Coquille City herald., February 17, 1885, Image 1

(Coq« illt (Cittì Ìtrralò.
accountable circumstance I peered
through the branches ami foliage
When other wits and other bards,
J ohn L ane .
which grew on the brink, my
L. F. L ane .
Their tales at Christmas tell;
astonishment was infinitely in­
Ur praise on cheap and colored cards
LA N E & LANE,
The time they loved so well;
creased by seeing the figure of a
ittoyneys and (’oiinsrlors at Law.
Secured from acorn and ridicule
man who was standing not three
L a n d C a s e s a Speciality.
I hope uiv verse may be,
OQ m o d Main Street, opposite1 C »siuopolitau
feet distant from me, his eyes
If I can still remember Yule,
Hotel.
And Yule remember me.
peer into mine through the parted
O l’OgOll.
Roeeburg,
The days are dark, the days are drear
boughs, the rustling of which had
J .M .S iolin .
J ohn A .G hat
When dull December dies;
attracted his attention.
For one
Hut while we mourn an ended year.
Siglin & Gray.
brief moment he gazed, a terrified
Another's star will rise.
Attorneys and (’oiinsrlors It Law,
I hnil the season formed by rule
look resting upon his shadowed
Marshfield. (\ h > s oouiity. Oregon.
For merriment and glee;
face, ami then with a bound he
O fficb —Holland building. opposite Hlaiuv* |
So lot me still remember Y’ule,
Hatel.
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was away like a startled deer.
And Yule remember me.
W . SINCLAIR,
Instantly realizing that here was
The rich plum pudding I enjoy,
AlliirnfV al Law.
a key to unlock a great mystery,
1 greet the pie of mince;
General Insurance and Kenl Estate Agent,
And. loving both while yet a boy,
1 resolved to possess myself of it.
Have loved them ever since.
COQUIJAZ C ity , O keoon .
Leveling my fowling piece, I call­
More dull were 1 than any mule
¥TG. O W EN .
ed loudly for him to halt or 1
That eyes did ever sec.
If 1 should not remember Y ule,
would shoot, and he immediately
A tt or ne y and Counselor at L a w ,
And Yule remember me.
stopped and threw up his hands
M ahsiifihli ». Oon.
in an appealing manner, but with­
A Y llV . I S i : F O R R Y N A M I T E .
S. H. HAZARD.
out uttering a word.
I was the
\ Startling; D i w o u r j mini«* lij a
A tt o r n e y and Counselor at L a w .
first to speak, and having recover­
P r o m in e n t C itize n ot'11»is ton n.
E m .- ik -: C itt , ('' on .
ed my self-possession advanced to
“ J. W . BENNETT.
A P o w e r fu l .1«« « « ) fo r th e
meet him.
Of course I had rec­
Su|>j>re«**ion ol* Bliil.
ognized him at once, and telling
At to rn e y at L a w .
M Mi >.l F 1 KLD. OoN.
In a nuxlest looking mansion him that 1 intended him no harm,
near the suburbs of this city, lives that his secret had been discover­
¿ .X j . W A TSO N .
| a nuxlest itnliviilual of middle age, ed (which at that time was not
A tt o r n e y and Counselor at L a w
j who is something of a scientist, strictly true), and that he need
Coos C itt . O on .
have no fears from me, that no
■ ami withal a philosopher.
For many years he has been ex- harm would come from my acci­
J. H. NOSLER,
i perimenting with explosives; ami dental discovery. He became re-
Notary Public
Cov 4 r t 1 .Lt: C ity , O o . n .
so quiet a secret has he kept his assurred, and we wended our way
At first he was dis­
discoveries, and so stealthily has homeward.
C A R L H- VOLKM ER. j he conducted his researches, that posed to be reticent, downcast and
A t t o r n e y and Couns elor at L a w .
¡even his most intimate acquain- very gloomv, but with the exer-
M totlu I’ oint , C oot C ovnty O ui : » on . j tanees have never even dreamed vise of considerable tact, I suc­
Will practice in all tlie courts of Oregon.
that this quiet unasuming indi­ ceeded, little by little in gaining
vidual, whom the casual passer by his confidence, and his frigidity
A. M. CRAW FORD.
, would not even notice, nml his seemed to molt away, so that upon
A t t o r n e y and C o u n s e l o r at L a w .
