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V o lu m e ÍP O IÍT 11. O F F IC IA L D IR E C T O R Y . H ï . ir: O FFICEBS : I I . S. Senators— John H. Mitchell Joseph Sim on. C ongressm an—F irst D istric t Chômas H . T ongue. G overnor— T . T. G eer. S e c re ta ry of S ta te —F. I. p u n b a r . Kt'ite T rea su re r—C hus. S. M oore. S u p t. P ub. In s tr u c tio n - J H A ckerm an. KtMtu P rin te r, W . H . L eeds. A ttO T n ey -G e n e ral-D .B . N B lackburn. C lerk S ta te B oard School L an d Com- m issioners— M . L . C h a m b e rlin . J o in t S en ato r, T. M. ™ n .n ..ck Jo in t R e p resen tativ e — K. 1». H um e.. SECO ND JUD ICIAL DISTRICT I Ju d g e , J . W . H a m ilto n , R o se b u rg . P ro secu tin g A ttorney, Geo. M. B ro w n ; R oseburg. COUNTY O FFICERS : O R F O R D » O R l'X lO N , I V K D A I C S D Ä ’S . J U ^ ' W M o is Harness Shop. All styles o f, S A D D I j K S , — P. J. MASTERSON, DEALER IN ^ DLBi GENERAL MERCHANDISE E u r e k a I I n n > , - mm O i l . C ounty Ju d g e—M . K iley. Gold Beach. C om m issioners—t . H . Blake, C lietco, ALL KINDS 0 F SADDLERY HARD P . J , L indberg, P o r t O rlord. WARE. S h e riff—J . G . W a lk e r,G o ld Beach. C lerk. C. V. W oodruft', G old L each . S ad d le-B la n lieta , B its, & c „ & c. T re a su re s, W. 8. W insor, Gold Beach. A ssessor—E . S. D ean, Langlois. B rok en -T lirn ated Coll» I « - School S u p t.— W illiam S. G u erin , L ang p aired us Good a s N ew . lois. Surveyor— D. C u n n in , J r ., G old B ca h. H a rn ess u n d S addles re p aired a t liv in g M EETING S OF TH E COURT» I prices. C irc u it C o u rt m eets on th e fo u rth M on day in A ugust oi each year. L - u ii j f l o i » , O r e g o n . C o u n ty C o u rt m eets th e tirst W ednes day s ill J a n u a ry , A pril, Ju ly and Sep ___ te m b e r of each y e a r . P ro b a te C o u rt m eets th e first M on d a y in e a c h m o n th . PORT 0RF0RI», OREGON, Takes pleasure in informing the public that he has now on on hand,and will continue to replenish, his large and complete Stock of Gen eral Merchandise, consisting of LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S UNDERW EAR, HOSIERY, FURN ISH IN G GOODS, YOUTHS’ and CHILDRENS H EA R,. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS. RIBBONS. 11. 1D O 2. T h e capable w om an is ju s t a s likely to develop to perfection in th e back- woods aa a n y w h ere else. E nvironm ent hAs not m uch to do w ith producing her. Like the poet she is born and npt made. T h ere is no college o r in stitu tio n of learning which can tu rn h e r o u t to o r der, says Table T alk. T he capable w om an know s ju s t the r ig h t th in g to do in a n y em ergency which may c o n fro n t her, and she does it. She has confidence in herself. She does n o t th in k i t necessary to run am ong her frien d s and ask everybody's advice before she does a s she has a mind, to do. She doesn’t «end for th e doctor every tim e she has an ache o r a bad Reeling. She doesn’t g e t frig h ten ed every tim e she h e ars a noise she c a n n o t account for. She goes and finds o u t w hat th e noise o riginated from . She does n o t throw cold wa-ter on heT fam ily. She encourages effort, she assists every en te rp ris e w ith well balanoed stre n g th , a n d she inspires a ll th o se who com e w ith in her influence. She know s how to do th in g s. I f th e house should catch fire she would try h e r b est to p u t o u t th e flames before she rushed in to the stre e t and so give th e fire a chance to develop s tre n g th and destructiveness. If anybody in h e r vicinity should break a lim b o r cut an a rte ry she would n o t scream o r fa in t away, b u t she would re n d er such as sistan ce as lay in h e r power