T -
iiou* in-
»ttl«* op
heir a c -.
for rol-
kbaker
irket
ion.
of
a ll
pro
nao
tii«
to n ,
Maker
»it uj»on.
■ry Uni>{
and
he hotel.
I ngto » .
I Aiken.
at
of
frt. which
▼ln«.
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Sara John: “ That hen is o’U and t'ray,
Hot I have more than matched it;
Down at my hoardinq-houHe t -»-day
They boiled the lion that hatched it.”
f—Cincinnati Tlaiea-Star.
**7 Hoden.
»tors.
[O E R
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|aole.
pnnptly
Marsh‘leid
»2nl4
ff
m t h t l i ,
always on
)tret»l rates.
• OOK, rn^
mble rate».
was in town last week.
| herc. She will go back by a Coos
Mr. At>e. H igley, of Marshfield,; pav steamer.
culled in on ns, yesterday.
j
Onr old friend, .lames F.
Grandma Cox has returned to
Coquille City, from Denmark Cur-
ry county.
Fred. Hoffman, of South Coquille,
soon leaves for Corvallis, to attend
college again.
Nosier & Hunt will deliver all
goods bought at theiv store to any
point in town, or at steamer dock,
}1H(| narrow escape from drown-
■ ¡ng jn the lake near Denmark.
; The mule that he was riding, got
out of his depth, and falling back-
ward, Jim ’s foot got caught in the
j stirrup. A fter some considerable
and desperate kicking, he managed
j to extricate himself from his peri-
j l° lls position.
in quanti-
rest liv in g
ÍR,
fïSCOM,
“ COOK,
fty Oregon.
( le
Cox
oaucon .)
! Pass r.itn 1 the ghvw, brother*, come let u.n
drink,
O f that clear running stream Irom tho
ground,
The fonutain of health where enmities sink
And tho sj'mbols of spring-time abound.
Pass round the glass, siatoru, let all combine
In a song to tho bridge that is mire;
The life-giving liquid—production divine!
i 'Tis the* emblem of all that iu pure.
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Then the sweet springing water forever,
The clear, crystal drops of tho dew,
May none from their pledges o’er sever-
To our emblem prove faithful and true.
We’ll banish the wine cup, creator of strifo-
* Tis the demon destroyer of health,
Debasing tho mind, ’tis the bnne of this life,
It consumes—but produces no wealth.
The tears of tho orphan, the widow's deep
wail
Cry aloud at the wrongs they endure.
J Let us l'ing to the breeze, the motto, ‘ Don’t
fail !”
For our emblem’s tho wator that’s pure.
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M j r l l e P o in t 4'»i*!*c*j»nii«t«*ure.
T V iiclior'*" in s t it u t e .
Tho County Teachers’ Institute
Rev. W . Lund called at our of-
1 be bridges across the sloughs for Coos county, convened in the
fiee on Wednesday, last. H e preach- and gulches between C. aledo and ! Academy building at Marshfield,
ed at the church, the same even -; Marshfield are now finished. Ibis ! oil Wednesday Sept. 24, and was
will enable horsemen and foot-pas- | promptly called to order at 9 o’clock
mg.
! a . m . by J)r. J. T. McCorumc, Coun-
Pete- Hickev has r e s id e d ti,e ! s' ' " - OTl'
tlirouRli from Co-
! ty school superintendent, who in-
tlm office of deputy sheriff.
Geo. |
<'••>• to Marshfield.
W hen
w. ... .
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^ • ' the grading is completed, the stage I troduced Prof. E. B. McElroy,
M. W aters succeeds to the | h > si -
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will go through, but we do not state superintendent of Public ln-
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: iliink that it will be pemnuent be | struct ion.
Remember this is posit iv H v the ..
After a few appropriate remarks
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last week of the McMillan Bro*. in-
on the general conduct and manner
rrvi
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^ Jiini6s »i ltiiaiiiSt Aorniei i\ 01
town. I hoy go over to runnier. t
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| of holding Teachers’ Institutes,
Looking Glass, but lately of Den
next Tuesday, Oct. 14.
; Prof. M cElroy delivered an ex-
mark, was in town several ua>s
days
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| mark',
(trundv Snort, an old tvpo who ,
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. i haustive and extertaining lecture
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last week, and while lieie, leased
worked in this office at one tune,
MI1 n n
» t.. n r
i ! on the conduct of a district of
.
