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About Southwest Oregon recorder. (Denmark, Curry County, Or.) 188?-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1885)
ft. Volume II. DENMARK, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1885. Number 25. Bl H M ?3 H I? H ft IT o 1 thk Lj:f;isL.Ti:iiK. Out of something like 400 bills in troduced iu tho Oregon Legislature thus far, only eight have passed and received the Governor's signature; I've of which wero charter bills for small towns, one for the Now Orleans fair appropriation, one to establish a Norma, school at Drain, in Douglas county, and the other fix the time for holding Court in the First and Fifth Districts. - Among the bills which have passed both House are the following: By fvigliu, to amend charter of Empire City; by Cauthorn, taking the Agri cultural College out of the charge of the Methodist Church; by Siglin, asking Congress for a further appro priation for Yaquiua Bay; byBilyeu, to appropriate lands in favor of the Yaquina Bay Railroad. Koberts' bill to prevent the carry ing of concealed weapons failed to tho House. Sutton's bill to relieve Curry coun iy from the payment of ?G00 in taxes has passed the House. The scalp bounty bill has passed the House. Tie bill to raise the .annual salary of Circuit Judges to vi.',t00 is likely to pass. The Senatorial fi.'ht. continues with but little change in the vote as last i-iveti. It is thought the struggle will not end before the last hour of the session, as was the case two years .since. Hirsch has twenty-eight votes ii ml will probably carry off the hon ors if the dreaded Mitchell break can be s taved off. Mitchell has not yet received a vote bat he poses, as an unpleasant Nemisis to the Hebrew as J hurA. The Democratic compli mentary vote has been given to tho following gentlemen: Slater, Mc- Arthur, Kelly, Thayer, Strahan, Bur nett, Bonham, EiHngex and Liewen ber. Sutton regularly casts his ballot for Hirsch. The Rescuers Rescued. Thursday last Mel Titzbugh and 'Solly Ander ru saw n huge boar capture one of ' Captain Lorentzen's lambs below . ttin, and, lived with Quixotic ardor, n.ade a break to the sheeplet's rescue, 1-r.t his boarship, not relishing what l.o deemed an unwarranted interfer ence with his methods of gaining a livelihood, turned upon the youthful would be rescuers, and but for the timely appearance on tho field and effective ham-chewing of Solly An derson's dog, would have severely in jured one of the boys. The boar has beta taken up and will be killed. Tug Party. The St. Valentine I arty given at this place by Captain and Mrs. Lorentzen Friday evening v.ns, o ensidering the unpropitious naiuro of the weather and consequent bad roads, one of the pleasantest littlo affairs of the kind we have had occasion to chronicle for some tima Aiuoiv; the lades present wero Mrs. J. N. Langlois and Misses Euphemia Averill, Minnie and Ellen Button, Alice Hughes, Josephine Elam and Maggie and Lena Lorentzen. Pellixg Off Cheap. N. C. Lor mtzen is selling off many articles at ruinous rates, For example, he offers children's calf shoes for 1; ground h i (ices. 15 cents; agate teapots worth oO, for?l; several lines of hard ware and medicines at 20 per cent 1-t-low cost. Messi-s. Crawford & "Wilbur have leased of the Fort Or ford Cedar Company a piece of timber land from which is to be taken the piling to be used in the construction of the wharf t Tort Orf ord. Teacuer Exoaged. Tho Directors of this school distiict have engaged County School Superintendent Guerin t ) teach tho next s- ssion of school at this place. Boi;n. At Myrtle Point, February 4. lH.Su, to the wife of F. P. Herman, ; daughter. POUT OKFOltl) NOTES. Mrs. Applebee gave birth to a boy February 9. Both doing well. Mr." McKenzie - was in town this week looking over the prospects for Spring. It is said that the steamer Hume will soon call in to land passengers and freight. " One of Mr. Guerin's sons is visiting his father for a few days. Iteports everything O. K. at Eckley. I Dr. Downing was called up in the Floras Creek region last week. He reports patients doing well. j Messrs. Jackson, Cook, Dennis Mc Carthy and Charley Crew were all in town to-day, making quite a bustle in our midst. The work of getting out piling for for tho wharf will soon be inaugu rated by letting a contract for the whole work or having it done by the day. As the wharf will be quite ex tensive, it will require a great many piles. Mr. Wilbur i3 having his lawn spaded preparatory to having it land scaped and made beautiful. This will improve his proxerty very much and add to his reputation in keeping pace with the times in tho matter of improvements. Mr. Robert Zumwalt, nephew of IL J. Zumwalt, has purchased Mr. Asa Carman's place of business, stock of goods, fixtures and good will. Mr. Carman will visit relations in the East, and take in the "World's Expo sition before returning. Wm. Burnham and the Springer Brothers have taken a contract from Mr. Barry to fence one mile a half of his land on Elk river. The recen re-survey will be of grefit benefit to the people living in that section as it will demonstrate their own bounda ries more correctly that heretofore. Mr. "Wilbur was out on a tour the fore part of the