The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-11
SPORTING NOTES.
Death of Superintendent ]. B. Brandt
in San Francisco.
uNATlLLA INDIA, S R lAPING A BOUN
TIFUL HARVEST.
Another Trial for SANDY" Olds-Indiau
Depreciation Claims-Rail-
road Building.

Portland has succeeded in getting a re-
count OF its census.
A Catholic hospital and cathedral are
soon to be built in Tacoma
Spokane Falls new exposition build
ing will have 100000 square feet OF fioor
ing.
Eureka, Cal, is making a strongmove-
ment Tor building a railroad line to Red
Bluff
The town site of Thompson Falls,
Mont, has been taken up rs a mining
claim.
Baker City. Or, raised in one day a
subsidy OF S25, 600 Tor the Sumpter Val
ley railroad
The Idaho Stage Company started
line of daily stages between Union and
Cornucopia, July LIST.
Gallagher, the murderer of Lewis
Mar, at Skamania, WASH, will be exc
cuied at Vancouver, July llth.
Al depth of II2 feet n stratum OF
bituminous coal was struck in boring an
artesian well at Pullman, Wash
William Cameron. Superintendent OF
the Mechanics Fair at Portland last
year, died after a short illness June 26th
Portland syndicate has obtained
control OF the water works system OF
Cheney, Wash, in considerations 10 900
J. b. Brandt, Superintendent OF tue
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon. died
sud leuly OF heart disease in san Fran
cisco. June 2Sth.
There is a race between the Northern
Pacific and the Hunt System i'm construc
tion Of their roads between Centralia.
Wash, and Gray's Harbor, on the coast
She Supreme Court has again come 10
the rescue of Sandy" Odds, and he will
have a new trial. The muIslerer's only
hope is that the next verdict will not bs.
in the first degree.
Boise City, Idaho, had on exhibition
recently, Il gold brick weighing 1000
ounces, valued at $I1 O30. a product of
seventeen days run of the Washington
mine, near Idaho City
Well informed cattle men estimate
that there will not be more than 500
head OF beef cattle for sale in Crook
County this fall. There are usually more
than twice that number
\ survey will be made 10 ascertain
the amount OF power to be obtained from
tlte Umatilla river near Pendleton Ii
enough can be had the street-cars oi that
town will be run by electricity
D. o. Mills, Of SAN Francisco. has had
Il magnificent twelve story structure
designed for Montgomery Street Its
site will be on the ground occupied by
Platt's Hall, opposite the Russ House
Henry FL WheeleE, of Crook County,
Or, has put in a claim against the Gov
ernment through Senator Mitchell. for
Sl3, $50, the valuation of stage-horses
lost through the depredations of Indians
Two OF the three robbers who stopped
the stage near Calistoga Springs, CAL,
last week, have been captured. On
the money stolen. They confessed their
guilt.
Changes now being made in Astoria s
city assessment roll will make the net
amount of property to be assessed, az
gregate about 81 900 ,0n0. This will nee
cessitate only 5-mill tax. Last wear il
was s.
j. Richardson aud his son. of Eugene
City, Or, were out hunting one day last
week, when the gun in the hands of the
iather was discharged, the charge OF shot
entering the young mans arms and legs.
lie will recover.
George Gibson and Charles Whitsot
We're fishing on the Deschutes recently.
SAYS the Ochoco Review, and made the
biggest catch of any one so far heard
/ from. They caught 1900 trout in two
and a half DAYS fishing.
! While making the parachute Jump
/ from the balloon ascension at Portland
( last Sunday. the areonaut came near los
/ ing his life, the parachute failing to fin
\ properly, while descending until within
one hundred feet of the ground.
+ w. II. Bush of Montana, recently APP
I pointed Receiver of the Land Office at
olympia, has declined to accept the po-
sition. He is sheriff of Chehalis County.
and is well satisfied where he is, as he
finds the latter Office more lucrative.
At Prineville Mr. and Mrs Charles
/ Hayes little boy, aged about 4 years,
met with a serious accident by falling
from a buggy. The little fellow struck
on his head, giving him fearful shock.
from which it is feared he will not re-
cover.
w. +. Scribner, of Denver. is i'm Baker
City, on his second visit to purchase
heavy dralght mares and also, would
like to ship east 600 steers from the
range OF Baker county. Mr.. ScribneI
was here about one year ago, says the
Baker City Democrat, with a shipment
of Clydesdales and disposed Of them.
At Pendleton, recently, horses
throat was cut in a singular manner. A
rope shute had been made in which tc
capture the animal, and the horse ran
into the rope at full speed, catching its
neck on the obstruction. Its windpipe
was severed, and in II few minutes the
Indian who owned it was minus a good
cayuse.
That the time made in running de
pends upon how the race is run, and is
not "A safe criterion to follow, has several
times recently been made apparent
Civil Service ran six furlongs in 1.l0Io
and yet when he met Teuny he was cas-
lily defeated in 1.l314, and the track was
about as fast one day as the other. Or
the first occasion Civil Service went at a
rapid but steady clip throughout, witt
nothing at his head to fight him to fin
ish. When ne was pitted against Tenny
the object of his jockey and of that o
Geraldine was to get so far in front o.
the dreaded 'crack" at the start that ht
would not be able to utilize his great
burst of speed until too late Accord
ingly the two went out helter- pelter, anc
ran their heads off in the first FIVE fur
longs, leaving the redoubtable Tenny Il
catch them tired in the last furlong.