u n til m ed ica l aid could be procured^ . E rro rs and extravagances—O riental, classic, m edieval and m odern su p e rsti tio n —clu ste r ab o u t “ my lord th e ele p h a n t,’’ as he is called in India. T here SUITINGS, DRESS GOODS, DRESS FLANNEL, is h ard ly an anim al ab o u t w hich so L. A. ROBERTS, m any fictions extat o r w hich is so little SATEENS, PLAIN and FIGURED OUTING FLANNELS, in a variety understood. A T T O R N E Y A T LAM . T he p o p u lar opinion is t h a t th e ele of colors, Linings, Silesia Buttons, Bindings, etc. M y r tle P o in t, O regon . p h a n t’s m em ory is as re te n tiv e as Also a complete assortment of beautiful Calicoes, Apron and Dress Ging m an ’s. Stories are constantly floating ab o u t to th is effect. The la s t one I m e t P ro b a te business a specialty. w ith a sserted th a t an e le p h an t had hams, White Goods. Parcales, Lawn, India Linen, Lonsdale, killed a m an who, 20 years before, w hen Table L ilia n , Napkins, Sheeting and Pillow Slip Mus a sm all boy, had given him a piece of to bacco, o r had in some way m altrea te d lin, Towels and Crash, H o u s e L in in g , T ic k in g , him. Of course th is story is p re p o ste r J. AI. UPTON, P O R T O R F O R D . O R E .. ous. In the first place m ost ele p h an ts Oil Cloth, Attorney and Counselor at Law, love tobacco, a n d instead of k illin g a m an fo r giving him a chew, he w ould be The favorite varieties of m ost likely to tru m p e t a welcome and liA -A D O A , O R E G O N . the known hardy and sur caress him every tim e he presented him self. B u t as to his rem em bering a n y est bearing kinds for this Office u p s ta ir s , in .E ldorado B uilding body for 20 y ears or 20 m onths even, it coast; and several of the is sheer nonsense. T here is h ard ly an newer kinds, said to be anim al whose m em ory is so capricious. An equally unaccountable fiction is J. H U N TLEY , very fine. Among them t h a t th e re re cu rs a period each y ear w hen a gland sw ells on each side of th e an im al’s head ab o u t six inches back of Attorney & Counselor a t Caw Oregon Red W inter, th e eyes, and w hich em its a w atery d is Banana and Bisniark ch arg e of u n p lea sa n t odor. A t such NOTARY PU B L IC , tim es th e e le p h an t is supposed to be a Apples. A Complete Stock of very dan g ero u s c rea tu re . As I never knew a n e le p h an t to be especially disa ' T io l u ilEACii : : O regon . » . - - _ Also, PEARS, PRUNES, AND! greeable w hen he had a cold in his head, I am inclined to class th is w ith the CHERRIES. o th e r ridiculous and ab su rd y arn s so ft'lll P ractice in all th e C ourts oi this o ften repented. S tate. I t is com m only supposed th a t th e ' e le p h a n t is unable to give definite ex Public Land C ases a Specialty. E. W JENSEN, pression to his feelings. T his is a m is take. He alw ays expresses his pleasure PH O T O G R A PH E R . in one way, b y blow ing th ro u g h his GEORGE M. BROWN, tru n k . T he noise m ade is exceedingly sh rill. W hen in w a n t, he expresses it P o rtra its , V iew s a n d E n la rg e m e n ts. P ic tu r e F ra m in g . ! ’ in a low note m ade by th e m outh, and A T T O R N E Y A .T L A W , w hen in a n g e r o r w hen in a revengeful mood, he m akes a terrific ro a r w ith his R O S E B U R G , OREGO N. th ro a t, w hich sounds like d is ta n t th u n HGBftT der. He never m ixes these sounds; th ey alw ays sta n d fo r definite sta te s of German American feeling, and a re as w ell understood by J. II. UJ’TON, the tra in e r as a re th e deep, slow -draw n CROCKERY, LAMPS and LANTERNS, CUTLERY, CLOCKS, Insurance Company, and fa r reso u n d in g snores heard a t LIFE, FIRE AND MARINE. MIRRORS, ETC- U .S . C O M 3 1 I S H I O N E H , m idnight in th e e le p h a n t’s stnble. T he e le p h a n t’s w isdoin has so often been extolled th a t “ sagacious as an ele NOTARY PUBLIC, R eal E sta te and C onveyancing. p h a n t’’ has passed in to an axiom . In Nothing but the Best, p o in t of fa c t an an im al will cross a ro t P o r t O rford, - - - - O regon. L anolois , C urry Co., O regon . 