The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-01-16
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Governor Waterman has been pardon
Ing so many. criminals during the last
few weeks OF his official life that we have
not space for full list OF them.
The rain OF Dec % was godsend to
the whole state. It extended all over the
state and set thousands of plows going
and started feed on all the ranges. 1t
places, but it did more good than all the
previous storms OF the season.
ALAMEDA COUNTY.
Telegraph Avenue. Oakland, Is to be
bitnmeilized.
Highway robbery is still aourishing
A ship canal passing between Oakland
and Alameda and connecting San Fran
cisco and San Leandro bays will be tin-
ishe1 within year.
P. j. Hahn Of Haywards was thrown
from cart Dec. % and, his feet catch-
ing in the lines, he was dragged until
he was completely sealped and his skull
fractured. He was a '49er and 70 years
old.
FRESNO COUNTY.
DIR. Vincent, who murdered his wife at
Fresno and was In danger Of being
HUMBoLDr COUNTY.
A large tract OF land In Mattlay valley
has been leased for fifty years by oil
men who agree to pay 10 per cent OF
the net proceeds of any oil they may
find.
Los ANGELES COUNTY.
The postoffice at Lancaster was robbed
Frank Gleneross gave Martin Ryan
clubbing last November at Downey from
which Ryan died Jan. 2.
The county expenses have been reduced
$4,000 a year by reducing the number
OF employees and the amount of salaries.
Los Angeles disposes of her garbage
have been erected near the city for
$11 900 and are pronounced success.
They have capacity OF fifty tons day.
MARIN COUNTY.
All Lee, whom Stoneman pardoned for
indicted at San Rafael for another
murder.
A Chinese murderer from Napa county
died in the state prison In an epileptlc
fit Dec. %.
MERGED COUNTY.
j. LeonardilIa, 81 years old, wandered
in the hills back of lake Yo Semitic while
insane and died Of exposure.
William Hall, Los Banos saloon
keeper, was given a cash entirely across
his right cheek by Eugene Dupree, a
barkeeper, Dec. %.
NEVADA COUNTY
Burglars are active at Grass Valley.
John Daniels of Nevada City killed him
self by cutting his throat while deliTious
from typhoid fever Dec. %.
Alfred Almas accused Charles Dunn Of
being one of four men who attempted to
,. - %hN a
shot Almas in the back, perhaps fatally.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Alexander Henry's wine ed three
miles from Anaheim was burned Dec. %
with 1900 gallons Of port wine and
cendiary.
PLACER COUNTY.
A man with a Kern county poll tax
receipt In the name of Walter Leman In
his pocket threw himself from a train
between Ro5eville and Roeklin Jan. and
was killed.
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY.
The city OF San Bernardino has just
completed on a public park the largest
pavilion in southern California.
The East Riverside irrigation district
has voted bonds to the amount of $75 an
acre for all the land in the district.
A license ordinance was put in force
Jan. which provides that no license
may be granted in any voting precinct
where majority of the voters voting at
the last regular election protest against
it,. Nine saloons were closed by it.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
Oceanside has let a contract for city
system OF water words.
San Diego will have an international
av hoyinniror a,rf Nnvorl1aas- q nd
lasting four months.
A storm Dec. 80 swept ashore 610 feet
of the new wharf at Oceanside. 1t will
probably be rebuilt of iron.
A brewer named Wurch was lost from
the steamer Manuel Dublan on her up
trip Dec 81 and is believed to have COM
mitted suicide.
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY.
Walter NJ. Leman, the actor, is dead.
There will be an examination of ap-
plicants for positions in the postofflce
service Feb. 8.
A Madagascar mining firm has con-
tracted with a local foundry for a com
plete and costly hydraulic mining outfit
n. T. Jones. a well-to-do citizen oi
Chico, started for Honolulu Oct 20 last
with trunk full of baggage, valuable
chest of carpenter tools and $3.50 In
| money. He put up at the What Cheer
house in San Francisco and was found
dead in bed the next day. The proprietor
reported that he was poor pencil ped
dler and he was buried as a pauper
Afterward, when his identity was estab-
lished, the proprietor of the hotel in
sisted that he had no effects until ar
officer forcibly searched the place and
/ found the chest and trunk. The money
| has never been found.
SAN JoAoTrTN COUNTY
A company with se5, 900 paid-up capital
has bought two blocks OF land at Stock
ton and will establish pottery, freight
ing its clay from Calaveras county.
SAN MATEo COUNTY.
San Mateo has voted not to incorporate
Charles G. Walkers barns and stabl,
and some valuable woodworking machines
belonging to the county were burned
Dec. 20 by a probably incendiary fire.
Several Of the oil wells at Lobetus ar,
down from 800 to 1900 feet and eah'
flowing. The petroleum has never beel
refined, but is taken to San FranciSct
and used in the manufacture of gas. /
is proposed to try the effect of explosive
in the deep borings with the purpose o
increasing the flow.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
A. J. Lawrence has been held for mur
oering his wife at Billiards. in November
SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
The suit brought against the San Jos
city council by the old electric light an
gas company to annul the contract b,
| which a new company was lighting tn
4 oifxy OF vodn0od cost has haor daaidad L