week, taking an in ventory of the country, as it were. In another six. months Mr. AV. will have secured the wholesale patronage of the merchants in the northern end of the county. The new firm guar antees to compete with San Francis co, hence something more than freight from San Francisco will be saved to the merchants. ' - Mr. Nygren's little boy met with a very severe accident last evening while he and several other little boys were playing around the wood pile. He was placing a stick upon the chopping block, and before he could get his band away one of the others raised the ax and allowed it to de scend upon the little fellow's hand, cutting tho fourth and fifth bones thereof As the boy is young the ten' dons may. unite without much inter ference with the movement of the hand. Dr. Downing attended the in jured boy. Judge Woodruff and wife, of Eu chre creek, who have been on a trip to San Francisco, landed this morning from the steamer Coos Bay. This was illustrating the advantage of Port Orford harbor over river bars, eyen in the winter season, as the surf was so rough at Rogue river that it was deemed impracticable to land the passengers there. The Judge and his wife were accompanied by a lady whose name I did not learn, who goes to Rogue river to join her hus band who recently purchased some valuable mining claims in that vicin ity. Mr. Robert Zumwalt also ar rived on same steamer. All express themselves as being well pleased with their visit to the city. Langlois & Nelson are offering gum boots for from 3 75 up and 16 yards of calico for 1. . They also sell the celebrated "Ann and Hammer" brand of soda and saleratus. Mr. Jos. Cox has purchased of Z. Boice the piece of land owned by him and lying on the south side of Floras creek opposite his place. 13LLEN.311URG ITEMS. There will be more mining done on the river this week than has' been done for a number of years. The latest novelty at this place was the arrival by mail of the machinery for a saw mill for John and Wm. Huntley. The mill will cut lumber for this market. Another suit for divorce commenced this week. From present indications the untying of matrimonial knots will be the jrincipal business of our next Circuit Court. There will be a new business boom enaugurated t this place during the coming season pnd we predict lively times on F.ogua river in less than three months hence. Since the enactment of the game law a new kind of animal has made its appearance in our mountains. They call it hyascutis, and say it very much resembles the antelope.. There seem1 to be a scarcity of fresh meat in this vicinity. Cannot some one bring us in some beef, mut ton or antelope? We are getting hungry and feel a little bloothirsty. We promise to ask no questions as to marks or brands, and care but little whether the game law is in force or not. We are reliably informed that our old friend John Fitzhugh has been prospecting his mining claim more thoroughly than ever before, and that the prospect exceeds his former ex pectations. This claim is situated on tho north bank of Rogue river about sixty miles from its mouth. John has taken Wm. Day of Douglas county, in as a partner, and during the coming season they will make extensive preparations for working the property. Mr. Wm. Huntley wishes us to an nounce that he is a candidate for the appointment as Collector of Customs at . Lobster creek. He says there would not be much to do except to copy a few tariff articles from cam paign documents and draw his sal- ary-l-which latter he very much needs in his business. If necessary, I will vouch for Bill's Democracy, but am not prepared to say what effect his appointment to that office would have on the tariff on wool. There was quite an interesting sui in Judge Dewey's court last Saturday. It was an action brought to recover possession of mining di ches and for damages, brought by Henry Rosen brook against Robt. Spo tsman, et al., A. M. Gillespie app. ring for the plaintiff, and J. Hunciy for the de fense. The defense sci up tho plea that the ditches had n A been used by the plaintiff for mor3 than one year last past. After hearing the evidence, and arguments of counsel, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff, the Court holding that th mere fact that a man had not used his mining ditch for more than a year did not prove abandonment The Shooting Match. Friday the shootist of this section and of Port Orford assembled at Denmark, to shoot for a beef put up by Capt. Lor entzen. The fusilada commenced early in the day for "pony purses'' continuing during the forenoon. After dinner the marksmen opened fire for the beef. A drizzling rain which continued throughout the the day of course made good "strings'' out of the question, or a matter oi chance. Following is tho score: G o. Fitz hugh, first choice, 2 inch; C. Long, second choice, 4; J. P. Olsej, third choice, 5; F. L. Anderson, fourth choice, 1. Blooded Sheep. Mr. J W. Car man, of the bald hills, has a card on another page of this issue of the Rc corder setting fourth that he has a number of thoroughbred merino bucks and ewes for sale. Parties contemblating improving their flocks will do well to address Mr. Carman. THE LATEST NEWS. Senator Slater has a place on the Committee of