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N i i i m I I | k ix a t C o q u ille *
M AUMiirixiD, ( k t . 3 0 —There are now
four i ' hwn of sm allpox a t Coquille City,
and eo far one death has occurred from
th e dreaded disease. The telegraph
line» are down betw een here and
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NATURAL HISTORY
A b o u t S p a r r o w s.
A friend to sparrow» think» they have
an an tip ath y to red and a fondness for
b lu e; one tam e bird fainted at the eight
of scarlet; another chose blue cloth for
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its nest, and always preferred to sleep
C oquille and news cannot be obtained, on th a t color; a third would never touch
a» th a t city i» q u aran tin ed . Officer» are I th e card» with red tokens, and th e wild
guarding every road leading into town. bird» would fly away from the crum bs if
T he daily m ail, due from Roaeburg a t 0 J th e ir feeder wore a red jacket.
A K o p e to th e S h o r e .
o'clock thin m orning, was »topped three
mile» from here and sen t buck to Co
A gentlem an who was fond of stu d y
quille C ity. The jieople here are very ing the habits of insects one day found a
in th e breeze.
ENGINES, THRESHERS,
■HINDERS and MOWERS.
REAPERS and DRILLS
liahiE las nf all kinds.
Corner Olive and E ig h th Streets.,
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other source.
It waited until th e wind
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stretch ed tiie th re a d out tow ards the
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»ide of tiie pond. The insect then went
Coquille City will be kept until th e of craw ling along th e th read till it reached
ficers are »atisfied th a t tin re is no d a n tiie end. A fter floating in th e air for a
ger of contracting the disease.
m om ent it alighted safely on th e ground
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MPLEMENTS
m uch alarm ed. The city council ha» large spider near a pond of water. He
notified th e city hoard a t Em pire City took a long »tick and put th e spider on
th a t it will q u a ra n tin e th a t city if it one end of it. He then went to the side
doe» not take tom e step» toward» »top of th e pond, and, stretching out as far as
ping people coming from Coquille. The he could, fixed the other end in th e bot
steam er A ntelope, running between here tom of the pond, and left the stick stan d
and Coquille, is tied up, and th ere is no ing straig h t up out of the w ater, w ith
comm unicat ion w hatever between the the spider upon it. He then sat down ,
tw o cities. The death reported a t Co on the hunk to watch what the spider
quille waa th a t of a man nam ed McKeon. would do. It first went down the stick
H e died early in th e week. At first it i until it came to th e w ater, but finding
was thought hi» death was canned by there was no hope of getting oil there,
iiiciih I oh . McKeon wa» a Mt ranger in the it returned to th e top.
I t then w ent up
place and hud recently come from Seat and down the different sides of the stick
tle, w here he i» supposed to have con i feeling and looking carefully, until it
tracted th e disease.
found there was no escape a t any part.
M a itMii kiki . o , Oct. 31,—The telegraph Then it went once more to the top, and
line betw een this place and Coquille City rem ained quiet for a while, as if th in k
will not be up until to-m orrow morning. ing what to do. A fter a short pause the
I'he »mull|M)x scare here is »till running insect began to spin a th read , long
high. By order of th e city council, enough to reach from th e stick to th e
which convened to-day, City Mumbai edge of the pond ; when this was done
Dunham him made severe! arrests, hik I it fastened one end of th e thread to th e
ha» a force of about 30 guard» punted top of the stick, and let the rest tioat
w ithin th e city limit». A pesthouse ha»
been fixed up, about a m ile from ^thi»
c ity , where every one com ing thnWtgh
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and scam pered oil’ to its home.
It is reported here lute th is evening,
Because it Is read by the people with
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upon good au th o rity , th at Dr. K im e, of
Some years ago a party of officers were
whom you expect to do business. Can
Bandon, visited Coquille City to-day,
am using them selves witii fishing for
and th a t he rejiorts th ree well-developed ,
you expect them to trade a t your store
w hitings behind th e Rock of G ibraltar.
eases of » iiui 1I| m > x , with five others down
unless you invite them to do so?
W hile so engaged they were obliged to
w ith the sym ptom s. He sent a s|>eciul
shift th e ir ground on account of being
c arrie r to Em pire City to w arn th e a u
pelted from above, they did not know
th o rities to q u a ra n tin e against th e in
from whom. At last, however, they
Is a standing invitation. D o y o u w a n t
fected district, and the re|»>rts are th at
| cam e to a place where they were left in
all travel on the Coquille river is
T H E P E O P L E ’S T R A D E ?
I peace and where they eaught plenty of
slopped.
fish. After a while th e drum s beat to
M AusuriKi.n, Nov. 1.—There are now
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arm s, ami th e officers rowing their boat
eight cases of fully developed smallpox
ashore, left it high and dry on the beach. !
at Coquille C ity. The mail was allowed
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i On retu rn in g , they were greatly surpris
to come in to-day after being fum igated
ed to find their boat not so far up t h e !
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at E astport. Every point here is strictly
i beach as they hud left it, and at some:
q u a ra n tin ed and no one is allowed to
i little distance from its form er jHjsition.!
come in to tow n. T he city au th o rities of
Their am axeineut was increased on ex
G ard in er to-day refused all passengers
am ining th eir tackle, to find some hooks
going to D rain's station to pass th at
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baited which they had left hare, and to
place, c
they were consequently re
tu rn e d t< t i ls city. The steam er Areata see th e oars and lines laid quite differ UND ER TAK IN G and E M B A L M IN G a Specialty
ently from th e way they had left them.
lsain d for t»an Francisco with a full list
All orders for Furniture sent us from the Stuslaw will t»e shipped from Portland direct. f
The cause of this was afterw ards ex- !
of passengers, is not ullowml to touch at
plained. A nother officer had observed
E m pire C ity. T here are several sus-
|<erted eases here and in Em pire C ity, Home young monkeys pelting the fishing
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which are strictly guarded and every parly front U 'hind th e rocks. Two or
precaution to Stop th e disease has been three old ones came and drove the young
ta k en .
ones away uml set them selves to watch- ■
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i nig the officers fishing. When the men :
('«Mjt'lt i.M C itv , Nov. 1.—There are
tw o new eases of snmll|H'»x here, hut no I had left, the monkeys came down, push-
fu rth e r aus,»ec,ed cam«. The disease is
still confiued entirely to th e,w rso n s who
iiiiukm I th e m au from M arshfield, who
died on th e 21st ult. All th e east's, so
far. are of a very m ild ty p e. The first
eases m e convalescent. The eases are
all well isolated and thoroughly q u aran
tined.
od the boat off, baited the hooks and be
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gan to fish. As they were im patient
th e ir sjs.rt was sm all; hut when they;
did catch any thev were greatly delight- -
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cd. They soon tired and lauded the
boat taking the fish they caught to their
AT
holes.
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V A It I E T Y
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