! the Odd hollows ban for a grand
called on us last week. H e is em- i , „
x-
-v- , , : ,u
./ ♦ „ schools, which occupied several
,
! ball on Now xears night. D e lia s
proved on the breakwater at (_ oos ; .
, ., ,,, • r . . i.
.u hours. During the course of his
‘ •
i leased tue Chris. Long dairy ranch I
l\ot*
! remarks, the professor dwelled
i for a term of three years, and con
Our young and enterprising : templates selling some of its pro- upo'jthe selection of a school, duty
| of teachers to thoroughly inform
1 lack smith, Steve Gallier, is about ' j ucts ou this river.
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themselves of the work before
place.
sbirting a laurdry in tiri
The dramatic and musical enter
, them, and of the nature of their
T liis will nfford fi rare opportuni!}-
tainment by the Coquille City brass
! surroundings lu: fore opening school
t«> get your skirts irono!.
band., lakes place on Thursday ow n
Lucie Thomas Willr.nl is suffer- ing, next. Wo anticipate a good, l rgod the ncctv.-iiy o f becoming
!?;g from nn nttmk o f thè ngue. sociable time. The affair has been acquainted with the diameters of
Thts is mi uncommon occnrrence in the hands o f skilled musicians their pupils and their parents. H e
j
in this sectioq.
W e liope to see without which, all efforts o f this advocated the passage o f a law,
Lucie Tom on bis pins ngain, as kind must appear tame. A great making the teacher the custodian,
during the term, of all the appara-
hnrdv as ever, in a few days.
ileal cannot be expected of a fir.-4
; tus, furniture, etc, in and about the
Mr. Vinevard nnd familv
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„. arriv- performance by amateurs, but, no
. school room, and holding the
i d in Coquille City last week, a fte r; effort has been spared to make this
teacher strictly accountable for the
a long trip over the plains w'th a j Kn enjoyable affair. The dramatic
; same.
h irse team. They left Missouri in portion of the entertainment will
“ The discipline of the first day,
March, and consequently, have ' be followed by
V a ball.
¡should be tho discipline for the
been six months on the trip.
' c \ H IU xscoiii , of Coaled“ , writes
term. Make as few rules as possi-
A. R. Z.miwnlt. superintendent, to us and offers his protest concern-
! blo, but never deviate from a rule
o f Hume’s stock and dairy ranch, I ing that big day’s work, hauling
once laid down. Be firm, but kind.
is visiting this sooti -n, nnd will r e -! l,)gS> by Jap Yoakum— 5f>, OoO f;’“ t.
! Make the school room attractive;
main till after t!ie fair and races.;
Charley hauled 11 logs that aver- |
; have everything in its place, and
\\’ hi!e here, he will look into our; {1god 1‘.>23 feet to the log, in one
I be neat in appearance; make first
progress in stock raising and dairy- day — 78,843 feet. H e did not think
; impressions ns favorable ns possi
business.
that he had done a big day’s work
ble. The teacher should have a
Several gentleman have arrived i until he measured the logs nnd fig programme o f each day’s work
in town during the last week, from ured it up. This throws Jup's lig mapped out before calling the
the bay and other portions of thf ures in the shade— being 22,193 school to order.
countv. Messrs. Hazard, W hitney, i feet in exces-. Try again. The
l>o not allow pupils to select
Cussans, F. Tapper and A. J. S lie r-! distance that the logs are hauled
their own seats— the teacher should
wood were here attendiug to imfi- by the team, aud the number of
attend to this, and should, use
cattle must bo taken into account,
vidual interests.
| judgement in selecting those pu
Mr. John Kronenberg returned i otherwise,» fair decision cannot be pils to occupy the same seats to
from Port Orford last Thursday. given.
gether, which would best insure
Go to W hitney & O’Connell’s harmony and good order.
He informs us that the ‘‘Orient”
sailed with the last cargo o f lum hardware store in Coquille City,
¡Should strive to study the char
and
buy
at
rock-bottom
prices—
ber from Joe Nay’s mill on AN ed-
acter of pupils, from the time they
ne.sday, and that the mill has been where you will meet with courte first enter the school room, and
ous attention. They will make it control them accordingly.
shut down for this season.
Dr. G. Elgin, of Myrtle Point, warm for the old fogy, high-price
Bo prompt—call to order exactly
dealers,
and
don’t
you
forget
it.
called on us last Saturday.