1 .I l l 1 ,0 C O N S IS T IN G O F ten b ridge fu llo f holes if you will perm it Teas, Green and Roasted Coffee, Chocalate, Spices, Extracts, a Choice him to do so. Even in his wild state, D ealer in Town L ots, and Im proved i tho u g h possessed of a proboscis w hich | is capable of g u a rd in g i t a g a in st such a n d W ild L ands. Variety of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits of all kinds in stock. MRS. E. W. JEN SEN , dangers, th e e le p h a n t readily falls into F ilin g s a n d F in a l Proofs M ade on p its d u g to receive it, w hich are only FIN E MILLINERY. covered w ith a few stick s and leaves. H o m estead s a n d P re -em p tio n s. Its fellow s m ake no effo rt in general to a ssist the fallen, a s th ey m ig h t easily A com plete lin e of L ad ies a n d C hil G E N E R A L C O N V E Y A N C IN G . do by k icking in th e e a rth around th e Candy, Nuts, Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel. d r e n ’s T rim m ed H ats. edge, but fly in te rro r. I t com m only Ready-tc W ear H a ts a n d Sailors con happens t h u t a y oung e le p h an t tum bles sta n tly on hand. in to a pit, n e ar w hich its m o th e r w ill WALTER SUTTON, rem nin u n til th e h u n te rs come, w ith o u t H ats trim m e d to o rd e r on s h o rt n o tic e . doing A nything to help it — n o t even N O T A R Y P U B L IC P o r t O rford, O regon . feeding i t by th ro w in g in a few b ra n c h es. W hole herds of e le p h an ts are led P O R T O R F O R D - - OREGON. in to inclosures w hich th ey could break th ro u g h as easily as if th ey w ere m ade DR. J. J. CALDWELL, of co rn stalk s, and w hich no o th e r a n i m al would e n te r; and single one« are A lull se t of N otary a n d C onveyancer’s I ’ ll v r I c ì « , , « » . I S u r g e o n , Bacon, Lard, Beans, Coffee, Sugar, and rolled Barley sold as low as the caught, by th e ir hind legs being tied to b la n k s will be k e p t on h a n d g e th e r by men u nder cover of tam e ele phants. A nim als th a t happen to escape PORT O R FO R D , OREGON. market will permit. are c ap tu red again w ith o u t tro u b le ; even experience will n o t b rin g them All prices subject to change without notice. Diseases of Irid ie s and C h ild re n a Spec wisdom. I do n o t th in k th a t I trad u c e J. W. STRANGE, ia lty . Orders taken for suits and fits guaranteed. the elep h an t when I sa y t h a t it is, in m any th in g s, :i stupid anim al. R egarding an elep h an t bein g unable , CALL A N D G E T P R IC E S B E F O R E B U Y IN G E L S E W H E R E . to express w ith his countenance feel Shad Hudson. J. E. Haines ings of affection, fear, desire, I th in k C O Q U IL L E C IT Y , O R E G O N . all those who have w en Honey s im u la te HUDSON & HAINES. d ru n k e n n ess a t P ro c to r’s pleasu re p al ace, in th e pantom im e, “ From Cafe to W ill v is it C u rry C o u n ty se m i-a n n u ally . MINING & REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Police S ta tio n ,’* will readily ack n o w l edge th is e rro r. I t is really w onderful ho»/ m uch facial expression an ele E ck ley , O regon. p hant really has w ith a face skeleton so im perfect; th a t is to say, its nasal JO SE PH H A R E, V aluable M ines, F a rm s, S tock Ranches bones are ru d im en tary , w hile the a n d T im b e r L ands F o r Sale. m outh, all of the lower h a lf of th e face, Notary