Coquille City herald., May 17, 1887, Image 1

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COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1887.
VOL. 5.
nrsixr.*.''» c i k d k .
T lie Swaini» A n sel*« D r e a m .
M M. M URPHY, M- D-
Phjsiciau and Surgeon.
OFFICE IN HERALD BUILDING
C o q u il l e C it y , O r e g o n .
H. FLENTGE. M. D-
Physician & Surgeon,
M yutle
P o i n t C o o s C o ., O r e g o n .
S~N. A. D O W N IN G M- D-
Physician and Surgeon,
Coyrn.T.8 C ity , () iu ;<» o n .
Calls—dav or ui.okt— Proii»j»t!t attended
D IL. STEELE. M. D
Dentist
^Tarsla-iield., Oregrcn,
Ottlc» in Holland buildin", • >j)jx>sity
Blanco Hotel.
Laughing rhs muu other
anaesthetics administered for the painless
extraction of t e e t h . ______ _
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T
e v o l k m a r . m . d .
Physician and Surgeon.
BAN DON,
OREGON.
O. E. SMITH.
^Surgeon Dentist.
otnco
MARSHFIELD, OREGON.
T in t.
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S. H. H azard .
8. F. W ilson .
iimmi & nil,son,
Attorneys
and
Counselors
at Law,
E m piiiM C ity , C oos C ounty , O bboon .
Y.">nH 7
ATX SHERWOOD,
ArroRNEY
at
am d
L aw
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
Coquille, Coos County, Oregon.
J. H UPTON.
COUNSELOR
at
L A W — NOTARY PUBLIC
Conveyancer and General Land
AGENT.
Collections
M:uie— Loans
Negotiated-
DENM ARK. OREGON.
Ranches. Wild Land and Town Property
bought and sold.
Collections a specialty
and proceeds promptly remitted. _________
L. F. L ane .
J ohn L ane
LANE <fc LANE,
Attorneys ami Counselors at Law.
Land Cases a Speciality.
OIDae »n Main Street, opposite Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
Oregon.
Roseburg,
J. M. S i o l i n .
J ohn
A.
G
bay .
Siglin & Gray.
Attariifys am! fonnsclora At Law,
Marshfield. Coos county, Oregon.
O a ric s— Holland building, opposite lllanco
Hotel.
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vjiujn
W . SINCLAIR
Attorney at Law,
Genaral Insnranee’ and Real Estate Agent.
C oqu ille C ity , O regon .
T. G O W EN .
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
M a b s h f iiu . p , Oon.
j7w.
BENNETT.
Attorney at Law.
M a r s h f iu l d . O
bk o o n .
D. x-,. W A TSO N .
Attorney and Counselor at Law
E xfirl Cm , O bkoo ».
J. H. NOSLER,
Notary Public
C ovi UI l l k C i t y . O o n .
m c m il l a n b r c s .
Fhctc g*r aplier s,
Marshfield. - - -
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- Oregon.
Gallery opposite Sengstacken’s drugstore,
vônltî
a
J. __ J. _ W I L S O N
watch - maker
and
jew e le r ,
City, Ogn.
O o q u III©
iSTWork of nil descriptions done nt nnort
notice and extremely low prices.
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Gen. W A L L A C E CAMP.
XTc. z . s . c f "V..
Meets at Coquille Citv every first Satur­
day after full moon each month. Members
in geid standing are cordially invited.
Levi Hnvder.
H . I. Clinton,
Captain.
First Sargen.t
I. O. G. T.
Morning Star Lodge
No- *64,
lleets at Coquille City every Thursday
•uing. Visiting members of this order, in
od standing, are cordially invited.
_
O. F.
I. O.
Coquille Lodge No.53
Meet» at Coquille City every Saturday even
lag. Visiting brethren, in good standing,
oerdi»llv invited.
____ ____
8 . P . C. Johnson, N. G.
A. F. and A. M.
Chadwick Lodge, No-6 8-
Meets at Coquille City on Saturday even
Ing an or before the full moon in each
uvoth.
_______ Geo. McEwan. W . M.
G. A R.
Gen- Lytle Post No. 27,
Meets at Coquille City, on every
first
Wednesday.
Visting comrade, in good
•tanding, cordially invited.
A. II. Wright, Commander.
Coquille City Command
xto . i , o . : k . a.,
Meets in this place every first and third
luesday in each month.
All members in
»•oti standing are cordially invited.
A. T . Lillie, Commander.
T. V. Nichols,
CABINET
MAKER.
