[or-roots] Some interesting Oregon tidbits from the Spokane Register, 1895

[Robyn Greenlund]

Rev.
Edgar P. Hill of Freeport, Ill. Has been given the unanimous call to
the First Presbyterian church of Portland
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 21, 1895

Mrs.
Joseph Dixon died at her home on Oak creek, near Corvallis, last
Sunday. She was born in Missouri on 1830, and came to Oregon in 1853.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 21, 1895

Mrs.
Savanahh Hall, 53 years old, and a pioneer of 1853, died at Myrtle
Creek last week. Her husband, John Hall, has served three terms as
commissioner of Douglas county.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 21, 1895

William
Levens, who was working a claim on Tennessee gulch, has, it is
thought, one of the best paying mines in southern Oregon. He was in
Canyonville recently with $700 to $800 in gold dust taken out of two
or three sluice boxes.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 21, 1895

There
was a tripple wedding at Brownsville Sunday morning, the brides being
the three daughters of Mrs. Booker. Miss Josie was married to Joseph
Harrison, Miss Etta to Allen Chastain, and Miss Ella to William H.
Templeton.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 21, 1895

The
name Eureka postoffice at Cracker Creek, the scene of operation of
the E. & E. mines, has been changed to Bourne, in honor of Mr.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., one of the stockholders of the Eureka and
Excelsior Consolidated Mining Company and known as the free silver
champion of Portland. Mr. J. Henry Longmaid had the honor of
christening the new post office and the postmaster is Mr. R.R.
Weatherred.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 23, 1895

She
Was A Pioneer
Mrs.
James Monaghan Dies After an Illnes of Several Weeks Leaving Six
Children. Robert, the Eldest, Arrived From Annapolis In Time to Be at
Her Bedside

Mrs.
Margaret Monaghan, wife of James Monaghan, died at her home near
Gonzaga college at 8 o'clock last night, aged 43 years and 9 months.
She had been ill for several weeks with rheumatism and la grippe and
her death was not unexpected. A week ago physicians decided that she
could not recover.

She
leaves besides her husband six children, three girls and three boys,
Robert, who is a cadet in the United States naval academy at
Annapolis, being the eldest. Robert arrived home two days ago in
answer to a telegram summoning him to his mother's bedside.

Mrs.
Monaghan was one of the pioneer women of the northwest. She came to
Walla Walla with her parents from Ireland in 1859, when she was 7
years old, and was married to Mr. Monaghan at Walla Walla in 1871.
They moved to Fort Coville and subsequently lived at Fort Spokane and
Coeur d'Alene City, finally settling down in Spokane. Mrs. Monaghan's
maiden name was McCool, and her aged parents are still living at
Walla Walla, Hugh McCool, collector of customs at Northport, is her
brother, as are also Joseph and James McCool. She was a lady of
lovable qualities and was possessed of a hindly disposition which
made her many friends.

Mr.
Monaghan, who is one of the earliest pioneer settlers of the
northwest, and his family, will receive the sympathy of friends
throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia in their
great loss.

“She
was essentially a pioneer woman, with all the attributes of the
founders of this great commonwealth.” said Hon. M.M. Cowley last
night. “She was full of charity, generous-hearted to a degree
seldom known, sweet-tempered, modest, gifted with a graciousness not
often surpassed. She was conspicuous for her goodness, perfect in her
reliance upon the goodness of God and the virtue of her neighbors,
the sweetest of mothers, the best of wives, the most dutiful of
daughters. She went to meet her Creator believing and trusting in the
life to come with a convincing strength that never failed.”