Commerce. The inter-State commerce bill has passed the Senate 43 to 12. A bill to establish a reform school for boys has passed the House. Ex-Mayor Kalloch, of San Fran cisco, practices law at New Whatcom, W. T. A movement is on foot to have a Pacific Ocean cable to connect Amer- ca and Asia. A marriage has been arranged be tween Prince Victor of Wales and Princess Clementine, daughter of King Leopold of Belgium. The field is clear for a square fight for the Senatorship of Illinois be tween W. R. Morrison, Democrat, and John A. Logan, with the odds against the latter. The sword, medals, etc., of General Grant presented to the United States by Mrs. Grant and W. H. Vanderbilt, have been consigned to the care of the Librarian of Congress. The best "mile time" is thus given in a sporting exchange: "Locomo tive, 0:50; running horse, 1:39 pacing horse, 2rGJ; trotting horse, 2:94; bycicle, 2:39; skating, 3 :o0;' tri cicle, 3:3; running man, 4:163; row ing, 5:2; snow shoes, 5:39; walking, 5:23; swimming, 12:424. O'Donnovan Rossa who was shot in New York on the 2d is not serious ly hurt The woman who shot the dynamiter was Mrs. Dudley of Eng land. The injured man says: "It was a premeditated affair, and this woman was simply the engine by which the dastardly work was ac complished. She had no private re vengo to gratify; no relative of hers had been injured in the English ex plosion. It is the work of the Eng lish government, whose policy is to assassinate men they could not oth er wise reach. She is the agent of the British Minister, or somebody else. The woman came to me and said she was Irish, and was rabid in her views on dynamite. She said the London explosion was no good, and wanted a horrible sacrifice of life to strike terror to the heart of Ireland's enemies. I told her I was not en gaged in that business, and received no money for . such purposes. She reiterated her statement that tho'us ands of lives should be sacrificed in London. She is nothing more nor less than the agent of the British Government employed to assassinate me." Mrs. Dudley says of her intend ed victim: "Rossa is a doomed man. the sooner he gets well the sooner be will bo ready for the second shot Lots of people are waiting to fire it Heand Joyce are the men henceforth I would have shot him with an Eng lish bulldog, only I considered he was not worth iising an English weapon on. Had I used a British pistol I'd have killed him sure. If he isn't satisfied, I'll challenge him to meet me anywhere alone, and armed, and he can see then whether I am a good shot or not I didn't try to kill him. One thing is certaid, if he doesn't stop that that newspa per and dynamite talk of his there will be a contract for an undertaker to give him and his associates coffins.' It is evident that the woman is a crank. Rossa will have four armed men as body guards when he leaves the hospital. The Nlw Store. In this issue ap pears an advertisement of the new store at Port Orford in which Messrs Crawford & "Wilbur make out a good case for the patronage of the people of this county. A good feature, and one which will have a tendency to stimulate the opening up of hitherto undeveloped resources, is their wil lingness to purchase of the people anything marketable in San Fran cisco. The new firm will construct a wharf during the Summer. NOTICE. I have given my son, Ed. his time. and he is now empowered to make contracts in his own name without recourse on me. . L R. MECOM. J. HUNTLEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ELLENSBtTRG, OREGON. Partionlar attention will be paid to Land Dusismess. , A. GRAY, j M. SIOLn. SIGLIN & GRAY. ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AX LAW, MARSHFIELI), OREGON. Will practice in all cf the State and Federal ixraris. J. TV. rtENNETT, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, MARSRTIELD, OREGON. - CollBctions a Specialty. Office in Coos Bay news uuuainff. J.H.UPTON, - NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER, ....ALSO.... Real Estate and Collection Agent, Denmark, Curry Co., Oregon. Lands and town property bought and for a fair commission, taxes paid and a gen eral agency business conducted. WM. H. AVERILL, GENERAL MERCHANT, .DEALE3 IS. ... Drv Goods. Dress Goods Staple and Fancy Goods, Hardware, &c.,&c. FAMILY GUOCJUltlES. Doing my own hauling, with Teams fed fronijthe products of my own Farm, and buying for CASH and Selling for CASH, I can Defy - successful, coMTrrriox, BOTH AS TO PRICES AXD QUALITY It is my ambition, no less than my fixed determination, to offer such inducements as shall justify the people of a very large area of country round about in favoring ma with their patronage. S. N. A.DOWNING, 31. !., Physician and Surgeon, PORT ORTpRUj-eBEGOX. y" Calls promptly attended in any part of the County and adjacent parts. For Sale. 160 acres good hill land buildings and some in cultivation. Good stock range on place and ad joining. 100 acres good upland, partly oppn 100 acres possessory right n Eik excellent bottom, - 80 acres fin9 bottoin land, prt vny rich prairie. Enquire of J. H. Upton, Land Agent, Penmaik. . Miss Jennie Malehorn.' IIVUIUWM MIMWIV I V iXJ Ik ..lr isirii urn -" t-jjiij;- " Lessons given on the Piano or Orgnu, Terms Reasonably,
