Port Orford post., August 19, 1880, Image 3

J. B .T IC H E N O R ,
C. BOWNE,
REAL ESTATE AGENT
TONSORIAL ARTIST,
PORT ORFORD POST.
I and the rem ainder of the men.
EDITORIAL NOTES ANO MEWS.
Col. Casey and L ieut. Stone-
Senator David Davis supports
Ill KSDAY. AUGUST 11). ISSO. j man went in the steamer. The
Hancock.
cause of the above named move
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?ORT ORFORD AND GENERAL was that a short tim e previous
The population of the United
Major To V ault, afterw ard of Jack ­ States may be safely set down at
STONEMAN.
sonville,
had been assaulted by 50,009,000.
I t e iu in is e e ii c c i *
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I t n r ly
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S tr u g g le s ,
1 l o r d s h i p s ,
S a c r i ­ the Coquille river Indians and
f ic e s , T r i u l s a n i l T r i u m p h s o f lost live men. To chastise the
Floods have accomplished much
( lie P io n e e r s o f C u rry ( o u i i l j ,
damage and destruction in Aus­
W h i c h W e r e P a r t i c i p a t e d in m urderers and protect the lives of
b y l . i c n t , S t o n e n i a n —s i n c e i f la - other white men was the object of tria of late.
J o r -G e n e r a l - V . S. A.
the expedition. Stanton arrived
The people of Portland contrib­
at Two Mile creek the sec uted $500 to the relief of the suf­
E d it o r P ost :—
Seeing it announced that Gen. ond day, the steamer upon the ferers by the fire at Gardiner.
G eorge Stonenian is on a visit to same day at daylight and com­
The necessity for a Signal Station
Port and and received as an hon­ menced detaching; three boats
at
the m outh of the Colunbia is
ored guest in that city, early scenes w ere landed with great danger and
and incidents are recalled to my difficulty,the fourth was compelled urged by the Portland Board of
Trade.
m ind in which he was the prom i to return to the ship as the seas
nent actor, and which couple his were increasing every moment,
The population of Washington
name with the early history o rendering it impossible to land an­ T erritory is nearly seventy-five
P ort O rford. My first acquaint­ other I oat, and compelling the thousand—falling far short of the
steamer to return to Port Orford num ber claimed during a year or
ance with the General, (then
Lieutenant) was at Benicia, in and land Col. Casey and Lieut. two back.
October, 1851, under the follow­ Stoneman, with the men, who pro­
A row among a number of col­
ing circum stances: After the dis­ ceeded immediatly by land to sup­
ored men at C hurch on a recent
persion of the men left on Battle p o rt Stanton. All arrived safely.
Sunday,
in K entucky, resulted in
Rock at P o rt O rford, great inter­ Stonenian erected the block house
the
k
illin
g o f a num ber of the com­
est was felt on the entire Coast as on the bluff overlooking the p rin ­
battants, ami horribly stabbing
to their fate; as no tidings of cipal Indian village, located on and cu ttin g of others.
them could be had, the N orthern the north side of the liv er; here
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The Indian Commission, started
Coast and interior being occupied he brought the howitzer to bear
by a most m urderous set of In ­ and dost oyed the village with by Mrs. General Sherman, has
dians, with whom there was no in­ shells. A portion of the troops made an address, asking the co-op­
tercourse even by the Hudson Bay under his command, pursued the eration of the Catholic Temperance
Co. or others, their entire destruc­ Indians up the river. Having ta­ Convention of the United States
tion was apprehended. As soon ken one of the savages, he was in forwarding temperance, educa­
as Gen. Hitchcock, then in com­ forced to act as guide w ith rope tion, industry and Catholicism
mand of the Pacitic, heard of it, around his neck and a soldier hold­ among the Indians.
he ordered Col. Silas Casey with ing on to him , so escape was
A uditor D unn of San Francisco,
a sufficient force to proceed to an u tter im possibility. He would has donated one thousand dollars
Port O rford and render all aid fall into beaver sloughs, and be to the W orkingm en’s Free L ibrary
requisite to the settlers on this dragged out by the men who were in that city. D unn was elected
laid "of the Coast. The steamer not overly nice about handling on the W orkingm en’s ticket, and
Sea G nll was chartered to trans­ him when the officers did not see is in all respects the peer of any
port Casey’s command in com­ them. A t the same time the boat gentlemen who ever occupied this
pliance with the order of the com­ advanced up the river to aid when position before him .
