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The Const; Mail.
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TOWN AND JCOUNTY NEWS,
I.ktUh W.wt. a Liiiiiaiiy. Now is
n proper time for llio citizens of ( 1 1 in
plneo to lay llio foiliiilntlon for u
public cily library. It will require no
considerable oulluy on llio part, of the
people lo make a basis for an institu
tion which, in u few yearn, will lion
Konrco of just pride lo all our citizens.
There art) vnrioiiH moans Hint can bo
iiiMilotoi'ontritiulu to llio sucocsh of
Mich an entorpiiso; tlio literary oxer
iw;, now a Miiirco of amusement
could be made useful in lurnishing a
small fund for llin purchase of useful
books, without tlio tax being felt liy
any one. Every dollar expended in
tliis oniiHit Ih invented whore it cannot
ho lout, and whore its interest will ho
eonllnuully reaped in tlio form of
useful knowledge liy all who may ho
residents of tho town. Tlio benefit of
mioh nn institution would ho felt
among thohoyH and girls, who, for
want of such reoioation an may ho
found in a well selected library, may
now ho spending their ovoningH in
idleness, if not In vice, or in reading a
class of cheap and pernicious itrn
lure, calculated to destroy all laxlo for
more substantial reading. Lot us have
it town lihrary.
rnoi'oMiin Ni:w Ko.ui. The set
tlers of Ten Mile have raised a liheral
Mibseripliou to defray the expense of
looking out n road from (lie settlement
there to Scollsbuig on the Umpipia,
and Nels. Thompson, Win. Huiker,
Stupli. Johnson Win. llowren anil ().
Benson will Htart out an noun as the
wouthor nellies, lo explore the coun
try jiinl ascertain tlio iiio.t practica
ble route. Tlio distance fiom Lung's
place on Hayno's slough to Scolts
liurg hy Ciis route in suitl not to ex
ceed twenty-two miles, and an open
ridge on which a good road can he
ojinily huilt the greater part of the dis
tance. Coos has alicady n county
road, located nearly to the county
line, and if Douglas county will locate
n wad to meet it, there is no douht
that a few yearn will witness n good
practicable wagon load on this route.
The people of Seotuhurg and vicinity
doubtless give the enterprise the en
couragement which it merits, as when
iwiipletcd it will afford a very Hhort
nd cliroot road to the railroad at
Dm ill's Station.
Tin: Hi.ac'k Ha.vii Inti:hi:kth. Pro
fessor Plant, with M ossein, Wood and
(!o.v, who bus boon experimenting in
wnsliing Mm black sand of the Euglo
AI ine (Handol)ih) hy a now pi'oeoss.hus
gone lo Han Francisco lo purchase
iniiloilul with which lo begin work on
a largo scale They hnvo hecomo sat
isfied from Ihoiro.vporinionls (hat the
process iniroouceii ny ineiu can no
made n complclo Hiioeoss.niul on their
return they will lake full ehirgoof
Ihalmiiie. Wo hope lo hoar that the
mini) Iiiih proved u bonanza lo I hu en
terprising losses.
A HtioMKMH. Tlio mask hall given
hv Iho ladies of Empire last Friday
night, in universally voted u complete
success Tlio attendance was large,
and the various disguises wcic a source
of much merriment. The prizes were
awarded an follows: For the hand
somest costume, Goorginn Catumnu ;
for (ho host disguise. Win. Saunders
"old hlack jot) ;" for tlio ugliest cos
tume, Henry I'loegor.
Fito.M Flora 'h Check. Alex. Thrift,
one of the stock men of the Flora's
Crook region, was in town this week.
lie reports cattle doing remarkably
well on the ranges in his neighbor
hood and thinks (he winter will ho
passed without any 1i.hi of stock thorn.
Mr. Thrift, is titling up his farm for
dairying ami will milk ahotil fifty
cows next HUinnier-
CORRESPONDENCE,
A (Jim. i) Drowned. News was
drought here Wednesday morning
than a little sou of L. .Simpkini, who
resides on Willuneh slough, wah
drowned Tuesday. Tlio little boy
went up to the field with hi father,
and, it is supposed, was playing near
the creek which rutin through the
premises, and fell in. The mother
noticed that the dog was running
along the hunk of tlio ca'ek in an ex
cited manner, and on looking to see
what he wasafter, saw her little boy
carried down hy the current, llu wui
noon taken o.itof the water, hut life
vus extinct. The child was an only
ho.i, ahont two years old. Tlio par
nts have tho symp.ithy of all in their
Mid heruavcmuiit.
