The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-03-02
COAST cuLLINoS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.

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cisco.
Moreal DE Brevans fell Off train at
Oakland, Call, and was run over and
killed.
The placer mines Of Boise county,
Montana, produced last year about
$500, 900.
) A man, name unknown, was run
over at Davisyille, CAL, by a freight car
and instantly killed.
Peter Dronlon, an old citizen, was
crushed to death at San Buenaventura,
Cal, by a falling tree.
Blaine,:W. T., is now United States
signal station with DIR. ID. G. Dement,
as the agent in charge,
T. b. Allison, laborer, was killed
instantly at a stone quarry at Flag.
staff, Arizona, by falling derrick.
The Holley system OF water works
is to be put in for Colfax, w. T., to
pump water from the North Palouse
river.
Benjamin Graham and John Stevens
were sufiocated in schooner at De-
parture bay, b. O., from charcoal
fumes.
Robert Distance, colored, proprietor
of restaurant IN San Francisco, was
fatally stabbed by VIM. Thomas, alec
eclored.
The Republican Territorial Conven-
ton will probably be held at Ellens-
burg, says a Washington Territory
exchange.
There are over 10,000000 acres of
public land in Southern Idaho de-
elared by the U. 5. land officials to be
susceptible of cultivation.
The tug Dolphin sprung leak and
sank just outside The Heads at San
Francisco. The vessel was valued at
$685. 900 and is probably total loss.
| Six Italians were convicted at
| Ketchum, Idaho, of unlawfully killing
Iish in Wood river by the use OF pow
der. They were sent 10 Jail for twelve
| days.
Jos. l.. Cappuce fell overheard in a
tit from the steamer Crescent City and
Was drowned The accident happened
| while the steamer was docking at San
Francisco.
James Brady, mlchinist, fatally
scalded his aged wife, at San Francisco
by pouring the c&Atents of kettle oi
boiling water over her head while in .
| drunken rage.
Annie Ruprecht, IL years old, re
Gently from Switzerland, was found
| dead in her room at San Francisco
from inhaling gas. She blew out the
gas ON retiring.
The mail carrier between Calico
Cal, and Bismarck is dog. The mai
is fastened about his neck. In the
last three years he has never missed
a trip nor lost letter.
At Anaconda, Montana, William
Martin, hotel keeper, killed Patrick
Reardon. They were walking along
the street and had words. Martin
Knocked Reardon down with the butt
Iof pistol and then shot him.
AS soon as the road through the
mountains IN Siskiyou county is ia 4
suitable condition for trains to pass il
safety at high rate of speed, a new
lightning express will be put on tht
tCalifornia & Oregon. 1t will carry
mails as well as passengers.
George Nelson was shot and in
Istantly killed while engaged in chop
ping wood on the summit, near SAINT,
Cruz, Cal. A Spaniard is suspected o
the crime, but he says Nelson's pisto
fell out of his pocket and was acciden
tally discharged, with the above result
| The residence in East Los Angeles
of Ed. Dunhanl, was entered by burg
lars, who carried safe weighing 20t
pounds, out of the house, loaded i
into a wagon and drove off. The SAT,
contained 81 200 worth of diamond
belonging TO Mrs. Danham, and a few
dollars in money.
Fifty families of Newfoundland fish
ermen have arranged to move shortl,
to group of the Queen Charlotte
Islands, off the British Columbian
coast, above Vancouver. The water
about the islands are said to aboun,
in fish, and one Of the industries o
the colony viii be sending fresh fish t.
the Victoria market.
A large mahogany log came ashor
on the weather beach short tim
since, and it is thought that gooC
16 foot log could be cut out of it, say
I the Oysteryille paper. Such timbe
+ is a stranger in this part of the world
: and has drifted all the way from Soutl
America. 1t would make quite a val
: liable stick of timber for some one 4
T pick up.
The largest Chinese mining cam
+ in the Northwest is at Warren, Idaho
Hundreds of Chinese have been a
work there for several years, and eacl
year from fifty to seventy five go bacl
to China with from $4,000 to $5,0O(
fortune for them. Most Chimes
miners work over old mines, and ar
expert at cleaning up every particle {
gold, but at Warren they are on nev
ground, and their careful system re
suits in large yields.
B. Napoli, an Italian rancher, ha
his arm crushed between the jaws of
COW, at Dayton, Nevada. He observe
that the animal was choking from
potato stuck in its throat, and thrus
his arm into the cows mouth an,
pushed the potato down. When b
attempted to withdraw his arm tn
beast closed its jaws and held Napoli'
arm with such a grip that only b
prying the cows jaws open with Al
iron bar could it be extricated. Am
putation was necessary.
Dentist, facetiously to young maj
who has come to him to be treated il
the usual way for toothache-s.A gooC
many years ago, young man, the onl,
sovereign cure for toothache was t.