable House in California by which we are enabled to give excellent bargains. Photographic designs and price list shown on application. J. A. DEAN, Office in Herald building. [+ text.] Paper-attitude church-indir correspond? character [?] Srh-ocean Srh-misc misc-word(several) literary? Speech? Name-Shakespeare name-Starkey? condit character Saying Nn81 CCH July 22, 1884 BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. This is a safe, judicious and healthy maxim, if we would but adopt it as a beacon by which to steer through life. It is not the Bible – not that we are aware of – but it deserves a place in that sacred book. The words are credited to Shakespeare – a genius who is credited with many good things. In approaching it, we have a dread of the hereafter – in touching it we feel as if we were fooling with the tail of a rattlesnake. How do we know but that we are reclining upon some slumbering volcano that may, at any moment, let loose its pent up fire, and force us out of our boots, hoist us, as it were, into the blue beyond. By this way, we have had some experience in the hoisting process. Our recollection carries us back into the dim and distant past when we were a mild but youthful urchin. In the wild and monotonous panorama of the Ocean’s blue, our retrospective vision reveals the form of some bloated monopolist of authority, some scallawag [sic] of a mate or boatswain, a rope’s end in the right hand, and the index finger of the left, pointing aloft. The reality combined with the gravity of the situation is still impressed on our mind and admits of no romancing. But, “vast heaving!” Let us belay our thoughts and get back to our first position – the point of departure. “Be just and fear not.” To deal squarely with our adversary, to give him or her credit, where credit is due, but to attack them is wrong doing [sic], using only the weapons of light, and avoiding those of darkness, is, truly, commendable. But, how many are they who can rise to that pinnacle of rectitude? There is envy, malice, fraud and greed, the spirit that delights and gloats upon some evil deed – these are obstacles which obstruct the paths of equity. “Be just, before you become generous.” This phrase which conveys the idea that many remain in debt while possessing the ability to pay their debts. That they plunge into extravagance and adorn themselves in all the fine trumpery and array of world fashion, yet neglect the just claims of some unfortunate, struggling creditor. This is not a creditable picture. Charity does not begin at home, in every instance. A little charity can be safely inverted in the rights of others, and by remembering the debt, we reflect credit on ourselves. The field is a fertile one, and, if we sow the seed of honesty, the return will be commensurate to the breadth of the undertaking. We are not a preacher, and have no intention to inflict our readers with a homily, or insinuate that we are one whit better than our neighborhood, but, in the degenerate days when every disreputable effort is put forth with the intention to defraud, it is in accordance with the true, refined principles of equity to scatter, broadcast any and all honorable means that will engender reformation. + [M note: unsigned; is this written by Starkey?] = Literary Tot-Coquille paper paper-attitude correspond? Lifestyle? Food business bldg Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Locale-CoquilleRiver superlative saying Nn 82 CCH July 22, 1884 Writers abound who are given the superfluous use and auperlative style of adjectives. We have weeded a few communications which speak of the Coquille as the beautifulest [sic], prettiest, purest river, etc. The river is well enough, and will compare, favorably, [sic] other rivers; yet, there is no urgent necessity for going into a state of ecstasy on the subject. In gazing at it from the precipice in front of Charley Elliott’s restaurant, the greatest impression that we receive is what might be the effect of a dive into it. There can be no doubt that it would cause an overpowering emotion. + Log Srh-ocean Srh-boat Srh-tug Srh-raft paper-attitude Locale-Coast OT-Cali OT-SF condit boomer-anti lbr job mill-indir disaster-shipwreck? Nn82 CCH July 22, 1884 The business of towing rafts to California, gives no promise of becoming a successful one. The innovation is more to be dreaded than applauded. Our coast ports pay sufficient tribute to San Francisco, consequently, we deprecate [sic] any attempt that will interfere with the manufacture of