manding General. As we do not necessary, carrying supplies for
Some sensation somewhere con­
design w riting a history of the the command. Let any person
nected
with the news departm ent
settlem ent of P o rt O rford, we will now examine the ground passed
pass over some interesting facts, over by those men at that time and of the telegraph at the East has
and only allude to the settlem ent he w ould say the feat w as im pos­ discovered that immense frauds
of the place. F irst, on the 9th sible of accomplishment. Officers m ust have been perpetrated at the
•lay of Ju n e, of the nine men; the and men were mired down or were South by Census Enum erators.
14th day of J u ly of sixty-seven forced to wade through sloughs The per cent, of increase of popu­
up to their necks, Stoneman would
volunteers from San Francisco; lead, and never a word of com­ lation down thero startles some­
the fourteen men under Lieut. plain t was heard from his men. Ho body.
Whyman of Major Hathaway’s never asked a man to do more than
If “ Children of school age”
command at F ort George (now he did, nor suffer more.
could
find employment at the can­
(C O N T IN U E D NEXT W EEK .)
Astoria) on the 3d of Septem ber
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neries anil fisheries in the vicinity
and the last under Col. Casey.
t u n i i s s ic .
of Astoria, and could be drawn
Returning now to order No. 1. W. S. II .— “ Will Succeed Hayes.” from W ashington T erritory and
The Sea Gull proceeded to Benicia J . A. G .—“ Judged As G u ilty .”
Portland during the fishing season
and took on board thirty-six C. A. A.—“ Come And A nte.”
and bo enumerated meanwhile, the
horses and forty-two m ules and W. H .E .—“ W ant Hom stE lectio n ” dead give away on Clatsop’s pop­
ninety men, rank and file, Gen.
ulation would not be so apparent.
CCKSIX (JO Utt ailO.ilM-;, E flJ,
Stoneman being a L ieutenant in
Jo h n Cahil, a m ining S u p erin ­
Company C, 1st D ragoons, com­
The Lem ars Sentinel, heretofore
tendent,
shot a Mrs. Scheeline, the
manded by Major A. J . Smith. the most u ltra Republican sheet in
ball
striking
her body im m ediate­
Arriving at San Francisco, went the U nited States, is vigorously
alongside of the ship St. Thomas denouncing Garfield, in jolty sen­ ly over the heart, striking a steel
of Boston, and took three beauti­ tences and disconcerted paragraphs rilro f h er corset and penetrating
ful boats for the command and after the m anner of those in which no further. Illicit love was the
of
proceeded to sea, and arrived at philipics were recently clothed trouble. Cahil, supposing
course
that
he
had
killed
Mrs.
S.
Port Orford the 1st of November. against the Democracy, and which
shot
himself
through
the
forehead
Landed all safely except two mules were most extensively copied into
who were determ ined to stick to Republican journals far and wide. and fell to the carpet. He died
their contrariness, took to sea, As was the case with “ B rick” soon after.
dead against the wind, and of Pomeroy and the Dem ocratic p ar­
The letter written by Hancock
course were drowned. That night ty, “ curses have Como home to General Sherman d u rin g the
it blew a living gale, the following to roost” in the R epnblicin camp. pendency of the Presidential broil,
morning moderated. The night If sensible people would give no and which was to he used to d is ­
of landing, Col. Casey chartered countenance to the frothy, turgid, parage Hancock's fitness for the
the steamer to proceed to the irresponsible vaporings of such office lie seeks if Sherman would
mouth of the Coquille with a por­ fellows as Pom eroy and the L e­ surrender it, has been given to the
tion of the men, while Lieutenant mars man, the occupation of such public by Hancock’s request. I t
Stanton of the same Company political parasites would be gone, proves a very boomerang, since it
proceeded by land with one of and no party would be betrayed does not contain the things it was
fondly hoped it did.
the boats mounted on a wagon, in an hour of its need.
K llea .« b u rg ,
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COLLECTOR CF CLAIMS,
P o rt O rfo rd , f u r r y tC o u n ty , O re g o n .
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O rrgon .
W alker’s Saloon.
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Taxes paid. C ollections inaila and ¡Pro­
ceeds prom ptly R em itted.