Bandon, Oregon,
Picture I rames, Door and Window Frames
niade, Raws filed and Furniture Repaired.
T . .W° , k t^°De
order. Prices Reasonable,
-n: Near Gold IWecit Hotel.
IJ T E R A T T R Ik
••FIIMory o f II»«
P aetflr
Stwte».**
Do you know the swamp Angel, Uen Owen?
l l j llu l» « r l H o w « B a n c r o ft.
(IS course; I can sec* by your smile
1 C en tral A m e rica . V ol. II I. 1801- 1887.
You’ve encountered somewhere in your ram­
The above-named volume is is­
bles
That immortal oolosus of guile.
From Shasta to Snake river, northward,
From Nevada due west to the sea,
He is King of tbo Saints. I can fell yon,
And no one is greater than he.
And he hx>ks like a “ saint.” this H*m Owen.
And the slickest that ever was seen.
With his broad rosy face and his manner
So oleomargarine.
The fiiea lighting on him are ulever
To barely escape with their nooks.
And send him by mail, ever after,
Their compliments and their respecks.
Ho can turn up a “ jack” from the bottom
In a style that affects you to tears.
>. And you try to conceal your emotions
By producing the whiskies and beers.
And he takes his’ n straight with such sorrow,
Such a widow-and-orphau despair
That you see the wings sprouting on him
That only good nugels cau wear.
In the lobby of each legislature,
Far back as remembrance extends.
He has sat and looked sad. like a father
Whose household forever contends.
While he. with his thoughts in the swamp
lands,
And the mists of the marsh in his glance,
Appealed to tlu-ir nobler emotions,
Hv the wear of the seat of his pants.
A gobbler from gobblerville, Owen
Engobbled the gov’ nor and court.
And he gobbled the national agent
Stmt out to look after his sport.
And he gobbled the good secretaries.
And the doughty commissioners all,
Until Shackelford came and bis gobble
Had somehov’ exhausted its gall.
“ Shack” wouldn’ t be gobbled, that’ s certain.
And the veil from the business was rent,
And we saw how the Angel had gobbled
And others had paid the per oent.
The i>eop!e awoke and remembered
How the Angel had passed in his pomp,
And the ooze of his guile hud transmuted
The hills and the valleys to ••swamp.”
He had filed on Mt Hood, sir, as swampland,
And the cinerous sage covered plain,
Where tim rattlesnake sings and coyotes
Are howling forever for rain.
.And far on the gray beds of lava,
So guiltless of marshes and bogs.
The traveler heard in amazement
The croak of Hen’s mythical frogs.
And out on the sands of the desert,
Where mirage in mockery plays.
He saw thodneks taking pre-emptions
And chanting the Swamp Angel’s praise.
But lien is in trouble, the deluge
Is liable now to recede,
And leave him, o f all his vast empire,
Not even a frog or a reed.
The “ Saint” will be only a sinner
If all of his tilings should fail.
The wreck of a tadpole who told us
The rugged Cascades were a swale.
One night when the temjiest was howling
In the land of the Saints, up in Lane,
lien lay in his bed and he listened
To the musical rush of the rain.
He dropped into dreams of his swamp lauds
And trouble on trouble befell.
Till he plunged, for escape, in a frog pond
And came to the doorway of hell.
“ W ho’» there?” thundered Nick, as he heard
him.
“ Hen t wen, the Saint,” answered Uen,
They’ ve made it too hot for me, Uncle,
Up there in the regions of men.
“ H a! ha! that’s a good one! but welcome.
I’ ll try to amuse you awhile,
If you’ve brought no malaria with you
And won’ t puli your little old tile.”
Hen entered and greeted the landlord
W ith a sinjle that had conquered on earth.
And the latter admired him all over
From the size of his feet to bis girth.
“ Whnt’ s the river I crossed?” queried Hen,
“ Why, that is the Styx, my good dear,”
“ They’ ve been poking sticks at me in Web-
foot,”
Shrieked Owen, “ pray don’ t do it here.
Then noticing Cerberus near them,
“ W hat’s that, sir?” “ V by that is my dog.”
“ You’ re a liar!” yelled Owen in trinmph
“ It’s a beautiful throe-headed frog.”
And before any demon oould stop him,
Or Cerberus even could growl,
He had filed upon hell as g<x>d swamp land,
And the devil stared as wild as an owl.
Portland Siftings.
O L D NAW N r .lT I R E D A N D S E T .
BY F K L I X THK F I L M .
