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

Mrs Hagen has been very sick for
several days.
FF Croft spent Sunday and Monday
In Brownsville.
Mrs. Ella jaeger Is spending this
week IN Portland.
Currnn Cooley went to The Dalles on
Monday Of this week.
Mrs Roby attended the Industrial
Exposition this week.
Jake Bilyeu moved into John
Franxen's house Monday.
@. A. Dyson and his daughter Edna
went to Portland Monday.
Jos Riggs Is again on the road selling
leather of Brownsville manufacture.
RING Bradley, Eph Belts and Isaac
Louden started to the mines Monday.
Mrs. w. B. blanchard is enjoying
the sights at the exposition this week.
The Arlington hotel was transferred
TO Joseph Harrison, cohditionaily, this
week.
Jos Pearl was in Brownsville Mon
day. He wants to buy span of heavy
horses.
Just as soon as that little wheel
comes, w. b. blanchard is going to
the mines.
IA. Winter closed his gallery this
week and wfll spend the winter with
his family I'm Jefferseil.
Mrs Curran Cooley, after being con-
fined to the house for several months,
Is able TO be about again.
Several hop growers disposed OF their
hops this week at double the prices
offered them before picking.
Revs. Rennick and Parker will be-
gin series OF meetings i'm the G. p.
church Saturday evening next.
Avis Gentry is building an addition
to his house. He does not appear
anxious 10 sell his real estate In
Brownsville.
Notwithstanding the large amount of
lumber sawed by II b Meyer last
spring, we understand that clear lumber
cannot be had Mt this yard.
Uncle Bob Martin is in Brownsville.
He is no longer engaged in ministerial
work, having renounccd his profession
In favor of unskilled labor
Clyde Foster severed his connection
with Osburn's drug store and Is now
in the employ Of John Moore, who is
rltnufnr N ataana x.,r,.Dl ao,r
Rev Renfrpe Of the Baptist denomina-
ton. occupied the pulpit at the Bap-
tist church Sunday. Rev Renfroe is
pleasant and instructive speaker.
It required the genius of farmer,
n miller, a merchant and one clergyman
with occasional hints from bystanders,
to adjust the several parts Of grain
drill Monday.
Surveyors are spending a good deal
of time on the railroad at this point.
Rumor says there Will be a change IN
the main line; If so, the depot will
change locations.
John b Brown, ex-landlord of the
Arlington hotel, started an express
wagon this week. John is affable and
courteous, industrious ana obIiging,
and has an aptitude for this calling.
There has been AN increase OF forty
pupils in the North Brownsville school
since. the beginning of the fall term,
and it is thought that the number of
pupils will be increased to 200 ere long.
Mr. Phcgley returned from the Blue
River mines Monday He hauled
the supplies for the Tacoma men who
have recently taken much interest In
this and the Calapooia mining district.
John Cushman has bought an OK
team and wagon and Is canvassing the
country in search of cast-a- way iron.
When we last saw him he had about
three square meals for an ordinary
foundry.
Or. Curl has the most remarkable
specimen of dog flesh that we have
seen outside of dog show. With the
training that the DIR. contemplates
giving him, he will certainly make an
intelligent dog.
Jessie McFeron's team ran away
last week. The speed of the runaways
was so great as to battle the reporter
and we could not chronicle the event
earlier than this week. The result
was a bin at the wagon shop-ditto ut
the blacksmith shop.
DIR Star and Bob Sanders spent Mon
day breaking an Indian pony. The
most effectual way OF breaking pony
OF this particular breed is to break its
neck in two or three places; its mind
legs may live for few hours, but Il is
poweriess to paw or bite.
A munger Of ours in this vicinity
have shown decided preference for
mutton. Three dogs belonging to- w
T Cochran killed a number of sheep
belonging to Mr. Childs. The dogs
survived the sheep only few hours.
John Walker Also lost several sheep
lately from the same cause.
THE Jersey Lily"