Vamtaih.i: Invention. Mr. Lyman
Woodruff, of Curry county, has in
vented and patented a now process of
preserving fish, which is said preserves
the flavor and color of the fish hotter
than any process known. Wo have
been this week printing testimonials
from the ollieors and leading citizens
of Curry county, to the effect that
meats preserved hy this now process
nro superior lo those handled in any
oilier manner. Wo wish Mr. Wood
ruff success with his new invention.
Ki.Kirntic I.nitiT. The steamer 'State
of Culorniu, running to Portland, in
lighted hy electricity, and a few days
mncoMho gave an exhibition of the
power of that illuminator to the cit
izens of that city.
It is said to have heon roinarkahlo.
It will not ho long hofoio thostoaniorH
running hero will he supplied with the
light, and the pilots will ho ahlo to
net) half a milo aheatl coming down
the slougliH in tlio darkest night.
Such is tlio progress of science.
A (iooiiCiianck Missi:n. Tlio editor
of tlio AVip says ho loaned thocditorof
tlio Mail a clean shirt "to attend the
MiiMpirudo at Kmpiro last week. If
tlio AVtcv man had only put that shirt
on himticlf, and sobered up and gone
to the party in llio character of a gen
tlemen, his disguise could nover have
heon detected, and ho would havobeon
entitled (o the pri.n for llio most com
plot disguise, which was curried oil' by
Win. Humidors.
Co.vrraiT of Count. "Undo"
.lolin Cnmpholl, proprietor of tlio
(.iiiUliiii Hitflo Hole, at Umpire, wns
a witnoHH in alttllo caso buforo Khi.
.ScnjjBlncIcon, this wool:. Ho was
pretty " full," nml gnvo DiHlrict At
torney Hazard jiik) tlio court (o tin
loiHtaii(l that limy "couldn't cross
iiio8lioii" him, whereupon llio court
impoHcd a fino of 5 for t;onteinit.
Jo such it now in a tliflcrcnt ltht .
TiiKiinnnal district school nicol
ing will luko placont tlio ncitdcniy,
u weak ironi next iMonday, tlio lir.st
lay of iMiircli,ui(jJ0 I',.m.
Ovhtkuh. In addition lo the u-uial
atlractions, Hpraguo's Kaloonat ICm
piio City Is now furnished with fresh
oysters, which ho is prepa.ied to servo
up according to the taste of his eu.i
toineis. lit! expects to keep them on
laud in tho future, am! wc commend
the "hungry hrolhcrii" to givo the
place a call.
Mn.i. roit Ham:. Mr. Thos. Critzer
of Koseburg made a visit lo t his county
last week, lie is I lying to ell the
Punter grist-mill at Coquillo Cily, of
which he is now owner. Th proper
ty isolfeicd very low and imv person
wishing to invest in that kind of prop'
would do well to negotiate with him.
Fa km Soi.n. Mr. .1. ('. ltoherlson
has purcha'e(l the farm near the fork's
of Coos river, formerly owned hy Mm.
.1. P. 'flipper and lately occupied by
John S. .Smith. T ho place embraces
iboul forty acres of land ami was sold
for a littloovorSOO.
Scow I.oht. A hcow with several
Ions of coal on Iwartl went adrift from
.Vol tli Ilend in the gale of last .Sun
day night ami the following day coiilu
not bo scon. It is supposed that Mio
mink. It was (ho property of Mr. An
tiunion of this place.
I)i:n,isi:x-Mr. !'. A. Anderson, whose
name was mentioned in our last issue
by a correspondent, for the ollico of
sherilf, is grateful for the compliment
paid him, but rctpiests us to say that
owing toother business engagements,
he cannot consent lo becoino a can
didate, S.ui.ni. Tho steamers Arcrtfit and
Ttljnir crossed the bar lust Tuesday,
and owing tho prevalence of heavy
"southeaster" took refuge under the
shelter of Capo Araj.;o, till tho storm
abated.
