The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-04
COAST CuLLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California

A six-pound shad was caught at II
waco, at the mouth Of the Columbia
Gavin Duncan, young sailor on tin
British chip Bhotan, fe II from the rig
ging To the deck, distance of thirt,
feet, at San Francisco, and was killed
p. b. Barrett, of Falls City, CAL, be
came insane and got away from friend
and drowned himself in his own well
He leaves wife and four children.
Charles e. Bevan, young mer
chant OF Wheatland, CAL, shot an,
killed himself. Business troubles
we're the cause OF the suicide.
Henry IL. Lindenburger, "a year
Of age, and a salesman in San Fran
cisco, CAL, took poison and died. III,
had been sick and despondent.
The great Montezuma, Col, irriga
ting tunnel, which will reclaim 200, ,00(
acres OF land, is completed. It is ovel
mile long, running under one OF th,
ranges OF the Rocky mountains. The
tunnel and fifty miles OF canal will tan
the waters OF the Dolores river.
Peter Burke was seriously wounded
at Sentinel, A. T., by a Mexican named
Bastillo Ortega. During quarrel
both drew revolvers. each shooting the
other. Ortega, IL is supposed. is but
slightly hurt, and it is thought that
Burke will recover.
Domingo Solar was shot and killed
by James MaeCarthy at a wood ranch
in the southeastern part of Virginia
SOlari refused To sell or lend pony
which MacCarthy wanted. The latter
is but IL but has served two years in
state prison for arson.
A horrible accident occurred near
Bodega, Cal. John Ii. Miller was en-
gagged in moving hay, and had eau
toned his children against running
through the clover in front OF the
mower. Later in the day his three
year-old child playfully attempted 70
run in front of the machine, when il
was caught by the knife, and both
legs were instantly severed from the
body.
A wagon and team containing NJ
Fay, his wife, daughter aud baby, Mrs.
j. Sissell and Mrs. E. Roche, broke
through a bridge over the fume OF the
MOntezuma Mining Company, near
Galatians, Cal. The iiume was run.
ming full of water, and the current was
very swift Mr.. Fay and Mrs. Roche
fell outside the fiume aud were unin-
iured. Mrs. Fay, Mrs. Sissell and the
baby, together with the horses aud
wagon, went through the fiume about
third of a mile. The baby was
drowned. Mrs. Fay and Mrs. Sissell
were both rescued, though they are
badly bruised.
The Yaqui Indians are now at war
with the Mexi IAN federal forces in
Sonora Tn " are fortifying different
places and making a determined
stand against the troops. A few DAYS
ago Maj. Enciso and Lieut.. VillareaI,
with two columns of federals, attacked
the Indians in q strongly fortified posi-
tion in the Amalaguaca mountains,
near the town of Aguaverde. A des
perate fight ensued, but the federals,
after number of charges, routed the
seventeen and wounding large mum
Der. The federal forces had one man
killed and several wounded.
VIM. Holmes, son of A T. Holmes,
of Eberton, met with an unfortunate.
and painful accident, which, while not
necessarily fatal, will cripple him for
life. He was out hunting in the
mountains near Palouse, w. T., with
rifle, when by some means not
learned here, his gun was discharged,
the bullet passing through both leg
hlan-srw .Nf
knee-caps of. He was brought to his
home and everything possible done
for him, but the nature of the wounds
renders it certain that it will be inn
possible to do more than preserve the
use of one leg.
Thomas Treste, of Chico, Cal, aged
~ years. some five weeks ago having
buried his wife, married Mollie Swof-
d, who has just served five years in
San Quentin. Treste is possessed of
some property, which the woman
wanted. She got a revolver and al
tempted to take the old man's life.
She told him she intended to kill him
and burn his body with the house.
Treste made his escape and had the
woman arrested, charged with an at
tempt to commit murder.
The practice of thawing the outside
coverings of dynamite cartridges over
fires is largely prevalent among the
miners employed in the cement quar-
ries at Rondout, Cal. John Lynch
was engaged in the thawing process.
Four cartridges which he held in tin
pan over the fire exploded. Strange
as it may seem, when the smoke
cleared away, Lynch was not only
alive, but perfectly conscious, but he
presented terrible appearance. His
hands had been blown away as clean
as though they had been cut off with
a knife. The larynx, vocal and SOM
OF the othor organs in the throat were
exposed to view. His limbs were
broken in many places. His whole
body presented an appearance as
though he had been cut and slashed
by bowie knife, yet, in that horrible
condition, he lived five hours.
Out Of 1000 Sioux Indians there