The
on time, and get pupils to work as
AVe
have
no
fear
of
successful
con
quickly as possible.
Doctor and us are old, bed-rock ac
quaintances, and we felt somewhat tradiction when we assert that our
Should have some kind of open
competitors
can’t
touch
us.
Mind
ing exercises—religious, literary or
astonished at the fact that ho never
yon,
no
“
leaders”
below
cost
do
we
musical, and should be governed
visited this office, when he was in
offer
jo
catch
trade;
but
every
arti
in this by the characteristics of the
town.
Better late than never,
cle
is
sold
at
bottom
prices.
R
e
people in the conmraunity.
George.
member, high prices must como
Give short advance lessons; bet-
- - This is the opening day of the
down, or something is going to ! ter have a little work well done,
Fair and horse racing at H all’s
bust— we can’t take time to tell than much work poorly done.”
Prairie, under the auspices of the
you how and why, but ask you to
A t the close o f Prof. M cElroy’s
♦Southwestern Oregon Agricultur
call in, at your earliest opportun ! lecture, the institute took a short
al Society. For the mile race, Jim
ity, when you will discover that J recess.
Aiken’s Sammy TildeD, Joe Nay’s
it will be a cold day when we get
A short discussion of the sub
Maplewood and the Gallier mare
left.
Consult your interests by jects touched upon, then took place,
have been entered.
giving our stock and prices an in , after which the institute adjourned
The Pioneer Hardware man is spection.
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till oue o’clock r. m .
oat o f newspaper squibs— has a
I n f o r m s U o n AVau(< m I
A f t e r n o o n s e s s io n .
batch coming by next steamer. He
Dr. J. T. McCormac in the chair.
AVill some friend on the lower
will sell hardware cheaper than
A fter calling to order, P ro f M cE l
you can buy at re.tail in San I- ran- Coquille inform the undersigned,
roy appointed Messrs. J. C. Can
cisco, or from any one in Coos a daughter of Robert Panter,
whether the said Robert Panter is terbury, Ed. T. Jennings and Miss
county.
Geo. McEwan.
dead or alive; if dead when and Clotilda A’ olkmar, as a committee
where did he die, and how ho was on permanent organization, who,
AY’ illiam Rohm, of this place,
; buried, and oblige Mrs. E. Thurs after a short deliberation, made the
while passing a small farm on N the
following report:
ton, Plainfield, AVill county, 111.
side of a mountain, had his horso
P e r m a n e x t ( ) r g a n iz a t io n .
to liecomo frightened at a pumpkin,
A deed longer than the moral
President —D i. J. T. McCormac;
containing 2 pigs, which rolled law was recorded by the county | Vice-President— M. C. M iller; Per-
down across the road and bursted clerk this week. The same convey mnneut Secretary— Win. A. Welsh;
against a log. For a time it was ed G3,143 acres of the old coos Bay j Enrolling
Secretary— J.
D.
difficult to distinguish the legs of Wagon Road Co. lands, by AV. H. ! Hawes; Reporting Secretaries—
the horse from that oF the rider, or Besse to the Oregon Southern Im i A. J. Sherwood and Carl II. Volk-
ascertain which would ultimately provement Co. tor a consideration j mar. Committee on introduction
of £91,71'.— Plaindealer.
como out on top.
- Miss Lillian Glass, Miss Emma
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T K M P IIB IIU 'E .
Mrs. Capt Butler was visiting
old friends on this river last week.
L O C A L IT E M S .
Ile r husband put his steamer, the
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i i 1 Empire, into P ort Orford during a
Several local items were crowded •
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out lust week.
I B“ ,e-.and " ls laiV' took m vunt:,7'- j
.
of this opportunity to see her old
Henry rioegnr, of Umpire C ity ,, fricm,3 ,iml look ftfter hpr pro[H.rty |
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i« beat Ih®
Trippers of the light, fautnst'e
toe, will l>e afforded an opportuni
ty to legale themselves on spring
chickens
aud oysters, at the
Robinson House, at 12 o’clock l*. m .
Thursday, October 8th.
Quoth James: *M y nnolo has a lien,
WhoHeitpe i* woiuierous—very;
She turned her thr->o score years and ten
• Sometime last January.
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Stanfi’, and Mr. AV. Welsh. Critics
Messrs. D. L. Rood and Ed. T.
