The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-08
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In
Condensed Form.

The Weston Leader Is urging the
citizens of that place to build water
works.
The construction of new steam
boat on Upper Klanleth lake is talked
Of.
A company has incorporated at
Lostine for the purpose of building a
Touring mill.
John Pomeroy, of Huntington, has
been adiudged insane and sent to the
asylum.
The new Catholic church to be built
at Salem will cost $4,000 and will seat
600 people.
A Chinaman jumped into the Will
lamette river at Portland, but was res
cued in a halfdrowned condition.
John Barker, OF Butter creek, Nor
row county, was fined 800 for allow
ing his ssabby sheep to scatter oa the
range.
The Dalles LAUNDERING Company's
flume is within six miles of that city
and the work is being pushed as rap
idly as possible.
The chief engineer and assistants Of
the Portland Paid Fire Department
were presented with gold badges by
the members, for attention to duty.
Percival Nash, fell from wagon at
Nashville, the wheels lssing over his
breast. 1t is thought the boy, who is
Is years old, will recover.
A postoffice has been established at
Mill City, Marion county, and Joseph
A. Shaw has been appointed post
master.
George Williams has been appointed
postmaster at Wamie, Wasco county,
! in place OF NJ. A. Chamberlain, who
has resigned.
i Miss Wimberly, student at the
Oregon State Normal School from
Roseburg, is lying very low with
symptoms of brain fever, and her re
covery is doubtful.
A short time ago in Jordan valley,
AL Corpe, an oldtime stage driver,
struck Dick Munger over the head
with spade. 1t is said that Munger
will die.
The barge Margey collidcd with the
! draw of the Morrison street bridge,
Portland, bending the kingpost back
several feet, lifting the pilot house
from over the head of the captain and
tearing away the smokestack.
Billy Roberts, who was arrested up
ON charge of an assault with intent
70 kill was examined in Linkville last
week and acquitted, the evidence
showing that ne was the assaulted
. party.
II. Hosford's store at Candy burned
down 1T an estimated loss of $500,
building inclusive. 1t is rumored 70
have been the work of an incendiary,
. by boring holes through the wall and
! pouring coal oil through To start the
ire.
: While A. d. Hadley, of Burnt river,
t Baker county, was emdeavoring 70
] break colt, he Was severely kicked
D bone Just below the eye, breaking the
: cheek bone and cutting him just above
] the rye and down the right side of the
3 nose, making a severe and painful
wound.
/ The locomotive for the Southern
: Oregon Company's logging railroad Al
a Summer, is on the way from the Easi
. to San Francisco, and on its arrIva
L there will be shipped immediately tC
:. Coos bay. The track Is now being
d laid, and everything will be IN readi
q ness for hauling logs when the loco
L motive arrives.
}, Jo Ben Lane, agent at the Siletz In
e dian Reservation, Is again in peaceful
) possession of affairs at the reservation
q A special agent accompanied him Oh
s his return, aft.r being driven off by
L the Indians, and a peace has beer
n patched up, and things are again NOV
! ing along quietly without danger o
any further disturbance on the part o
IF the Indians.
Jacob Bashor, who lives about thre
d miles east OF Salem, built barbe,
e wire fence on his place He hardl,
finished putting up the fence until
/ mare belonging to him, valued at $I50
; ran against it at full speed. She tor
!! down the fence and cut her windpip
- and right jugular vein, and died ii
= twenty minutes. Another horse will
, her was pre- ty badly used up, but vii
recover. Mr.. BIshor says that b
It won't put up any more barbed wir
8, fence on his place.