lumber, and from which a great number of our people derive their means of support. + Agric organiz entertain dance Tot-Coquille Locale-SouthwestOregon event character Nn82 CCH July 22, 1884 The meeting of the Southwestern Oregon Agricultural society for the 24th inst., has been changed to the 26th, at 10 o’clock A. M. A dance will be given in the evening and a small admittance charged, to pay a little expense the society has incurred in filling and recording their organization papers. Every share of stock should be represented at the meeting, and a good attendance is desired. Remember the place and time – Coquille City, Saturday, July 26th. + Racism-ethnic paper-attitude climate crop food condit character fish-indir health-misc health-sickness health-death misc-word(several) saying? Interest? Nn82 CCH July 22, 1884 THE CHINESE ELEMENT. [head, bold, centered, narrow margins. Smaller than text.] Prognostication is rife in regard to the effect of the frequent showers of rain which have afflicted the soil, this summer. Potatoes, hay, and other vegetable matter, it is said, will suffer in consequence. The atmosphere has been warm – heated, in fact, and rain is the natural sequence [sic]. It acts as a cooling on the air, and a renovator to the overheated and exhausted bodies of man and beast. While speaking on this subject of the atmospheric influence which affects us for good and evil, it may not be out of place to speak of an evil with which this town has, so far, suffered no infliction [sic]. An element which never enters a community without producing untold evils. Which places no value on woman, and corrupts the youth. We speak of the Chinese element. Hitherto, this town has been exempt from this scourge, and it should be borne in mind that its introduction will inaugurate the dawn of an era of defilement. The Chinamen [sic] should not be not be considered in the light of being a scavenger. He is a reaper who gleans the wealth and leaves us the refuse. His arms resemble those of a cuttle-fish, they spread out and encircle all within their reach. Living – his hands are extended with an insatiable voracity, gleaning upon the surface and delving into the innermost of depths of the earth. Dead – he denies it the benefit accruing from his bones – the phosphate of lime which nurtures it. One of his weapons is the opium pipe. With that abomination, he destroys the physical and mental faculties of both the old and the young. When the subject becomes infatuated with this narcotic, there is – except in rare cases – no escape but death. This phase of the evils engendered and propagated by the Chinese, ought to be sufficient reason for their expulsion. Considered in light of morality, law, religion or assimilation, they are not of us, not for us, but, against us. Here, to use a common phrase, they are conspicuous by their absence. All fair means should be exhausted in defeating any attempt to introduce them; but, when the welfare of the young is considered, it would be well to strain a point, if necessary. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” + = OT-EasternStates OT-Midwest OT-MiddleStates climate crop agric boomer home-seeker Locale-SouthwesternOregon Locale-Oregon Tot-Empire-indir animal-sheep animal-livestock Lhc-land? Invest enterprise-SO-Co machine-indir? Job [?] boomer condit-outlook improve? paper paper-attitude? saying Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 The frequent applications that we receive from parties in Eastern states, desiring information in regard to our soil and climate, and the feasability [sic] in being able to secure homes, prove that an influence is at work, which if rightly directed will be productive of good results. All necessary information should be given, but no attempts to mislead the immigrants should occupy any space in the statement. While there is plenty of land in Oregon, supplemented with a healthy climate, there being no great extremes in the temperature, still it would be an advantage to come supplied with the funds necessary to enable the immigrants to select the locality in which to settle. The southwestern portion of Oregon still offers inducements to settlers, and the climate in this section is unequaled, not only by the Eastern states, bit name-Brown any other portion of Oregon. We have considerable land that could be put to use in raising sheep and cattle; and while our farming land is not as illimitable as the prairies of the Middle states, there are thousands of acres of good, arable land lying idle. Capital