May acquaintances would, perhaps, reaching nis cottage, ho warmly
(^ "G en eral Insurance agency.
| smile at his quaint costume, odd invited me to enter.
M a UV.IFLKLD. OliU.
During my stay in his apart­
! gait ami simple manners had a
J. P. EASTER, M. D.
; secret in his possession, which, if ments, the most astounding rev­
PttTSirlAN. SUH'.BON and On iTEIUUIYN.
i put into practical effect, would elations were made to me, that is
Kpenal a’ teutiuu given to diseases «¡f wom­
mortal man to
en and children, and n'l chronic forms of secure the almost iustant annihi­ the fortune of
disaa.se. Case* of obstetrics si,?: t 'eth oy -
receive.
trnoted for .'«Or -iits each. S s -i: 1 treatment lation—*1)6 total destruction of the
fur Khcuiuatisin ai.u Nt-ur.ii^in by the med­ i entire city and a great part of the
In the tloor of the room which
icated vitjo* !• t’n.
served as kitchen and diningroom,
Otlice st re .fit t iu ('■ .H'lle (' v.
surrounding country,
i Ry purest accident the writer under the table, in the corner, was
C. w . T O W E R M. D..
happened, not many weeks ago, to a trap door, under which was a
P h ys ic ia n and S u r j e o n ,
become acquainted with Tacts which ! short stairway of five or six steps,
M .t.s.u
O..N.
aroused terrible suspicions. Loud leading to a collar some seven feet
In (his cellar, into which
re)>orts in the dead of night, arous­ j square.
w . C.ANGELL, M.D.
ed sleepers from their dreams, and he seemed somewhat reluctant to
Ph ysician anti Ac cou c he u r.
for moments the earth would trem­ admit me, until l told him that he
COQViLLi: CITY. OGN\
ble and vibrate as if shaken by a need fear no harm from »complete
▼lnltf.
mighty hand, loose from her center. divulgence of his gie it secret to me,
I lunters from the adjacent moun­ 1 was a collection of chemical im-
O. E. SMITH,
Several retorts, cruci-
tains, coming in, would tell strange 1 plements.
ergeon D
stories concerning deep eaves torn ! Ides, pans, a furnace, spirit lamps,
in the mountain sides, and monster an electric battery, urns, receivers,
MARSHF1 ELI), O RED ON.
Tint :t .
trees with nearly their whole bodies etc,, were scattered carelessly a l »out,
slivered to atoms, or torn into while upon a row of shelves were
splinters and scattered ever the bottles containing acids salts in
surrounding space, some of the solutions, spirits, and gases tight­
M yhi l :; F oist , Coc ; Co., Onu h > n .
! larger pieces being driven several ly corked,some of'which were of the
Vlînlôti
inches,'sharp end formost, into the richest hues. Upon a table lay a va­
J . - A - . D IE L A J S T ,
* stan ling trees 150 or ‘200 yards dis- riety of metals, phosphorous, resins,
CoqriLf.r: C ity , O regon . „
i taut. Showers of ashes ami tine dry salts of various kinds, corbon,
GENERAL AGENCY for tin- sale of City:
proparty, honses and lots, timber, furuis, i particles ot («list, line CIiaFCOUl and and atone end lay a heavy iron box.
ranches, etc,
oak» in lieraWi »miiding. _ j Hmall p a rtie s of other matter, To a person versed in chemistry,
j jt H A L L .
i have been known to fall, continu- the sight of these articles, some of
Surveycr,
ally for several hours at a time, in which were known to be ingredi­
ents of the most powerful explo­
FvuCuut: C ounty , O ubuon .
the streets of the city and in the
Office: With T.
< >v« :s. l'-o., MaishfieUl. adjacent vicinity; lmt no one asso- sives known to mankind, and that
C -Ct I’erfwctluiipti oi ¿ill surveyed .md tn-
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, , ciated these phenomena with the when united in proper proportions,
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tion, until an accidental discovery not begin to conceive of the mng-
Notwith-
ili III n l l g l i l l
j brought to light the tact that an ! nitude of their ]>ower.
