Yamhill County OR Archives News.....Newspaper abstracts for August 5, 1881 August 5, 1881 ************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Teal Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net September 19, 2005, 12:52 pm The Yamhill County Reporter August 5, 1881 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE YAMHILL COUNTY REPORTER", McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon for AUGUST 5, 1881 NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, August 5, 1881 TOWN AND COUNTY News Little Clara Tucker is down with scarlet fever but the attack is light and her speedy recovery is expected. --- Dr. Morris, late of North Yamhill, will soon open a new hotel in Hurst's new building, corner of Third and B streets. The house has been fitted up in a neat and comfortable style and under the direction of Dr. Morris and his excellent family will certainly be a comfortable and pleasant stopping place. --- The North Yamhill river channel, up at the foot of the mountains, is jam full of saw logs, which will be floated down to various mills in the valley on the first flood. The Messrs. Petch have furnished a lot of 850,000 feet and Smith has also gotten out a large amount. These logs are of fine quality. --- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright had a frightful experience in a runaway scrape on Sunday last. Their horses were large and lively and being hitched to a light buggy had no difficulty in spinning right along when they took a notion to indulge in a little run and accordingly they proceeded. They ran at a break neck speed about a mile with Frank hanging on to the lines for dear life and managing to keep the ride up until they came upon the premises of Mr. Jolly. Fortunately no one was injured and little damage was done. --- LAFAYETTE News Ex-Deputy Sheriff W.W. Nelson cut his left foot quite severely the fore part of the week, while slashing brush. -- Nine of our citizens will leave us Friday morning for the country near the mouth of the Nestucka. The company composed of J.J. Hembree, J.T. Hembree, D.J. Olds, A.P. Fletcher, L.J. Fletcher, J. Fletcher, W.W. Nelson, George and Jimmy Moor. Part of them go to look for homes in that section while the rest propose to have a good hunt. ---- Mr. Whitehead and family left us on Monday for California. --- DAYTON News S.W. Sigler & Co. is carrying on one of the finest mercantile businesses in the county. This firm carries a large stock of goods and does a good, safe and legitimate business. __ Next in order comes Logan & Hash, livery men, where one can get the finest turnouts in the way of teams and carriages on the very shortest notice. Mr. Logan is a thorough livery man and is always wide awake to serve his customers in a business like manner. --- Next comes Muchtler, the best carriage builder and blacksmith in the county. -- Johnson & Hill started in business here about a year ago. Their new flouring mill is all enclosed and the carpenters are only awaiting the arrival of the machinery so as to put it in running order. --- Col. Chris. Taylor, A.L. Saylor and C.G. Saylor left this morning for a tour of Puget Sound and Victoria. We understand they may extend their trip as far north as Alaska. We expect to see them return clothed in furs. --- MISCELLANEOUS OREGON NEWS BISHOP HAVEN DEAD Rev. Erastus Otis Haven, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at Salem on Tuesday August 2nd at 2 o'clock p.m. of uremic poisoning, aged 60 years. His wife and son were present. He made his Will on Saturday and requested to be buried in Lee Mission Cemetery near Salem. Nearly four weeks ago he left California to attend conferences in this state. He was not well at the time but went to Salem where he attended the commencement exercises at Willamette University and was immediately afterward confined to his bed with what was thought to be intermittent fever. The case was not considered dangerous until Saturday last, at which time Dr. W.H. Watkins of Portland was telegraphed for. The patient was found to be in a precarious condition and presented symptoms of congestive chill with nausea, which prevented the use of customary remedies. After the the administration of stimulents hypodermically, the Bishop rallied and it was hoped he would recover. A sudden relapse carried him off. Bishop Haven was a man of a large experience, ripe scholarship and great executive force. His life has been one of activity and usefulness. In the full vigor of manhood he came down to the river of death and passed over in perfect peace. ---- Mrs. Matilda Purdy died at her home on Salem Prairie recently, aged 72 years. She had been a resident of Oregon since 1846. She aws the mother of 11 children, 9 of whom survive her. --- Wm. Gale, one of the early pioneers of Oregon, died suddenly at the residence of his son-in-law, J. Hockersmith near Phoenix, July 23rd, aged 81 years. --- LEGAL CITATION In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Yamhill In the matter of the estate of Susan Holcomb, deceased Notice to: Eliza Randall William Holcomb May Garrison T.H. Holcomb Elizabeth Lynch Martha Holcomb; greeting: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby cited and required to appear in the County Court of the State of Oregon for the county of Yamhill at the court room at Lafayette in the county of Yamhill on Tuesday the sixth day of September 1881 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, then and there to show cause if there be any, why certain real estate, the property of Susan Holcomb, deceased, should not be sold as prayed for in the petition of T.B. Cary, administrator of said estate, duly filed in this Court, June 28, 188, which real estate is described as follows: The east half of the donation land claim of Thomas Holcomb and Susan Holcomb, his wife, being Claim No. 41, Notification No. 5,166 and parts of sections 3, 9 and 10, T. 7 9 R. 6 W, in the county of Polk and state of Oregon. Witness, the Hon. W.M. Townsend, Judge of County Court of State of Oregon for the county of Yamhill, with the seal affixed this 9th day of July, A.D., 1881. Attest: Jno. J. Spencer, County Clerk ----- LEGAL NOTICE, FINAL PROOF Land Office at Oregon City, Or June 29, 1881 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his homestead claim and that the said proof will be made before the county clerk at Yamhill county at Lafayette, Oregon on Saturday, August 13, 1881, viz: Peter LaChance, heir at Law of Gus LaChance, deceased, for Homestead Application No. 3,061. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of a said land, viz: Alexander LaBontie, John Minors, Mack Murphy and Israel Langlan, all of Bellevue, Yamhill County, Oregon. L.T. 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