The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16

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Is equal if not superior 70 any thing yet
seen.
b. not surprised Il the EXPIRES
arrives one day ahc&1 az time. She
carries no empty ears, but just as soon
schedule time.
Finley MeIsea aud family Of Browns
willie spent Sunday with Rev. j. r..
kirkpatrick. Mr.. McRea started IL
Seattle Monday with horses for Kirk
patrick Il Son.
Burney Markham was the victim OF
\ painful accident this week. In rid
ing aeress a walk his horse slipped and
fell acress his leg in such q way rs to
crush his limb.
Some men spend half of a life-time
in discovering what they are good for,
neighbors they would have found it out
tn five minutes.
IL Democrats are MS thick to the
square foot in other parts of the State
rs they were in Lebanon Saturday,
thing but encouraging.
For live, wide-a-wake hardware and
stove men Matthews 4 Washburn, Of
Albany, Oregon, deserve the large
trade they are having for the low
prices they make on all goods.
Some people are always so busy
medliins with other peoples business
il will not be surprising at the general
resurrection TO find some Of them get
ting out of somebody eise's grave.
am now prepared to furnish my
customers with pure Bottled aiad ReslV
Liasced Oh, sold on guarantee. also
carry Masury's pure eolors.
Nj. A. MILLER.
You may talk about your cultured
men, your educated horses, your tricky
mules and buckiRg bicycles. but Clint
Gordon has the only dog in Oregon
that has ever been awarded n diploma.
We heard an cid Oregonian make
this remark last week: II defy amy
paper IN the county To compare with
the EXPRESS" No wonder men walk
two miles to borrow it and the women
cry for it.
The Governors speech in Lebanon
last Saturday was 4 mastery review of
the political situation in Oregon. He
had \ warm reception, a large hearing
and 6 host Of admirers both secret and
confessed.
A man who lives near Albany was
heard to remark that Lebanon is
livelier town than the county scat y
OF course we do not claim this, but we
are moving along AT little more than
an average pace.
c. G. Hackleman is riding his hob
by still. He received IA boxes of la
dies fine shoes OF the Eou@h & Ford
manufacture. BE your toes round,
pointed or square l can suit you in
size, shape or quality.
The homeliest man in Linn Co. says
after 4 close and careful examination
that Matthews & Wash burn, Albany,
Oregon, carry the largest stock of
builders hardware in the valley and
sell al the lowest prices.
All the stock for the Cheadle canal,
which is to furnish water power for
Lebanon, was subscribed Tuesday. a
corps of engineers will lie here next
week, and work on the S20. 900 canal
will begin at an early date.
Miss Buzzell gave very interest
ing address at the G. P. church
Wednesday evening. Having labored
among the Chinese for years, Miss
BuZzell is familiar with the customs
and superstitions of the empire.
Died, in Lebanon. Nav u, Mr.. ].
Hyde. MI Hyde was born in YER
mont in the year 1916, eniigratesI to
Michigan in 1871. lie was well known
in Salem, Brownsville and Lebanon.
Deceased was bnFied in Brownsville.
The man who kabitually spouges his
news would steal sheep if the occasion
offered. Society calls one a we'll
read gentleman, the other thief. We
have no instrument fine enough to dis
criminate between the two characters.
Mr. Hardin has built two mills,
cleared his yard and will soon be ready
for active operations. He viii turn out
1000 bricks daily. So skillful has he
become in this branch Of industry lie
is called by way Of distinction "Briek"
Hardin.
O'NeiI Bros. have already engaged
2000 tons of straw for their paper mill
at this place. It will require the annual
straw product of 5000 acres to keep the
mill in continuous operation, for it
must be remembered that tie ma
chinery stops not night or day for 365
days III the year.
An old bluegrass fellow interrupted
Sam Jones the other day in a sermon
and said: I'VE raise horses and bring
up children" 'Ies." returned Sam. y
you raise horses worth S50, ,000apiece and
bring up children worth three dollars
q head" There is more solid sense in
that remark than Sam usually gets of.
Chas. Z. Miller, of Brownsville, is a
breeder of thoroughbred chickens. He
has the SiIver-Laced Wyandottes,
White Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks,
Brown Leghorns, Houdans, Black Mi
norcas and other breeds of the purest
strain. Farmers viii And it much
cheaper and safer to buy of him than
to send East.
The following passengers boarded
the narrow gauge Monday for Port
land and intermediate points: Peter
Hume, J. III. Bilyeu, Lee Bilyeu, ]. j.
White aud wife. j. r. Venner, Mrs.
Miller, Dilla Stanard, Hon. jeff Mey-
ers, Stephen Goble, J. G McFerson,
James Goble, Frank Smith and wife,
a. Jack Adams.
Mr. Cummings brought to the real
ertate office of Peterson & Wallace last
week some unique specimens of petri-
faction. A heavy stick of oak timber
weighing about 100 pounds hes under
gone the transforming process in such
way as to show the grain Of the wood
i'll as perfect manner as shown in the
living oak. Call and see them.
Let each Sabbath school in Linn
county send delegates to the mass con-
yention to be held in Albany, May 20
and 80. The delegates will be enter
tanned by the good people of Albany.
All Sabbath school workers in the
county are invited TO be present and
take part. For program, address
DR.. G. w. Gray, chairman, Or Rev.
g. S HanIeiter, secretary: