The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-25
COAST CuLLlNGS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.

Jacob Poort, sailor on the schooner
Black Diamond, at Antioch, Cal, while
scraping the mast on the vessel, fell a
distance of fifty feet and was killed.
VIM. Livingston, miner at Viz
ginia, New, died of blood poisoning,
produced by liberation of the Jaw fol-
lowing the extraction of n decayed
tooth.
An inquest was held at Los Angeles,
Cal, on the body of Peter Walters,
who died from the effects of a shot
fired by his wife Bridget. The jury
returned verdict charging her with
murder.
The trial OF John @. Crawford, who
shot and killed Martin VanBuren
Burke at San Francisco, closed, and
the jury returned verdict of guilty,
fixing the penalty at imprisonment
for life.
The First regiment United States
Infantry, Col. Shafter commanding,
and a battery of artillery, have ac-
cepted an invitation to spend three
months in camp in Santa Barbara,
Cal.
Capt. Adams was shot through the
lung, Bob Pringle in the mouth, and
| Bill Rhodes in the hand, in saloon
on Salt river, Arizona. Some months
ago Pringle's brother was assassinated
and the fight was the result OF that
affair
T. II. Culbertson's furniture store
was burned at Pomeroy. w. T. The
loss will reach 81 800; fully insured
In ten minutes, the firemen had four
streams of water on the fire, and pre-
vented it extending 10 adjoining build
ings.
John George, young Greek fisher
man, was lodged in prison nj Sacra-
mento, Cal, for the murder of Valen-
tine Maldonado on Lone Tree island
in the Sacramento river. The trouble
took place over a young woman
named Nellie Dominquez, with whom
Maldonado had been living a few
years.
G. ID. Jenkins was found murdered,
shot through the head and body, in
the Little Colorado river, Arizona.
| Tie remains had been in the water for
several days. ] nkins came from
Nashville, Tenn, was a photographer,
was in company with man named
/ Smith. Smith is missing.
Mr.. wahlen, merchant at Wheat
| fields, A. T., was snot at about eight
miles from home by an unknown
party in some brush. The shot did
not take effect, but after arriving at
home he was shot and killed, il is sup
posed, hy the same party. Deceased
leaves one daughter, now in California.
The body of Bernard Legrave, col
lector at San Francisco, and highly
! respected member Of the French
colony, was found dead on the rail
road bridge between Third and Fourth
streets. 1t seems evident that while
on his way home, he was seized with
a fit that terminated fatally.
] Durnius Moorehouse, a well-known
farmer living a few miles from Walla
Walla, w. I, came to town with a
load of chopped feed. He was accom-
panied by two young men-Lynch
and Sailing. They began skylarking
and Moorehouse lost his balance and
passed over his stomach, crushing him
He was 4S years old.
George Drury, S-year-old son ol
Thomas Drury, of Llguua, Cal, was
drowned while he and his father were
searching for shells on the beach
There was a very heavy sea at the
time, and a large wave rolled over
them, and both were carried out. The
father held to the boy, but the waves
were too fierce, and the boy was torn
from him and drifted out. Drury wa,
badly bruised about the arms by being
dashed on the rocks.
Six train robbers, supposed to b,
Mexicans, attacked the south. bounC
Sonara train as ii was standing at /,
small station called Aqua Sarcu, n
NJ. The robbers opened fire and killec
the fireman and Conductor Atkinson
Messenger Hay was badly wounde,
in the head and back. Wells, Fargo
; box, containing about $40, was taken
A large posse of Mexican troops anl
citizens are in pursuit.
The Secretary of War in the City o
Mexico have notified Mexican officer
} along the border that hereafter tn
, penalty of death will be imposed 70
. crossing over INTO the Onlleu cJaJe
with troops and interfering with th
/ affairs of citizens of friendly nation
E This action was taken after an inquir,
I into the cases of Col. Arvizu an,
!, Lieut. Guilerros, who rescued pris
: oner from the American authorities
5 The courtmartial at Guaymas sen
: fenced them to be shot for the offense
r and on appeal to the supreme mill
I tary tribunal the sentence was aftiirmd
: President Diaz, however, commute,
: the sentence to imprisonment at har
t labor for twenty years in the militar
o prison in the State of Santiago.
!. A Southern Pacific west bound pas
t senger train Was badly wrecked q
r Gila Bend, A. t., by jumping tn
n track while passing over new trestl
e bridge. Though the engineer stoppe
the train within its length, the em
grant and smoking cars, day coach an
one sleeping car were detached froI
the other part of the train, and fe
from the trestle to the ground, som
four or five feet, turning completed
; over and landing bottomside up. Mr.
Good, an emigrant passenger, was il
. stantly killed, leaving husband an
three small children, who were trave
. ing with her. Another passengC
sprained or dislocated a leg, and
o Chinaman's leg was badly hurt. Bl