The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-03-09
COAST COLLlNGs.
Devoted Principally 20 Washington
Territory and California.

The work on the Cascade tunnel
will be finished in May.
Az Visalia, Cal, a train ran over and
killed U. Z. MeAllister 40 years OF
age.
There are eight hundred and sixty.
four school houses in Washington Ter
ritory.
George Charles was drowned while
trying TO cross Eel river, near Peta
luna, Cal.
Thos. Chriestieson fell off the rail-
road bridge at saucehto, CAL, and was
drowned.
The Commissioners of Klickitat
county, w. r., have appropriated $3.50
10 advertise the county.
The whole number OF prisoners con-
fined at McNeal's Island, w T., is
151, OF whom 81 are Cinnamon.
Jaiier Tallman died from the effects
OF beating received ut the hands OF
four tramps who broke jail at Redwood
City, Cal.
The Odd Fellows OF Goldendale,
". T., expect to erect hall, and in
tend 10 buy tract of land suitable for
cemetery.
IN Cajon valley. Cal, a team belong.
ing 90 John Bull ran away; he was
thrown OUT striking on his head, and
instantly killed.
A man named Stephen Hall was
killed by the premature discharge OF a
blast on the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern Railroad.
Hattie Dorlet, aged l5, wife of II.
Dorlet, aged so, committed suicide by
taking poison in her husbands store
at San Francisco.
J. @. Cousins, well-known barber,
afflicted with lepresy, committed sui
eide At Marysville, CAL, by taking
landanum. IL was his third attempt.
F. M. Mccormick, well-known rail
road man, died at Los Angeles from
injuries received by being run over by
a construction train, in which he had
both legs crushed.
Henry Meyerick, Jr., shot himself
dead over his wife's grave in the Odd
Fellows cemetery at Santa Cruz, Cal
The deceased was recently married
and his wife died shortly after.
VIM. Glover, the highwayman who
held up George III. Preston at Seattle
and seriously wounded him because
he would not hold his hands up, has
been captured at Pueblo, Colorado.
San Francisco county, CAL, pays a
State tax of ST. ,3S2, ,391, yet has but ~
square miles of territory. The largest
county in the State is San Bernardino
with an area of 2I,1T1 square miles.
Paul Blessing, young machinist
was drowned at bath house in Ala.
media, CAL, being unable to swim
Several friends present were unable to
render assistance for the same reason
Michael Y. Houran, a sail maker
committed suicide at San Francisco
by rushing from his bedroom and
jumping down 3 shaft between stairs
He struck on his head, causing instant
death.
heona OF saw logs on the North
J Palouse broke, near Colfax, w. T.
killing Moses Ebert and woundinp
three -others. A man was drowned
further up the river about the same
time.
Abraham Waidstein, photographer oi
San Francisco, and well known AMONG
turf men OF California, died on board
the steamer Austrail, as the vessel was
entering harbor. He had been i'll for
some time, and went to Honolulu fol
his health.
During January, "a eargoes, aggre.
eating %, 9,T69, 900 feet of lumber were
shipped from Puget Sound, divided as
follows: Port Gamble, 7,2I7 600 feet
Port Blakeley, 5,o64,00o Tacoma,
4S35, ,0c0; Port Discovery, 4023. 900
fort Madison, 3,050,o00; Utsalada,
2,2S0,00 Port Ludlow, 6,250, 900
Port Hadlock, 1.050.000.
The Marshall monument committee
awarded the contract for a monument
Of John Marshall, discoverer of gold in
California, to F. Marion Wells, of San
Francisco. The manument will be
erected at Coloma, Ell Dorado county
and be a granite shaft, thirty feet
high, surmounted by marble statue
Of Marshall nine feet high.
Antonio Arellanes accidentally shot
He was riding in a buggy with another
man, carrying shotgun in his hand
Making short turn, the buggy tipped
and Arellanes attempted to Jump out
when the hammer of the gun strucl
some object, causing its discharge
The load literally tore one-half hi.
> w Sherlock, of Sonora, Cal
formerly captain in the U. S. navy
committed suicide in his room at
San Francisco hotel When the cham
( bermaid opened the door she saw hin
sitting in a chair, which was tilteC
back against one end OF the lounge
There was hole in his head and
revolver in his hand. Letters lef
stated that i'll health was the cause o
1.-The deed.
A shocking accident occurred at tn,
farm of James Cooke near North Yak
ina, which resulted in the death of
little girl, Lille Myrtle Beck, ageC
about 10 years. The grandfather o
the girl was driving some horses in +.
corral and the child, it is supposed
ran up behind one of the animals anC
struck it on the heels with stick, re
ceiving a kick on the head which
fractured the skull, killing her almos
instantly.
The city of Toronto has popula-
ton of 10000 and prospers without
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