The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

town during tho week.
There ls to ben grand ball In Albany
on the night OF the fourth.
Mrs, IIlndman returned home
Wednesday from II visit to Portland
We return our Thanks to the ladies
~ the missionary society for nice
plate of cnlic.
Born, to The wife Of Ross Humphrey
on lie u, 1850, n girl. Mother and
baby doing well.
MIR. Howd and wife, the newly mar
rled couple started for their home In
LaGranGe last Monday morning.
Remember that Or. j. NJ. Taylor Is
here, and only for few days, and II
you want him to look down IN the
mouth just cal and have him do some
work for you.
Last Friday morning Mrs. 9. IL.
Harmon and children left for Portland
to visit her mother, where she VIII re-
main until MIR. Harmon decides where
he will locate.
The Eugene papers seem to be IN
high spiriss over the prospects OF get
t.ne ii road from there to the Siusiaw.
Thcy say that preparations are being
made to begin work surveying and &C.
curing the right Of way for the con
struction OF the railway,
MFR. F.d. Houston, our kind conduc-
tor. informs Ms that the train will be
held over IN Albany OH the Fourth an
tll after the fire works at night. The
round trip will he only zoe, which is
ha!F faro, Thl5 promises to be big
day, AMI Lebanon should turn out
well.
Mr.. G. II. Harmon left last Friday
for Ashland where he VIII probabIylo-
cate. lie has been in Lebanon for
about eleven years and Is thought well
az by all who knew him, aud has
many warm friends who deeply regret
seeing him leave, but wish him weilin
his new home.
About noon last Monday a fire broke
ont IN the driving house Of Yeal q
Son, chair factory, which contained
nbnut $500 worth Of chairs. l'he fire
originated from the furnace IN the dry
inp room, ana thc lnaa factory cauglt
nre t@ice but Was quickly extinauIsh-
cd each tme. The entire loss was
about S5O30. No insurance.
On last Tuesday morning there were
several hundred Blank cartridges ex-
,loded III the store OF Wills Bros, Of
Albany, who were lending them for
tllc sham battle ON The Fourth II is
said the explosion soands1 like little
battIe within itself Henry Ewert
was nearestnnd wnssomewhat Scared.
Several window panes were broken,
but no serious damage Was done.
A horse race has been arranged be-
tween Bostwielss horse and Pickard's
mare. known by the name Of "f'lGt-
head,p to be run vt Albany on the
a5th Of July. The race is for $500
aide, a forfeit Of $50 having already
been put up. Race rules viii he Oh
served. 1t is thought great deal Of
money VIII change hands when this
race comes oh.
- On list Tuesday morning Mr.. John
Thompson, Of Mcdowell creek, this
county, attcmpted toride horse The
horse becoming scared, threw Mr..
Thompson to The ground kicking him
in the left side, fracturing four ribs and
lupturing the iugular vein. Medical
aid was summoned from town, but all
that could be done WIS to keep the
poor man quiet until death came tohis
relief. Mr. Thompson was 81 years Of
nge, an old citizen Of Linn county
lie leavesu wife and hest Of friends
to mourn his untimely death.
Several weeks ago Messrs, Mack
Monteith, Fred Ross, and clyde lIill,
Of Albany, went up to the hot springs
about thirty miles above Gatesvlllc,
where they joined Cloud Mansfield
who went up several months previous
and had taken up a claim and erected
cabin on it. On Friday afternoon,
while they were absent from the cab
in, it caught fire and burned down
with all the contents, including three
OF four monthal nrovisions and $40