Oh, what makes the chimney sweep?
And why did the codfish ball,
And why, oh why, did the peanut stand?
And what makes the evening call?
Ob, why should the baby farm?
And why does the mutton ohop?
Can yon tell me what makes the elder blow?
Or what makes the ginger pop?
Say, why does the terrible bed spring?
And why does the saddle horse fly?
Or what does make the pillow slip?
And why do the soap boilers lye?
What makes the monkey wrench?
Or why should the old mill dam?
And who did the shoemaker strike?
Or why did the ruspberry jAtn?
Oh, tell me why should a tree bark?
And what makes the wild winds bowl?
Cau yon tell what makes the snow ball?
Or what makes a chimney foul?
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sued this day, and is a complete
history of Ceutral America.
The
desultory reader might imagine
i that uo interest could attach to the
' narrative of a region so seldom re-
i ferred to in our daily news, and of
people so diverse from our com­
mon tastes, customs and ambitions.
This volume will dissipate all such
impressibns.
It is full of chap­
ters of thrilling interest and vivid
recital.
In the strivings of con­
tending rules for administration of
the political affairs of this country
there has been demonstrated as
gre it diplomacy, as keen intrigue
and heroic endeavor of bravery
and suffering as notable as eyer
characterized the machinations of
rival dynasties upon the European
chess-board. Savage barbarity too
has had its revel, and conquer­
ing rules have marked their prog­
ress in ruin, while the shrieks of
murdered innocence made the
music of their march.
All of this
is recorded in this volume with
distinct outline and vivid coloring.
Bancroft is a word-painter as well
as a chronicler of historical facts.
His pen gives interest to whatever
it touches.
One of the most interesting chap­
ters to us of this coast is that
which records the doiugs of Walker
—the “gray-eyed man of destiny,*’
as he was called—in his filibuster­
ing campaign in Nicaragua. Wal­
ker was a Tennesseean, born in
1824—a doctor and lawyer by
turns. He practiced law in Marys­
ville in this state. He was a small
man, measuring but 5 feet 4 inch­
es in bight The id 3a upon which
he acted was what was known as
“ manifest destiny,” that is that the
Anglo-Saxon in America must
everywhere dominate the Latin
race. l Tpou this mission be sailed
from San Francisco on May 4,
1855, on the brig Vesta with 58
men. After a varied experience of
success and disaster, during which
he caused Corral, secretary of war,
to be illegally shot as a traitor, and
wantonly imprisoned other officials
and prominent citizens, he became
master of Nicaragua.
His ambi­
tion led him then against Costa
Rica, which in time led to a com­
bination of Guatemala, Honduras,
Salvador and Costa Rica “to drive
out the invaders.” The result was
the capitulation of Walker and 16
of his officers and 400 men, and
fortunate indeed he was to get out
of the tight place to which he had
been reduced.
He arrived safely
back in this country, but was not
satisfied.
Taking advantage of a
rupture between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua lie prepared another ex­
pedition and sailed from New Or­
leans. He was,however, arrested by
Commodore Paulding of the Amer­
ican home squadron and sent back
to tli© United States. Still a third
time did he fit out an expedition
and succeeded in landing in Hon­
duras.
Here he made the fatal
mistake of seizing the custom­
house funds which belonged to the
British government, and was there­
for driven from the place by the
British war-vessel Icarus. Being
harassed and surrounded by the
enemy he surrendered to the Icarus
but was turned over to the Hon­
duran general, who tried him by
court-martial and executed him on
the scaffold on September 12,1860;
and thus ended the car ier of the
filibuster pirate Wiliam Walker.
A more pleasing chapter records
the efforts of President Barrios to
unite the five Central American
states in one union, so that internal
dissensions might be avoided. He
was not successful, however, and
on the 2d of April, 1885, he died
fightiDg heroically tor the unifica­
tion of the several governments.
His widow and seven chrildreu now
live in affluence in New York City.
Beside wars, riots, revolutions,
rebellions, devastation and treason,
with which the record is full, this
history, however, gives us what is
of equal if not indeed more impor­
tance, a most intelligent summary
and description of the dress, food,
trade, traffic, custom, habits, phys­
ical features, church and state, laws,
telegraph lines, minerals, metals,
commerce amd finance of these
long-perturbed republics. From
these we get to know the inner
life and real character of the
people.