A 1C H -M A K L R A .JEW E LE R agent more powerful than even the 1 standing the thought that I might
O o q . 'U . i l l e O it 3 T , O r .
dynamiters of the old world had by some unlucky move touch
f y Work of all descriptions dune at short i
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notice and extremely low prices.
i ever dreamed of, was In our midst, something that would send me to
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of being in the hands of an individ- I experienced a feeling of grim
I . O. G. T.
pleasure in the contemplation of
Morning Star Lodge Iual who is known» to saY the Ieast- ! the probability of corning into
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J to be “ peculiar,” and whose very
Meets at C<»qnille City every Thursday CXCentricities are regarded with possession of the scientific facts
•rening. Viaitin« members of this order, in anan: » ; ftn
connected with the awful secret of
good standing, are cordially invited.
this strange man.
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J. M. VOLKME R. M. T.
Physician ani Su n.
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NO. 27.
COQUILLE C IT Y ,OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1885.
VOL. a;
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Concluded next week.
from a gunning tramp, my
I. O.
| way led close along the river bank.
A New York man suggests that
Coquille Lodge N o.53
Suddenly I was startled by a (lull one side of tho street-cars bo re­
Meets at Coquille City every Saturday even , thud, something like a sudden puff served for ladies.
One side should
inc. Visiting brethren, in good standing, I ,
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of a powerful gust of wind, imme­ also be reserved for tho man who
cordially
invited.
diately followed by a shock that sits cross-legged and occupies half
A. F. and A. M.
nearly threw me full upon my face, tho aisle with his feet and soils the
Chadwick Lodge, No-6 8 - while the water a few feet below other half with tobacco juice—and
Meets at Coquille City on Saturday even­
ing on or before the the full moon in each me was violently agitated, and a that side should be out side.
month.
great ciicular wave seemed to
John Goodman,
Ottumwa, Iowa.—Near the town
rise from the center, and roll in a
VV. M.
huge mass, outward, dashing in of Blackesburg, this county, fifteen
G. A R.
spray against either bank, surging miles west of here, Pleasant Au-
madly up the river against the derson was hung by eight masked
Gen- Lytle Post, No 27,
Mc-
Meets at Coquille City, on every first ' title, and roaring down the stream I men for the murder of Clias.
j
Allister
two
years
ago,
and
for
and third Wodnusday. \ siting comradb, m an immense volume.
Astou­
| which crime he vas tried and
nding, cordially invited.
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in good standing
ished beyond measure at this un- acquitted a year ago.
Chas. S. True. Commander.
ed by the
head and
neck measurement to be 17 inches and a
half long.
The Newton, Iowa Herald of re­ a horse rode by AVm. Smith, and
J ohn M ead .
cent date, publishes the following was jerked with such force as to
Vicksburg Chronicle July 17:
for which it vouches as being true carry him into the river, and so
deep did his teeth go that the tiesh “ There is a wild rumor among the
to the letter:
uegroes ten miles up the rivtr that
The wildest excitement ever was mangled and the neck bone
a few days ago a crocodile a 100
known in Iowa, amounting almost exposed in many places back to
leet long came out of the river and
to a frenzy, now prevails on Skunk the body. Win. Smith was only
carried two negro children, one
river, near Oskaloosa. The excite­ saved from being carried in with
twelve and the other 14 years old,
ment began Tuesday and though the horse by being caught by the
away and “eut ’em up alive.” Just
somewhat abated, still exists, and arm and held by John Akin w ho
what the facts are is not known:
there are now several hundred per­ was riding near him. The amimal
sons there and many others hurry­ then plunged into the middle of Jt is probably true that an animal
ing to the scene. Early Tuesday the river and it was apparent from or crocodile of unusual size was
seen, and that it carried two negro
morning Mr. James Wright, liv­ the commotion in the water (and
children into the river and ate
ing a few miles from Oskaloosa, his body was seen every fewr rods) them.
rode into town and informed the : that he was going down the stream
Cairo Post, September 12: “ 7Tie
in crossing the river
city authorities of what he had : rapidly. Every man with gun or Clipper
revolver
at
every
opportunity
fired
this morning at the ferry, was vio­
seen at his farm. His statements
lently attacked by a river monster,
which were subsequently in the at him. The number increased so
that at 1*2 o’clock there were two believed by many of the passen­
main verified were as follows:
gers w ho saw' it to be one hundred
His farm is situated four or five thousand following his movments. and fifty feet long. The boat was
miles from the city, on the south The firing along the bank became violently shaken, and it was feared
bank of the river. His feed lot, so frequent and reckless, or per­ by the captain that it would be
capsized, so furious and powerful
in which ten days ago there were haps thoughtless it seemed like a were the motions of the monster
about one hundred large hogs, is battlefield. Neither tho roar of when it was first struck by the
situated about eight rods at the musketry nor the impact of bullets boat.”