has now entered our district with the intention to develop [sic] our resources. The Oregon Southern Improvement company is now at work: mechanics and laborers are in demand, and the dawn of a brighter and more prosperous era is upon us. + Enterprise-SO-Co enterprise-carpentry Tot-Empire improve mill-SO-Co bldg lbr Srh-river Srh-CoosBay Srh-dock food-indir name-Noble novelty-wood-pilings machine job OT-OaklandCali Nn82 CCH July 22, 1884 The Work at Empire City. The Southern Oregon Improvement company have [sic] begun work on a large scale at Empire City, where they have already commenced the construction of a saw mill [sic] capable of turning out daily 120 M feet of lumber. The building will be 400 feet in length, 72 feet wide and two stories high, and the wharves, lumber sheds, etc., will be very extensive. At present the company is engaged in building the foundation and getting out timbers for the mill. Piles are being driven for the wharves and mill buildings; cook houses, [sic] etc., are being repaired and additions built. Two pile drivers are worked steadily at present; one belongs to the company and one to W. H. Noble & Co., and by the end of the week two more will be in operation. To complete the foundation for the mill and wharves 4,000 piles will be driven, and when the four pile drivers are at work, 32 men will be employed on them. A Mr. M. V. Brown, of Oakland, Cal., has charge of the frame for the mill and some 20 carpenters are at present engaged in [haul]ing the timbers which are being cut in the old saw mill close by where some 15 men find employment. –{News [sic]. + Ad Tot-Randolph name-Pershbaker business Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 NOTICE! I have closed my books, and all those indebted to me are requested to settle up in 30 days from date, or I willput [sic] their accounts in the hands of an attorney for collection. A. Pershbaker Randolph, July 8th, 1884 + Literary? poem lifestyle? Saying Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 Long Metre. O, I think that I’m a poet, Yes, I do; No, I’ll write a song and show it Unto you: Though the measure be not strict, What care I? I will inflict The press with something that I never knew. [half-space] ‘T will [sic] amuse the folks – they’ll bear it With delight. When you have a good thing, share it, That is right. [half-space] When the iron is red hot, You may pound as well as not; The length is what adds pleasure to the Sight [sic]. [+ text] [M. note: there are caps on the indented lines.] paper misc-word-typo friend visit Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 Frazier Tupper paid us a visit. We knew Frazier in childhood, and though he is still young, yet, [sic] he is an old typo [sic]. [M. note: probably slang for typesetter]. + Judge health-sickness travel Tot-Coquille OT-Roseburg Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 J. C. Fullerton Esq., left town en route [sic] for Roseburg. He expressed himself as feeling much improved by the trip. + visit commute travel? Locale-DenmarkOr Locale-CurryCounty OT-Brownsville OT-LinnCounty Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 Mr. H. J. C. Averill [sic], of Brownsville, Linn county, passed through town, [sic] to visit his son W. H. Averill at Denmark, Curry county. + Srh-river Srh-CoquilleRiver Srh-inspector Srh-boat paper-attitude saying? Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 The steamers reported promptly for inspection, which they also passed, creditably [sic]. The next best thing would be for the inspectors to report promptly. + Srh-river Srh-CoosBay Srh-boat Srh-inspector road-stage Tot-Marshfield Locale-CoquilleRiver Locale-CoosBay Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 Messrs. Ferguson and Loten, left on the stage for Marshfield, yesterday. They have thirteen steamers of various classes to inspect at Coos Bay [sic]. + OT-CoeurD’Alene house? home-seeker Moving? mining OT-Roseburg Tot-Coquille Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 Mr. Balch, a gentleman from the Coeur D’Alene mines, is in town seeking a suitable residence in which to place his family, who are now in Roseburg. + Music Tot-Coquille business bldg name-Olive name-Miller name-Pape Nn83 CCH July 22, 1884 We listened to some fine music at the Olive hotel, on the evening of the 20th. Professor Miller, Pape and others participated. The vocal and instrumental parts were excellent. + = road-stage road-mud paper-attitude Tot-MyrtlePoint Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 The Myrtle Point hack stuck in a mudhole above Skelly’s place yesterday. It is a disgrace to the people of this part that this road is not put in good condition. It would not take to exceed 20 days [sic]. + OT-WestVirginia paper paper-attitude lifestyle? Character misc-word-[?] Nn84 CCH July 24, 1884 Kingswood, West Virginia Journal, will except [sic] our thanks for its encouraging epistle. We are inclined to the opinion that L. P. W. is afflicted with tardiness; nevertheless, we give him the benefit of the doubt. + School Tot-MyrtlePoint job? Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 We received a communication from Myrtle Point, stating that, [sic] a teacher (male) is in demand for school district No. 34. Application for the position can be made to Messrs. Marsters, Buell and Brady, directors. + Log Tot-Coaledo(near) Locale-Isthmus Locale-IsthmusSlough superlative Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 One day last week C. A. Hanscom put in 45 thousand feet of timber at his logging camp near Coaledo. He is doing an immense sbuiness [sic], and has the Isthmus slough, for some distance, full of logs – some of them are the largest ever logged in the county. + Climate agric crop condit Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 The weather during the present month has more of winter or spring in its appearance, than it has of summer. Showers of rain have been frequent and deleterious in their effects upon growing crops. We hear that large quantities of hay have been destroyed. The outlook if the weather continues, will be very unfavorable. + Saying animal-alligator animal-dog OT-Panama natl filler Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 A Panama paper tells the following story of canine sagacity: “When the dog wishes to cross a river where alligators abound, he goes up the stream a great way, and barks with all his might; the alligators go there and wait for his getting in to swim across. The dog knows what he is about; when he sees from the number of snouts above the water that has [sic] enemies have all gathered to the feast, he runs down the bank as fast as he can, and swims across before the alligators are aware of the trick played upon them. + Literary Locale-Oregon Lhc-stat? Lhc-land? School Tot-Norway climate crop fruit animal-livestock animal-sheep animal-horse other-mining coal Locale-CoosCounty mineral-iron novelty-woolen item-apparel OT-Portland OT-MountHood OT-CascadeMtns OT-ColumbiaR border-dispute name-Belieu Nn84 CCH July 22, 1884 OREGON. The following is a brief essay on Oregon, or it may be better to call it a compilation of facts, by Miss Ella Belieu of the Norway school. It may encourage others in their efforts to improve; therefore, we give it place. Oregon lies midway between the equator and the North pole [sic], and in the northwestern [sic] part of the United States. It is about 290 by 390 miles in extent. Its area is about 95,250 square miles. Its population is about 183,869. It contains two great mountain ranges. The highest peak is Mount Hood, 14,000 feet. Between these ranges lies the beautiful valley of the Willamette, about 50 miles wide, and 140 in length. The Cascade range divides the state into what is known as Eastern and Western Oregon. The Columbia is the largest river in Oregon, and is about 1400 miles in length. Oregon possesses a mild and healthy climate – the variation in temperature is less than that of the Atlantic states; this is owing to the warm Japan [sic] current which washes its shores, and to the warm winds which blow over it in winter. In Oregon, crops never fail for want of rain. The production of vegetables and fruit [sic] is abundant – wheat, oats, barley, apples, pears, plums, cherries, etc. Great numbers of cattle, sheep and horses are raised. Gold, silver, cinnabar [sic] and iron are found in different portions of the state. Coal has been discovered in several places, the principal discovery being in Coos county. Iron is now being mined near Portland. The principal manufactures [sic] are boots, shoes, flour and woolen goods. The principal articles of export are wheat, lumber and canned salmon. Oregon was organized into a territory in 1848, and a state in 1859. Disputes which arose between this country and Great Britain, in reference to the northern boundary of Oregon, were settled by a treaty which fixed it on the parallel of 49 [M. note: degrees; indicated by a superscript o], north latitude. + = School Tot-GF Tot-Gravelford music enterprise-carpentry improve