Public & Conveyancer is concealed b en eath g re a t m uscles a t House a n d six acres of w ell Im proved tached to th e base of the tr u n k . B ut in la r d in W ilb u r, D ouglas c o u n ty for j sp ite of th a t, and w ith his c a rs u n LANGLOIS, OREGON. sa le, o r will e x ch a n g e for p ro p e rty in cocked and his proboscis p e n d an t, an Any article not in stock will be ordered at once, and if not satisfac e le p h a n t’s countenance is full of c h a r M yrtle P oint, Coos c o u n ty . tory you do not have to take it. All order* attended to promptly. No acter. T he tr u th a b o u t the elep h an t is th a t, P. J. LINDBERG, order too small, none too large to handle. trea te d kindly and considerately, he is n g re a t, good-natured beast, who, for All goods as represented or money refunded. Mistakes corrected, but bis m aster, will perform any possiliele must be leported to me not later than five days after sale* are made. labor o r feat. T hey are very nffection- a te and exceedingly jealous of a tte n Port Orford, Oregon, tions from th e ir m aster. T h ere are A Complete Line of Cask»ts, Coffins, ‘ro g u e’’ elephants, of course, b u t th ey L-. K Nf A l ’ P P r o p r ie to r . and Trimmings. ire seldom m et w ith except in large herds, and w here a tte n d a n ts do n o t un- Orders taken for Tombstones and\ First-class in every respect. lersta n d how to tr e a t th e b ru te s in Cemetery R ailing. th e ir c h arg e r—N. Y. Jo u rn a l. FRUIT TREES LACES, EMBROIDERY, BRAIDS, ETC. ELK RIVER NURSERY. . H. I. BLAKESLEE, Prop., Rubber Goods, Oil Clothing, Mens. & Boys’ Hats & Caps, B O O TS and SHOES. HARDW ARE, TINWARE. GRANITEWARE, GROCERIES_ CIGARS, Pipes and TOBACCO. Sperry’s and Oregon Flour always on hand. D E N T IS T . USI Fill FD1 WOOL, IDES, ITS. Agent for W. F. & Co’s Express. UNDERTAKER. P O R T O R F O R D , O R EG O N . K N A P P H O TE L, Go >d F eed S tab le attached. A u ml»«»* 7 . W illiam T. S tead, reform er, a g ita to - | and p h ila n th ro p ist, h a s furnished t h o ! w orld a new sen satio n by e stab lish ing in L ondon a baby m arket. T h e | baby m ark et, o r, a s som e tern» it, baby | exchange, is a prettily -fu rn ish ed su ite of a p a rtm e n ts in one o f the em inently | “ I have used your Ha r Vigor for five years and am greatly resp ectab le p o rtio n s of the E nglish m e pleased with it. it certainly re tropolis. T he o b jec t o f a tte m p tin g th is 1 store* tho original color to gray experim ent w as to create an in s titu h»ir. It keeps my hair soft.’’—Mrs. tion that, w ould provide, children fo r ' H elen Kilkenny,N ew Portland, Me. m arried couples e n tirely without, fam ily, but w ho fe lt th e de sire to fill up Ayer’s Hair Vigor has th e blan k in th e ir h e a r ts and hom es by a d o p tin g a« th e ir ow n some of the been restoring color to hom eless am ong the. little one«. It is gray hair for fifty years, th ia w ant th a t th e baby m ark et fills. and it never fails to do To the. com fortably-furnished room s : where, th e babies w ho m ay be adopted, ' this work, either. to g eth e r w ith absolutely co rre c t in- j You can rely upon it form ation Concerning them , are to b c found, m any wom en, young and old, for stopping your hair ch arm in g and ugly, wend th eir wav from falling, for keeping every day to see w h at specim ens of your scalp clean, and for juvenile b eau ty are candidates forborne honors. Of course, th e babies are like making your hair grow. all o th e r h um anity, both bad and good. tl.M a bottle. AU druggists. B u t the w ell-treated, well-fed and w ell- If yonr drugeist cannot supply yon, w ashed baby is n o t inclined to be ill- send us one dollar and wo will express n a tu re d , and so all look