Jennings.
The report o f the committee on
permanent organization was adopt
ed as read, and on motion o f J. D.
Hawes, following programme was
then carried out:
1st Lecture on reading by Miss
Lillian Glass of Marshfield.
2nd A lively discussion was then
indulged in, as to the pronuncia
tion of the words calf, half, laugh
etc.
3rd Lecture on history, by Prof.
J. D. Hawes, o f Marshfield.
The
close of Prof. Hawes’ lecture was
the signal for another animated
discussion, as he advocates teach
ing history backwards.
4th Recess.
5th Lecture on methods in geog
raphy, by Prof. H. J. Tobias, of
Coquille City.
Considerable dis
cussion as to the best methods of
teaching, nnd utility of the study
etc. of geography was then indulg-
in by >Lwf? rr». Canterbury, Welsh,
Hacker, Tobias, Mrs. D. L. Rood
and Miss Glass.
(ith Lecture on literary exercises
in school exhibition, by Rev J. C.
Canterbury. A fter more general
debate by various teachers, tho in
stitute adjourned, to moot at the
Baptist church at 7:30, p. m .
E
v e n in g
Sew Stage Roste!
POST OFFICE
Store,
C. ANDREWS
w
FR°M
PR O PR IE TO R ,
CONSTANTLY
Keeps
COQUiLLE CITlf
c q g s ' b a y ,
An assortment of
Crrving the U. S. Mails,
WELLS, FAR«» & Co’s EXPRESS
Hats and caps,
AND
Stationery, Inks,
Passengers
D ry goods and
Sfagc leaves Coquille City every
day ( ejcrept Sunday) at G A. M.
and 1 P. jl/., connecting with i
the Cars and Steamers fo r Cos j
B ay each trip.
Leaves Coaledo fo r Coquille
City at 0:30 A. M . and5 P. M.
Clothing
La-
dies, Gents
and Childrens
General fur
Passengers leaving Coquille City on the
morning trip can visit Marshfield and Em
nishing goods;
pire City, having two hours in each place
also groceries,
and return to Coquille City the same even
ing.
Canned goods,
I-iTGo with the Mail aud always make
connections.
Cigars, tobacco
Through Fare only ill.50.
andcandies. H e pays the h ig h
JARVIS & ARRINGTO N, P boi * s .
C. AV. ZU M W A LT .
est price for country produce.
Agent.
Coquille City, Ogn.
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S e s s io n .
Meeting culled to order by I)r.
J. T. McCormac, who invited Mr.
Andrew Nasberg to preside, after
which, tho following programme
was carried out:
1st Quartette— Instrumental—
by Messrs. Mitchell, Helm, AAVdt
and Miss Annie Short.
2nd Address of AN elcome, by Dr.
J. T. McCormac.
3rd Qunrtette--Vocal--by Messrs.
Welch, Hawes, Miss Short and
Airs. Egenhoff.
4th Lecture on the study o f good
literature in school, by Prof. E. B.
McElroy.
5th Instrumental quartette, by
.Messrs. Mitchell, Helm, AValt and
Miss Annie Short.
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Gth Recitation, by Mrs. G. AY
Black.
7lh Duett, by ATiss Annie Short
and Mr. \Y. A. AVelsh.
8th Reading, by Aliss Mary
Mncnamara.
9th Music by the AI. B. B.
1 he church was filled to its ful
lest capacity, nnd all went nway,
well satisfied with the evening’s
entertainment.
B O M ,
At Durtiai Prairie Sopt..ltth, to the wife* j
of II. W. Holvorstott, j» son. Mother anil I
elii 1 <1 doin'* v.vll. nnd tlifftthf*r‘as happy as j
ft dam is said to bo at high tide.
Grant Dranatic
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fi/iusicai Entertainment,
Farmers! Look to Your Interests!
Don’t be misled by misrepresentations of competitors.
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k O’Connell’s, the originators of low prices on this river.
1I1 W . 1.K 1A L l 'C A S in the Title Roll,
supported by the following enst:
Air, Dennison
J. W. Sugg.
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Josifth Sprinkle----- Chus. Zumwnlt.
Ralimla Bobino----- Miss Alice Bunch.
Geo. Clayton----- H. S. Kribs.
Win. Dennison-----Steve Gallier.
OLIO.
O VE R TUR E ---- O RCHESTR A.