Tin: " Duncan" This steamer is
advertised to run north as far a.s Xn
naimo, and south as far as Yatpiina
Pout Oiti'oni), Feb. 10, 1880.
KitH. Coaht M,wt,: Xoticinj; in
tho last, few issues of your paper, reg
ular innlallinonlH of Ihu past history
of Ibis placo and surroundings, I
thought il appropriate lo semi you a
liltloof tho history of Iho present.
Wo had our shine of (hogalo of last
month, but wcro loo modust lo claim
credit on that lay until everybody had
had I lino In bring In their claims first.
It diil hut little harm here, also a lit
tle good, inasmuch as it Klimulated
some of our folks and our worthy
County .ludgo into rebuilding anil
remodeling the trail along Brush crook
so that the creek need not hereafter
bo crosned quifo a dozen times. Our
road-mallem mo in u bad muddle.
Tho mail southward from hero trav
erses a trail or load, which our Itoud
Supervisors claim to Imvo no author
ity over, ami it Keoins to ho no ones
duty to keep it in repair. If it hint not
been for tho -iction taken by our
County Judge, it would now bo im
passible; yet remarks aro made ques
tioning Iho propriety of his action in
tho mailer. Those are, however, lit
tle things; no one hero cares much
for roads, hut oveyono cares for the
breukwuler. Wo have u dispatch here
by cubic from tho moon that this
place is finally ratified hy the Hoard
of ICngineers for a Harbor of Itofuge.
('fho selection wo niado long ago.)
So, now it in order for our wanderers
toicturn home, and for everybody lo
get ready for I ho shower of greenbacks
and .$20 pieces that is going to bo
ours. In the meantime the hotel
keepers in our city, (wo have discard-,
ed the town), nro refitting their houses
and getting things in order for receiv
ing tho isitors who nro coming to
us over the waters, independent of all
load.t, or tho want of them.
Tho mutter of next greatest interest
is the npptoaehiiig election. I am not
uwaio that any of the coming candi
dates have publicly announced them
selves, but tho following names are
mentioned : For joint Senator, M.
Uilcy of Kllcnsburg, ami Win. Tich
ner of Port Oi ford for County Judge.
Tho presontinouinbont, I). Woodruff,
Capl. Cooley of Kllensburg and A.
Carman of Port Orford ; perhaps there
are others which I know not.
Our townsman, M. M. Hates was
reported to bo lying sick at Trinidad,
but later news say ho is improving-
It has been a severe season for live
stock ; considerable having already
perished, and as itis snowing at the
prosont writing, it looks like another
spell of severe weather.
Xothing further of interest,
Yours respectfully.
Oiick in A whim:.
Iiiiptirfiint lo I, unil CliiliiiuiitM.
The Coinniiflionorof tho (Jonoral
Land Office Iiuh instied lo llio din
frictofllceH the following circular:
Department of the Interior (JcneraU
,.,Jan. f
hand Office, Washington, I). C.
17,1880.
'Illco
I'l'illllU III tHS'.Sllt ( II riiH,
One of the most practicable modes
of preventing faUo stateniontiof prop
erly being made to tho assessor comes
from X. C. Lorentzen.of Port Orford ;
ho eay.s :
" Reports having boon published
Miowingthat tho sum total of exemp
tions claimed for indebtedness is far
in excess of tho amount given in as
tine on account, and as that is tin-
loubtcd pioof of fraud on the part of
ItcttM. undltcc. U. H. Lund Of Ire
Oenllcineii :
Kcfcrring (ocircuhirbf April loth,
1870, under Act of March , 1879, re
quiring published nolieo of intention
to make final proof in lfomoAload ami
Pre-emption cases you mo now in
structed lo require claimants in nil
canes hereafter lo specify, in form Xo.
1, the day ami date on which Ihey will
appear with witnesses for tho purpose
of making proof, and, in Homestead
cases, they inustgivo thooflieial name
and resilience of tho officer before
whom the proof is to bo made. You
will also request each chtimeut lo
name four of his neighbors who are
able to testify as to his compliance
with the law, any two of whom will bo
competent witnosoH when proof is
made. Such a course will prevent,
much inconvcnieiico and delay.
The post ofllco address of the wit
nesses should bo given in all cases. It
is not sufficient lo givo the county
only.
