The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-15


Chas. Montague and wife, Norman
smith * TO. returned Wednesday, from
their mountain exploits. A comnsais-
amt smile on each of the haunv faces
| told us that they had been enjoying
themselves.
The streets of Lebanon have not wit
messed such y tramping IN nny. pre-.
vious year rs they havein this. LNm.
/ Der, stone, wood, brick, grain and hay
are passing and requesting our streets
continually.
Gar friend q. Saatnnarsh has made
great Improvement in his property in
East Lebanon. Were all property.
I would bea great change i'm the appear.
anee of our town.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. b Montague, Robert
Montague and DIR. Courtney and wife
left Thursday with n view to spend
/ ing few weeks at Nestucca We
| predict for the company an ENJOYABLE
time ut this pleasant retreat.
The ladies of the NJ. L. church will
give a lawn social this friday even
ing at the residence of J. Elkins. Re
freshments will consist Of ice cream.
cake, lemonade. etc. Everybody i'm
vited. Ice cream and cake, Is cents.
d. w. Barnett, who brought drove
Of horses from Crook county and dis
ss0Sed of them in tins neiohborheol,
started back to the buneh-grass eoun,
try Wednesday. He win probably re-
turn soon with another drove OF horses.
Our Young friend j. r. Wyatt, who
has spent two years in the law office of
j. K. Weatherf0rd, manipulated "A suit
at law in Lebanon last Saturday with
all the skill of an old practitioner. We
predict for Russ a successful career.
That man who called at the EXPRESS
office for papers, oStensiblv to put
under carpet. but really to read, is in
no danger of falling behind the times,
but he will learn sometime that news,
like mama, to be good must be gath
cred fresh every day.
Prof. r. n. Wright fired his last shot.
strung his last trout and left the rocky
Businesses of the Cascades to their law
ful possessors Tuesday. He looks much
improved in health, and the unruly
school boy will not be slow TO discover
a marked increase in strength also.
A young lady was badly burned in
the little town of Spicer "Wednesday.
In attempting to kindle fire. by pour
ing upon it coal oil, from n glass meas
Ore, the oil took fire and exploded the
vessel, the pieces of which cut her i'm
several places; besides she was severely
burned.
Ruff. Hiatt, Ed. Kechler and Charley
Gentry sold their hops Friday at %
cents per pound. I. ID. Linton,
Of Eugene, was the contractor. On
Monday Eugene Ulm, Thomas 4 Null
lens, Long & Houek and Mr. FrohIich
sold their hops To the same party at tbs
same price.
j.. n. Banta, of Little River, Kansas,
has been here only a month, and is 50
well pleased with the country that he
started back to Kansas last SATURDAY.
for his family. \ months saiourn In
this state will convince the average
man of the superiority of this over
other states.
Our hotels were so crowded this
week that Friday was compelled TO
seek lodging in a manger 4 man
whose ancestral roots can be traced
back 10 the English nobility should be
treated with that consideration due
the best blood. We hope his friends
viii remember this.
On next Sunday, Rev. Calder will
close his Ministerial work in this citv.
He will preach his last sermon at IL 4
". At S P. ". Rev Hanleitero of Albany
viii occupy the pulpit. Rev. Calder
wishes us 70 say he viii be pleased To
see all of the membership present at
the morning service.
Oregon does not always have a full
crop, but you cannot put your finger on
a spot in the Union with fewer cOntin-
geneies TO upset the calculations of the
=,
winds. the cracking heat and the in
vasion of pestiferous insects never mar
our peace nor destroy our crops
To prove to those who do not take
our paper that we are not uige%rtily,
if you consider the EMPRESS worth
reading and are not financially able to
take it, say 50, give as your name and
y0a viii Teceiye the paper every week.
We venture the opinion that other pa
pers viii net treat you more liberally.
Exposure to rough weather, getting
wet, living in damp localities are
favorable to the contraction of diseases
of the kidneys and bladder. AS q
preventive, and for the cure of all
kidney and liver trouble, use that
valuable remedy, DIR. J. III. McLean's
Liver and Kidney Balm. SI.o0 per
bottle. For sale by Beard & Holt.
q. II. Bryant returned last week
from the Big Bottom up the Santiam,
where Mr.. Bryant and his niece have
each taken a homestead. He reports
this a good country, and says that it is
fast settling up. A postofTice has
been recently established in this section
and named Whitcomb in honor of the
first settler, who also has a saw mill.
Mr.. Dayton, a member of the COM
paDy recently incorporated to work the
paint mines few miles from this place.
called on US Thursday. He says Leb-
anon will be the headquarters of the
company, and that they contemplate
manufacturing the paint, and also es-
tabEshing cooperage in Lebanon for
the manufacture of paint barrels. We
welcome the company.
Mr.. Hammock, the postmaster at
Iallman, is one of the busiest men in
the country. In addition to assort-
ing mail, he manipulates battery for
the o. Ry., is a miscellaneous dealer
in goods, and handles the grain for the
farming community of that section of
country. lie tells us that crops are
yielding well and that the town of
Tallman is lively at present.
A man was fined in Brownsville last
Saturday for driving through the prin-
clpai streets at a rate of speed faster
than six miles an hour, and the owner
of the team feels much elated over this
last, best record of his donkey span.
The mules have been in training for
some time, having occupied a pasture
along side Of the narrow gauge; here
is where they caught the spirit of the
winds.
w. s. Wallace. an extensive hop
grower living five miles north of Leb- |
anon, says the hop louise has made its
appearance, and that these pests
to destroy the crop, and that
soon. We are told that other crops in |
different parts Of the State have been |