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3-21-1896

BURGLARS AT COBURG

Country stores are robbed very frequently these days. The last one occurred at Coburg last night. It appears that burglars broke into the general Merchandise store of VanDuyn Bros. sometime during the last night by breaking open the front doors. They went to the rear portion of the store and started to drill into the safe, but probably became scared, and gave up the job. As a precautionary measure the burglars had opened the rear windows which had been nailed down. The money drawer was broken open and the change, amounting to three or four dollars was taken: Nothing else was missed.

10-28-1896

DEATH OF EDITOR CARTWRIGHT

Today's Albany Herald; The sad intelligence of the passing away of one of the brightest and most highly esteemed young men of Linn County, was brought to us yesterday by the following telegram: Harrisburg, Oct. 27 - John E. Cartwright died at 2:30 p. m. He was sick only six hours. The doctor pronounced it chronic poison from printers type. Mr. Cartwright had established the Harrisburg Review upon a firm basis, had recently married, and was considered one of Harrisburg's best business men. His loss will be most sincerely mourned.

10-31-1896

BURGLARS PENETRATE

W. M. VanDuyn's SAFE AT Coburg

William VanDuyn's safe in his general store at Coburg was cracked by burglars last night. There was no money in the safe and the burglars got nothing. Tracks about the building indicate that the deed was committed by two men. An entrance to the store was effected by removing two panes of glass from the sash in one of the rear doors. Tools were procured from J. C. Goodale's blacksmith shop with which a hole was drilled through the outer door of the safe and the combination broken. The lock on the inside door was broken and access was gained to the safe without the use of explosives. Mr. VanDuyn had left no money in the safe and the burglars got nothing for their trouble. They removed the books to an adjoining room and tore up some papers, but so far as can be ascertained did not molest anything else in the store. A partially rolled cigarette was left in the building. There is no definite clue to the would be burglars, though the store and safe were doubtless broken into by local talent.

11-10-1896

TWO BOYS DROWNED

Last Sunday afternoon two small boys of Mr. Vansycle, fell off of a foot log at the Mill Creek Saw mill, in Mabel precinct and were drowned. The entire community were out searching for the bodies yesterday, but were not successful up to last evening. Our informant could not give us any particulars of the unfortunate affair neither the ages of the children nor the initials of the father.

12-29-1896

THE GREAT COYOTE HUNT May 1st 1897: Embracing territory commencing where the state road forms a junction with the Eugene road north of Doak Zumwalt's, thence up the north fork of the Coyote, crossing over into Fox Hollow, and on across to Camas Swale, and on north to the Willamette river; thence on down the river to the railroad; following the railroad to Eugene, thence on out west to the Cantrel Lane; thence on across to the Coyote; thence on to the place of commencement.

We the undersigned agree.. to be on hand, rain or shine, providing there are 250 names or more enrolled, on or before the 10th of April 1897. The Guard will notify from time to time. If said 250 names are not enrolled by the 10th of April, 1897, said hunt will be declared off. There will be a committee appointed to select grounds to drive to. Proceeds will be disbursed according to the vote of the crowd.