C liu rcli D i r r r t o r j .
Methodist services, l»y Kev. l i . H. Swnf-
ford. are held ns follows:
1st Sabbath at North Fork 11 A. M.
2nd
“
“ La nippy Creek
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3 R
“
" Fish Trap
“
“
4th
* “
“ Coquille City
*• “
L O C A L IT E M S .
l)r. Steele lias returned to Marsh -
ftdd.
Fred "Webber was in town during
the past week.
Dr. G. Elgin was in town during
the past week.
C. H . Volk mar, came down from
Myrtle Point yesterday.
S c a lp
A H I T O F F I I I I .O S O F 1 I Y .
(BY IE GASCON.]
F ir e
B o iiiitj
The following is a bill introduc
A
fire occurred
M ark et R e p o rt.
last
Sunday
Two little mice were in a trap
Strange are the ways of fate—
No dread had they at their mishap,
Whilst nibbling at the l a t.
ed bv Representative Roberts on night in the Robinson House, but
the lfitli of Jan., and which passed j fortunately, it was discovered in
4
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1
J*
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A
time and extinguished. A severe
to the second reading on the 23d:
Nor grief, nor anguish, did they feel,
The prospect seemed to please;
As. joyously, they made a meal
On a small lump of cheese.
Section 1. I f a person takes or gale was blowing, and if the fire had
kills within the State any of the | reached the exterior of the building,
following noxious animals, he shall it would have swept the town.
the Too much care cannot be given to
; Treasurer of the county in which the burning of naked lights; a spark
such animal was taken or killed, will sometimes fly and ignite dry
the follow ing bounties: For every paper, cotton and other material
be entitled
Contented thus, why should they fret?
They knew no cause for fear;
Like laughing bipeds who forget.
The end may be so near.
to
receive
from
J
Thus like the mice we are confined;
To fate we all must bend;
Prepare, enjoy, yet, be resigned,
W e know not when ’ twill end.
for that is highly inflammable. W h ile
! every black or brown bear, two dol this occurence was,no doubt, purely
lars; for every lynx or wild-cat, one accidental, yet, there are many
careless people, who having no re
dollar.
wolf or coyote, three dollars;
Uncertainty! W ell, do not grieve;
There’ s much in life to please;
The good and ill alike r ‘eeive,
And nibble at your cheese.
person who kills a sponsibility resting on them, make
February the 1st
commenced
coyote or wolf, black or brown light of those who do.
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.—
In ti former article we spoke of
with warm wind and rain.
bear, lynx or wild-cat shall apply
C. Douglas, of Randolph, is in
to nnv Justice of the Peace within the necessity of having a m pply of
H . J. Collier is building himself
town.
I the county that such animals were water on hand, and facilities for
a residence on Fourth street.
l ebruary di d cloudy, warm and taken or killed, and present to him reaching the roofs of buildings;
It is reported that our friend
frequent showers.
the scalp of such animal; and such that was at the time of the Bennett
Nate Thrush lost a little child last
Eugene O ’Donnell was in town Justice of the Peace shall examine fire; but, the danger once passed,
week.
I such person under oath, and, it and a little chin-music having been
last week on business.
John Scott, of Parkersburg, was
Noah Loneve and family moved; necessary, may examine other wit wasted on it, no further efforts
in town and left for Port Orford
! nesses under oath; and, il he is were put foith. A baptism of fire
! to Marshfield yeterday.
yesterday.
satisfied that the animal to which may prove an awakening from this
Ren Smith, deputy sheriff, came j Judge J. TI. and Abe L. Nrsler
it belonged was killed or taken state of torpidity and arouse our
busi-
paid
this
office
a
visit
on
W
e
d
-
over from Em pire City, on
in the county, he shall give to such citizens to u keener sense of their
nesday
last.
ness, Eridav last.
person a certificate thereof in the responsibilities.
—
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,T. P. Steralcr, of Dora, «¡11 a c - ! Onr citizens were planting po- torm
riboJ in this Act.