Perhaps no portion of this his­
tory will have more interest for
the United States than the full,
complete and comprehensive chap­
ters on the various steps that have
been taken for iuteroceanic com­
munication across the southern
isthmus. All the various steps in
these works so important to the
commerce of the world are noted
from the initial idea up to the
building of De Lesseps’ canal and
the grants and contracts for the
Nicaragua transit. The engineers’
reports, details of the routes, sour­
ces of water, difficulties to be over­
come, terms of grants, specifica­
tions of contracts, diplomatic ne­
gotiations and agreements with
lending nations, and the treaties
iuvolved are all specifically set out
in clear and specfic style, so that
a perfect understanding of the
whole subject is now within the
reach of the casual reader as well as
the practical student of national
progress.
The same fidelety of research
which has characterized all the
preceding volumes of this series is
exhibited in this last issdb, and
the ground coverd by Mr. Bancroft
will never be gleaned by another,
for he has left nothing for an after­
math. His story is exhaustive, emo-
preheusive, reliable, satisfying.
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C h iu « « « C e r tific a te s .
Messrs. Higgins and Ferguson
at the custom house have just
finished a nice job. During the
last mouths before the not-enforeed
Chinese exclusion act was 6uppoe *d
to have gone into effect, the Astoria
custom house issued 2,404 certifi­
cates. Of these, 600 have been re­
turned, leaving about 1,800 etill
floating around China and the holds
of the P. M. S. Go's vessels. Under
instructions from special agent
Beecher, the custom house here
has made out and forwarded a list
of the certificates and the names
of the Mongolian gentlemen that
have left the country for the coun­
try’s good.—Astorian.
Satisfactory progress is being
made at the Union Iron works’
ship yard on the steel steamer
being constructed for the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company. The
frame work is completed, and the
plates are rapidly being put on.
Although the keel of the Charles­
ton has not been laid, a great deal
of the work has been done on the
vessel. The machinery is being
built. Part of the steel to be used
in her construction is on the way
from the East, and the rest is being
manufactured in Pittsburg.
The company will offer bids for
the cruisers 1, 4 and 5 each of
4,000 tons, and gunboats 3 and 4,
each of 1,700 tons, to be opened
August 5th.
\ young man was seen putting
on airs one day last week; and his
mnin desire was to purchase a fine
pocket book. At last he found just
what he was looking for, and, al­
though he looked like a man of lots
of money, he lacked five cents
having enough money to pay for
the purse.—Laughter and conster­
nation in the store.
Tucson, May fi—Investigation
discloses that no valcano exists at
the points reiiorted in Arizona.
News from Sulphur Spring valley
says over 100 new springs are run­
ning. The lake in the San Pedro
valley has disappeared.
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Henry lihoner spent several days
in this place lately.
—
I.o<tl
at
R a n d o lp h .
When at Randolph last week I
found out the following things.
That every one was mad because
it was raining.
That Joe Russel is working away
improving his ranch which is one
of the best ou the lower river.
That the school is sailing right
along with Miss. Mosher at the
helm.
That Adam Pershbaker is the
model merchant, and A. D. Wol­
cott the. time honored book-keeper,
is the most affable and accomplish­
ed gentleman of the age.
I saw some miners from over on
the beach. They said the late
storms hove the entire ocean over
their works, carried away thier
sluice boxes and busted them up in
generaL
I saw a'flag pole 900 feet high,
at least it looked that way to me.
Douglas stood the thing up by his
hotel to tell when dinner is ready.
There is going to be a wedding
in Randolph soon; I know it, I cal­
led on the prospective bride, aud a
dog bit me nt the same time, and
w hen a dog bites me it is a sure
sign of a wedding.
Richard Thrush is painting and
repairing his sailing yacht. She
looks gay when she is launched
and ready to go on a pleasure excur­
sion. Richard will hoist his main
sheet, grasp his ruder handle, and
sing out, come on, girls.
Lodi.
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S o u th C o q u ille Ite m * .
The farmers in this part, are con­
siderably discouraged with the un­
usual amount of rain this spring,
retarding spring sowing to a great
extent Grass never looked better
than now, and cattle and horses are
sleek and show the effects of rich
feed.
The farmers in this neighbor­
hood are taking quite au interest
in the improvement of their horses
and the beautifully formed colts,
sired by the fast trotting stallion
“ Captaiu Sligart” owned by C. B.
Crosby, show too markedly the re­
sults of judicious breeding. Im­
proved stock cost uo more to raise
than poor ones, and are more prof­
itable, as well as a pleasure to the
farmer. A visit to II. C. Dement’s
stock ranch will soon convince one
of the value of good stock. His
one year olds are as large aud will
weigh more than the average two
year olds of common blood. Get
the best if you can, if less in num­
bers.
