The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-10
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest in q
Condensed Form.

Wild animals are getting away with
. good many sheep in the vicinity of
Dora.
There were fifty marriage licenses
issued in Grant county during the
past year.
A Methodist Episcopal Church has
been organized in Albina by Rev
g. M. Pierce, with SO members.
Eli johnson, of Quartz valley, Lake
county, has succeeded in killing eigh-
teen deer and two large cougars this
winter.
In the trial at Corvallis, Judge Bean
held that the M. E. church south had
no interest in the college farm and
could not maintain suit for it.
Postmaster Roby, of Portland. has
fifty mine persons on his pay roll, in
cluding thirty-one postal clerks, and
he disburses monthly the sum of
$4,672.S0.
DR.. William III. Watkins, while at
tending the customary Thursday ev-
ening prayer meeting at the Taylor
fell dead of heart disease.
On account of the case of scarlet
fever in town and the unpleasant
weather, the directors have thought it
best to close the school at this place
for short time, says a Joseph paper.
Near Crawfordsvill, Sylvester Coch-
ran killed a large cougar while out
hunting deer. He saw a deer lying
down and was just in the act of shoot
ing it when the cougar jumped out
of tree on 10 the deer.
Governor Pennoyer has determined
TO strictly enforce the rule OF the ex-
ecutive department 10 the effect that
no personal solicitation or importantly
viii be considered in reference to APP
plications for psrdons or communication
of sentences.
James Brown raised eighteen acres
of broom ccrn in Goose lake valley
last season, and while the corn is not
so long as can be grown where the
seasons are longer. it is of good quality.
The corn was raised nearly 5000 feet
above the level of the sea-
The little 2-year-old daughter of
Jack McCullom, of West Yaquina,
fell into tub of boiling water during
the temporary absence of her mother
from the room. The little one sat or
fell into the tub backwards, and was
scalded the entire length OF her body.
In spite of all efforts she died two days
later.
State Superintendent McElroy has
decided to appoint Dallas, Polk coun-
ty, as the place 10 hold the next teach
ers' institute for the Third judicial
district, embracing Marion, Linn,
Yamhill, Polk and Tillamook counties.
Tie institute viii open Tuesday even
ing, April Sd, in the new city hall at
that place, and continue for three days
adjourning the evening of April 9th.
The little steamer Cleaner, Captain
Captain Peter Jordan, plying between
Astoria and the mouth of Deep river,
was capsized near Astoria Seventeen
persons in all were on board the craft,
and all but four were saved. The vic
Tins were Jacob Rennell, of Salmon
river; Miss Mary Holt, of Astoria, and
Mics Wilma and an unknown wood
chopper of Deep river. The steamer
sank in % feet of water and it is
thought will prove total loss.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners, at its last session, reversed the
rulings of former boards in one very
important particular 1t ruled in the
case of an applicant for deed to ], ,2S0
acres of State land for which certifi-
Gates had been issued for four other
parties, who made an assignment OF
such certificates to the party applying
for the deed, that such deed could not
be issued to him, as under the law the
amount of State land liable TO be pur-
chased by any one party is limited to
800 acres.
A German boy about IL years OF age
was frozen to death near the farm oi
A. N. Brown, in Rye valley. 1t seems
that the boy and his father, who is
employed to watch the property in
the Gold Ridge mine, had been to
Express and were returning home
when they were overtaken by a fearful
snow storm. Becoming bewildered
they both left the team and wandered
around in the snow, the boy freezing
to death as stated. The boys father
made his way to the ranch of Mr.
Brown in an almost helpless condition
and on learning the particulars Mr.
Brown at once took up the trail and
after travelling a mile or more, found
the lifeless body of the boy.
At Independence, Miss Symmit
Antle was mortally stabbed by hel
| stepfather, VIM. Landreth. The muir
der was as fiendish in conception as il
was horrible in execution. With 4
| 14inch knife the inhuman wretch
entered the girls room, and notwith
standing her screams and desperate
resistance deliberately butchered hel
by striking fourteen blows upon the
body and head. ANY one of four o
the wounds would have been fatal
One cut penetrated almost through
the head. The mother and two of the
boys were aroused and interfered, bu
too late to prevent the murder. On,
of the boys (Wilburn, aged 13,) picket
up q loaded shotgun, and while
struggle was in progress between hi
father, mother and brother, watched
his chance to shoot the Immature
father. Laudreth fled, and the olde
brother disarmed Wilburn before h.
could accomplish his purpose. Land
reth was captured, taken before Jus
tice and bound over, without bonds, t
await action of the grand jury, whicl
meets in June. He is now in Jail a
Salem.
What He Can Not Draw
ssSae that man sitting over therep'