It seems more probable that the
nearest point to the river. During against his body seemed to disturb
him.
animal captured in south Skunk
the last twenty days ten of his lar­
By this time it became apparent river near Oskaloosa this week was
gest hogs, weighing from 250 to
tho same one seen during the past
400 pounds, have very myster­ that revolver and i itle balls would summer at Vicksburg and at Cairo.
iously disappeared. The
fence not penetrate his body, as it was Its home is no doubt far south in
was new and made of native lum­ roughly estimated that up to three the lower Mississippi or Gulf of
ber, with post every six feet ; also, p. m. ten thousand shots had been Mexico, and is probably a crocodile
of gigautic size. What caused it
a trusty bull dog slept four rods fired, without even having infuria­ to come so far up the river to the
from the lot, and as there was no ted him. At the time Al. Svvalm north is more than likely to re­
evidence that the feuev had been of Oskaloosa, directed two men to main purely conjectural
touched or the dog roused the make tho best possible time to
F a rm er** F ile .
mystery surrounding the missing town and bring a 12 pound connon, Til«*
hogs was becoming darker each a keg of railroad spikes and plenty
There is a higher dignity than of
of
powder.
The
cannon
arrived
at
poetry or painting, that attaches to
day. Last night lie, armed with
4
p. m. Capt AY über, who com­ the farmer’s profession—a dignity
a Henry rifie and his dog by his
which should make him wralk as
side, from a partially concealed manded the 23rd Indiana battery erect and look the blue heavens us
spot watched the pen or lot. No­ through tho Atlanta champaign proudly in the face, as any man
thing whatever was seen during took command of the gun. It was who treads the earth. N«> industry
the night and nothing heard except heavily loaded with powder and to which human hands were set
violent splashing in the river. Just railroad spikes, and put in position since the first pair were made, is
deserving of higher estimation than
as the sun rose, and he was in the covering the river at a shoal a half his; for of all the toilers of the
act of starting home, there came mile below, and all waited im- earth he stands in the closest co­
from the river up over the bank ! patiently the result. At 20 min- partnership with Divine Provi-
and slowly moving toward the hog j utos after five the huge river rep­ deuce in its realm of Nature. Sec
lot, a gigantic animal or reptile, tile exposed a large part of his ; now the conditions of this co-part-
| nership, the capital w hich each in-
large enough and hideous enough ! body in crossing the shoal, when at ■ vests in one summer’s crop. Here,
to app il the strongest man. And a distance of 38 feet the cannon j tor example, is a cultivated farm of
! was fir*id. Even before the roar 1 100 acres of laud.
The Creator
had not subsequent measurements
¡of
the
gun
had
died
away
in
the
! might have made that land bear
vci ihod his estimate of size, length,
! distance, a piteous wail, or groni , stout crops of wheat and other corn
etc., those having heard his excited
loud and long, came from the wa­ j all of itself, without man's help;
statement would have still believed
ter; the head and tail lashed the wa­ but lie did not, and would not.