BL A C K SM IT H ,
Tlie follow ing choice bargains are now
booked:
ELLENSBURG. Olt.
LTARM for sale—situated on Sixes
* river, 9 mill's from Port Orford.
(50 acres of bottom land; 23 acres
under cultivation, which is p lan t­
ed in peas, corn and potatoes;
also 28 head of hogs; 7 stands of
bees; together with farming im­
plements. A good house and barn
on the place. 50 acres under fence,
and a good Orchard. Price $1000.
Terms cash.
HORSE SHOEING, ETC,
F .D C E D T O O L )
Made Io Order, and on Hand.
C o s s n o p o lita n
H o te l,
KLLK X sBU R J, OR.
K. P . M l M ' I K l 1,
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r n .|> r lr t « r .
k JH E E P ranch for sale—together
w ith 100 head of sheep; good
dwelling house; 1 acre in garden; OYSTT” STEYT' AT SHORT NOTICE-
I. acres of pasture under fence; 12
acres suitable for cultivation; lilt!
W ELL SU PPL IE D TABER.
bearing straw berry plants. This
ranch is situated on Floras creek,
12 miles from Port O rford. Price W I L L H ü K T L Ç Y ,
$300. Terms, cash up.
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A R C H IT E C T .
/ ‘ it Acres, 135 neres u p la n d anil 25
Ov* acres bottom ; 1
m iles from
P o rt O rford.
I '. 8. title ; term s, eusli.
)LANB. Npeeitleiithms mid E stim ates
of cost of M aterial and Labor for
I electing
buildings, etc., furnished.
O i l Acres on Nixes river, six miles
OO n o rth of Port O rford, 5 acres
suitable for c u ltiv a tio n ; 12 head of catt le
--cows, steers and heifers. I). 8. title.
T erm s reasonable.
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PIANO FOR SALE.
> A N ('ll of Ilk) acres, on Elk river, ft
frosi P ort O rford' 30 acres
i tit V miles
for cultivation; 10 acresbottom
A splendid Keven Ooiuve Plan", Auger
land; 10 under fence. Good (Jar- F reres,’ wilRI.e sold eheap for C asa.
den, together with hogs and cattle. Apply a t this "Hice.
Term s cash.
O LD C O fN L K
0 / 1 Acres on Elk river, 3*tj miles
v troni Port O rford; 20 acres under
1 O c u ltiv
a tio n ; a good o rch ard c o n ta in ­
ing 100 hearing trees—apple pear and
plum ; also, 25 lie al of hogs, 25 head of
sheep, 30 head of c attle and 7000 feet of
lum ber. T erm s c a s h .
* / l Acres choice land, situ ated on
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PORT ORFORD, OR.
AHA C AKM AN,
H I Crystal ereek, 7 m iles n o rth of
H Port
O rfo rd ,80acres bottom land, 5 acres
under cultivation, 4 acres seeded in tim ­
othy and one acre in g arden, 45 acres
under fence, 8 head of cattle, plows, liar-
rows and otticr farm ing im plem ents.
A
THE
VKItY
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BEST
P r o p r ie to r .
Hit AN IIS
OF
WINES, LIQUORS
1 1 Acres ty m ile so uth of E uchre
H i ereek, on the C oast. One half
bottom; the balance upland easily
clean'd; 15 acres well Heeded in
velvet grass, and 3 acres in gar­ Constantly on hand mill for Sale.
den; dwelling house pleasantly lo­
cated near the beach; 11 head of
LIVERY A N D
cattle; 12 head of hogs; several
stands of bees; farming im ple­
ments, etc. Also 1500 feet good
beach mining ground fronting land
claim, with ditches, flnming, to­
gether with m ining implements.
LOUIS KNAPP, PRCPR.
A good chance for a practical
miner.
P o rt O r fo r d ,
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J o h n F itz h u g h ,
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C ig a r s ,
FEED ST A B L E ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR
AND CIVIL ENGINEER.
Deputy U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
H a d d lr
l l t i r . r . to
I e t o n lir a
.o n iib t o T - r i n i .
Â. O. Wolcott,
OREGON.
PORT ORFORD,
K im , M u s t Ils P u l i i I n A i l v u n m ,
J.
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Co«» County,
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Oregon.
HARDWARE & DRUGS,
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