The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-21
PACIFIC COAST NOTES.
Matters or Local and General Import
Gathered from All Sources for
the Benefit or Our Readers.
At Mariposa hay Is s25 a ton.

, AT Mariposa hay is $25 ton.
The Fresno Expositor has been en-
larged.
The Dalles, Or, pays bounty 70
dog scalps.
A turnpike from Chico to orovill,
is projected.
The sugar refinery at watsonvill,
gives vs. a ton for beets.
The streets OF Traver, Tulre county
are TO be graded this winter.
A WOODEN mill is TO be started al
Brownsville, Linn county, Or.
The strike ON the Montana Union
railroad has forced several mines tc
close down.
Hon. Stephen M. White tainted in
the court room at Los Angeles recent.
ly, the effect OF overwork.
Two squaws, who were intoxicated
rolled into a camp fire at Cotton re-
Gently and were badly burned.
The Woodland town authorities
want 10 drive out the Salvation army
and raise the price OF theatrical IL
cense.
Senator Stanford will be shown
points for needed legislation on the
southern coast.
The corporation publishing the San
Bernardino Times has taken the name
of The l.. NJ. Holt Publishing Com
pany.
Chinese gamblers bave been hirinI,
substitutes 10 appear for them in the
Los Angeles courts and have thus es-
capped.
William Wright, 14-v ear-old col
ored boy, stabbed Franklin McAllen,
aged 13, with pocket knife at Stock
ton last week.
The Board of Supervisors OF Sono-
ma county have let contract 10
build a $4,000 bridge across Russian
river at Cloverdale.
The orchards, vineyards and can
merry connected with General Bid
wells rancho Chico are to be leased
to San Francisco company.
Diptheria still affiicts Bloomfield,
Sonoma count. Several cases are
yet in danger. The schools have been
closed for six weeks.
Four celestials on a hand-car were
badly injured near San fernando, Los
Angeles county, last week, in collision
with a special train.
Jacob Hodge, a carpenter al the
Coe mine at Grass Valley, had both
arms broken recently in a fall, and il
is believed he is internally injured.
Three deaths SO far are reported TO
the Portland police as result of the
Chinese battle recently. Many are
wounded, but they are keeping quiet.
Revenge and not robbery is de-
clared to have been he motive that
actuated the seoundrels who attempted
to wreck the Oregon express on Tues
day.
The Salvation army at Petaluma has
won a victory. They have obtained |
permission to parade the streets, and |
parties Dlolesting them will BE- arrested.
Samuel sheplar, of Chicago, has pur-
chased a $4,000 ranch few miles
west of Santa Rosa, which he intends
into a stock and breeding |
farm.
Railway postoff1ce service has been |
ON the line of the North
ern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore |
railroads between Seattle and Tacoma.
Alfred Schwartz, of Slaughter, w.
t., mas been swindling the people by
obtaining money on pretended GER
tiicstes of deposit on San Francisco
bankP.
The first annual promenade con-
cert and ball of the Grand Army of the
Republic was given last week at the
State capital at Sacramento and was
great success.
Rails have been laid on the Feather
river bridge of the knights Landing
of the Northern California
company, and an engine crossed from
Marysville into Sutter county recently.
Oregon's tax levy has been fixed as
ollows: State levy for current ex-
penses, three and seven-tenths of a
mill; militia tax, one-ffth of a mill
University, one-tenth of a mill. To-
al, four mills.
Charles Marshall, a noted horse
,hief, was shot in the leg recently by
Will Roberts, a San Bernardino deputy
heriff. Marshall was found in the
,rush in the mountains. He will
die. There are eight charges
II robbery against him in Los An
,eles aud San Bernardino counties.
1t is proposed to build sea-wall
100 feet wide on top around the en- I
ire city front of San Diego. The idea
5 to furnish terminal facilities, main
racks, switches-round-houses, ETC., for
III railroads entering the city, besides {
,oal bunkers and warehouses for all
he shipping business of the water
ront.
In the trial of John A. Dimmig, of =,
IAN Francisco, "a book agent, for the :
lleged murder OF Henry Benhayon :
n October, 1887, number of wit
lesses were called, but the testimony
arid little if any from that elected !
t the former trial. Louis Goldberg, ]
cloak dealer and a close associate of E
Ssnhayon, testified that he didn't I
hink that the latter could have writ '
en- his alleged confession at the time
70 called at witness place of business
, do some writing, as he remained too q
hort time to write so long a docu G