The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-18
COAST cuLLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.


Chaa McStravick, Of Grass Valley,
CAL, was riding in a buggy and lead
ing a colt by line. The colt stopped
suddenly, tearing off three fingers OF
his left hand
VIM. Keyes and John Peyton, had
few words at Boca, Cal. Keyes
struck Peyton with a pistol. The
men clinched and Keyes fired. The
bullet entered Peyton's breast and
passed through the left lung. He is
dying.
Alexander Duekworth, serving
seven years sentence in the state
prison at Folsom, CAL, for robbery at
San Francisco, attempted TO escape,
and was shot by guard Fitzsimmons,
the ball passing through the prisoners
thighs and inflicting dangerous
wound.
The nitry-glyeerine house of the
California Powder Works at Pinole,
CAL, exploded The employees had left
the building about ten minutes before
the explosion occurred. About 1900
pounds of glycerine exploded. The
building was totally destroyed. No
one was hurt.
During runaway at Sacramento,
Cal, wagon occupied by Isaac Lea
and Mrs. James Blundin collided with
that of an old man named Myers.
Both of the latter were thrown out
tile lady receiving severe cut IN the
face, and Myers striking on his head
and being probably fatally injured.
Francis G. Bornemann, cashier oi
the sub-treasury at San Francisco in
1SS5S6, was arrested by the u. S
marshal upon an Indictment found
against him by the federal grand Jury
The charge against Bornemann is thai
of embezzling $4,000 in currency
from the sub-treasury.
The coroner has been called on Il
investigate the death of a 14year-olC
child * parents belonging to the BanC
of Holiness, and living in a hut il
Arroyo Seco, Cal. The child had beel
sick two months, but the parents re
fused to call in a physician, saying th
Lord would care for the sufferer.
Lucy Sing, Chinese babe, died q
the Chinese mission in San Francisco
The infant was taken by charitabl
society from an undertakes shop i
Chinatown, whittier it had been take
by its inhuman parents. They cor
sidere it too puny to live, and the
wanted to save trouble by having
near the coffin at the time of death.
At an executive meeting of the d
rectors oi the Nevada bank Ex.Sen.
tor Fair was paid balance of g, ,000
600 which the bank owed him. Tn
squared the account between the ol
bonanza partners that has been III
settled, and Mackay, Flood and Fa
have now arranged all their fnancii
affairs as relating to each other con
pletely satisfactorily.
Fishermen on tug which went oil
to FaralloEe islands near San Fral
cisco, caught huge devil fish. Til
animal had number of tenacles.
clung so closely to the side of til
steamer that two of the arms had {
be severed in order to get it on boar
1t is the largest specimen of the oct,
pus caught here, the arms measurin
fully four feet in length.
Charles Smith, travelling man, CT
his throat at the What Cheer Hou:
in San Francisco. He was out
employment and without money, {,
the first time in bis life, he said, an
would rather be dead than become
beggar at his age. He is about
years old. His wind pipe was cut an
Police Surgeon Martineau performe
a timely operation which will save h
life.
William Nicholson, a shoemaker {,
San Francisco, came home shortly a
ter midnight, in an advanced cond
ton of inebriety. A lodger under too
to help the man up stairs to his room
and with much difficulty had dragge
him to the top of the front flight, whe
Nicholson's almost inert body slippe
from his grasp, and went rolling an
bounding to the floor below. With
few minutes he was dead. He ha
broken his neck.
Louis Furor, a 10-year-old boy Ii
ing just out OF San Francisco, wa
killed by charge of bird shot fire
at cat by Joseph Miller, who worl
on the ranch. The cat that Mill
was after had crawled into brus
heap, and he was poking around aft
il. The little boy came up to s,
what was going on, and got betwee
Miller's shotgun and the cat, just
Miller pulled the trigger. The fu
charge struck the boy In the abdome
tearing horrible opening.
A bold attempt was made in bro;
day light by John Govey, contractc
TO set fire to the extensive lumb
yards Of the West Coast Lumber Cor
pany at San Diego, Cal. He was di
covered running out of the yard fro
a spot where a pile of rags, saturat,
with kerosene, had been fred under
pile of dry lumber. II is report,
that Govey had dispute with t
company regarding some lumber
had bought, and threatened We
geanc.
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