The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-29
OREGON NEWS.
Evsrything Of General Interest IN
Condensed PORN.

The postofIice at Acton, Morrow
county, Oregon, has been discontinued.
The machinery for the new roller
mills at Milton is on the ground.
Charles Canon, aged 8, Of Pend'e-
ton, fell from stills and broke his left
arm.
w. B. Cunningham killed lynx
near Heppner. He measured 3 feet
inches from tip OF nose to tip of tail
John Gerkish, of the Puget Sound
Pipe Company has been awarded q
contract for the construction of water
works at Milton, Umatilla county.
Roland Mcpherson has been ap
pointed postmaster at Mountain Dale,
| Was hington county, Oregon, vice,
Nathan A. b rret resigned.
Representative Hermann has Sc
cured an extension of mail service o.
Looking Glass from Oakland, in Doug
las county, Oregon.
Charlie, 10y, ar-o'd SON of l.. s
Winters. groceryman, fell of the
trestle work near the Salem Mills aud
broke his right leg.
An increase OF mail service has
been ordered from six TO seven trips a
week from LiaAv.lle 10 Lskeview
Oregon.
The following patent his been
| granted Joseph Leole, ID lies, and
john Haeton, Portland; shawl STRAP
and FIRE escape.
A salmon was hauled up on tn,
Cutting Packing Company's dock thai
weighed seventy-four pounds. A
Booth, OF Chicago, sent it ON ice Il
Chicago.
VIM 0'Neil, of Pendleton, wa
tried, convicted and sentenced TO ON,
year in the peuitentiary for the Grim,
OF mayhem on the person of John
Brassiield.
! Johnny Lonon, Of Pendletpn, Will,
blowing a fire cracker 10 see il it ha,
gone out, had his face dreadful,
burned by the explosion that followed
His eyes were not much injured.
While woodehoppei at Meacham
named Henry Wnderman, was lyini
in his tent a tree about ten inches il
diameter WIS blown down across hi
body az the hips, injuring him severely
He was taken to Ia Gran lie for med
cal treatment
A man named Cummins, of Coz
Wallis, while in a sonnnambulistie stat
the other night, walked out of a roor
on the second door Cf the Murra
hotel and fell out of door t. TN
: ground, eighteen feet below. He e
capped with only slight injuries
/ The Alaska Gold Company, tn
Oregon Bisuminous Rock Compan,
I and the Pacific Iron works have III
, articles of Incorporation with til
, secretary of state; also the Nj soni
: Building Association incorpnraior
/ George F. Simsen, George W. M,stor
! Chas. +. Wolverton; capital stacl
! $4,000; location, Albany.
. Frank Marshall, Pete II ss aud bod
p Savage became involved in row i
{ North Salem, in which Savage WI
Knocked down by Marshall, and
5 falling his leg was broken. Marsha
. ,lso broke the nose OF Ross with h
!, fist. Marshall was arrested but Wa
7 discharged, no one appearing againi
e him.
: Arthur Burton, ? mul4tto, was a
J. rested at Brownsville for the rape
: Mss Eliza Harrington, aud was lodge
in Jail, having been bound over /
Z Justice Avery of Brownsville. II
Y ! victim who is aged shout Is, stat,
hat her ravisher entered her bedrooi
}. and administered chloroform and ou
q aged her, leaving her unconscion
= Much indignation is expressed
Brownsville, and Burton only escape
[. ,eing lynched by the strenuous exc
: tions ef his guard
: John Mcdonald, known as " j
c couveT Jack" met with what migl
r nave proved fatal accident. Il
i rooms as a lodging house ON Fifth al
: Washington streets. Portland, and WI
sitting near a rear window skylarkir
a with some young men in the court b
o low. In attempting 10 throw a bas
4 of water on them he lost his balau,
:, and fell out Of the window on fen,
J. below, distance of about twep
e feet. A supef fetal examinatic
n showed that no bones were broke
d but he was pretty badly sh ken u
u and may be internally hurt.
.e Word comes from Sand island OF Il
ls drowning or two men, Charles Gu
o tinson and Alfred Blank, boat. pullc
fishing for the Astoria Plcki 1g c l
le pany, The men mad their boat a
g chored off the Great Republic spit. !
n The turn of the tide the water alwa,
y gets rough. The waves rolling in, u
r. men concluded to leave the boat Al
y swim ashore. Bath were overwhelmt
q and drowned The boat was reco
le cred aud brought to the Gamer
u Gustinson was a fine young NJ:
I aged %, and is deeply regretted. I'll
| boat-puller was a stranger in q
e country.
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