Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-18

Hotels and restaurants have done
n good business this. week.
The gates Of the Worlds fair
will be wide open Oh Sunday.
The assertion that the fall rains
have set in need not be believed.
A motion for the removal Of the
present weather clerk Is in order.
The rainy seventh Sunday miss.
ed lick last Sunday and the old
sign failed,
We notice that a change has
been made in peanut boys on the
o. p. train,
Henry Wulf will soon erect a
residence upon his lot in the north.
west part Of the city.
NJ. NJ. Davis, the Yaquina City
banker, was transacting business
in Toledo last Tuesday.
The LEADER has a larger circu.
lation in Lincoln county than ali
other county papers combined.
Hon. J. X. Bryson, of Corvallis,
had business before the district
court Of Lincoln county this week.
Chas. Kennedy brought load ut
from Yaquina with his jaunty little
naptha launch, the st. Charles
Monday evening.
The o. p. excursion to Detroi,
last Sunday was participated In by
about one hundred persons and all
enjoyable time was reported,
II costs S3.65 to get All ordinaf,
meal at the RESTAURANTS on the
Worlds fair grounds. It Is need.
less to say they are patronizet
principally by newspaper men.
w The first term Of circuit court fol
I.incolh county was hot d very ex.
tehsive one. The entire term oc.
chpled by the term was not two
full days. Let lis hope that litiga
tion may always be kept at as low
all ebb III Lincoln couhty.
A hen egg of monstrous size was
brought into this Office by Prof
Ilethefs today. The egg measure.
on In circumference the small
way and IN inches the larger. L
was the egg of an ordinary hen
She ought TO be given a ticket tt
the Worlds Fair.
We would cali attention to tn,
advertisement of the Monogram ci
gar store of II. M Brunk. Th,
Monogram keeps full line of cigars
tobacCos, fruits and confectionery
etc, He also has well arranged
billiard parlor In connection, where
lovers OF quit game Of pool o,
billiards can enjoy themselves.
We acknowledge many call,
from oar numerous friends through,
out the county this week. We
would be pleased TO give each Of
them a local notice but their mum.
bers preclude 1t. We can assure
them, however, that their friendly
calls are highly appreciated and
earnestly hope that they may be
repeated when they are In Toledo.
The county court contemplates
putting a toll-gate at the mouth OF
the tunnel near the county line to
prevent the sheriff of Benton
county from coming over and
collecting taxes in this county.
The danger is apparent as Sheriff
Osborne, of Benton county, has
already notified several of lincoln S
taxpayers to HE themselves to Cor
wallis and pay their taxes.
William Giant whose summer
hotel at Far Far was destroyed by
fire Aptil' aIst is in the city, On
Monday he received from the FIRE
mems Fund Insurance Co. s., 500
for which his building and lurni-
ture was insured. He will inn
mediately commence the erection
of another building which, when
completed will be larger and more
expensive than the one that was
burned. Corvallis Times.
The viewers sent By the citizens
TO view and select q route for road
TO AlSea valley returned last Tues.
day. The viewers were A. j..
RAIDER ThoS. