The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06
A Huge Block Of Pure
Asphaltum.
GOLD HILLS CINNABAR VEIN.
Heavy Business Done Along the Rio
Grands in Smuggling in
Horses and Cattle.

Fresno is considerably agitated over
the disposal oi its mummy.
One day last week sixty tramps were
put of the train between Yuma and
Cotton.
Oregon's State fundsa are all exhausted.
The last Legislative levy has proved in
sufficient.
j. 7. Hsyne Of Portland has been
elected Grand Chancellor Of the Knights
oi Pythias Of Oregon.
A cinnabar vein, sixty feet in width,
has heen discovered near Gold Hill, Or.
The ore is immensely rich.
The Chino sugar beet factory will run
until December. So far s25 tons of gram
ulated sugar have been turned out.
In Nevada the total tax levy through
ont the State is over SS,0O0,00a. The
total levy on railroads is nearly s2,O00,-
600.
1t is believed the property involved in
the Davis viii case at Butte, Mont, will
!. hH divided among the claimants and fur
ther litigation viii be suspended.
The tsilors Of Vancouver, b. G., are on
strike because the bosses have refused
To pay extra for al pockets over four in
coats. The bosses want FIVE pockets AZ
lowed.
The British sealers Otto and Z. B.
Marvin, seized in Behrine Sea, have been
released ct Vancouver, B. c., by diree-
fs... ~ AZ, ,,wd aufs,naY NJ th..
Admiralty.
The Oregon Grand LOdge OF the
knights of Pythias voted that hereafter
no ,sala0nmen shall be admittedbto mem
bership in the subordinate lodges Of the
order in the State.
A Frssno physician Is recommending
eucalyptus tea, made by boiling the
leaves, TO al his patients suffering from
nalarial troubles, and the discovery is
thought to be quite an important one.
The eOdIin moth has done great in
jury to the Oregon apple crop. How 70
force orchardists to spray their trees to
check the spread Of disease is q serious
question with the State Beard Of Horti.
culture.
4 bIockoE pure asphaltum, weighing
Z two and half tons, was recently taken
from the asphaltum mine near Santa
barbara, Cal 1t is believed to be the
largest piece Of asphaitum ever mined
in one block.
Jack the Equeezer is again fright
aing women at Pomona. Cal. His mode
Deration is to Lie in wait in seclud-
3 ee0tt on residence street and snd-
dess. 'sh out on woman and squeeze
her aDydt the waist.
From observations made by Prof. Is
rael O. Russell, who was sent out BY the
United States government and the Ma
ti0nal Geographic Society to explore the
region about Mount 81. Elias. the
mountain is between 1900 and 1900
iest high.
The case OF G. w. johnson against the
Southern Pacific railroad for damages
received in the Lake Labish disaster ID
before the court at Salem, and is attract
ing interest, owing to the fact that John
son waH travelling on q pass at the time
NJ HA1 ~ nlAlcNs
Walter Law Of the firm Of w. 4 3.
Sloane Of New York city has presented
$1,000 to the Lick Observatory for the
purpose Of publishing series Of en-
larged heliogravure plates Of the moon
made from the photographs taken with
the great telescope
Reports from the gold regions Of the
Upper Yukon are very promising. Six
teen men reached Juneau beiore the To
peka's departure with large quantity
Of gold dust and nuggets from the fukoT
mines. The least any 81 the party, haf
was 5000. One nugget weighed s23t
and several from : $40 to $50. The golt
excitement is increasing, and prospects
are good for . big mining boom.
4 amugglerH headquarters has beer
diacOvered on Lopez Island, small un
inhabited island in Puget Sound. yes
lei RECENTLY. landed fiitv Cinnamon OF
the island. From thate they were takeI
Is the United States by twos and three'
in small boats, being put ashore in th'
woods and guided in By white men IN
der cover Of darkness. From $5O to $lOi
Il paid for each Chinaman successfully
landed.
The United States revenue cutter
Richard Rush has left San Francisco f0i
0enalaska. The vessel ii ordered bach
10 fi1e sealing grounds, as ii ID reported
that d nnmbef Of sealere, who were no
aatieGed with their email catches, afs
THff;na VI make q descent on the rook
efies ahen hhe revenue FeseeleshalI have
Sleis BehrinR Sea. Il il expected thu
llizah vail remain liz the vicinity d kiis
nntH euiaaIe d DeeelE