Volume ""II. DENMARK, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON : TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1884. Number 10.
SCHOOL MEETING.
Saturday last the electors of school
district No. 13 met again at Denmark
pursuant to legal notice to consider
matters in connection with the con
struction of a school house in said
district; foremost among which was
was ths levying of a tax for such pur
pose A tax of $400 was voted, and
the Directors ordered to proceed to
prepare plans and specifications and
invite bids for building a good, sub
stantial house 24x34 in size, and re
port their doings at an adjourned
meeting of the electors to be held the
first Saturday in December.
Mr, D. E. Stitt, Clerk, having re
signed in consequence of having been
cut off and thrown into the North
side district, and the legal notice of
the election of a successor having
been given, the meeting proceeded to
vote by ballot for a Clerk, the ballot
resulting in the election of Mr. Alfred
Button.
On motion the meeting adjourned to
meet again on the first Saturday in
December, to consider and pass upon
the doings of the letting of contracts
for building said house, and to attend
to any farther business which may be
legally presented at such adjourned
meeting.
A dance will be given to-night at
the north side school house.
The schooner Sea Foam is taking a
cargo of lumber at North Bend, Coos
Bay.
Mr. Averill has all the timbers out
for the new bridge across Floras
creek.
Mr. Theo. White wont below to
Crescent City by way of San Fran
cisco last week.
Wo understand Mr. C. H. Peirco
has leased Theo. White's dairy on
New River, for three years.
Mr. George Fitzhugh's new resi
dence is completed, and the family
will probably move in this week
Has Made an Assignment. We un
derstand Mr. J. L. Nay, proprietor of
Elk river mill, having become em
barrassed, in consequence of the sel
fish action of San Francisco parties,
has made an assignement in favor
of his creditors. The assignment is
likely general as Mr, Nay would hard
ly prefer any creditor, while the se
cured portion of the indebtedness of
course "prefers" itself. We very
much regret the embarassment, and
look forward confidently to the day
in the near future when Mr." N., an
enterprising go-a head citizen of
Curry county will bo himself again.
New Road. A petition will be put
in circulation this'week for the lay
ing out and construction of a road
to Burnham's mill. The petition
will doubtless be well received, since
by means of the proposed road the
distance will be shortened by some
thing over three miles and new set
tlers will be enabled to haul lumber
and build their houses yet this win
ter. We understand that the pro
posed road will go west from Cul
ver's corner about one and one-half
miles and thence as nearly south as
possible to the mill.
And Still They Come. Last week
another was added to the already
large list of new-comers, in the per
son of Mr. Costillo, who, with his
family, left East Portland last month
and came by way of San . Francisco
and Coos Bay. Mr. Costillo has not
yet selected a place and for the time
being is making his homo with the
family of S. T. Malehorn,
Gone Below Mr. J no. Kronenburg
and family of Norway, have gone be
low to take up their residence in Ala
nxMla, California. Mr. K. has leased
his farm to for a term of years to his
son John aad R Eichards of Cur
ry county.
Born. At Denmark, on Saturday
evening, November 1, 1884, to the
wife of Mr. Geo. Fitzhugh, a daughter.
ELLENSBUKG ITEMS. .
Mr. A. J. Edson is building jfcaaddi
ion to his residence.
Fishing still continues at Ellens
burg, although the run is not hejivy.
The Ellensburg Business Associa
tion is expecting a schooner in a few
days.
Mr. Hume has purchased from M.
Riley the house and lot known as the
old cooper shop.
Two daughters of Geo. Lawrence
of Pistol river have been ' visiting in
Ellensbiirg the past week.
Mr. Chas. R. Gray who has been
carrying the mail on the Chetco route,
has resigned, and is succeeded by A.
S. Miller.
The tug Pelican is waiting at this
place for a smooth bar, as Mr. Hume
intends sending out a deck load of
sheep to Smith River.
Mr. J. W. Carey passed through
Ellensburg last Wednesday with a
band of cattle destined for the Chetco
and Smith river market.
Mrs. Alice Carey passed through
town this week, on her way to Smith
river, which placo she expects to
make her home for a while.
There was a wedding up the river
last Sunday evening at the residence
of J. S. Miller Rev. Mr. Marsters to
Mrs. Matilda A. Coy, Rev. J. G.
Mosher officiating;
Hon. M. Riley has a cider mill at
work in his orchard, and will make
quite an amount of cider which he
will furnish to his subscriber either
with or without a stick
There is a beautiful Cleveland and
Hendricks banner floating in front of
the North Star hotel, with space to
print the rooster on it after wo hear
that Cleveland is elected.
Frank Palmer came up to Ellens
burg this week in charge of a young
man from Chetco, who had been fined
in Judge Wilson's court for eating
water melons which were not his own.