!
cent onr thanks for some eastern ! *»»<*** nmI
« « -ly garden veg -1
etables
last
week.
papers of a late date.
Sec. 2.
^
A
^
Tin* D i'lia tc.
ounty
Treasurer,
upon the presentation of a certifi
The debate which
lasted
one
between W . H . Nosier and
There will be a necktie party at cate, signed and certified to by the 1 week,
r ,,
.
r i,
T a *
. zi i ,
i
i
J. 1 . Easter, on the questiou of the
the church in Coquille City on Justice
of the Peace to whom the
,
,
. ,
, , ,.
. . ,
paid us a visit on Thursday last.
eternal punishment of the wicked,
Monday evening, Feb. 9th.
head or heads of such animal was
H e returned home the same day.
terminated on Saturday the 31st ult.
Old fashioned wharf rats have presented, shall, within six months
District attorney J. W . Hamilton
Easter assumedjhe affirmative, and
been introduced here by schooners from the presentation of such cer
and Miss Ostrander, of C’oos bay,
Nosier the negative.
The school
that came hero for cargoes.
tificate,
pay
to
claim
int
the
bounty
were married at The Dalles, and
of debate is one well worthy of at
H.
Virgil,of
Empire
City,
arrived
therein
named,
out
of
any
moneys
are now at Salem.
tention, as it affords opportunities
in town Thursday, with the in- ' belonging to sm id county otherwise
This town is out of onions, and
for training the minds ot the young
tontion of remaining some time.
j than school moneys.
the demand is great.
Some one
— preparing them for that period
Tax
payers
take
notice.
T
h
e
'
Sec.
4
The
Justice
of
the
Peace
should go extensively into the cul-
when they may enter the arena of
school
tax
will
be
delinquent
on
;
to
whom
the
scalp
of
the
animal
is
ture of onions here.
religious or political oratory. But,
Pay up and save presented, when a certificate is we fail in seeing what has been set-
the
8
th
inst.
F. M. Murphy arrived at Tex
given, shall mark such seal]) by cut
tl -d by this d< i ate. Y\ hat is the
arkana, Arkansas, on the Oth lilt., trouble.
ting
off
both
ears
and
destroying
The wife of AY. R . Getty, o f
result?
The adherents of each
and found his father was dead.
| have been entertained for a few
H e semis his regards to his mam* Em pire City, gave birth to twin tlu m.
Sec. 5. I f any person takes a coy
sons last week, since which, one of
j evenings, but they have retired in
friends'here.
ote or wolf, or panther, black or
them has died.
j the same spirit with w hich they ap
Little Clarence Roy lie two years
brown bear, lynx or wild-cat out
proach^! 1 1 to discussion.
“ Con
Messrs. E. A. Anderson, F. Elrod
old, had the misfortune to have
of a trap, thereby to defraud the
vince a man against his will, lie is
came over from the
**
one of his fingers sawed alraos f v ; and F. Haynes,
owner of such trap of his bounty,
of the s; mo opinion still.”
AA"e
H p bay, on business and passed through
”
,
, ,
in two, one day last week,
110
-
.
1
&
lie shall pay the owner of such trap
will oftbr an opinion next week; not
~
in
r
i
^
„
was playing where his brother town on their return.
. five dollars for each coyote, or [Kin- for the purpose of eliciting contro
Senate Bill, No. 105, introduced . ]]icr. four dollars for each black or versy, but because we were request
Edward was sawing a h>g and put
by Siglin, authorizing county courts i j irown bear; three dollars for each ed to say a few words on the matter.
his finger in the way of the saw.
W e are on tl je “ ragged edge” of ; to incorporate towns, passed to sec- j..nx or wild-cat— to be r< ecovered,
Eggs, per d oz.,.....................
20 c
Apples, per bushel,............
40
Flour, per barrel,................
G .00
Butter, per roll,.....................
40
20
Cheese,. . . . per pound,. . . .
Beefsteak,........... “ .................