You will nee that the foregoing re
quirement arc incorporated in form
Xo. 2. (Xolico for publication) go that
such noticcw will hereafter he substan
tially in the following form.viz: "Xo-
tico is hereby given that the following
named tcttler has filed notice of bin
intention lo make final proof in sup
port of his claim and secure final en
try thereof, ami that (.aid proof will bo
made before the clerk of the court of
Heed county, at tho county scat, on
Thursday, the 32d day of April, 18S0,
viz : John Doe, Homestead entry, Xo.
!!7SI,for tho X. E. ono fourth of sec.
,'i0, T. 10 X K 20 W, and he names the
following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon, ami cultiva
lion of said tract, viz : John Smith,
Thos Dundy, Peter Pinder, all of Jay,
Heed county, and Samuel Small, of
Hoscoe, Peed county."
RnnisTnn.
The object of law requiring such no
tice is to givo the parlies having ad-ver.-e
claims or fillings, or to those hav
ing knowledge that the claimant has
not complied with the requirements
of the statutes, full notice of tho time
and place of presenting proof in order
that opportunity may bo given them
to be heard prior to tho perfection of
an entry, l on will use the blanks on
hand, making the necessary alterca
tions, until you receive new anil re
vised blanks from this office.
Very Hcspectfully,
J. W. AitMSTKoNO, Acting Com.
taxpayers, and want of vigilance on
Hay. She does not embrace Coos in the part of tho assessors, would it
her route hereafter.
ANOTitmt Masqwauadi:. Tho party
goers of this placo are making arrange
ments for a grand bill antique on the
17lh instant.
Pi:!isox.W-C. Ij. Mosher, formorlyof
the Hosehurg IlV.ilrni Slur gave us a
call Wednesday.
last
'fin: steamer ..Imim. arrived
Sunday.
Tin: name of J. M. Siglin is men
tioned in llio AVir as candidate for
StiitoScnnort.
Jami:s W. P.uik'ini, formerly a resi
dent of this County, is practising law
in Atlin, Modoo county, California.
John XAsiiunti has rented tho Pal
ace Saloon in Ibis placo and will upon
for business in a few days.
i in: stcniner nerina, alter being re
paired and painted, made her appear
ance at our wharves again this week.
Woitk' has heon commenced on the
cribs for tho breakwater, 'fho tim
bers aro being framed at Dean fe Co's
shipyard.
Wi: aro informed that an elfort will
bo matlo to complclo the wagon road
from Huinncr to Coquillo City, the
coming Spring.
An unusually heavy snowfall (about
two inohes,)t oecured last Thursday
night. It has already disappeared,
oxVepton the mountains.
Tin: schooner Cunhmttn which was
lunched some two weeks since is re
ceiving her rigging at Dean & Co's
wharf. She will soon bo ready for
sea.
An u.ntoutuna'I'i: follow was arrested
and tried before Justice Seugstackon
lust WcduoMluy, for thu larceny of a
blanket from tlio Golden F.aglo hotel.
Tho jury could not exactly see it, anil
ho was ucquitcd.
Mil. C. .iniwAir, of Sixes river,
was lu town this week. Ho says that
while cattle aro tiding lolorably well,
sheop aro dying off oiitho lower coast.
Tin: tiultillte canio up tho buy last
Sunday for tho first timo since lior
iu!forlune.
not bo well to change tho law some
what as follows:
1 Make it the duly of an assessor
to write out a full and truo copy of
tho asscssntont of all property in each
voting precinct having a post ollico
within its limits, or if more than one
po.it ollico is found in such precinct,
(ben ono copy for each post ollico;
biiitl copies to ho posted up in the
post office for a period of ono month
before the original is delivered up, or
at least before it is acted upon hy tho
county authorities.
2 Attached to to each copy should
bo a printed otfor of a suitable reward
for information and proof of any tax
payer having given in a fraudulent
statement of property, money or ac
counts due. To facilitate tlio detec
tion of such frauds, tho copies of as
sessment should givo each item of
property in full, such us number of
cattle, sheep or horses, household
goods, accounts duo, and indebted
ness within the State. Also, number
of acres of land, and amount per aero
at which it is assessed.
The above is only a rough sketch of
a way lo prevent fraud by tho simple
remedy of publicity. Xo doubt some
thing like that would do much toward
reform, particularly if each County
Court would closely watch assessors
ami others, through whoso negligence
or fraud tho trouble creeps in."