Serio-Comic nnd Sentimental Songs and
Character Sketches.
PART THIRD.
The Mirth Provoking Farce.
LA R K IN 'S LO VE LETTER S
With the following cast:
Littleton Lynx----- Clark Miller.
Robins----- Walter Sinclair,
Sallie----- Mrs. A. A. Tobias,
Isabella----- Mrs. W. Sinclair.
Col. Buhbteton Boilover----- H. J. Tobias
.The whole to conclude with a
O r lE S ^ jS n D
The members of the Myrtle Point and
Marshfield Brass Bands, have kindly volun
teered their services for the occasion.
Admission fiO cents each; children half
price. §2 per couple to the entertainment
and ball.
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lowing specialities:
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C op p er ¿md S h eet-iron w a r e ; a
s u p e r io r a r t ic le o f H om e m an ufacture
----- In connection with a-----
W e l l s e le c t e d s to c k o f g e n e ra l
h a rd w a re , sto v e s an d ran ges, w ood
an d w illo w w a re .
Farm tools and Implements, Iron and Steel, Pumps, Water-pipes
and*Fittings, Paints, Oils and Brushes, Lamps and Crockery, Harness
and Trimmings, Rope, Glass ware, Plated and Granite ware,
Rifles,
Pistols and Ammunition, Terra Cotta Chimney Pipe, Bird cages and
Fishing tackle,
and all Goods usually kept in a first class
Hardware
a Speciality of job work, and guarantee satisfaction
W hitney k O ’Connell, Props.
Dealer in, and Manufaetnrer of,
| TIN,
c o p p e r a n d ; s h e e t ir o n
FOR
WELLS, H U M & Company’s
Agate k Granite’ W are,
Lamps, Chimneys nnd Lanterns,
Home Mutual
&
Old Californl
Insurance Cos.,
N e w H om e Æ
N e w H owe
Sewing Machines,
NEW HACK LINE!
----- Connecting-----
With Steamers ‘-Ceres” and ‘‘Little Annid”
at the terminus of their upper river route,
carrying passengers aud ffeight to and from
Myrtle Point.
They keep
constantly on hand at their hard w are store in Coquille City, the fo l
AGENT
A R A B E L L A ’S C O U R T S H IP ,
Investigate
and see where you can buy the cheapest; in doing so, call at W hitney
To be pivon by the Coquille City Prass ,
Store.
and rttrinp Panel, nt the Odd Fellowa’ Hall,
Coquille ( ilv, October 0, 1SS4.
N. 13. W o make
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PA R T FIRST,
Minstrelsy—Consieting; of vocal nnd in
strumental music, jokes. Rags, okotches, at L ivin g Prices.
conu idru.”.*! etc.—Grand Combination of
mirili, wit, — by the entire company.
IN T E R LU D E .
Consisting of character songs, sketches
and recitations.
PART SECOND,
The Charming Little Melodrama,
n4-Gm
Boot*? and shoes,
Rope,
Paint and Oils, fand a
Full line of
SM I Hardware
G-uns and Ammunition
Hercules Powder,
Iron k Blacksmith’s
Stipplies.
A L L A T B O T T O M P R IC E S
L ld - K C T ?
Address Gh McEWAN*
PIONEER HARDWARE HAI,
Coquille City, Oregon.
G. A. B R O W N ,
_________ Proprietor.
Fairview & Coquille City
H a c k L in e
It. E. BUCK, Prop.
Leaves Coquille City every day (except
Sunday) at 10 & m , and return same evening,
connecting at. Fairview with tho Coos bay A
Roseburg stage, so that a person can reach
Do .eburg in one day. Fare with 50 lbs of
baggage, $1. ________________
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MYRTLE DRUG STORE.
Myrtle Point, Ogn.
W. L. DIXON . .
. . Proprietor.
D E iU liE B
*{ Randolph, Oregon: }•
J. W a ls e r , Prop.
Beer of best duality always to be
had at the Brewery, aud orders
from all parts filled promptly.
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Drugp, Medicine, Paints, Oils, Candies, Cigars, Tobaco,
Fancy Articles, Stationery and the finest quality o f School Books.
Agent for the leading sewTing Machines, Mason <fc Hamlin or
gans, &c. Old M ines anti Liquors o f the best quailty.
Prescriptions carefully compounded
L I V E and L E T L IV E .
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