The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-05-26

Minstrel at the Band Hall to-mor
row night. :
Call on Frey and Settle and see the
bargains they are offering in team har-
ness
Born, to the wife Of l.. II. Settle, a
7-pound girl. Mother and baby
both doing well.
The EXPRESS returns thanks to
Hon. JEFF Myers for copy Of theroad
law, and aloso the fish and game law.
DIR. j.. Foley, Atty. S. NJ. Garland
and N. W. Smith have secured their
tickets for excursion for San Fran
cisco, via the Yaquina, They expect
to arrive in Frisco Monday. They
will be gone two weeks.
The body of Carey Crawford was
found last Wednesday afternoon oppo-
site the Red Crown Mills, in Albany
by man who was working at the mill
The body had been in the water. 70
sixteen days.
| Wolcot Geiger, son Of DIR. Geiger, of
Forest Grove, who made his escape
from the insane asylum at Salem
some four months since, was taken
back to the asylum on Saturday last.
He proved not only irrational but
dangerous. Hence his return to the
asylum.
Mr.. Henry Clear, OF Knoxville,
Tennessee, Is in town visiting his
brother-in-law S. 0. Wallace. Mr..
Clear is in the country looking for a
location. He has been engaged in the
mercantile business for 26 years.
There will be union memorial SER
vices next Sunday morning in the lst
Presbyterian church, under the aus
pices of the G. A. r. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. Edward Ec.
cleston, and the music furnished BY
: the Lebanon Choral Society. All are
invited.
Quite an excitement occurred at Mr.
WI. Strong's place near Waldo, last
: week. A large bear came down with
In about 300 yards of the house and
Z, caught hog. The boys were awaken
ed by the noise and started out to geI
the bear, but whether it was too dark
9 or they were too nervous too shoo
: was never learned, but they did no
{ get old hruin.
: The r. e. M. d. N. l.. musica
society, consisting of Jessie Ralston,
Pauline Adams, Pet Smith, Leli,
= WestfaIl, Ida Eaton and Tot Cowan
e will give grand concert in the BanG
: Hall, tonight, (Friday.) The pro,
8 gramme will consist Of solos, duets
e choruses, tableaux, and pantomines
: Let everybody attend. Admission
n Is cents.
A gentleman in the East writes to a
party in this city inquiring about oul
g fruit industry. He says he has a copy
Y ofa horticultural society report treat
: ing Of fruit pests and how to DESTROY
r them, and he infers from that, thai
a our fruit industry is nearly destroyed
+ by these pests. 1t appears that lo
g of these circulars have been sent East
through orders of the late legislator,
q and some very undesirable advertis
y ing is the result. Fruit pests ar,
;. found here, but they have not destroy
O ed our fruit industry.
y The passengers on the southbount
Roseburg local had narrow escap,
i from serious accident last Frida,
N morning as they were approaching
Oregon City. A horse was feeding
J. about 80 yards from the track as tn,
v train approached the Aberneth,
!, bridge, and at that point the engineer
V had to whistle for crossing. Thi
startled the horse, and it ran upon th,
# track and out upon the bridge, wher,
= it fell between the ties. The engin,
:. struck it before it could be stopped
q dragging ithe horse short distance
when it slipped to ,one side and fel
into the stream. The heads Of the
spikes used in fastening the rails dowl
. were broken of short
!. In the U. S. district court Saturda,
: morning Judge Bellinger made al
q order vacating his previous orde
\ which appointed r. A. Bensell as re
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