The V. I. It. IS. Dalies Kvply.
Governor Stanford replies to the
Workingnien's committee's request
that he discontinue tho employment
of Chinoso labor as follows: "There
aro now in tho employ of tho com
pany within tho city and county of
San Francisco, t-avon Chinamen.
There is also employed by this com
pany a large number of white men
many of whom aro retained because
they boon heretofore employed by
Ibis corporation, but whoso services at
this time aro not really needed. The
company will ever bo mindful of the
laws of this State and will endeavor
cheerfully to submit to them as it un
derstands them, or as courts may con
strue theni. In the managoment of
its business it will bo governed under
the laws of the land entirely hy con
sideration of what it shall deem in its
own judgment to bo tho wisest policy,
having duo regard for tho rights and
interests of its stockholders." Prentiss
Shelby, of the Shelby smelting works,
returned tho committee a verbal
answer. Ho was quile explicit, and
told the committco that ho would
biro what labor bo chose, and that ho
did not recognize tlio authority of any
body of men to diotato to him. When
the United States forbade him to em
ploy Chinoso labor, ho would obey
tho law, anil not until thou.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,
Pkoiiia, Feb. 11. Lou McKimicy
shot and killed his father-in-law, Ja
cob Fryo, on tho public square last
evening. Cause, divorce proceedings
and family quanols, for which Mc-
Kinnoy hold Fryo accountable Doth
parties aro well known.
Cincinnati, Fob. 12. An atrocious
wife murder was committed at Hen
derson, Ky., last night. Graham, who
had been arrested on complaintof his
wife for beating her, hroko jail and
round his wife on a wharfboat. He
shot her three times in tlio presence
of tho passengers of llio steamer Idle
whul, killing her instantly, and then
escaped in a skifr.
Han Fuancikoo, Feb. 11. Shortly
after midnight Officer Dyer, while at
tempting lo arrest a suspicious char
acter on West Mission street, near
Twelfth, was set upon by a crowd of
hoodlums, knocked down and badly
beaten. In tho melee tho officer drew
a pistol and fired,bringing down Mich
ael Wynne, with a bullet in the side.
Ho was taken to the city hospital,
wliorc bodied this morning.
Locisvii.m:, Feb. 12. Mrs. Ellen
Fitzgerald, aged 19 years, committed
suicido yesterday hy sotting firo to
her underclothes with a match. She
was discovered in the yaid with the
fire raging over her body, praying for
morcy. Her bodv was burned to a
crisp from head to feet and her hair
almost all singed off. She cannot re
cover. She has been insane for sever
al years, and the deed was committed
while in a fit of depression.
Comjmhia, Feb, 5. A negro cabin
on the plantation of Captain Wm.
Hack, thirteen miles north of Colum
bia, S. C, burned Tuesday night. Two
men, a woman and six children per
ished in the flames, Tho fire was dis
covered by a colored woman who ran
to tho burning building and pulled off
a boartl. She heard one of the child
ren attempting to awaken its father,
but without success, and before otiier
assis ance arrived the house and all
in it burned.
HousTF.it, Feb. 12. A newspaper
war culminated this morning by the
fatal shooting of S. II. Drumniett. ed
itor of the Enterprise, hy G. W. Carl
ton, editor of the Trlajraqh. This
morning's issue of tho Telegraph calls
Drumniett a horse-thief. At 10 o'clock
Hrummctt met Carlton on the court
houc stops and asked him why he pub
lished those lies about him. Without
speaking Carlton drew a pistol and
IH(i-jiiiK; Hlocy.