climate crop entertain-circus entertain-celebration holiday-4th-July Lhc-census OT-Roseburg machine name-Bright misc-word(several) saying Nn85 CCH July 22, 1884 Communicated. Gravel Ford school started last Monday, after a two weeks [sic] vacation, with its usual attendance of 35 pupils under the management of A. Todd who also has a fine singing class of 25 pupils. The first term of singing school closed two weeks ago, and the present commenced last Sunday. The new schoolhouse under the management of Messrs. Jas. Bright, Isaac Chandlers [sic] and Wm. Brady, is progressing hugely, and in two weeks we hope to be able to have our school moved into the new building. It is a splendid structure, 24 x 32 feet, two stories high. Haying is in full blast. Although some are done, yet, [sic] others are just commencing. Grain looks well, but is late. Things have settled down since the Fourth in the same even ways which usually characterize this community. New wagons and harvesting machinery are being introduced to an extent heretofore unknown, and the merry song of the whetstone on the scythe which followed the “Indian warcry [sic], is fast dying away in the west.” A number of parties from here attended the celebration at Roseburg, and express themselves well pleased with the whole affair, especially the Cole circus. Beta. July 12. + Health-birth Tot-Coquille(near) Nn85 CCH July 22, 1884 BORN. Near Coquille City, July 18th, to the wife of Price S. Robison [sic], a son. [+ text.] Ad business Tot-MyrtlePoint Nn85 CCH July 22, 1884 Assignees Notice! To creditors and Debtors alike. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to the firm of Burke & Hickey, are hereby respectfully requested to come forward and settle their accounts within 90 days from this date. All creditors are allowed the same length of time to present their claims, and the law requires that such claims be sworn to. Robt. H. Lowe, Assignee. \Myrtle Point, Oregon. [+ text] = Literary poem health-death lifestyle? character Nn86 CCH July 22, 1884 In Memory of Alice Davis. [M. note: The R in “memory” is actually inverted] (BY KITTY COX) Yes, Alice has gone with the angels; They came at the close of the day; They whispered their beautiful stories, And caught the dear spirit away. [space] Yes, Alice has gone with the angels; That sweet voice we’ll hear never more; So weep no more stricken mother. She has gone to a far brighter shore. [space] But we miss thee, dearest Alice, From our circle here below. And we know you are only waiting Where we all will have to go. [space] She was loved by all who knew her, And was scarce a year a bride, When the Angels hovered around her, And poor darling Alice died. [space] When she roamed together with us, What a happy life we led; Now we’re lonely since our loved one Has been numbered with the dead. [space] She was a loving daughter, A kind and faithful wife; She left a name unblotted, For she led a truthful life. [space] Weep not then stricken mother; For your darling is at rest; She has left this world of sorrow – God took her for the best. [space] She has crossed the deep dark river, Closed is her eyelids now in sleep [sic] For in the arms of her dear Savior,-- [sic] Poor, tired Alice fell asleep. --Recorder. [+ text.] [M. note: I assume this is a tribute to a local woman, copied from the Bandon Recorder. Kitty Cox was a Coos County name -- see, for example, Nn102 CCH July 29, 1884.] ad Tot-Coquille official-county official-city Locale-CoosCounty item-household business machine superlative Nn87 CCH July 22, 1884 W. W. Hayes. Notary Public, For Coos County, Oregon. Justice of the Peace for Coquille City. Agent for the genuine improved Singer Sewing Machine. Buy no other as it is one of the best in use. Will furnish at short notice needles, shuttles, oil and other fixtures belonging to all kinds of sewing machines. [+ text.] Name-Starkey paper money Nn87 CCH July 22, 1884 Starkey’s Method of Compounding Interest. At any given rate per cent, per month, divide 30 – the number of days in a month – by the rate. Multiply the dollars and days of accrued interest together, and divide that by the number first produced. EXAMPLE. What is the interest on $1565.75, at one and one-half per cent, per month, for 68 days? 30 by 1 ½ = 20 1565.75 68 _______ 20)1064710.0 _________ 53.23.55 Ans. [+ text.] Literary poetry? saying arts correspond name-Starkey? paper-attitude character misc-word-laconism misc-word- steep…path misc-word-weeded…tautology misc-word-abominable-repetition Nn87 CCH