Good health generally prevails
now.
We are waiting for the rain to
cease, and want to raise and supply
the markets this year with much
of the products that are now ship­
ped from California.
Farmer.
NO. 40.
E ast F o r k I te
Ed. H erald :— I thought that a
little news from this part would be
of interest to many of the readem
of the H erald .
We
have
been
traveling
through the country a little of late,
and we think this is the most pros­
perous part that we have seen.
Most of the farmers are through
seediug, snd the growing crops are
looking fine.
Our enterprising
farmer, Mr. Bennett, has a fine
field of grain. He is also prepar­
ing a splendid piece of land for
corn. Success, John. Mr. Holt
and the Krantz Brothers are also
farming quite extensively this year.
Those gentlemen are some of our
best farmers, on this river.
We
can speak as well for the Weekly
brothers and others, too, that live
on this stream.
Grass of all kinds is good and
stock is doing fine now. Friends,
don’t complain of rain as long as
the grass is doing so well.
It is
better than to have cyclones and
blizzards as they do in the East
We should judge from the amount
of cattle tiiat has been driven out
this spring that last winter was not
such a cow-killer as some would
suppose, and we think that it is
conclusive evidence that Coos and
Curry counties are not so far be­
hind in the stock business.
We
should like to see some of the im­
migrants come this way. We think
that the East fork holds out as
good inducements to the home-
liunter as any part that we have
seen. There is land to be taken up,
and some for sale at a bargain, that
would make excellent farms, and
6tock ranches. We have a splen­
did community, the society is good.
The roads are very good too, and
we have easy access to a good grist
and saw mill, and every facility,
and all the resources that is need­
ed to make a good country.
Our esteemed friend, Mr. Jack-
son, has taken a raft of lumber
down from the mill to build a new
house on his splendid farm.
The Gravel Ford school com­
menced Monday May 2nd, with
Miss Tully for teacher.
Shilo
school commenced at the same
time, with H. I. Clinton as teacher.
The Dora school commences next
Monday, 9th. Mr. Freeland of Ash­
land is the teacher. We wish these
instructors of the youthful ones
unbounded success.
Wide Awake.
[Coos Bay News.]
The high tides of last Saturday
and Sunday covered the Catching
slough marshes, aud washed out
the tide gate being built by Lacks-
trom & Keino.
Win. Johnson, the expert, has
returned to Port Blacklock, anti it
is expected that work in the sand­
stone quarry at that place will be
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Goschen,
resumed immediately.
who parted company on the Irish
The “ oldest inhabitant” thinks
question some time ago, are now
at odds upon a question of finance. the present spring is the worst ever
The veteran financier has attacked experienced in Coos county. The
the main proposals of Mr. Gos- weather has been cold and disa­
chen’s bu dget introducedlast week, greeable, and gardens and crops
as at variance with sound financial are considerably behind hand.
The Rogers Bros., of South Coos
priociplee.
Mr. Gladstone was
particularly severe upon Mr. Gos- river, lately purchased the little
chen’s proposition to reduce the steamer Butcher Boy from O.
sinking fund and thus reducing Schetter, with the intention of us­
the repayment of the debt. It was ing her in connection with their
the first time in the history of the farms, carrying freight to and from
country, the ex-Premier said,that a town, delivering produce, etc.
proposal of that nature had been
Rev. R. J. E. Campbell passed
made, and the proposal was made
back to his home at Marshfield
at a time when the country was be­
Tuesday from Denmark, Curry
coming richer than ever before.
county, where he organized the
Singularly enough, Mr. Gladstone
first Baptist church ever organized
was followed in Ins strictures upoD
in Curry, on Sunday.
He was
the bill by Mr. Goscheu’s prede­
elected pastor, and will preach
cessor as Chancellor of the Ex­
there once a month hereafter. The
chequer, the Conservative Lord
Rev.gentleman was going to deliver
Randolph Churchill, who earnestly
a lecture at Noith Bend on the
supported the ex-Premier’a views. evening he passed through.
Mr. Goschen’s propositions have
A Bangor schoolboy was told to
ulso been criticised by some of the
Liberal Unionists, who, upon apply the adjective anonymous to
questions of finance, prefer to fol­ some object. After a moment’s
low the counsels of Mr. Gladstone. thought he decided that the baby
—Bradstreeta.
was anonymous,