The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-13
COAST NEWS.
Linn County. Near Albany. 10 Have
German Colony.
rur FATE OF i rRonIulFIoSIsr
English llopdcalers lIuying and shipping
Direct to England.


Five members nf family in Cana,la
have died from eating Wild prsnip roots.
About Fresno. Gal. "A small beetle has
apl,eared iii the VINEYARDS, neeesSitating
the hug picking process
The six-year old son of II. A. piekin-
SON, was thrown from n liorse and killed
near salem
Citizens d Lewis county arr petition.
ing the county uonrt To haild a bridge
ACROSS the Cnwlilz river at Toledo
4 new warehouse will be erected al
WheAtland, 10 cost $stslo, replacing the
one carried away y tile Hood last spring
The Humboldt river and ite tributaries
are said to he almost gurwed with the
carcasses Of stock which petished last
winter,
English hop.,leitlers are now on vis-
ting tour oi all the coast hop-iieids ar
ranging Whee they can to slip tlie COM
ing rio.inci direct 70 English markets.
II is claimed that in Sacramento val.
ley, where orchards and meadow lands
have been submerged, fish have slevoured
not only the grass but many Of the Young
trees
Myrtle Point is steering for boom.
About tmo hundred acres are heiug
plaited as additions to the town, and ev-
erybods i contdent Of IA big boom ior
ttle place.
over 100 head ii animals have been
killed from w s. I.add's herd oi Jerseys,
owing 10 the development Of disease
among them. introduced through COWS
brought from California, Many others
are in quarantine,
During the month Of May over 500
hogs have been shipped To Iacona, from
different points in the Willamette valley
and southern Oregon, by salem firm
which Will soon begin supplying mutton
sheep 10 that portion af Washington.
Great excitement prevails III the
GuuT Il Alene mining dlstriei over re-
cent gold discovery, A tramp walked
into the guich, made the discovery and
sold out on the following Friday Tor
+ 2a,toa. samples of ere assay so, ,ta1 10
the ton.
4 Prohibition advocate named Osborne
I 8Goneelton, was sal upon. hadlv beaten,
shot and thrown into the bay at oak-
land, Cal Tie evening of MAY 81, by un-
known paitit~. He lad been warned to
cease talking against ti1e use oi ardent
spirits
4 Genesee citizens are circulating e
tition tor the calling OF a special election
for the purpose Of voting TO bond the
town tor Sla,ut0, said amount 10 be used
for the purpose oi digging one or more
aftesian wells 10 obtain water ior iine
protection and Tor other puh3t improve
mehts
The boiler and plant for the new saw
mill at Saginaw, on tie Nehalem, has
been purchased and will ae taken to Til
{ 4mook bv the steamer Louis Olsen ON
her next trip The mlii-ite has been se.-
iected and the work Will commence on
tlte erection Of 4 stone bmldiug and hotel
Immediately
General BidwelI, OF Chieo. Cal, has
made i sale ~ the entire season : crop oi
iHit IRON his Rancho Chico orchards oi
,230 acres, and vineyard oi POO acres,
which will amount To- about 6,oU0, ,000
pounds. Marysyllc and luna City will
can a greater portion, and the what re
mains viii be dried al Chico
Rev John Hogan, German preacher,
has been travelling Tor some time owe,
different portions OF the Pacific coast Sc.
, lectiHg Il location tor a colony of Ger
mans, Nho will arrive at Castle Garden
\. \ about the first of next month, has
picked out large tract of land in Linn
I, county, near Albany, for his colony.
! Robert Ehman, late ASSISTANT door
keeper OF the state house of represents
, tiveS, has been compelled to hand in hlS
resignation 10 the Seattle authorities al
city detective for completely in aiding the
gamblers OF that city to evade the po
ice. Ehman is the man that assaulted
Representative Brown, Of Spokane coun
", in the closing days OF the session.
The sand along the banks OF the ma
jestic Columbia river il AN obstacle I,
railway traffic, almost as difficult TO over
come as the snow biockades during tin,
winter Nearly every train is delayed
on account OF the ever-shiftiug sand hilli
covering the track
James NJ Coon died at his residence
between Shed and Peoria, May 80, at tn,
: age OF neatly 50 Years. MIR. Coon wa
one OF the earliest settlers in Linn coun
J ty, having come there in IS49 He ha
, been am invalid with rheumatism 10
some time and his death was looked for
Edward Salbach, a well known farme
, living near Stockton, Cal, was fatal,
: injured recently, ty am iniufiated bull
The people OF Port Angeles subscribe,
SlONu Tor WflIe Nl1 Oi one page ii
the New York sun. The article has ap
peared in cold type, and the subscriber
4 are dissatisfied with it. The Times q
: that city says the article fails to speal
i definitely OF the coal mines near there
throws doubt over the local railroad pre-
t ject, and wanders astray into ever
: teld and nook OF the new state of Wash
lngton without expressing any decides
confidence in the city OF Port Angeles.
: Dr A. s Haley, while on his retur
e from Waterville TO Lake Chelan, lost hi
way near the breaks OF the Colum bia
!, and III the darkness his horse stumble
throwing him to the ground, the hors
: falling upon and bruising him badly
: He managed to work his way down t
j the ferry and was taken home by hi
friends. He rs slowly recovering.
= = James Roundtree, the Snohomis
blacksmith, who disappeared quite mys
: teriously lew days ago, has not We
; turned up, and it is thought that in
state OF intoxication the old man ha
: fallen into the Pillchuck or committe
y suicide, as he was very despondent, ha,
: ing tried many times TO quit the use
= Intoxicating liquors without success.
The work on the new wing at the il
sane asylum is about completed. 1t ear
not be occupied at once as it has not "
been furnished. The asylum now fu
. nishes treatment for 620 patients, whic
! is the largest number ever confine
: there. The wards are now all erowde
3 and the Immediate furnishing of the ne
wing is a necessity that will no doubt