Port Orford post., February 10, 1881, Image 1

PORT ORFORD
VOL. I.
POST.
PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 10. 1SS1.
NO. JK-
3$
al public in his line of business. out on T hursday, Jan u ary 27tli.
Mr. A. H. T h rift is preparing to Capt. Brown evidently expected
E ditor P ort O rford P ost :— build some new fences to accom­ rough usuage outside, as he re­
The schooner J . G. W all went
Could
you or any of your read­ modate h is increasing dairy of tu rn ed some wool which ho had
• I . II. t P T O S «Si S O X , P r o p r ie t o r « .
to pieces at Crescent City last
ers
tell
me if sheep will eat yellow Short H orns. Mr. C. L ong lost on «leek, stating that he feared lie
week.
1‘i i h l i n l i i ‘i l E v e r y I ' h u r m l a u ,
Mr. J . L. Nay lias been some­ m ustard in this country or in Cal­ several shoats by the freshet, would have to throw it uud more
w
hat
on the sick list during the ifornia? W hite m ustard is now th ro u g h no t having a canoe, and deck load besides overboard if the
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extensively used for sheep in in the abscence of one, took a ta­ weather turned out as bad ns ho
week past.
PO RT ORFORD, CURRY CO., OR.
ngland and I cannot see why it ble, which became unmanageable anticipated.
The W illam ette river is said to
A panther was killed here lately
have been 40 miles wide at points w o u ld n o td o a s well here if not and capsized, which left the pork­
s i i t s t t u r n o x ISA TES.
by
one of tho aborigines. This
during the freshet.
letter our W inters are so much ers to root hog or die. We can scoundrel
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S2«00
has been lu rk in g about
The m ails failed to connect at bettor. P erhaps I ought to state not give you any account of the here for the last two or three
S ix M o u lli* ...................................... 1 .4 5
I'h r e e l l o n t l i w .......................................7 5 at P ort O rford W ednesday last that w hat is generally known here wool clip at present for the coming years when his “ old p ard ” was
from cither direction.
shot by G. A. Bennett in conse­
as m ustard is nothing more than season.
quence
of his having disposed of
advertising rates reasonable .
The Crescent City Record favors wild tu rn ip .
By the way, if o u r friend Sal­
Q uero .
eight or nine sheep w ithout con­
the organization of an agricnltural
mon P e te r had happened along sulting tlie^pwner.
he)
N ew L ake , (which is on the
L. P. F isiie u , Advertising Agent, 21 society in D el N orte county.
The sea lions have had a grand
here about Xmas tim e and seen
M erchant's Exchange, San Francisco, is
N orth side of Floras Creek,
One entiro colum n of the Cres­
time
iu here lately. Previously
authorized to receive advertisem ents for
January 28, 1881,
the disastrous effect of salmon on these poor
cent City Record is occupied w ith a
the colum ns of this paper.
were compelled
D ear M r . E ditors .—I t is w ith dogs, his ever increasing appetite to subsist fellows
succession of saloon advertise­
on halibut, haddock,
moist feelings that ¡1 address you for that lu x u ry could have been cod, salmon, etc., but ever since
ments.
T ile C o u r t H o u s e C a s e .
The latest wo have from the
I t has been upw ard of four so suddenly, thinking th at proba­ appeased, and no doubt th a t many the freshet they have gone alto­
weeks
since any weekly papers bly some of our contem poraries in valuable dogs would have still gether for fresh beef, fresh pork,
Suprem e court indicates th at the
fresh m utton, etc., ami they aro
business of the Second d istrict was from the ontside world have found this precinct have met w ith feel­ lived had our w orthy friend Peter now all out on the rocks assem­
th eir way in h ere.
ings sim ilar to our own d u ring the disposed of the su rp lu s fish.
bled in full caucus, and showing
disposed of about the 28th ult.