8
Beef, per fore qr. “ ................
G
do, per liindqr., “ ................
8
M utton,................ “ ..................8 @ 12£
Salt P o r k ,............“ .................
8
Corned Bee f , . . . . “ ................
8
IT
n
T
V
1
Q
XXGiiiOj • • • • • • • • •
••••••••
15
Bacon (sides) . . . “ ................
15
do ( shoul der). . “ ................
12
T iO ivl • • • • • • • • • • n • • • • • • • •
AJfltll,
13
a
Potatoes, . . . .
1
u
Cabbage, . . . .
1
Sugar, . . . . ......... “ .................. 12 ft KU
Coffee, in tins, . . “ ................
25'
do, green,............“ .................
Tea, g r e e n ,......... “ .................. 30 ([i, li)
rj r*
do,English bkfst“ ................
( o
a
l l i c e , ..............
10
u
Beans..............
4
Apples, dried,. . “ ................. 1 0 @ 16
< <
Rasins,
do
u
Currents, do
12 “
a
AAool,..............
151
n
Dry H id e s ,..
12
Green, do . . .
6
COQUILLE
C o m m e r c i a l C o l l e g e ,
Students wishing to take a complete bus
iness
course, can avail themselves o f
the privilege without incurring the enor
mous expense and inconvenience of going
far from home.
A Primary Department
W ill he conducted in connection with this
institute, and instruction will be given to
pupils of any uge and grade.
Among the
branches which constitute a'scientific course
are, orthography, reading, elocution, plain
und
1 «S
PRIZE
ful articles.
SEND TEN CENTS FOIt POSTAGE
mid receive free our new com bina
tion Pencil; ban seven different use
Just out. Agents wanted. Address
IIA KT NOVELTY CO.,
Han Francisco, California.
Business and social letter-writing, compo
sition, grammar, political, physical and
commercial geography, arithmetic, book
keeping, commercial science, algebra, phys
iology the laws of health, and the rudi-
mentsof music—vocal and instrumental, etc.
Tuition, the same as under our old system.
Primary (per term )............................ $5.00
Secondary
“
............................. $7.00
C lark M il l e r , Principal.
N O TIC E!
A nyone wishing to have 5 or G yoke of
1 Y cattle wintered, will do well by calling
on. or writing to, Chas. Watkins, at this
place.
Farmers! Look to Your Interests!
George 13emn*tt, list]. of.Baudon,
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Don’ t bo misled by misrepresentations of competitors.
Investigate
and see where you can buy the cheapest; in doii.g so, call at AAThitney
k O Connell's, the originators of low prices on this river.
They keep
constantly on hand at their hard ware store in Coquille City, the fol
lowing specialities:
Tin, Copper and Sheet-iron ware; a
superior article of Home manufacture
------- In connection with a-------
Well selected stock of general
hardware, stoves and ranges, wood
and willow ware.
Farm tools and Implements, Iron
and Steel, Pumps,
AYater-pipes
and Fittings, Paints, Oils and Brushes, Lam ps and Crockery, Harness
ISO S t*.
; wlq 1 costs, in an action on the case.
anxiety for son le more high toned j on,l reading on the 2 oid ultimo.
and Trimmings, Rope, Glass ware, Plated and Granite ware, Rifles,
Near Myrtle l ’oint, January.— to the wife
Nosier’s
butcher
shop
is
adorned
Sec.
6
.
I
f
a
person
be
found
fsneh as will make
compliments
I of C. H. Hunch ¡tson.
Pistols and Ammunition, Terra Cotta Chimney Pipe, Bird cages and
appropriate vending f«>r the home with a new brick chimney. An ad- guilty of obtaining ft« m a Justice
circle, and ai«l in the education of dition to the appearance and an r,f the Peace* a certificate by false,
Fishing tackle, and all Goods usually kept in a first class Hardware
aid to the safety of the building.
fraudulent or deceitful practices, \ V L * W I ^ I I An E n.rgitic Man
juvenility.
|
It
1 j » 1 I « ’ l l or Woman in every
J. AY. AY ilson and his son, J. D. and in bad faith, he shall forfeit neighborh *<>d oil the l ac he Coast.
Store.
