The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-04-20
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE

bORN.-1n 1eD3llOn Linn county Ut
April Il, 1883, to the wife of Alvin
Williams, a son.
r. n. Thompson, one of Browns.
ville's live merchants, paid our town 8
visit this week.
Miss Emma Williams who lives near
Brownsville, is visiting her fathers fam
lily in Lebanon this week.
Why do girls kiss each other and
men not? Because girls have nothing
better to kiss, and men have.
There viii be Grand Fireman's
Ball, at Union Hall in Lebanon May
the 4 1883. All are invited to attend.
We received an interesting cores
pondent from Sodaville this week but
there being no signature to it we are
unable to publish it.
Rev. g. J. Burehett missionary for
the Baptist church in Oregon preached
most excellent sermon in the Presby-
terrain church last Sunday evening.
We return thanks for large editions
to our list, from the stirring town of
Brownsville; this is live town and no
ted for its busy whirl ofmachinery and
its public spirited men.
Rev. ]. r. kirkpatrick will leave
next ronday morning for Philomath
to CON nct protracted meeting at that
place. 4e goes in response to an ur-
gent req est from the church.
A stranger peddling soap, paint, etc.
on our streets during the week, with
out license, was pulled on Wednes-
day morning by our city marshal, and
made take out his necessary papers.
%. S. Hibbard sold his right and title,
in the blacksmith shop owned by Mr..
Liggett, to Mr.. j. I. Harbin of w.
r., left Monday for Silverton. Mr.
Hardin will continue to do business in
the old stand.
Welearn that Mr.. John Davis has
rented the nonaca Hotel at Sweet
Home, known as the ST. John House.
If he caters to the wants of the public
as well as '.mine host" Donaea, hewill
will receive a liberal patronage.
Mr.. b. Clever is Sc years old, has all
the Vitality and vigor of youth, walks
the streets as erect and spry as young
man twenty-one. The fact is Linn
county IS noted for her old people, who
barrow much time, to add 10 their
three score and ten years
Rev. j. R. kirkpatrick, pastor of the
C. p. Church of this place has reeeiv-
ed call from Visalia, Cal. TO take
charge of the pastorate, of that place
at an annual salIery OF $1,000, but can
not aceept it, owing to his engagement
here, and also his preference for Oregon
the state of his adoption.
]. B. Slater, well and favorabIy
known in and around Lebanon, arriv-
cd on the noon train yesterday. Mr..
S. is editor and proprietor CT The Ste
vens County Miner, published in Col
vile, w T., and is also County Judge
of same county. John was cordially
welcomed by all his old friends.
Our agent NJ. e Hearn of this place
informs us that he has been with the
o. & C. r.. r.. seven years last Saturday
and during this time has only had two
weeks to himself. having had Wells
Fargo & Co.'S. agency over five years
and Northern Paciic Express Cos.
agency for one year and a half, quite a
slayer
NJ f. Brown one of I4ebanon's enter
prising mechanics, has just returned
Il, -.
where he has just finished bridge, at
McKinnons across the Santiam 81 feet
long. and as usual put up first class
job; he also built large new barn at
MeKInnons. Men who wants work
bad enough TO hunt it, and the one who
hunts work will always find employ
nent.
]. T. Harbin who has been in wash
ington Ty., for several years has return
ed to his old home here at Lebanon to
engage in the BIacksmithing and gen.
eral repairing work. He brings back
with him most estimable wife and
three bright eyed lovely children to all
efwhom we extend a most hearty well
come. We are glad TO record friend
Harbin's testimony that there is no
place better than Lebanon.
The man who expects TO succeed in
any public or professional life, without
the aid of printers ink, is like boy
trying to fly kite without a tail. It
is true that every man must furnish
his own tack and vim, but the lubrica-
ting oil that runs the busy wheels of
business, is ACETATE AGITATE, by wise
and judicious advertisements. Our
books will show that we are adding
about a score of new subscribers every
week, and our columns are now the
best channel to reach the population OF
eastern Linn county.
Our friend FindIey McRea, OF
Brownsville, has just returned from
Washington Ty. Hereports that there
are thousands OF Immigrants on Puget
Sound who are out of iaployment.
Many who came there in sanguine ex-
pectation of high wages, are reduced to
the necessity of working for almost
nothing, or being without Employment
altogether. These railroad booms in
the morbid greed for money are grand
outrage, and there should be some law
to punish them for wholesale swind