The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30
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MIS. 14utileI w nltc Is CAtfeineiy III,
having suffered a stroke Of paralysis.
Married, at Albany, Saturday, Nov.
III, f. Anderson and Mrs. n. Bunch,
both of Brownsville.
Miss Hattie Long has sufficiently re-
covered from her late illness to resume
her position as teacher in the North
Brownsville school.
Miss Ella Riggs, who for the past
week was slowly recovering from her
illness, has had relapse, and Mt last
accounts was seriously i'll.
The South Brownsville Literary So
eiety has permanently reorganized,
and will again meet weekly at the hall
in n. B. Standish's building. Mem
bers will please be on hand every Fri
day evening.
Rev. Medbury, pastor of the Baptist
church of Salem, who arrived in
Brownsville on Saturday, delivered n
sermon on the evening of that day,
and also held services at the Baptist
church on the following Sunday.
Since the last issue of THE LEBANON
EXPRESS, as stated in that edition,
there has been but one case Of small
pox in the vicinity of Brownsville, and
no cases in town, at that or the present
time. The work of vaccination has
gone steadily on, and all precautions
have been used to insure safety from
the disease should case occur. All
those desiring to be vaccinated can
procure fresh vaccine virus points by
applying at the Office of Drs. Starr
and Reese.
Died, Nov. 81, 1888, at his residence
nine miles east of Brownsville, A. X.
Thompson, aged so years, 10 months
and Is days. The deceased was born
at Racine, Wis, June s, 1888. For the
past twenty years he resided in Browns
vile, being at one time interested in
the sash and door factory, latterly de-
voting his time TO the Improvement of
farm property. A week previous to
his final illness he was summoned to
Portland to attend his eldest son,
Clyde, at the bedside of whom he con-
tracted smallpox, the disease making
its appearance shortly after his return
home. Mr.. Thompson was member
of lodge No. SO, a. F. and 4. NJ, and
was we'll known and highly respected
by the entire community ia which he
reside. To the bereaved wife and
mother the loss is doubIy heartrend-
ing, having in the last five weeks lost
both son and husband by the dreaded
disease.
y shocking accident resulting In In
slant death occurred in South Browns
vile on the afternoon of Wednesday,
Nov. 2l. Phillip Walker, who during
the day had been hunting, on his way
home entered the billiard saloon, seat
ing himself in one of the seats placed
upon raised platform which extend
ed around the outer sides of the room,
holding his gun Immediately in front
of him with the butt resting upon the
floor below, a distance OF some ten or
twelve inches In few moments n
loud report startled the inmates of the
room, and the unfortunate young man
was seen 10 fall forward upon the floor.
Upon examination it was found that
one barrel of the gun was discharged,
the entire load of shot entering tho
left side Of the face, cutting away q
part Of the jaw aud ear, passing up
9Tard and lodging in the brain. JUS
/ tice Howe, who was notified, inmeti:-
ately impannelcd a jury, who returned
+ the following verdict: 1--WE find the
deceased came to his death from acc :
dental discharge of shotgun while in
his own hands. The general SUPPOSE
! ton is that the deceased, in attempt
ing to raise the gun from the floor,
caught the hammer Of one barrel upon
the projecting floor of the platform
on which he sat, drawing the hammer
back and discharging the gun. At the
conclusion of the coroner's jury tht
body was ineased in neat coffin and
conveyed to the Wilson hotel, from
which place the funeral took place OF
the following day. The deceased wa:
- years of age, sober, industriou.
man, respected by all who knew MIN
T. SP.