Q
uantities
of
mail
m
atter
which
ate
freshet,
as
we
get
no
P
ost
,
W here! oh where are all your their gratitude to the au thorities
If the C ourt sustains Judgo W at­
has been delayed on account of neither do wo hear anything ex-
by singing the hallelnjuh chorus
fair correspondents—Dixie, Angie in full blast, accompanied by d i­
son in overruling the dem urrer in ­ breaks in the roads etc., will never
wliieh has been Raymond and L illian Dudley?
eepting tho w
terposed by the defendants, they reach its destination.
vers variations such as an occas­
• w ith snow and Is it possible they have all met ional plunge in the ocean, a stand
plentiful, to
will have to comply w ith the de­
As S pring time comes. Gentle
*«ad dogs. Flor- the same fate as the last named? up tight, a grow ling match and va­
cree intered in the prom ises; if Annie, there are inquiries for rain, salmo
been considar- If they have, I wish them h ap p i­ rious o th e r harm less little eccen­
the said ru lin g is reversed, then “ E arly Y o rk ” potatoes;and “ E a r­ as creek pro!
tricities.
o. i>-
j b u t our en- ness; b u t may be they are dodging
ly
Rose”
cabbage
seed.
ably swollen
the ease will be open for trial on
.e young mail the (h )alter; if so, I would ad­
Tho Mary D. Hume, which vessel ergetic and
its m erits at our term of the C ir­
The P ost says M r. N o rth ru p of
was launched at E llen sb u rg on carrier has
m issing above vise them to keep clear of here as Rogue riv r answers the description
cuit C ourt next June.
the 20th of January, had not. sail­ three trip s w
good for one bachelors predom inate, and are of the man washed ashore, men­
ed up to Saturday last bu t it was
A u o t l i c r (C o d y A*>l»ore.
tioned iu the News of last week,
m onth, and it is little to be su r­
Tlvihody- of a man apparently thought she would go out early prised at that d u ring the bustle a t­ good, as a rule, tying intricate and th at N orthrup is missing.
knots. In conclusion, adoo.
We know of b u t one N orthrup on
Tong dead came nslioro at E llens­ during the present week.
tending the departure of said mail
Rogue river; he lives near Big
From
yours
trooly,
J
u
st
as
we
go
to
press
a
letter
burg. The head and hands w ere
Bend, and we hope it is not he.
_______ S ometimes .
of date Jan. 25tli, reaches us fr»m that he should also leave behind
gone, and no clothing—not even Salem detailing the destruction
We were companions in arms
lim his “ way m ail,” although on
B andon , Feb. 3, 1881?
du rin g the rebellion, both mem­
his boots—left by which to identi­ w rought by the freshet at that
laud punctually for packing the
The year past—1880—has, we bers of the 8th Illin o is cavalry,
fy the corpse. I t is supposed place. All the wharves and ware­
same
for which he charges so much hope, been a very unusual one. lie was a good soldier then, and a
houses
were
carried
away,
and
up
that it came down Rogue river,
per annum . P u t Chonny vas such The W inters of 1879-80, assum ing good citizen since, and we should
yet it m ight have came off a vcssol and down the river the farm ers
suffered great loss.
nice poy! Now Mr. Editors, the W inter to begin on Nov. 1st, be very sorry to hear th at he was
out at sea, or been washed up or
the man. We have seen him where
The C learing up shower would when our postoffice shall have start­ and end April 30, have been in the men were dying by the hundreds,
down the Coast.
be hailed ju st now by almost every­ ed here why can’t wo get over aggregate about 20 degrees below and yet he escaped u n h u rt, ami wo
body as the consumm ation m ost
A F e w C o r r e c t io n .
some of these troubled w aters in the average of the last seven years hope not to come to Oregon to be
washed to sea by the high water.
In our ohitunry notice of th e devoutly to be wished. In Cal­ W inter time by means of bridges,
itself included as one of the seven. —Coos Bay News.
ifornia they are generally praying
late M rs. U nican, we omitted to for a shower at the same time th at not made of bricks b u t wood, as
February and M arch wore both 5
I t tu rn s out that it was certainly
m ention a daughter by a former we of O regon do most profoundly
in many places th a t commodity is degrees below the average. The not Mr. N orthrup for he is Hill
husband, now m arried to a Mr. im plore tho clerk of tho weather
as plentiful as w ater along the effects of this very low tem pera­ among the living. I t is strongly
Bradley, and residing at Portland. to let up.
