The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-17

have them.
The dance of Friday night was a
social and financial success. The band
boys always give good music. and
their pretty new uniforne .aFe- Quite.
irresistible.
Mr.. Hamilton of Sweet Home was
seen wheeling barrow load of stove-
pipe this week. We infer Nfrom this
that some of his customers are invet-
crate smokers.
The Methodists will hold special SER
vices at Crabtree school house on the
fourth Sabbath of this month. Basket
dinner on the ground. All cordially
invited to attend.
Are you in lover If SO, marry the
idol of your affections and-sthen go to
Matthews Il Washburn's, at Albany,
buy stove or range, raise large fam.
ily and be happy.
We received letter from p. NJ.
Hamlin, oe Wilkesbarre, Penn. Mr..
Hamlin, who is reader of the Ex-
PRESS, tells us that he expects TO be here
within three months.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
paper mill. There are about fifteen
mechanics employed. and a number of
unskilled laborers find regular en-
ployment at the mill.
Sam Claypool left at the office of
Peterson & Wallace this week. four
large Burbank potatoes which grew in
one hill, the longest of which measures
eleven and one-half inches.
The weekly meetings of the Lebanon
Literary Society are growing in inter
est and attendance. The question of
rational prohibition was ably argued
both pro and con on Monday evening
last. 4
Who was the young man that prom
ised his girl buggy ride last Sunday,
but failed TO get horse and went up
and down the streets offering such ex-
travagant prices as my kingdom for
horse?''
j. Houk and family returned to their
home in Crook county this week.
Eastern Oregon is a good country in
many respects and seems to be the
natural home of the cowboy and
shepherd, but it has no charms for
women.
/. A. Bennett, the depot agent, pre-
sented this office with some wedding
cake last week, but we received it too
late for acknowledgement in our last
issue. Many thanks, Mr.. Bennett, for
the delicious cake.
Do you want the earth? If so, call
ION Matthews & washbarn, Albany,
Or, and they will take pleasure in
showing you the largest and most COM
plete line of hardware, stoves and
ranges in the valley,
When you are eonstipated, with loss
Cf appetite, headache, take one of DIR.
J. III. McEcan's Little Liver and Kid
ney PiIlets. They are pleasant to take
and will cure you. . cents a vial.
For sale by Beard & Holt.
The question for debate ON next
Mondav evening is, Resolved. that
the army and navy Of the United
States should be increased.'' The chief
disputants are Prof Torbet on the af-
firmative and w. C. Peterson on the
negative.
The hotel sitting-room is graduating
mot onlyfirst-class eheeker-players, tut
also able debaIers on the tariff, prohi-
bition and the leading questions of the
day. There Is no danger of the Leba-
non people remaining ignorant on the
subject of politics.
IF your kidneys are inactive, you will
feel and. look wretched, even in the
most cheerful society, and melancholy
on the jolliest occasions. DIR. J. II.
McLean's Liver aud Lidney Balm viii
set you right again. sI.00 per bottle.
For sale by Beard & Holt.
Samuel NJ. Garland, whose profess
sional card appears in another column,
may be found in the office of the LEB-
ANON EXPRESS. Anyone having legal
business to transact of whatever nature
will find Mr.. Garland genial, eour-
teous and competent attorney.
DR.. Lamberson left at this office a
large piece OF chalk which was given
him by Joe Harbin and Mayer, who got
it OH the mountain road between this
place and PrinevilIe. Weare told that
there are mountains of this eaIeareous
earth in that part of the country.
A few sanitary precaationsif observed
at the proper time will prevent the out
break of scarlatina, diphtheria and
kindred ills. Every town and city
should see to it that streets, back yards
and other places where filth is liable to
accumulate and thus breed disease, are
kept clean and healthfal.
A lawyers knowledge is not ex-
pected to extend TO everything, neither
does it. For instance, at the meeting
of the literary. society Monday night,
while the question of national prohibi-
ton was being discussed, an attorney
accused good old Job of getting drunk
and. the audience laughed.
A company has been incorporated
in Springfield, ILL.,, under the name of
the Eronautic Navigation Co." Some
fools will yet learn that something
more than manufactured wings are
necessary to a heavenly voyage. The
assent may be glorious, but the descent
is liable 10 be somewhat Lathotic.