A correspondent of the Statnumnn
tolls the following story, which throws
light upon sonic dark mysteries of
past years. The name of the party
giving this information is Munsell:
Tho citizens of J'olk county, and es
pecially in the vicinity of Ducna Vista
will remember one William Tubbs,
alias William Frankin, who, some
timo in the year 1877, married a Miss
Drowning, near Duona Vista, anil llio
tragical end of tho wedded pair on
the 4th of July, 1878. It will bo re
membered that in a fit of jealousy
Franklin, on that day, shot bis wifo,
killing her instantly, and Ihcn killing
himself. It appears that the married
life of Franklin and his wifo was one
of domestic infelicity, and on several
occasions separated, only to bo reunit
ed. A fewsday before tho fatal Fourth
of July, Mrs. Franklin told Mr. Mun
scll that life to her was a bunion, that
she was wedded to a man with whom
she could not live, and that she dare
not leave him. She said that in his
confiding moments he had told her a
history of his life, under the pledge of
secrecy, to be paid by tho forfeiture
of her life, if she ever divulged his se
cret. He said that in his lifetime ho
had murdered fifteen men ; that one
of them was a negro in Jackson coun
ty, from he got -$1,500; that ho was
the man who killed Conrad Warnor,
near Salem ; that he did it with tho
expectation of getting .$200, tho price
of a span of horses told by Warner a
short time before Franklin said that
he knew when the horses were sold,
the price, and the time payment was
to be made, and he resolved to get the
money when paid, and for that pur
pose laid his plans; he waylaid War
ner on his road home, stopped him in
the road and shot him dead, and af
ter rifling his pockets, started the
team homeward in the road, and then
made his way through tho woods and
by-ways to Scio, and southward to
Linn county, thence acros to the
westsitlcof the river into Polk county
where he resided most of the time
since. Franklin gave bis real name
as William Tubbs.
Character of Voices-I havn no
ticed as a fact that struck me as being
peculiar, that the bravest and largest
wild animals always have deep voices,
and that they were generally melo
dious, full of music, as it were ; while
the small fry, which run from a com
mon cur, had high, sharp voices. I
tilttHH Lump IVIcIch.
According to a German trado pa
per, a now kerosene and spirit lamp
has been invented, in which tii2 wick
is made entirely of glass. Several
advantages arc clniincd for it. Tho
flnino clings closely to the wick, so
that lighted lamp3 may bo carried
about without fear of their being ex
tinguished by sudden draughts;
moreover, no sparks arc liberated
from it. With an equal amount of
wick turned up, a much brighter
and clearer light is obtained than
where cotton ones aro used. Tho
smoking is greatly reduced, and at
least ten per cent, of oil is saved.
There is scarcely any waste of Iho
wick itpclf, and the troublesome
trimming and cutting to which lamp
burners arc accustomed arc altogeth
er needless, for no portion of it is
carbonized. Used in spirit lamps it
greatly increases tho heat of tho
flame, and finally it is claimed that
it can be produced and sold at a
cheap rate
Lively Competition.
There is a lively competition in pas
senger rates between Xcw York and
San Francisco liy the P. M, S. S. Co's
steamers and the C. P. and Western
railroads. The former announces
first-class fare between these ports at
$75; steerage $3o. and aro paying $.
commission each per ticket to hotels.
San Francisco is represented as full of
Xew York passengers awaiting the de
parture of the steamer which sails
February 20th. Roads leading west
from Chicago have telegraphed the
following: "The lines east of Kansas
City and Omaha will accept a pro rata
per mile upon any rate which the Cen
tral Pacific makes, to meet rates made
by tho Pacific Mail Co., to Xew York,
provided the tickets aro limited to one
day beyond the actual schedule time,
and to be sold at tariff rates with a
drawback on Xew York to the amount
of reduction."
have hunted with some of the bravest
shot Druinmott, the ball penetrating men, the best scouts and the most fa
ins head between the eyes. He fell in
his tracks and still lingers, but cannot
live. Carlton was arrested and locked
up.
Lateu Drumniett, shot by Carlton
this morning, died at 1 P.M.
Omaho, Feb. I0.--On January 29th
there arrived at Grand Island, C. M.
Laurence, an old gentleman from
Drattlehoro, Vt., with his son Frank,
of Chicago. Tho son claimed that
tho father had met with an accident
in Iowa, causing insanity. On Thurs
day night last tho old gentleman died
suddenly and mysteriously. Suspi
cion of foul play being strong, tho son
was arrested, charged with poisoning
his father by administering prussic
acid. The symptoms, circumstances
and the finding of the deadly drug in
the possesion of the son, go to prove
that tho old man was poisoned. Xo
canso is assigned other than for the
insurance on the father's life, there
being .$11,000-$5,000 in the Xew York
Knickerbocker, and $0000 in the Trav-
mous hunters of the west, and I found
that they also had heavy tones as a
rule; and deduced from this that the
highest order of animals, these that
were bravo and daring, were also deep
in voice, and tint their intonations
nover jarred on the ear. When I saw
that the heroes in operas wore tenor.it
struck me as an odd idea that thin
voiced animals were seldom so couag
eous in actual life as their deeper
toned congeners, and this has caused
me to express it here, to see if it is in
any way founded on fact, or whether
it is a mere artificial system of dis
play. Exeh a nge.
