The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-02-24
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In q
Condensed Form.


600 in the construction OF bridges th'
past year.
Five men announce themselves al
candidates for sheriff of Baker county
in Baker City paper.
Much prospecting for minerals viii
be done in the Cascades this summer
says the Silverton Appeal.
A quarry OF monumental rock hat
been lately opened near Roseburg
which is said TO be very valuable.
Fred and Harry Templeton killet
a large gray eagle near Brownsville
that measured seven feet from tip t1
tip.
johnson & Sheldon, of Scio, hav.
made an assignment in favor OF Johr
Morris, of that place. Liabilities $40,
coo.
Archbishop Gross, of Portland, con
templates building a sisters school al
Roseburg the coming summer, so says
an exchange.
DIR. A. w. Burg, convicted OF black
mail at Pendleton, has been sentenced
TO two years in the penitentiary by
Judge Walker.
Geo. r. Justus, who WAS sent TO the
penitentiary for killing an Indian al
Grants Pass, has been released, aftel
serving few years OF his time.
A great many farmers report losses
of small patches OF wheat and oats by
the recent freeze, says the Dallas Item
izer. One man lost seventy acres ol
oats. Taking the loss of the whole
county it will amount to considerable
sum.
J. w. Graves committed suicide by
hanging, at his residence on Juniper
creek, Umatilla county. Although
quite wealthy he labored under the
hallucinatiun that he could not pay
his debts. He was 60 years old and
lived alone.
The reward offered by the people ol
Monmouth and Polk county for the
apprehension of the murderers III the
Cinnamon in that city recently am
cunts to 800, and an effort is being
made to have the Governor increase
it to 81 900.
Articles OF incorporation have been
fled with the Secretary of STATE in
cooperating the Albany Street Railway
Company. The capital stock is $25,.
600. The object of the company is u
build and operate n line of street rail.
way in Albany.
Says Prinevelle paper: A calf and
colt belonging TO j. III. Snoderly BE-
came buried beneath large strawstack
recently, and remained buried for 8
period of six days before they were
missed. When uncovered both were
alive, but the colt was unable to stand
and soon died.
Ashland 7Sdings: Rev. G. III. Hoxie
of Medford precinct will in q short
time receive 200 pounds of sugar-beei
seed from Claus Spreckels, of Califor.
MIA, which he will distribute among
the farmers of this valley when it ar
rives. In this manner the soil here
may be tested and its sdsptability to
the beet industry ascertained.
Gov. Pennoyer has directed Hon. F
G. Reed, State Fish Commissioners, to
give public no,ice of his intention tc
enforce the law forbidding the catch
ing of salmon from the Columbia and
its tributaries during March. The
Governor suggests that prompt prose
cution of offenders will put stop &c
violation of the law.
The prisoners engaged in cleaning
up the rubbish around the Multnomah
county buildings uncovered a large
number of five and ten pound cannon
balls and few small shot. A twelve
pound loaded shell was also unearthed
Where all these relics of war came
from or how they happen TO be in the
court yard no one appears to know.
Frank Snyder, who lives a ehort
distance below Buena Vista, discov ered
a human body floating in the eddy in
the Willamette, near his place. De-
composition had SO far advanced tha
recognition was impossible except by
the clothing; but it is supposed to bs
the body of the young man who wal
drowned at Corvallis during the holi
days.
At Long Greek, Tom Williams fireC
two shots at Peter Connolly, the edito
of the Eagle, one of which took effec
in his wrist and the other in his hip
The wounds are severe, though no
considered dangerous. After the shoot
ing Williams attempted to escape bu
was pursued and captured by Ed
Allen. After preliminary examina
ton lasting six days, the prisoner wa
placed under $1,000 bonds and sen
to Jail.
Gov. Pennoyer has addressed lette
to the Secretary Of the Treasury, Civ
ing his assent, as far as Oregon is con
cerned, In regard TO the grant o
money made in what is known az tn,
"Hatch BILL" it being an act passet
at the last session of Congress to es
tablisn agricultural experiment sta
tions in connection With agriculture
colleges in the several states. and pro
viding "A sum Of Sis, 900 per anuum 70
each state for such purpose. He fur
ther designated the board of regents o
the agricultural college of the state o
Oregon as the proper board to whicl
the fund should be paid. This board
by law, consists of the State Board q
Education, Master of the State Grang
and nine others appointed by Gov
Moody. Under the law 81, 500 wa
available the LIST of last January b
each of the states. But owing to tn
non-acceptance, as yet, os the colleg
building at Corvallis, it is feared tina
only $4,000 will become available t
Oregon for this year.
The Socic,A foF the ProventSn q
| Cruelty to Animals has beeaa s%glsriae
since 1868.