th e ir prettiest you a bottle. Be sure and give tlie name of your nearest express omes. Address, and sm ile th e ir sw eetest a t the tender J. C AYER CO., Lowell, Mass hearted wom en w ho com e to view them on adoption bent. T he babies vary in age from six m o n th s to th re e years, b u t the ten d er a g e predom inates. Whatever the real significance of Som etim e« it h appens th a t children the recently incorporated Great Cen beyond th e c u sto m ary age seek pa re n ts and hope fo r would-be paren ts to tral Railroad Company may be, it seek them . F o r instance, th e m other is certain th at its promoters mean of tw o little boys, e ig h t and five year« old, resjieclively, recen tly w rote to Mr. buisness. The engineering force is Stead asking him to find a hom e for her being assembled, and soon will be in chMdrer T he d e a th of h e r husband the lield. hail left her a lm o st d e stitu te. These The ostensible object of this rail tw o little fellow s a re gran d so n s of one of the best know n ju d g es of India. As road corporation is to build a road a rule, the a n te ce d e n ts of a child from Coos Bay to Salt Lake City. are not revealed, ow ing to iiie fuel th a t innocence would freq u en tly bo forced There is much mystery as to its con to suffer fo r th e g u ilt of others. Such nections, but ns long as it means instances »« the one quoted are by no m eans ra re , fo r in E ngland, ns in no business the people of Oregon will As yet o th er c o u n try , it is th e ease th a t good probably not care much. blood and poverty o fte n dwell together. no one knows whether it is an en W hile it is not. a I w ay« th e ease, and, perhaps, n o t in th e m ajo rity of in tirely independent corporation or stances, th a t a baby is sold as if it were allied to and working in tile inter an infan tile specim en of th e pug dog, ests of one of the great transcon it is tru e th a t it not infrequently h a p pens th a t a m o th e r receives a. cash con tinental systems. Speculation as sid e ratio n fo r p a r tin g w ith her little sociates the enterprise with tlie Or one. G enerally it occurs th a t persons egon Short Line, Burlington and who a re d e siro u s o f p ro c u rin g ready m ade c hildren are. p len tifu lly supplied Gould roads. w ith th is w orld’s goods. T herefore, it Among the engineers who recently is q uite n a tu ra l t h a t th ey should offer no objection to, and g enerally prefer, arrived in Portland from the East giving a reasonable com pensation to in the interest of the new road is W. the lorn m other. L. Green, second assistant of Chief I t som etim e« happens, however, th a t Mr. Green is th e fo ste r p a re n ts reverse th is ord er Engineer Kinney. of th in g s and, a f te r »electing a d esir from Detroit, M id i., and will locate able y o u n g ster, in q u ire how m uch they are to .'*■ paid fo r ta k in g it. T h is class his family in this city. Ralph Green, of |/*-rsons a re frow ned upon by Mr. a brother of \V. L. Green, and J. II. Stead and he has form ally notified Diers, the latter just arrived from th em that, th e ir presence a t the baby m a rk e t is n o t desired, and will be Alaska, are other members of tlie prw m ptly dispensed w ith, if avoidable engineering corps on the ground. ii. no o th e r fashion.