After the young man arrived here and
took a view of the Hotel de Bailey he
concluded to pay the fine rather than
board at the county's expense. Ve
uderstand that Justice Wilson has
been having lively times in his court
for the past few days, and bright
prospects still ahead. Surely the
pathway of a precinct Justice is
strewn with flowers, and rich are the
laurels that deck his brow.
A Leap to not ee Left. We were
a passenger on the Ceres bound from
Bandon to Coquille City the other
day, and witnessed at Randolph
landing an extraordinary leap by
Tommy Cunningham (well known
down down here) to avoid "being left."
He was standing on the shore con
versing with some one until Capt.
Roid had ordered line3 "let go" and
had swung quite out in the stream.
Tommy observing the situation not a
second too soon, made a spring for
the lower deck from his tracks and
reached it in safety, the distance
covered by the jump being a little
less than 12 feet. Tho feat was wit
nessed by several passengers among
whom were a number of young ladies
Miss Rachel Kronenburg (also well
known down here) being one of the
latter, and was tho subject of com
ment among all hands' until the craft
had neared Parkersburg, where the
hero of the struggle, to save the re
mainder of his ride was to get off.
Public Hall. A movement to con
struct a public hall at this place is
on foot. It is the purpose of the
originators of the project to organ
ize a joint stock company, with shares
fixed at $5 each, and raise $500 with
which to construct a hall 30xG0 feet,
and have it opened with a grand
party early this winter. About $100
havo already been subscribed, and it
is very likely that the .whole issue
will bo taken as the enterprise is a
deserving one and one which, con
sidering the near approach of tho
social season, will prove a good investment.
COOS COUNTY.
A Blaine and Logan Club has been
formed at Coquille City. It numbers
22 members. ' '
Alex. Martin, residing on Isthmus
slough, shot himself in the left hand
while handling a pistol.
A number of people on tho river
are anxious to secure a hog law for
Coos county, says the Herald.
J. B. Hunt, of Coquille City pre
sented the Herald editor a Swede
turnip which weighed 27 pounds.
Mr. T. J. Lynch, who has been
snffering from- an abscess for 6ome
time past, has so far recovered as to
bo able to attend to business again.
Jap Yoakam shut down his logging
camp on South Coos river las Friday.
In 92J days ho put in 2,G44 logs that
averaged about 900 feet to tho log.
A now feature of business in Co
quille City is the traffic in coal sov
several loads have been hauled past
the Herald office and sold in town.
Tho Amethyst has taken on the
last of the lumber at the mill. We
hear that there is a probability of
starting the mill again, soon. Wo
hope that tho rumor will not prove
unfounded. Herald.
Evidently Mr. Starkey had in mind
C. B. Watson's point-blank refusal to
divide time with a Democratic speaker
when he wrote, "If an argument
will not withstand the logic of an
answer, it is unworthy the attention
of an intelligent public. '
R. E. Scranton put in 2,100 logs for
tho North Bend mill before shutting
down his logging camp this season at
the Harner place on Catching slough.
The logs averaged about 000 feet
each. There is timber enough for
another season's work at his camp.
Mail.
The Coos Bay arrived from Port
land on Sunday, via . Yaquina Bay
and Umpqua. She remained at Em
pire over night, and left on Monday
for San Francisco with quite a num
ber of passengers. At the Umpqua
she took on 95 bale of hops, 600
sacks of grain, 100 boxes , of apples,
and 900 cases of salmon. Neics.
Some of the coal bankers indulged1
in a free fight at Newport, last Mon
day night which resultod in one of
tho participants being stabbed. The
The man accused of doing the cut
ting was brought to town and locked
up; but the other party - not wishing
to prosecute, he was liberated. The
boys are bound to have a little racket,
once in awhile, but it is only fair to
say that the use of dangerous weapons
is very seldom resorted to. News.
Game Law. Last week the law for
protection of game and fish went into
effect, and it is now unlawful until
the 1st of July next, to hunt, lull or
destroy any male deer or buck, and
during the months November, De
cember, January, and March of each
year it is unlawful to take or have
anything to do with mountain or
brook trout. The penalty for a viola
tion of the law is a fine of not less
than $10 nor more than $300, or im
prisonment of not less than five days
nor more than three months, or both
fine and imprisonment Half the
fines goes to the informers and half
to the prosecuting attorney.
Died. A letter was received at
Denmark last week by Mrs. O. P.
Brown from a gentleman in Yreka,
CaL, stating that her husband had
died at that placo on the 20th from
the effects of a cut on the knee re
ceived some time since while making
shingles. Tho letter contained no
other information, but staled that
Master Walter, who accompanied his
father on the trip, would be started
homeward in a few days with full
particulars. Mr. Brown left hero last
Summer on a trip southward for the
benefit of his health, and from tho
tono of the letters received by his
family, it was supposed that ho was
fast recovering from his illness.