C riquet is in full blast.
This
For
f
ill
jiarii«"’
ars
address.
indicates more fully than a volume came down from Eckley with cat - ' five times the amount of the bounty
A L . B A N C R O F T k CO.,
N. B. AA’ e make a Speciality of job work, and guarantee satisfaction
tie and sheep for market on the | named on such certificate; such for.
of assertions, to e.ur readers iti oth
San Fianoisco.
‘28th. They took the sheep over to feiture to be recovered as is pre-
er states, the delightful weather
at Living Prices.
scribed in the preceding section,
the
bay.
• we have had during the latter part
AYhitney k O ’Connell, Props.
J. C. Youn g , of Oakland, Doug- and paid into the treasury of the
of January.
las county, arrived here on the 29. | proper county for the common use
Matt Rickman, a Russian Finn,
...
v
. c.
1 . H e is prospecting for beef cattle, thereof.
O-ecrgre McEwan
while proceeding to South slough, i
1 ,
. .
Sec. 8 . This Act shall take effect
i • i.i
• • •*.
r and speaks highly of the stock in
Coos bay. and m the vicinity nf i
1 _ .
r i
from and after its approval by the
this neighborhood.
Rocky Point, shot himself accident
Governor.
J. B. H unt lias built a splendid
ly with a rifie.
H e lived about
C C Ç U I I I F C I 1 Y , O R .,
IloilicN F o u n d .
three hours afier the accident oc- j walk up the hill from his place to
— ON—
! the school house.
A few more
cm red.
On Saturday last, Nick Sap and
him are
enterprising men like
In response to an inquiry ns to
Nelse Lewis found a body at Coffee "VU" 3 d.nesd.~ 13 r Mar. -i,
Dealer in. and manufacturer of, Tin, Copper Sheetiron Ware. Agate and Granite
needed in this place.
Cove, near Rocky point, which is
IN
our school facilities, we state that
G. A. Brown, of Myrtle P o in t,! supposed to be Rasmus Toft, the
there are two schools here, con
WARE.
was in town on Thursday.
H e fireman of the ill-fated Sol Tliom-
ducted by able teachers, and the
; as. The body was brought to E m
X_.ajm.ps, 01rim.ri.eys and Lanterns
scholars are making good progress. tells us that he would like to go pire on Sunday, and several parties
The attendance is fair, and we be- into some business in this town, if view ed the remains, i he face and
Saddles, and harness, rope, paint and oils, and a full line of
F loor M anagers .— J. Henry
lieve that more pupils can be ac- ; >■" C!U‘ Bee a favorable prospect. body were bloated beyond recogni
AVe hope that lie may succeed in tion, and not a vestige of the scalp Schroeder, John 13. Dully, Ralph
eomodatod.
remained, the skull being perfect H . Rosa.
finding an opening.
The Plaindealer says that an at
ly bare when found; but those ac
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lti ci ption C o m m it t e e .— M rs.
Fast ol thr A**hlan«l .H u n lr r e m .
quainted with the deceased were
tempt was made to burn Flock anil
<2. AY. Olive, Mrs. R. E. Buck, Mr.
satisfied as to his identity by the
Noble’s mill, a short distance south
A L L A T BOTTOM PRICES.
Louisville, Ky. The court of clothes.
Steve Gallier, Mr. D. F. Dean.
of lloseburg.
M iss Laura Jones appeals having affirmed the decis
A s most of the damage from the
C om . on O rder .— Jns. C j «wright
discovered the fire and informed ion of the court below and refused explosion was confined to the for
and J. H . Collier.
Mr. Flock, who ran to the mill and | to reopen tho case of W ra. Neft]> ward part of the vessel, and as the
T I C K E T S , including midnight
furnaces faced aft, it is probable
extinguished the ihimes.
