\ L Semi-Weekly Jerald PUBLISHED EVE RY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. D f- DEAN, EDirOR AND PROPRIETOR County Official Paper. Devoted to the materiel end «octal up­ building o f the CoqnUle Valley particnlarly • ad of Ooofl Connty generally. ■'nbacription. per year, in advanoe, ,2.00 Church Directory- C a iu T u r C h o b o h . — l ’i caching every Sunday at 11 a. to. and 7:30 p. m. Snnday aohool at 10 a. m. Cbriatian F.ndedror at 0:80 p. m. Prayer meeting every WednM- day evening at 7:30. All cordially invited. Kpiacopal Ohnroh.—Episcopal aervioe» will he held at St. ,Tames ohnrch, Coqnille City the third Snnday in eaoh month. Snnday school at 10 a. m. eaoh snnday. Wm. Horaefsll, Pastor. M E.Chnrch, S ooth: Preaching each and every R n n da ysatll a. m, and 7:30 p. m Snnday-sohobl every Snnday at 10 v’lilouk. Senior Epworth Leagne at fi:30, p. ru. JnniorLeagoeat3:30,p.m. Prayermect- inp Thursday evening at 7:30. H. sf. Branham, pastor. .Methodist Bpisoopal ohnrqji.—Servioe the first and third Snnday in ?aoh month I'reaehfng at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7-30 p. m. Snnday school at 10 o'olook a. m. Ep- worth League at 0:30 p. m. J. L. B i a t t t , Pastor. P b ksb v tb bia n C h u rch .— Preaohing eer- yices 2nd and 4th Sundays, morning ard evening, Snnday School every Snnday at 10 it. m. Christian Endeavor servioes every bin .'ay at fidh1 p. m., Misa Winnie Half, President. Ladies’ Aid and Miaaiouary Society meets every two weeks on Thurs­ days at 2 p. m. A oordial weloome is e i- tended to the pnblio to attend all oor ser- niocs. A dolph H a b k k l t , Pastor. 1'he W. C. T. 0 . meets every 1st and 3rd h -id ly at 2 p. m. at the Cbriatian ohnroh. Sr v e s t n D at A d v e n tist CmracH—Sab­ bath (seventh day) servioes; Sabbath obool 10 a. ui.. Bible stndy 11 a. m ., prayer meeting Tuesday evening 8 p. m., ruling people's meeting Friday, 8 p. m. All are invited to attend theae meetings. C. H . BUNCH. Elder. (Coos Bay N ew s.) Fishing boats are bring in quanti­ ties of herrings for the local market. The Czarina, which arrived yes­ terday, takes a cargo of ¡coal to Eu­ reka this trip. Mrs. E. B. Seabrook and children have gone to Portland to visit rela­ tives. Miss Marion Reedy, who has been in California for over a year, re­ turned on the Kilburn yesterda". The Breakwater, besides her usual cargo of coal and other freight, took 1300 sacks of potatoes this trip. Passeugor rates on the steamer Alliance, on the Portland and Eu­ reka routes, have been cut to $5 and $3. Freight rates have not been changed. A throe-story annex is being built to the Hotel North Bend. Tho ad­ dition will contain 40 rooms and a large conservatory, to be used as a ladies’ sitting room. R. E. Shine anil bride arrived at their home at Empire, Saturday, coming over the Drain route. A hearty welcome was given thorn Sat­ urday evening by their numerous friends. A letter written to Peter Belcher, of Eureka, by a brother in New York, snvs Eastern people have to pay $85 per thousand foet for vhite pine lumber now that they could buy live years ago for $45 per thou­ sand. B a n croft Item s. Since our last writing there has been some real winter weather here but not tbe usual amount of rain. January has been a favorable month for work and much has been done in the way of logging and slashing, while some have made a good start on their plowing. Harry Hillis is just home from a trip to Eden Valley. Loudon, Jan. 30. —The Foreign Office has received a telegram from Consul-General Murray, at Worsaw, reporting that himself and Vioe- Coneul Muoukain were charged by Russian cavalrymen engaged in clearing the streets o f Warsaw. It appears that Mr. Murray is partially deaf, and probably did not hear the approach of the troops, and when he subsequently endeavored to make known his personality, it was with­ out avail. The Foreign Office has telegraphed to Ambassador Hard­ ing to make urgent representations at 8 i Petersburg on the subject St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.—New complications between Great Britain and Russia are feared on account of the attack on the British Consul and Vice-Consul nt Warsaw, Saturday night. Coming on the heels of the placards posted by Assistant Chief of Police Roundneff, at Moscow, charging Great Britain with inciting the revolution in Russia, the War­ saw incideni is likely to nrouse an outburst in Great Britain may again strain conditions. * -*•*- » A g o n i z i n g VlnriiN. are instantly relieved and perfectly belled by llucklen’s Arnica Salve. C. Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: “ I burnt my knee dread­ fully; that it blistered all over. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped the pain, and healed it without a scar.” Also heals all wounds and sores. 25c at R. S. Knowlton, druggist. Dairy Farm for Sale. A fine dairy farm containing 70 acres of bottom land and 23 acres of hill land, and adjoining the town of Myrtle Point, Coos county, O re-! gon, and $ mile from creamery. Forty-five acres of bottom land im- proved and in good state of cultiva-: tion; 5 acres slashed, burned and newly seeded; hill land is all good for pasture; 3 acres of orchard in good bearing condition and differ­ ent varieties of fruit. House, barn and other buildings. While w e 1 have a number of other dairy farms for sale, yet this is one of the best j bargains, as the location is all that could be desired, being near town, j school and creamery. This is cer-1 tainly a bargain for some progres- I sive dairyman. Price $7,500. R o b e r t s Kearnev street. San F ra n cisco GAS N 0 V UÙ T o t h e X3 n l o r f u n a t e Gibbon Str. Elizabeth W il' make regular trips between C o q u ille R iver and San F ra n c isc o . 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Lucas, of Win go, Ky., writes, April 25, 1902: ‘‘For 10 to 12 years I had been afflicted with a malady known as the ‘itch.’ The itching was most unbearable; I had tried for years to find relief, having triejl all remedies I could hear of, besides a number of doctors. I ivjsh to slate that one single application of Ballard’s Snow Liniment cured me completely and permantely. Since then I have used the liniment1 on two seperalo occasions for ring J worm and it cured completely. 25c ! 50c and $1.00. Sold by R. S. Knowlton. The infant son o f Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Appleton died on Thursday of last week, and was buried Friday at tho Bancroft cemetery. The be­ reaved family have the sympathy of many friends. . t lr u l'l nt N ir n a r Marshfield, 1 t o l l — I I I n S H i i n i i E. Culver has been laid up lately but is improving. Albert Fish anil Joe Evornden are putting the poultry owners under great obligation to them by their skill in trapping mink and other destruetive animals. 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