The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-08-11
New York City Disturbed Over
Its Water Supply.
THE CORN CROP OF KANSAS.
Grant Family to Visit the Worlds
Fair In September - Cable
Cars in New York.

Seats are now reserved for women in
the Philadelphia public squares.
The Fourteenth Regiment will build
in Pittsburg an armory for $l50,000.
The farm hands of Southern Kansas
have organized themselves into union
An old Gilman says the number Of dry
wells in Western Pennsylvania is amaz-
ing.
Some Of the recently suspended Kan.
sas City banks are beginning business
again.
The engines Of the big armored cruiser
Maine are pronounced every way salts
factory.
The Argon Mine Company at Norway,
Mich, has closed down. 1t owes $50, 900
in wages.
Caterpillars are numerous throughout
Pennsylvania, and are doing great dam
age to crops.
New York's postoffice received $780,
200 for the year ended on June 30, ar in
crease Of $4S8, ,44b.67 in a year.
The new Internal Revenue Collector
for the Louisville district has already re-
ceived 5000 applications for positions.
Thomas Burns, Superintendent Of Po-
lice at New York, is about to retire. He
has accumulated fortune OF 500, 900.
New York city is much disturbed over
its water supply. The water looks bad,
and 1t has very disagreeable, marshy
taste.
The resignation Of Hon. William A.
NJ. Maurick, Assistslt Attorney-Gener
has been rendered to Attorney-General
0lney.
Kansas corn crop promises to be the
largest in the States history except for
the year 1889, when it was 273,000, 900
bushels.
The Oxford Iron and Nail Company at
N. j., is in the hands OF re-
ceiyer. About $50 men are thrown out
of employment.
Governor Carr has commissioned forty
physicians as delegates to represent
North Carolina at the Pan-American
Medical Congress at Chicago.
Powderly, it is stated, will resign as
General Master Workman at the next
Of the Knights of Labor. The
order is said to be in bad way.
The acting Secretary of War has APP
proved the allotments OF the Missouri
River Commission for the improvement
Of the river to the amount Of 100000.
The Marquis de Barboles, brother Of
the Dude de Veragua, wants a slice Of
the fund that it is proposed to raise in
the United States for the benefit OF the
Duke.
The Manhattan Bank at New York
has ordered Fl. A. We'll, a broker, to
his account, owing to false
he has made about the insti-
tuition.
Since January / nearly 200 national
banks have closed their doors, against
less than fifty during the same period
asst year; five have been United States
repositories.
New Workers have begun to write tn
their dailv napers asking that the citv
be protected from cable cars. complain.
ng that the lives OF citizens are lin
constant jeopardy"
Juan Andreon, alias Juan Daodati,
ilias Giovanni Cavalero, said to be one
If the most noted safecrackers and all
lround thieves in Europe, has been ar
'es'eu IN New iork'
congressman who were most inter
'sted IN defeating the force bill, Il is re-
1orted, may aid their Western colleagues
n opposing the unconditional repeal OF
he Sherman silver bill.
The neonIe of Ironwood Mich after
bout 400 had been prostrated by typhoid
ever and many had died, found that the
tandpipe OF their water works was part
ull Of dead fish, crabs, lizards, snakes
md other carrion.
Eleven hundred commercial oroaniza-
ions throuohout tbe country have haen
invited by the New York Board OF Trade
md Transportation TO send delegates to
convention which is to meet in Wash
ngtOn on or about SeDtembeT l.