Coast, and if people could travel ture were visible a siate as Novem­ suspected th at the drowned or
Deceased had resided in C urry
with the assurance that they could ber, when even in digging pota­ m urdered man was a M r. Black.
T h e C m is ic r j H iiililiiiif .
county 21 years instead of 23, and
The building chiefly used as a get back from P o rt O rford w ith­ toes, thé soil underneath was
was 57 years of age—not GO as T he
The Scott Valley News says an
cannery in connection with H um e's out drow ning, you would see found in large lum ps and as hard
I 'o s r had it.
Ashing operations nt E llensburg many more pack anim als leaving as a stone. The grasses were also epidemic is prevailing iu that v a l­
ley to a considerable extent, which
s e e d T i m e m ill l l a r v c i l .
was fu rth er damaged by the aec- there than you do; at present very short. The Ju u cu s B ulbosus seems to differ from anything ever
As the spring season approaches oned freshet in Rogue river. everyone goes to “ Bandon docks” a native beat known here as W hite before known, ami physicians are
vegetation catches the inspiration O perations will soon commence where Mr. Jo h n Lewis has a wharf grass, and which in '78 grew 13.24 at loss to know what to name the
.uni is making an effect to come looking to the thorough recon­ with two vessels tied to it (as a inches; in '79, w hich was far be­ new disease. I t is mostly among
fo rth —some of it in bloom — struction of things thereabouts shipping sign I suppose) to keep low the average tem perature in children, and presents tho symp­
toms of both scarlatina and the
though
tlio w inter lias by no
the public aware of the fact that November and December, grew measles.—Del Norte Record.
I .n r g e s h o p .
means been a favorable one for
he receives his goods direct from only 9.75; yet in ’8 0 , th is very
An ailm ent very sim ilar in ch ar­
Peter
Nelson
has b u ilt a large
the early p u ttin g forth of.
San Francisco and Coquille flour same grass (in the same place all acteristics to the above prevails
blacksm ith and wagon shop ou
through) grew only 1.93. I b is to some extent in this county
is 85 00 per barrel.
•• I lm o z o a ." ’
Floras creek, in order to be pre
D airy men are already com­ year we are happy to say our pros- among children. Members of Mr.
Carm an and Bates may be con­
pared to meet the increasing de­
mencing
to clean up pans, p rep ar­ • pects look much better.
s u lt.d in m atters germaiu to “ on­
N o rtb u rg s family have been so af­
mand for work in his line. The
atory to the season commencing, Î Tho freshet about w hich there flicted.
to.■ea.” Speeialti -—M. M. Bates,
Floras creek settlem ents are ex
as they expect to make double the i are so many com plaints seems to
“ ascunides,” A. Carman, “ ox-
In these days when fresh beef :
ceptionally prosperous.
quantity of b u tte r this year, and us unaccountable. In January,
u rides.
scarce, go to A. D. W olcott's and
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if prices range as high as last seas­ 1880, the heaviest rainfall w ithin
51 u r e ( ’» n t .
purchase for 25 cents, a can of
I t was contended at Crescent
on, they will evidently have a b o ­ ‘ seven days was 13.21 inches. This
Mr.
N
ortburg
has
found
crop­
City that the immenso jam of drift
Ja u u a i, , the heaviest rainfall with- canned beef.
nanza.
pings
of
a
coal
vein
on
his
place
at
wood on the beach prevented great
Stock are all doing well despite . in seven days was 11.10 inches.
BORN.
damage on Front street during the B rush creek. There may yet be the storms. Tho new blacksm ith I How then do you account for the
found
extensive
veius
in
th
at
lo­
storm
At Port Orford, FeU u.iry H, 1S81, to tie
cality. The specimens brought shop has been com pleted by L ang­ ' excess of water, especially as we
I
had
no
snow
this
year?
wife
of Capt. X. C. L ircntzen a ihiug!
lois
Bros.,
where
Mr.
P
eter
Nelson
Frcsh ham s and bacoa can be in indi *ate a deposit of cretaceous
The
Mose
and
Chamjiion
went
j
ter.
attends to the wants of the gener-
coal.
had at W olcott's at 12* cents.
TH E POST.
BREVITIES-
COKKESPO N D EN C E .