The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-02-08
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james Keneston, Of Halsey, was IN
town on Saturday last.
Mrs. Julius ziner on Wednesday,
morning. left for San Francisco.
Mrs. o. b. Ruse is contincd to the
house suffering from neuralgia.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis, ofspokane Falls,
are the guests OF w. r. Kirk ond fam.
ily.
J. NJ. Meyer, president of the
Brownsville bank, on Friday left for
Portland.
4. w. Stanard on Tuesday last lost
valuable horse which died, presume
by, from, blood poison.
i Edward Mckinney, Of Arlington,
has for the past week been visiting
family relatives at this place.
MIS-. J. P. Galbraith, accompanied
by her son Louis, on Saturday left for
Albany to visit family friends.
Hon. J. B. r. Morelock passed sun
day kstwith his family, retur ling TO
Salem on the following Monday Morn
ing.
Mrs. Mary Waters, mother of Mrs.
Peter Hnme, has for the past week
been suffering from an acute attack OF
rheumatism.
George Warren, formerly of this
place and at present engaged in busi-
ness in Albany, on Saturday paid our
town visit.
A. w. Stanard, John Arthur's and
Findley McRae have been ap ointed
appraisers of the estate of Gus Thomp-
son, lately deceased.
a. Howe has sold his property In
South Brownsville TO d. Irvine, and
moved to the residence of Joseph
White in North Brownsville.
For the past week continuation of
clear, warm weather, sunshiny and
agreeable, the thermometer on an nv-
erage 6oo in the shade, prevailed.
Matt Farley, formerly of this place,
at present in the employ of the Shin
cier Furniture Factory at Sellwood,
paid Brownsville a visit during the
past week.
Rev lie Roy. who for the past two
weeks has most successfully conducted
a protracted meeting at the Baptist
Church, on Thursday left for his home
st Astoria.
w. c. Cooley and d. Irvine have
purchased the entire interest of james
Washburn, former partner in the firm
fNf III, rT7l-
now is, G. c. Cooley & Co.
r. c. Miehaels on Sunday last de-
parted for Weston, Or, at which place
he assumes the duties of principal of
the State Normal School. Mr.. Micha-
els, who is a most competent teacher. /
takes charge of the preparatory 6e-
partment.
By mutual consent the firm of /
Thompson and Waters on the first day 1
of Feb. dissolved partnership. The I
business will in the future be carried
on by r. L. Thompson, the stock en-
larged and replenished, and a discount
OF five per cent for cash allowed custo-
mers.
The old time saying of s'sonu pump
kins'' is superseded by ''hiyou squash, =
a sample Of which can be seen at Nc
Hargus' bakery, the squash, not the
bakery, weighing eighty-six pounds,
this mammoth production was raised
on the farm of Mr.. Relnhart, near
Sweet Home.
During the past week considerable
have taken place in the
south portion of town. Waters street
has been opened and bridged at its
connection with Kirk street, giving
-heroughfare through the addition,
which will eventually be finished ,
through the west side. connecting with {
he county road and running north of 1
he lumber yard OF Meyer Brothers. {
On the afternoon of last Friday the i
Nomen's Missionary Society met at t
he Baptist church, transacted their I
OCULAR business, and listened TO an adj i
iress by Miss Buzzell, which was ola /
interesting character, giving life like ]
of Chinese manners. Gus 4
oms and religious views. Miss BuzzeIl O
sho for some years past has been en- c
aged in missionary work in China. e
will shortly return to tn field of her
ornler labor. ic
The protracted meeting which has t
cen in session at the NJ. E. Church, f
nd also the Presbyterian Church, of "
'outh Brownsville, after a most sue V
essful term of two weoks, having been t
onducted by Rev. Robe and Rev. Ell t
1orthy, was discontinued on the even n
lg of last Wednesday. The Reverend "
entlemen have been most happily
lccessful in obtaining converts and V
lcreasing the membership of their D
aspective churches. w
G. A. Dyson, ]. Moore, Nate Stand lc
h and Westley Gtandish, who have Il
ltely returned from the Blue river L
lines. report a most fiattering outlook fe
II the coming summer. a new tun-
ell has been started on the "Luckev I'll
oy, = from which ''pay dirt" is being re
ken The Eugene company are G,
Iaking arrangements to operate the b
amp mill on their claim, and are also al
aking surveys preparatory to open m
g a wagon road from the Mckenzie m
nth to the mountain claims on the in
lue river o-