July 22, 1884 A great virtue in composition is conciseness. “Brevity is the soul of wit;” therefore, it follows that, laconism [sic] and strength in language are an evidence of talent, and two of the brightest features in poetry and prose. We do not make these remarks for the purpose of detering [sic] those who are struggling, like ourselves, up the steep and slippery path of letters. No. But, it may be right, in this instance, to tell our contributors that communications, essays, poetry, etc., otherwise interesting, must be weeded of tautology [sic] – a constant repetition of the same meaning in other words, and, frequently, the abominable repetition of the same words. Send us items of local interest; instructive essays, etc. + = Srh-ocean govt Srh-ship-St.Mary’s climate disaster-shipwreck character? Paper name-Starkey literary OT-RioBrazil OT-Cali OT-straits OT-TierradelFuego character health-death misc-word(several) Saying Interest? Nn88 CCH July 22, 1884 Narrow Escape of the U. S. Ship, St. Mary’s, in the Strait of Le Maire. Somewhere within the months of July and August, 1848, the writer was on board the U. S. sloop of war, St. Mary’s, bound from Rio de Janiero [sic] to California. In the passage south, the ship was kept well to the westward, hugging the land with the intention of passing through the strait of Le Maire. We made the land at the mouth of the strait, about 4 o’clock P. M., and a dismal sight it was. Being the dead of winter in south latitude, there was nothing to be seen but ice and snow. We entered the strait with the wind on the quarter, but it being necessary to hug the weather shore of Terra [sic] del Fuego, and was taken in, and the ship braced sharp up. It now commenced to blow, and the top-sails were reefed and set again. All hands were now called to “splice the main brace” – the uninitiated will take notice that, “splicing the main brace,” means an allowance for grog. By twelve o’clock it was blowing a gale, and nothing was left of the ship’s sails which had been torn into ribbons, excepting the fore and mainsail [sic] and the fore storm staysail. The night was dark, and the ship in a narrow strait going to leeward fast, yet, the land was plainly discernible [sic] by the whiteness of its covering. The ship was now in the breakers; as, [sic] the violence of the storm and the shoalness [sic] of the water caused the sea to break some distance from the shore. It was impossible, on account of the horrible state of the weather, to unbend the torn canvass [sic], and bend new sails. Captain gave her up, and the lieutenant proposed to him that he (the lieutenant) should take charge of the deck. To this, the Captain declined, and said that the second lieutenant being an officer of the watch, he might as well remain, as the ship would go ashore anyway. He then retired. The Captain made a great mistake in that instance, and the first lieutenant should have claimed his right, which is, to take the deck from any, except the Captain. There was considerable partiality on the part of the captain, and in favor of the second officer, but, the first officer – the ablest man on board – chose to acquiesce and await his time, should it ever come, and it did, the result being the Captain’s discomfiture and melancholy death. The prospect was anything but a cheerful one; as, if the foresail had been blown away, the ship would have swung head to the wind and drifted on shore. All the anchors in America would have been useless; she would have torn herself to pieces or filled with the heavy sea and gone down at her anchors. Two hundred and ten souls were in jeopardy – in the very jaws of death. The second lieutenant ordered the grog-tub to be placed on the quarter-deck, and these were the words that I heard him say: “We will drink together, we’ll work together, and we’ll go to h--l together.” Dibdin [sic] has sung that, “there’s a sweet little cherub sits smiling aloft, to look out for the life of poor Jack.” That may or may not have been our case; at any rate we were not destined to sink in the pit of the waters or the pit of iniquity, spoken of by the lieutenant. A strong current must have been setting to the southward, and that aided us in clearing the strait, as by daylight we were past the western end of Staten Land, and, consequently out of danger. From this time up to the end of the pasage [sic], there was always something disagreeable taking place between the Captain and the first lieutenant. Finally, it ended in a court martial on board of the U. S. ship, Ohio, at