D.vvitt and Killen, Irish agitators,
have visited France and Belgium to
collect information with regard to
the lands of those countries. In a
At the Senate committee investi
gation into the removal of the Chey
ennes and Poncas, the attention of
Brighteyes was called to a paper
purporting to be signed by the heads
of nearly all the Ponca families, re
questing the President to remove
the tribes to a new reservation in
the Indian Territory. Brighteyes
exclaimed : AVhy, White Eagle hns
told me a dozen times that he never
signed any such paper. Why, that
is monstrous." Standing Bear was
then shown the paper. Ho read it
over, smiled incredulously, made
several gestures of disgust accom
panied by expressive " ughs," and
finally said "that's the white man's
way. They write one thing and tell
us another."
The house committee on territor
ies have agreed to report favorably
to the house a bill introduced by
Delegate Tinslie, of Idaho, which em
powers the U. S. marshal of Idaho to
employ at hard labor all prisoners con
victed and sentenced to hard labor in
iho prisons of said territory. It pro
vides that the proceeds of said prison
labor shall beheld subject to the or-
month a deputation from tho Irish (ler of t,lc nf rney general anddevot
Land League, including Davitt, will C(1.to t,cfr:,.viK tI,e pciwcs of tho
visit the principal places in France,
Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain,
where committees are being organ-
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.-, u, ...lWi.,, iiio son is in jail izo(J (0 rccc;ve theni tQ enHst n.d f0f
inniiiiwj, an l-AllllllllUllllll UIl'lllO -llll
of February.
IMouIIiik: Islantl.
Tin: minors of Newport aro on a
strike, not on account of wages, but
boeuuso of some disagreement between
tho minors and subordinate overseers.
O. LANimivrii, Ksq., of Coos river
has been improving his farm exten
sively tho past season by diking and
putting tide gates to protect tho low
bottom laud from inundation. Tim re
is much land in this county, the pro
ductiveness of which can ho greatly
improved hy this means,
1BDSj1ST.
At North Ilend, February M, IfiSO,
to Iho wifo of Frank Klrod, twin
duiujhtor.
Lcsn's mill resumed work last week.
Tun lighthouse tender Shubrick wns
reported at tho cape yesterday.
H. P. Whitney's wharf at Empire
that was damaged by tho gale of hist
month, has been fully repaired.
Wi: print in iinothor column a cir
ciilarfroin tho Land Department im
posing some now conditions upon
settlors in making final proof.
Tin: schooner Premier arrived last
Tuesday, and tho Goluma, Jennie
Stelln and C. If. Merchant, arrived yes
terday morning.
LiTKKAiiv. Tho following is tho
programme for Literary Sooioty no.t
Wednesday evening; a leoturo by
Prof. McConuiie will tuko tho placo of
tho usual debate: Song and chorus;
reading by Katie Siglin ; recitation bv
Kosu Dunbar; sony; looturo on as
tronomy by J. T. McCorniro; song;
recitation by Owen Short; roadiiig by
Mrs. Towor; song.
The Jacksonville, Or., Sentinel says :
" Among the many natural curiosities
of this county it is not generally
known that tbcro is a "floating island."
Up in tho "Siskiyous," lving like a
pearl in tho great mountain chain is
squaw lake, a beautiful sheet of water
now utilized by a mining company as
a reservoir. For many years the lako
has been a favorite and delightful re
sort for fishing parties, and contained
nearly in its eentor an island, com
prising about an acre of ground cov
ered with luxuriant grass and a growth
of willow and alder. It was nover
dreamed that tho pretty little island
was not terra firina, but when the
bulkhead ocross tho outer end of the ' ttioncw custom house. Tho roof of
I.iko dammed up its waters, tho island ! s,,ea & Sou's elevator, containing 20,'
rose slowly until it bad been elevated 00 ""shels of grain, was swept oil'.
the land movement and for tho dis
tress in Ireland. A deputation from
the league has held a conference
with the leading Irish. and English
members of the popular organiza
tion, when negotiations were entered
into for a scries of popular demon
strations throughout Great Britain
on tho land question.