that his exaggerations re. ulted
lie condescended to admit rnau to
ter furiously, the water near the I a partnership with him, in variegat-
from fear. It approached the pen
in which the hogs^jere kept more middle of the animal was seen to ! ing the the verdure of those acres,
slowly than it emerged from bo deeply tinged with blood. In a i in covering them with waving and
I yellow imrvestos. He would not
the liver, carried its head several few minutes all motion had ceased, I let Nature pioduce any crops for
feet above the fence until fifteen ! and it could bo seen that the rail- : human sustenance without the co-
or twenty feet of its head and body | road spikes had taken effect just working of human sinew's. The
was beyond the fence, when, with j behind the foreleg, and that a large wheel of seasons might turn on for»
a quick decent of the head, a hog ! stream of blood gushed from tho i ever, scattering rain, dew, light and
I heat and every germinating infiu-
wt ighing at least J00 pounds was wound. A ditching team consis­ I ence; but unless it was belted to
grasped in the mouth of the mon­ ting of 12 yoke of oxen were a j mans industry it would not turn
ster. The entire hog disappeared mile distance; they were brought I out a sheaf or a loaf of bread. But
in tho mouth, except the head, ! and chains were thrown around its see what conies of the connection
when a pair or two of hands and
w hich projected out of the side of head and it was drawn onto the r u ­
hoping hearts join their activities to
the animal’s mouth about fifteen ler bank. AI. ¡Swaliii and Dr. revolutions of that wheel. Gener­
inches from the tip of the nose. Huntsman made accurate measur- ously Nature divides with man the
It then turned around without 1 ments, which are as follows: En­ honor and joy of tho crop! How
seeming to move ite hind legs or tire length from end of tail to tip she works w ith all the sublime and
tail, carrying its head at least of nose 81 feet; from the forelegs to mute economies of the season in
this partnership of toil! The very
twelve or fifteen feet high, its fore tip of nose 19 feet; body, from I shape of the earth’s orbit, and all
legs not touching the ground all fore to hind legs, 40 feet; its tail, its million-miled many stnges
the time it was getting back over 22 feet. Its heart weighed 80 around the sun, as the dew distil-
the fence. It then ran down the pounds and had four cavities, and ery of the evening’s sky, are
river bank fifteen or twenty rods was pronounced by Huntsman to brought to hear upon the production
of the fields. See the tem|)trature
and ¡dunged into the water. He be the heart of an air breathing that nurses it into the blade, then
estimated its entire length to be animal, and not a reptile. The into the stalk, then into the silken
78 feet; the distance from the fore­ lungs and all the other organs setting of the ear. See what pur­
legs to the end of the nose at 18 seemed like the viceraof animals. ple curtains are hung around the
feet; the distance between the fore It was found that not one of the horizon; what drying, jocund, fall
winds blow; what a rimy-faced hue
and hind legs at 40 feet; and tail bullets had penetrated the skin.
glows upon the ripening ears, red­
It was skined, and a taxidermist
at 20 feet; its legs were 3 feet long
dening them to Indian summer
is
employed
to
stuff
it
and
it
will
tints as they peer from the white
ami as thick as a man’s body. Its
be
sent
to
the
Academy
of
Natural
lace drapery that enfolded them!
body was from 4 to 5 feet in diam­
Look at that sight and never let a
eter, making the animal when walk­ Science, at Philadelphia. The
iiesh is being carefully removed murmur of discontent stir your lips
ing about 7 to 8 feet high.
when you talk of merchants, man­
Although no one believed his from the skeleton, which is to bo ufacturers, or joint-stock compan­
statements accurate, all believed properly wired and kept for the ies, or any occupation or profession
that some wonderful animal had present at Oskaloosa on exhibition. whatever. Joint-stock companies
Dr. Peck of Davenport, arrived in [indeed! AY hat companies of that
been seen nml that it had carried a
response to a telegram Wednesday ' sort ever formed on earth can com­
large hog into the river. Hie re­
morning.
After a very
care­ pare with the joint-stock company
port spread rapidly and in one hour
that carries on the smallest farm?
ful examination, he said: “ Gen­ AV hat a firm of active parteners we
forty or fifty men on foot were
tlemen, this is no Cardiff giant but have here! AY hat a diversity of
hurrying to the Wright farm.
a veritable animal or reptile but as capital is invested in the enterprise!
The animal wras first seen a mile
I am neither a naturalist or paleon­ \\ hat sympathy and c©-working!
below the farm. Several shots
tologist I have only to say that it AV here falls one drop fre m the
were fired into him which produc­
moistened brow’ of the farmers,
probably belongs to a species of there fall u thousand of germinat­
ed no other effect than to cause
gigautic lizzard supposed to have ing dews from heaven; and the
him to approach the bank slowly
been extinct may thousand years | combination touches the life of
and unexcitedly, but when within | Pointing to one of the teeth he said:
j^yery plant and blade with a new
ten or fifteen feet of the bank sud­ j “ I will give fifty dollars for that ¡vitality and verdure.—Eliliu Bur-
denly he made a lunge and grasp- canie tooth,” which was found on ritt.
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