San Francisco, in the year 1849. The result of this suit was that the Captain was sentenced to be tried at Washington for pusillanimity [sic] in giving up the ship, and the third lieutenant – a first rate man – went crazy. The captain died on the passage; but the report was circulated that he committed suicide. He was considered by the crew, as one of the best men they had ever sailed with. Partiality ruined him. There is hardly anything that engenders a more deadly hatred than that caused by partiality. The injured party never stops to consider whether the slight is deserved or not; the rancor is the same. R. S. + = Srh-ocean Srh-ship-building invention metal-steel Expo OT-Africa OT-London Nn89 CCH July 22, 1884 A new Shipbuilding Material. It is well known that vessels built of thin steel will rust through rapidly if not kept constantly painted. This is found to be the case to a remarkable extent in such vessels when navigating the rivers draining the interior of the African continent, the waters of which possess the power of corroding and eating through steel plates very rapidly. In view of this it has occurred to Mr. A. Dick, of 110, Cannon street, London, the inventor of the new alloy known as “delta metal,” to apply it to shipbuilding purposes, as it successfully resists corrosive action. A steam launch called the Delta has, therefor, [sic] been built entirely of this metal by Messrs. Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, and is for the present at the Crystal Palace International Exhibition. The length of the launch over all [sic] is 36ft., [sic] with a breadth of beam of 6ft. 6in., and a depth from gunwale to keel of 3ft., the vessel being capable of seating 25 persons. Delta metal, which is an alloy of copper, zinc, and iron, having been proved by repeated experiments to be equal in strength, ductility, and toughness to mild steel [sic], the plates and angle pieces are of the same thickness that they would be if steel were used – viz:, 3-32 of an inch. The stem, keel, and stern post are of forged delta metal, and scarped together, as is usually done. The angle frames are of the same material, and are placed longitudinally instead of transversely, by which arrangement greater longitudinal strength is obtained. The screw propeller is cast in delta metal, and is four-bladed, 2ft. 4in. [sic] in diameter and with 3ft. pitch. The engine is of the usual direct-action, inverted type, and of sufficient power to give a speed of from eight to nine miles an hour. The application of delta metal to the present purpose is o interest just now when attention is being directed to the development of the African continent. –London Times. + RR-phy RR-other superlative machine? OT-Pensacola Nn89 CCH July 22, 1884 The smallest locomotive in America has been built by a Pensacola firm. The drive-wheel is only twelve inches in diameter and the whole machine is only nine feet six inches long. + Politic organiz? temperance lifestyle Nn89 CCH July 22, 1884 The platform of the National American Prohibition party, adopted at Chicago, recently, pledges the party to vote for Woman [sic] Suffrage. The Illinois State Prohibition convention the day before took similar action. + = politic paper paper-attitude character? OT-Chicago Misc-word(several) saying? Nn90 CCH July 22, 1884 We were asked to print the names of the candidates nominated at Chicago, also, if we had no preference or admiration to express in connection with the matter. A civil question deserves a polite answer. We don’t deal in preferences, unless it be a preference for the sound of the dinner-bell. We prefer that music to the clamor of a convention. It ;is, infinitely, [sic] of more importance to us to earn sufficient to feed and clothe our anatomy respectably, than it is to take an idolatrous interest in any man who cares not one snap of his finger, whether we sink or swim. As for our admiration, that is unboundless. We admire the system that makes it possible for us to elect a candidate, and we admire the candidate in a corresponding ration, as one of the fruits of that system: but, it would be superfluous if we gave any further expression to it. The newspapers of a political type, will, for the next three months, be full of both admiration and contempt for the candidates; then, why should we express an opinion. Seeing that there will be such an overwhelming quantity of it, and done so much better than we could do it, and with an eleemosynary [sic] love for the business? We pass. + Misc-cosmic interest