Cyolonc in Tcimcft!tc.
A Nashville dispatch of tho 13th
says: "A cyclone, accompanied by
lightning, thunder and heavy rain,
passed over tho city at midnight. The
wind blew at tho rate of forty miles
an hour. The spires of the first col
ored Daptist, St. John's Colored, and
St. Paul's Colored Churches wore
blown down, also tho inside brick wall
prisons of said territory. This bil
is intended to meet complaint on tho
part of tho people of the territory
that heretofore they were compelled
to meet all expenses of their prisoners
while the Government received and
retained the proceeds of their prison
labor.
Tin: contract for tho delivery at
Astoria of stone, brick and other ma
terials for Tilamook rock has been
signed by Iho contractors, Messrs.
Chuliiiors, Huhniw and Joffroy. It is
oxpeglod that the work on tho rook
will commence aUiul tlio ll of May.
fully sixteen feet above its original
level. It would bo n Question for tlio
naturalist rather than tho geologist to
determine tho ago of this flouting is
land, as it is evidently made up entire
ly of decayed vegetation. Perhaps at
soino remote poriod tho roots of a
troo, uptorn by a mountain storm and
drifting out into tho lake, formed the
nucleus from which tho island has
grown, but it seems singular that it
remained unchangeable in its posi
tion. Tho locality is much frequented
by pleusuro scokers who will hereafter
notice the increased elevation.-
The widow of tho Into Win M.
Tweed died in Paris on tho 13th in
stant. Col. Xojimitli conducted tho funeral
services of Mr. Lute Savago at tho
grave. Mr. Savago camo to this State
at the (im Col. Xosmith did.
Tho third story of tho Edliold Manu
facturing Company's building was
blown away. The roofs of a largo
number of privato residences wore
blown off, mid tho damage up to this
hour cannot possibly estimated.
Tin: secretary of tho treasury givos
notice that ho will at noon of each
Wednesday hereafter rcceivo propos
als for the sale to tho Government at
tho Xow York assistant treasurer's of
llco of tho following bonds, tho pro
ceeds to ho applied to tho sinking
fund, the amount of salo each Wed
nesday to bo ono million :fl's of 1SS0.
C's of 1881, and 5's of 1SS1. Tho pro
posals should give full particulars, as
heretofore niontioiiod, and methods
of proccduro as to roturning guaran
tee checks, otc, will also bo as hereto
fore mentioned, and methods of pro
ccduro as to roturning guraiitoo
cheeks, ou?.. will tm bens liorulofojrc.
The claim of J. A. Sutter for ?30,
000, is being urged in Congress.
The cotton factory of Lehman Hur
ra it Co., near Prattsville, Alabama,'
burned on tho 11th inst. Loss, $100,
000; insurance, $7o,000.
Wagon-makeiis from all parts of tho
country met at Chicago on tho 11th
and agiejtl to advance the price on
all wagons ton poreont.
A Portland paper says Mrs. Sena
tor (S rover is insane, and is being
cared for at a privato asylum in Dan
ville, New York.
The State Normal School at San
Jose, California, was burned on tho
10th instant ; loss-f ISO.OOO, insurunco
50,000.
The President on tlio 13th instant
issued another proclamation similar to
i that of last year, warning intelropers
not to trespass on the Indian Territory
under pain of removal by tho military
if necessary.
Mr. Loringof Mass has proposed a
constitutional amcndiiit.nt,"that tho
right of suffrage shail be based on citi
zenship, and the right of citizens to
voto shall not be donied or abridged
hy tho United States or any Stuto, on
account of sex, or for any reason not
equally applicable to all citizens of
tho United States "
FARM FOR SALE !
I fC ACHES OF CHOICE LAND
J UU t tlio mouth of Willanch
1 nigh, near North Bond and Marsh
Held. Good Iiouko and out buildings.
Adapted for dairying or general farm
ing. Good young orchard. Ono of
the best farms in Coos county. The
nlueo, with stock and implomeiitf, will
bo told very ohoup.
SSfFiw further particular apply ut
Iheolliyo of iho Coast Mail "tf