I t was convicted of murder,
Governor
supper, $2.50. Retreshments serv-
that Toft was not blow’n into the
the work of an incendiary.
Door 3 rpeu at
Knott signed his death warrant water by tho explosion, but remain e ; « 4 . both Hotels.
sevG» o’clock.
The name of the Douglas Inde and fixed Friday, February 27, for ed in the hold until the vessel rol
pendent has been changed to that his execution. Neal is the last of led over, while attempts were be
of the Roseburg Review.
It pre the perpetrators of the awful A sh ing made to raise her. H is watch
was found by Geo. Davis while
sents a neat appearance and de land murder, when the Gibbons
raising the wreck last week, and a
serves a liberal support. Douglas family were killed after two young great many are under the impres
1 st door north of Olive hotel,
couuty contains population and girls were outraged. The mob at sion that his body could have been
M ain S tr ee t ,
wealth sufficient to make two pa Ashland, in which a number of recovered shortly after the explo
sion,
if
the
vessel
bad
remained
a-
pers pn fit ible.
A s the Independ persons were kill nl and wound
COQUILLE CITY,
float long enough [to permit of a
Beef, Pork Mutton, Groceries and
ent, it
w’as
an
old
friend; ed by the state tn ops, will be re careful search.
therefore, we welcome it in its new membered as one of the results of
A s we go to presA intelligence is Provisions constantly on hand, at
the crime. AA'm. E llis was hanged received of the finding of the body the lowest market prices, and
dress, and wish it success.
by a mob after confessing his guilt of Geo. AYadliegh, engineer, oppo Fresh Produce taken in exchange.
T, J. Perkins, o f Parkersburg,
and implicating AVm. Neal and site Empire. The face is disfigured
v3n24
was in towu last week canvassing
but otherwise the body is not mu
E llis Craft as his associates in the
tilated.— News.
for Parmenter’s electric belts, etc.
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crime. Craft was tried, convicted
An exhibit of this belt will con
J. B. Hunt left on the 1st inst.,
and legally executed and Neal is
vince anyone of its merits.
It is
now to folloiv. H e is now confin w ith a span of horses, crossed the
IDIEL^ILIELR X
2ST
the only one we have seen that its
river at Morras’ place and took the
ed in jail at Mount Sterling, and
trail by Fishtrap, Lampey, Bear,
Drugs, Medicins, Paints, Oils, Candies, Cigars, Tobaco,
influence could be plainly felt.
will be taken for execution at Gray creeks, makeing tlie trip to Ban-
Fancy Articles, Stationery and the finest quality of School Books.
On being applied to the forehead,
son, Carter county. H is execution don before night and beating the
Th
e
on
ly
illustrated
Magazine
devoted
to
ihe
Agent for the leading sewing Machines, Mason k Ham lin or
the operator can see the electric
development o f the Great West.
Contain» a
will be the closing scene in one of steamer. H e thinks very little
amount o f general inform ation and ape-
gans, &c. Old AATines and Liquors of the best quailty.
sparks flashing, ami few can bear the most remarkable and brutal j work w’ould make a good trail on ' vast
u / Jtlcie« on subject« of t nterMtu»11 aiLAWy
Prescriptions carefully compounded
the shock w hen applied in that crimes ever perpetrated in K
en- i that route, which is badly need-
L I V E and L E T L I V E .
v ln 3 tf
tucky.
1 Cfl*
Front street, Portland, Or.
way.
$10 $10
$ 10 “
GRAND
liiaiijiinitioii ISitll,
THE PIOHEER HARDWARE WAV!
Coqnille City, Oregon.
j
ODD FELLOWS HALL.
Tin* Best Music Secured.
SHELF HARDWARE,
Guns and ammunition, llcm iles Powder, niaeksmitlTs supplies.
New City Market
MYRTLE DRUG STORE.
Myrtle Point, Ogn.
W. L. DIXON
. .
. . Proprietor.