—fit. Louis Globe- George Lyman Moody, of Erie, Pa., 1 /em ocrat. Black H air “ W hen I w as down in Cuba,’’ said Del e g a te F lynn, of Oklahoma^ to a w rite r in th e W ashington Boat, “ I heard a good sto ry a b o u t an arm y officer and a flamingo. A flam ingo? Why, it is a bird of beautiful red plum age which abounds in th e tropics. Well, to con tin u e, I heard of a p o st com m andant who, like all o th e r post com m andants, w as n o t popular. He had tw o fads. F irst, he believed in w hitew ash and p len ty of it, a sse rtin g it to be th e most effective preventive of tropical diseases ever discovered. His second fad was an a p p a re n tly unreciprocated a tta c h m ent to a p e t flamingo, who reae-nted being k e p t in captivity and who show ed his re sen tm en t by nipping a t every sol d ier who passed his w«y. On th e p a r t of th e so ld ier th e re was n o th in g to do but sw ear un d er his breath and wait for revenge. On a certain Monday m orning an order was issued from h e ad q u a rte r» th a t all a rtic le s p e rta in ing to th e cam p which were not sh el tere d from the w eath er should be w hitew ashed. No one who know» the A m erican aoldier,’* added Mr. F lynn, “ needs fu rth e r inform ation. W hen I saw th e flam ingo he was as w hite as the driven snow . The chance» a re th a t the bird will survive the operatio n , but. he will h ard ly outliv» the po»t com m and a n t’» w ra th .’’ CHEAPER THAN THE GRAVE. C h II m !■ J.IM I. 1. ■> » z n ae d - • ■ « I f ■ ■ •a p .a .lT « S r M .i i , * • « • T b l. A .e u .,1 , m T he a d ran re of crernation in E ng land, ih n n n by the eatab lieh m en t o f a m unicipal furnace in th e no rth and the projection of a new crem ato riu m not fa r outside the four-tnile ra d iu s In London, recalls th e in te re s tin g history of Ja p a n in the m a tte r. C rem ation followed Buddhism Into Ja p a n about 1,200 y e ars ago, b u t it only p a rtially superseded the S hinto custom of dis posing of the dead by in te rm e n t. In 1*73 crem ation was to ta lly prohibited by the Japanese governm ent, whose m em bers seem to h nre had some con fused notion as to the p ractice being un-E uropean, and th e re fo re barbarous. Having discovered th a t, fa r from being un-E uropean, c rem atio n was the goal of E uropean re fo rm e rs in such m a tte rs , they rescinded th e ir prohi bition before tw o y ears had elapsed. C rem ation In Ja p a n Is carried out in a som ew hat rough and read y m anner. The cheapest process costs about 11.12. This is scarcely a d ap ted to w estern re q u ire m e n ts and is sufficiently de scribed by th e title which th e foreign re sid en ts of • c e rta in se ttle m e n t in Ja p a n gave to th e native crem ation ground am ong the hills—"Roast. Meat «alley.” F 'tn rn te T .n r Itn w ets W ith *"s«efirers. Candy í ’:’»hnrtlc. »’ir» connupnuoi forava: 1 ICc.Söc. HC. C C .ilil* refutó piene/ who is to have charge of the survey force, has left for Coos bay on the steamer Alliance. Another party of surveyors in charge of First Assis tant Engineer Sears, will leave shortly for Roseburg, to establish a base of operation. Chief Engineer Kinney expects to open offices in the Worcester block.—Portland Telegram. C oos B ay News. The Coos liny cieainery turned out over 1100 pounds of butter on Friday last. A Sliip-Curpeiiters’ Union was organized ¡Saturday night in M arsh field, with 26 charter members. A reduction to three cents a mile on passenger fares, on . the Oregon lines of the Southern Pacific R. R., is soon to be made i t ha* been decided to hold tho District Fair nt Roseburg this year, rhe sum of $1600 has been offered for racing purposes, and it is thought the guarantee will be raised without trouble. A steam schooner is being built nt Prosper, on the Coquille,by M uir ii Ross, of San Francisco. The d i mensions of the vessel are, 158 feet ked, 31 feet beam, with a tarry in g capacity of 500,000 feel of li m >er. It is not known for what trade she is intended. In every town and village may be had, the that makes your horses glad. Ilow Aro T o n r Zlldaey» » O’ no».!-»’ M’ - - Pint -tire a’l r <?ney 01 a • Ifi.t 4 ú> Äktil-.Alk« ,/ t-u .vLi» «M j Cf tt. V