disaster-volcano entertain transport? travel OT-Vesuvius OT-Italy OT-Pompei OT-Milan Nn90 CCH July 22, 1884 One of the Most Sublime Spectacles On the Face of the Earth. Dr. C. L. Goodell, at the First Congregational church, describes his visit to Vesuvius last month as follows: Leaving your carriage at the mountain railway, you enter the car. The ascent is very steep and at one place almost perpendicular. The road makes a curve. The car moves rapidly, and in ten minutes you are within less than a half-hour’s walk of the crater. You mount a chair, and four stalwart mountaineers bear you through smoke and steam, midst the rumbling of the volcano and the melted lava, to the very edge of the bowl, in which, as in a mighty cauldron, the firey [sic] mass seethes and rocks and thunders and foams. It is terrifically grand. The mountain seems filled with surging fire that rises up every half minute in awful explosion, throwing up columns of smoke dark as midnight and streaked with lurid fire. This melted matter falls back with crashing, fearful sound, lodging in part on the edge of the crater. Before you are recovered from one stunning sensation another explosion breaks on you, more overpowering than before, the steam coming up through every crevice at your feet, and the whole summit is enveloped in cloud. The red lava as it is thrown high in the air in massive form, seems heated in the furnace of Vulcan, and as it falls back down into the boiling sea of fire, the sight is no more terrible than the noise is astounding. The crater seems like a mighty pit of liquid fire thrown up in burning waves from side to side, scorching, blistering and tearing all before it. How can the mountain endure such a strain? How can the eye bear such blinding brilliance of such vast masses of fire? The crater is two miles in circumference, and you must make the circuit. The terror of the upheaving fire, and the shower of ashes and smoke and stones, does not abate. The trembling of the mountain strikes terror into strong nerves. You remember the tragical [sic] death of the older Pliny nearly 2,000 years ago, and the thousands that have been destroyed since. The explosions continue to deafen you. You remember the lone city of Pompeii where you have spent the morning, and you decided not to spend the summer there. It is the most sublime scene I ever witnessed. Nothing before ever made so deep and tremendous impression. It is the most active volcano in the world. Smoke never ceases to float off from it as a long pennant from the head, and the crater never fails to show fire to those who visit it, and it may be seen almost every night from Naples. But on this bright day in March it spoke with a tongue of fire and a blackness of darkness never to be forgotten. Its words were red hot boulders and its periods were ribbons of crimson. --[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.] + = agric health-misc lifestyle dairy fruit crop farm paper saying Nn91 CCH July 22, 1884 An Agricultural Creed. The following is from the pen of Henry Ward Beecher. The reverend gentleman once edited the Indiana Farmer, and these items were kept at the head of a column as standing matter, worthy of constant perusal: We believe in small farms and thorough cultivation. We believe that soil loves to eat as well as its owner, and ought, therefore, to be manured. We believe in large crops, that leave the land better than they found it, making both the farmer and the farm rich at once. We believe in going to the bedrock of things, and therefore in deep plowing and enough of it – all the better if with a subsoil plow. We believe that every farm should own a good farmer. We believe that the best fertilizer of any soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise and intelligence – without this, lime and gypsum, bones and green manure will be of but little use. We believe in good fences, good barns, good farmhouses, good stock, good orchards and children enough to gather the fruit. We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean cupboard, a clean dairy and a clean conscience. + = compilation copyright (c) 2010 by Marilee Miller historywebmaster@wordforlife.com One copy of full document allowed on your computer for research only. You must ask permission to copy this full document for public dissemination. + sign after text indicates an accurate transcript of a complete news item. Individual + entries may be copied -- they're in the public domain. 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