The
arrangements for the funeral have not been made and will be announced
later.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 23, 1895

Samuel
F. Staggs died at McMinnville April 13, aged 78. He crossed the
plains from Missouri, reaching Oregon in 1846.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 23, 1895

W.H.
Byars, the new commandant of the soldier's home, has arrived at
Roseburg, and is getting in readiness to assume his office on May 1.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, April 23, 1895

Portland
– Isaac Barnes, one of the old residents of Portland, died at the
residence of his son, Frederick Barnes. He was 83 years of age, and
first came to this county in from England in 1813, locating in
Albany, N.Y. After two years he went back to England, but returned
shortly afterward and engaged in the business of brushmaking in New
York. In 1856 he removed with his family to Iowa, and in 1861 crossed
the plains for Oregon, and ever since he lived in the vicinity of
Portland
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Jul 9, 1896

Baker
City – Fannie Jenkins, aged 14, daughter of Captain Wm. [William]
Jenkins, a miner employed at the Virtue mine, while walking from
their cottage to a neighbor's house with her little brother in her
arms, stumbled, and in trying to save the child from being injured,
fell backward and broke her neck. Death was instantaneous. The place
where she fell is as level as a floor.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Jul 9, 1896

Oregon
– Doc Burns, a 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burns, came
near drowning in the Olalla the other day. He had gone swimming and
by some means got beyond his depth, when his mother noticed him and
screamed for help. J.M. ___[unreadable], who was cutting hay nearby, ran to the
rescue and, plunging in the water, caught the boy as he was going
under the third time. A little care brought the boy around all right.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Jul 9, 1896

La
Grande— News has been received from Fox Hill that Joseph Leasey was
accidentally killed by being thrown from a wagon loaded with wood.
Leasey and a number of others from Island City went upon the hill for
wood. It is supposed that the accident was caused by a brake of the
wagon giving way, but no particulars have been received.  
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

Portland
– C.F. Kent, a well known citizen of Oregon, died suddenly at the
home of his step-daughter, Mrs. Jesse Crame. Mr. Kent was 75 years of
age. He came to Oregon in 1863, and for some time was engaged in the
mines of southern Oregon. He was a quartermaster during the war of
the rebellion. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

The
Dalles- Mrs. S.A. Davenport was this morning adjudged insane, and
will be taken to the asylum in the morning. She is flighty on the
subject of Christian science and it is hoped a few weeks, or at most
a month's treatment, may restore her mental balance, says the
Chronicle.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

Roseburg
– Mrs. Sheridan, the wife of Thomas Sheridan, Sr., died at her
residence the other afternoon. Mrs. Sheridan had been an invalid for
a number of years. She was an old pioneer of this county, and left a
husband and four sons.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

Kendrick,
Idaho – J.S. Falls, better known to the people of this country as
“Old California”, shuffled off this mortal coil last Friday
morning. A little more than six months ago he was sentenced to the
Nez Perce county jail for selling liqour to the Indians, and about
two weeks after the completion of his sentence he died of heart
failure. His remains were interred at Lewiston last Saturday at the
county's expense. And now every time the eye gazes upon the little
log cabin in Brady Gulch, the memory will recall many peculiar
incidents in his checkered career, says the Times.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

DEATH
OF A WALLA WALLA PIONEER
Had Lived
in the County for About Forty Years.
“Walla
Walla. Wash.. Nov. 30.-A. S. Van Horrn, an old pioneer, died in the
hospital in this city last night of congestion of the liver. He was
born in Pennsylvania in 1833, crossed the plains in 1849 and settled
in Salt Lake. He came to Walla Walla in 1859 and was one of the best
known pioneers in eastern Washington.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

Joe
Twyman, another old-timer, 73 years of age., was found dead in a
house five miles west of the city this morning. He lived alone on
what is known as the old Coe farm. As he had not been seen for
several days, his neighbors went to his home this morning and found
him lying dead on the floor. He lay near a stove, an arm load of wood
beside him, and his white locks covered with the snow which had
drifted on him. He had gloves on his hands, and sacks wrapped around
his feet, indicating that he entered the house just before he died.
The supposed cause was heart disease. Twyman had lived in this county
40 years and at one time was well-to-do, but it is said he gave away
most of his property to a woman with whom he was infatuated, who
abandoned him shortly after she secured possession.
Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington, Dec 3, 1896

 Robyn
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