The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
la Grippe Rages Along the Coast Of
R0vn Scotia and Newfoundland.

The floating population Of Chicago is
estimated at fnlly 100000.
An English syndicate has purchased
the South Boston iron works,
The Missouri exhibit at the Worlds
Fair has been fayorably located.
Buffalo IN. Y schools are closed on
account Of malignant diphtheria.
The supposed coal fields Of Iowa are
found to be only a collection OF pockets.
A syndicate Of New Workers are nego-
tiating for the purchase Of the Boston
Journal.
Ex-Governor Foraker Of Ohio has just
realized 70,00O rom sale OF lands in
Arkansas.
Women crusaders at Mendoza, Mo-,
destroyed all the liquors in the village
drug store.
Kansas millers are seeking foreign
markets which are furnished them under
the reciprocity act.
Farmers in Maine and Vermont are
planting their potatoes and corn over
again, the cold, damp weather having
killed the first crop.
After many years Of envions rivalry a
movement has been started to unite
Minneapolis and st. Paul as one munic-
ipality under the name Of Federal City.
Davenport, Ia, claims to be the
healthiest place in the world TO live in.
During the last year the proportion Of
deaths to the population was only 1907
TO every 1000.
An air-ship company has been char
tered in Burlington, Ia, with capital
OF l0,000, 900, TO build air ships and
watt passengers in them between that
city and New York.
Canada is arranging to secure an indie
pendent determination Of her latitude
and longitude. Wishes to find out per-
haps how fur she has slipped away from
the mother country.
The grip raging with great fatality
along the coast OF Nova Scotia and New
ioundland. Whole families and whole
crews Of vessels have been attacked. A
famine is imminent.
A fatal disease is destroying the peach
trees OF Georgia, and the only means
known OF staying ita progress is the
burning Of the affected trees, which Ii
recommended by DR.. irwin Smith OF the
Bureau OF Agriculture at Washington.
The Secretary Of the Interior has ap-
proved the contract Cor repairing the
great Casa Grande prehistoric ruin neal
the Gila river in Arizona. The sum oi
S2,000 was appropriated by the last Con
gress.
The total capital invested in timbered
lands and standing timber according te
the reports OF the timber establishment
in the respective States is as follows
Michigan, S45 ,bSB ATS; Wisconsin, $S4,
003,044; Minnesota, 1871, 8 A.
President Untermeyer Of New Yorl
and the Directors Of the Honey Peal
Consolidated Tin Company have decided
immediately to commence the erection
o. tin-concentratng plant OF $500 in
gots daily capacity at Hill City, S. d.
The ballot-reform passed by the Hi
nois Legislature, as signed by the Gov
ernor, shows Section rs. which provides
that no ticket peddler shall be allowed
within l00 feet OF the polls on election
day, Is missing entirely from the bill.
The Federal expenditures so far dur
ing the present month have exceeded
the receipts by about $4,000, 900, GORE
spending to the sum paid for pensions
but the balance will now be rapid.
turned the other way, insuring reason
able surplus at the end Of the month.
George Bidwell, the famous Bank o
England forger, lectured in Portland
Me-, the other evening. 1t will be re
membered that he was released iron
Chatham prison, England, about 81,
wears ago through the efforts Of a nun
Der OF prominent men, who believes
that he had thoroughly repented.
The sugar-cane planters entitled b
bounties have been heard from. The
number 800. The bounty Is matter Q
great Importance in Louisiana. On
large planter in that State has alread
bonded for 5000, 900 pounds to be raise
during the next season. This bounty,
paid to him, viii be bonus OF $4,000
The Swiss Minister at Washington ha
written to the Governor Of Virginia 10
information respecting the adaptabilit
Of the soil OF the State for growing ct
reals, saying that there is a widespread
disposition on the part Of his countr,
men to immigrate and settle in such
State as was best recommended to then
One Of the railway tunnels under tn
Hudson connecting New York city wit
the Jersey shore at Hoboken will be iii
ished in about six months. From en-
10 end il will be $4,000 or $4,000 fet
long. The motive power Of the train
will probably be electricity.
Rev. DIR. Corradine, pastor Of the Ger
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church
st, Louis, preached sermon sever
weeks ago against the wearing Of jew
elry, and called upon his flock to give u
their costly trinkets; and a large nun
ber Of men and women deposited the
Jewels TO the value Of over 1900 in
box at the altar to be melted because
sell them in their present form would |
tempting others.
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