The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-04

Mr.. (Se0. wright OF the law llftn ot
Blackburn & Wright, Albany, Ore.
visited the EXPRESS office Saturday.
/ Brownsville claims the talent of this
brilliant attorney for the Fourth of
July.
A slight unpleasantness occurred
+ Saturday between Messrs. Patterson
and Lamoerson, which was satisfae-
j toriiy adjusted by one Of tho eonbatantss
/ paying into the city treasury eight
aollafs.
Were 1t not for game ieg, Charley
4 Montague would doubtless Gerry away
! the prize III the fat mans race TODAY.
Charley wants IL understood, though.
7 tnat there is nothing the matter with
bis arm.
The Athena Press, claims that
4 the people Of Eastern Oregon had new
/ potatoes IN May ahd consequently are
ahead &c the willamette Valley. .,
/ pshaw! We had new potatoes more
than . year ago.
We have 1t from very good authority
Il that the O. Ry. will te built through
/ Lebanon; but il our citizens wcnid
/ meInorialive Mr.. Huntington it might
give additional sucurity and materially
4 expedite matters.
4 span Of horses used in making OK
Sst u fQA2s ttlt NttN i@tli1l it%Atif AS SsAtttf
nlishaD fell into the Sa0tiain canal
4 Monday and hut for the timely assist
anee Of Mr.. 0'Neil and others would
Probably have persisted. One of the
span was badly snagge<i.
Mr.. Archibald showed lis a branch
from Bartlett pear tree this week
which IS already bloSsomi;lg for tlae
second crop of fruit. Oregon may not
be In the tropics, but we can ape those
( who live in tropical oiimes.
While in Tellnlan Monday we OBJ
| tained of Nr. Smith 4 head of wheat
which we presume Is m average of his
grain. and it measured g inches in
length. 4 dry wear, forseoila, when
wheat grows on lows cora-cctls!
.Tohn &. Sullivan viii take to the
stage This seems like q prostitution OF
4 his noble physique. He is by nature
4 better adapted 10 the wheel5arsowt;
but don't YOU tell him we said 50, it
might make some unpleasantness.
E. Goan received the Universal
woati worker this week. This IS Ger
tainiy an unique machine. II weighs
400 pounds and combines in small
compass the working qualities Of near
" every machine found in planners.
DELINQUENT subscribers sometimes
find it convenient to write to the editor
after the following classical fornlu.a:
'sStap my paper a more effectual
way would be 10 send along the pay
for what yon have already received.
To allay pains, suhdue inflammation,
heal foul sores and ulcers, the most
prompt and satisfactory results are
obtained by using that old reliable
remedy Dr.. ]. IL. MeLean's Volcanic
Oil I.ininent. For sale by Beard &
Holt.
SEQ. +. Wilcox, who transported his
camera 10 Lacomb ten DAYS age, re-
turned Saturday, after having photo
graphed every available object in that
town and vicinity. George is We'll
pleased With the people in this part
Of the country.
We receive encouraging news every
Il week from tile mines on the Calapoaia
and Blue Rivers. Read Capt. Hagen :
letters in the IxFI3EsSS every week.
The Capt. IS a man of good Judgment
and ril}e experience and his letters are
not. therefore. misleading
The farmers along the line Of the
narrow gaGge have been compelled to
81 paper their fences with tTespass notices
&c keep trains out Of liteir wheat fields.
4 if yo1 want to Keep tie i3esfly cars ont
Of your grain, pun dog fennei until ths
train bands can see Wisere to drive
! ClGzans on M5in street near the c.
p. church complain that they have no
\ water supply in case Of fire. Unless
protection Is given the people OF this
part of town against a general c0ntii-
grafton. we fear that there viii be
some difficulty in collecting the city
tax.
A. II TernpIeton, OF Brownsville.
called at the EXPRESS ofIica q few days
since. Bert is one of the many
farmers in that section ef country who
wrests from fbotherfEssrtil j good annual
income. We hope he viii call aEaia
that we may enjoy senie of his rich
jokes.
+ Men Who have spent three Years in
the mines on the Ctlapa0ia can na
longer suppress their Eureka. 4 eoDl-
pany has been Incorporated, stock has
been issued and so.fls taken, work IS
nrooressiEIe, tl4e ol.t30oiI 5stisiiS beeOIa-
ilsg more favoralie aad so0a a bust
Ing nlining camp viii b the result.
"A big boulder became detached from
the quarry east of town lately and
rolled inside Of tie eonaTatitn. Some
exuerts thought they detected traces Of
ircm IN the intruder, and assayed ii
with the following result: Two kegs
fen-penHy nails, dozen railroad spikes,
I
Icentage Of iron Se.Il.
A runaway occurred on Saturday
which fortunately resulted in nothing
more serious than 2 broken buggy.
4 lady whose name we did G9t learn
, was hitcbii4e the team TO the vehicle
when they took fright, threw the lady
+, under the buggy (Which however did
not pass over lcF), ran upon Hirkpat-
rick's walk, broke few pickets of his
fence and were caught before running
very far.
For the benefit Of these who think
there is no iron ore IN these pa Is, we
want to to tell you that 2 farmer living
near town lost all the tires Oft his
wagon during the dry, bot weather.
unloaded and started across taemiHeral
belt with the running gear Cf iiis wagon
to find every wheel shod with heavy
inci-and-a-qU Uarter tire>, gathered while
running along.
! Judge Miller has completed the cru
I meration Of Lebanon ana Liberty pre-
cincts and the result is in every way
satisfactory. The population was al
most doahie what was anticipated ard
the number Of farms eXceeded by $40
the figures of the careless calculator.
We can say for the population OF our
town, what, perhaps no other town
! can say, that it 0utran the estimate
; made by everyone.
! The phiIanthropic spirit whfoh lead
: to the civilization Of the American In
dian is to be commended, but it has
! 600, ,009 fat, lazy dogs which are good
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