The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
COAST cuLLlNGs.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.

drowned while bathing a. Napa,
Cal.
Fire broke out in Pal5use City, w.
T., that consumed the entire eastern
portion of the town. Half of the bus
inesss houses are destroyed
Joe Charest was drowned in the
Sacramento river opposite Red Bluff,
Cal He was in swimming, took
cramps, sank aud did not rise again.
Ignatius Kehrer, brother-in-law of
ex State Treasurer Wiel, fell dead from
wagon, of heart disease, at Sacra
mento, Cal.
some rocks q mile south oJ Santa
Cruz, CAL, was washed off by the surf
and drowned.
In baseball game at Monterey,
Cal, John lyman, while running
basis, slipped and foil, breaking his
leg.
Frank Lagrove, driver of brewery
wagon, who was thrown into the
street by runaway team, died from
the effect of his injuries at San Fran
cisco.
A brakeman named J. F. Brown
was killed while walking on top of a
freight train at Summit, Cal. Brown
was caught under a snowshed, and the
top OF his head was taken of.
Henry Peterson, of San Francisco,
and VIM. Payne, of Victoria, B. C.,
have signed articles for n rowing
match at Victoria, on June %. The
course, three miles and tun, for
stake of $3.50. Peterson is allowed
$3.50 for expenses.
VIM. Burns, young plumber of
San Francisco, went out from Oak
land on the bay for a boat ride, and
has not been seen since. His boat
drifted ashore with some ef his clothes
therein. II is supposed that he fell
out of the boat and was drowned.
Jack Hemmens, a pioneer, was
found at Victoria, B. c., with his
throat cut. 1t is supposed that he
committed suicide in a fit of despond-
eucy. Deceased was well connected
in England. OF late years, through
drink, he had descended low, and lat
terly lived among the Indians.
c. w. Ingelfritz, telegraph opera
tor was found dead under the ap-
proach to the Humboldt bridge at
Winnemucca, New, with = bullet hole
in his head. He was young man OF
exemplary character. The slIpposi-
tion is that unreturned affection was
the cause of the act. He had fallen
heir to fortune in Germany.
Two timers, Charles Gilbert, and
W. NJ. Bush, were thrown from the
roof of house at Los Angeles, Cal,
by the explosion of small gasoline
stove on which their soldering irons
were heating. The m-n fell a distance
OF thirty feet. Gilbert had a shoulder
blade broken, and was otherwise in
jured. Bush was severely bruised.
The dead body of a woman, who
proved to be Mrs Nellie Wideman
Formerly of Healdsburg, Cal, was
found in a house of low resort on
Second street, San F. ancisco. The
suspicion is, judging from marks on
her person and the circumstances un-
der which she was found, that she is a
victim of murder.
Oscar Beaver, a resident of Visalia,
shot and killed ]. Cripe, a stockman.
Beaver WAS living on his homestead,
about three miles northeast of Lillis
Station, Cal, and Cripe went there TO
lay cl aim TO the land, and in a dis
pute, drew his pistol, when O-car
fred. There were four or five shuts
exchanged, the last shot taking effect
in the breast of Grippe, killing him.
An aged woman, probably so years
of age, was picked mp dead near the
Union Pacific railroad track, close to
Squaw creek. Idaho. Her neck and
botn arms were broken. Just before
the train reached Poeatello, the con-
ductor was informed that an old lady,
who had been in the emigrant car,
was missing, and it was feared she had
fallen from the train.
About six months ago the city
council of Santa Ana, Cal, granted a
franchise To the Tustin Motor railroad,
TO take effect when the company was
incorporated. Up to two weeks ago it
had not incorporated, and a new fran
chise was voted to the Santa Ana,
| Orange & Tustin horse line over the
same route. The road was build at
once, and cars are now running. The
former company has incorp orated, and
intend to bring suit for ueurpalion of
the franchise.
Two men, one of whom is dead,
were burned in a fire at the st. Louis
hotel at San Francisco. A cigar
stump carelessly thrown away set fire
to the building, which burned like a
tinder Andrew Aiken, longshore-
man, and Ed Harenburg, waiter,
were sleeping in room together, and
were enveloped by flames before they
awakened. Harenburg rushed through
the flames into the street, and escaped
with several burns about the face and
body; but Aiken lost his presence oi
mind, and remained in the burning
room. He was rescued after being sc
badly burned that his skin fell off in
dry, crisp pieces.
"A gentleman of Baltimore proba-
bly, owes his life to a parrot The cries
of the bird awakened him at three
O'Clock in the morning. He discov-
| cred that his house was on fire and
barely had time to arouse his family
and get them out before the building
was completely wrapped in flames.
1t is an interesting fact in connec.
ton with the work of the American So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty tC
| Animals that the seals of the Society