THE LATEST NEWS.
The penitentiary garden will yield
over 4,000 bushels of potatoes this
year.
TJie yellow fever quarantine will be
raised in all Texan ports on the 15th
of November.
The Oregon exhibit at the New
Orleans Exposition promises to be
extremely creditable.
Mrs. Mary Leonard, formerly of
Wasco county, was admitted to the
bar in Seattle on the 24 ult.
Oregon is boarding and treating
15 insane patients for Idaho, charg
ing for the service $5 per week.
The marriage of President Arthur
and Miss Tillio Frelinghuysen is
announced to take placo in January.
It is confidently asserted that rail
road connections will be made be
tween Corvallis and Yaquina by No
vember 20th.
John E. Abbott, a lawyer and capi
talist of San Francisco, was shot by
John W. Ingram on the 25th ult., and
seriously wounded.
It is almost impossible to get
jurymen in the Clawson polygamy
trial, Mormons being ineligible and
Gentiles having "opinions."
E."W. Cole, fhe Tennessee railroad
king, has bought a fine farm and
given it to the State for a site for a
house of refuge for boys and girls.
A ship, the largest ever launched
at Bath, Maine, was sent down the
ways on the 24 ult; she cost $125,
000 and is intended for the Califor
nia trade.
The securities of the O. R. & N.
Co. aro reported to have fallen into
the hands of the Gould party, making
that corporation an annex to the
Union Pacific
A wife murderer was hanged, in
San Jose on the 28th, who had spoken
but one or two words during his six
months' imprisonment and who fast
ed 50 days during that time.
Tho fare to the New Orleans Ex
position, as arranged by the Northern
Pacific, from Portland via St. Paul or
Omaha, is $162 75, round trip. The
TJnjwft Pacific has a like rate.
A monster radical demonstration
in favor of the alxlition of the House
of Lords was held in London on the
2Gth. Over 100,000 were present A
long procession, with bands, flags,
etc., marched through the principal
streets. The marchers groaned while
passing the headquarters of the vari
ous conservative clubs at the West
End. Many banners were displayed,
bearing such inscriptions as "Down
with the Lords," and "Tho Lords are
opponents of civil and religious liber
ty, and must be abolished." Speech
es were delivered from nine plat
forms. Miss Jessie Craigen, a well
known agitator, presided at one plat
form. Resolutions were past declar
ing that the House of Lords is use
less and dangerous, and ought to be
abolished. No speeches were made
by the members of the House of
Commons.
Season Closed. Burnham's mill
will not bo run at its full capacity
during the winter, and only a force
sufficient to saw out timbers and lum
ber for the construction of a tramway
to the point, and the completion and
-construction of such buildings as
may be deemed nocessary for the vig
orous prosecution of work in the
spring will be retained.
More-Roads. Mr.. Laughead has
built a road south from E. Good's
place, past the Everett place and
nearly to the old mines. A few more
roads on that line will serve to make
a material straightening in the pres
ent county road.
r
Teams W anted. The rigging 'of
tho wrecked schoonor City of Napa is
at this place awaiting teams to haul
it to Bandon. One-half, of a cent per
pound is offered for taking it to its
destination, with return freight at
tho samrj rate.
TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
ceived by the undersigned Directors of
School District No. Carrv county, Oregon,
until Saturday, Nov. 15, '1881, to buiid a
school house for said district of the follow
ing dimensions, viz: 24x34 feet; box house;
walls to be 12 feet high outside measure; of
inch fir or cedar; battened with 1x3 inch lir;
to contain 10 windows, glaas lOxlG 4 on each
Bide and 2 in rear end; roof to project 18 in
ches and projection to bo boxed; to be cov
ered with good 24-inch cedar shingles, at
least -inch thick at butt; to bo floored on
good substantial sleepers with 6-inch rough
nr, underlaid with 1x3 battens; front door to
be 3x7K feet, set in box frame with cor
nice overhanging; upper joists 2 feet apart
to be supported in middle by braces secure
ly fastened to rafters.
Bidders will be required to accept such ma
terial as will be available in the construc
tion of said house as is now on hand, at cash
prices, same to be mutually determined be
tween bidders and Directors aforesaid, and
any explanations with relation to matters
not made clear from this advertisement can
le had by consultation with Directors. The
timo for completion to bo definitely fixed on
day of letting, but will not be required in a
shorter period than three months.
Dated this November 3d, 184.
J. H. UPTON,
GKO. FITZHUGH,
WM. COX.
Directors.
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M. E. ANDERSON, Proprietors.
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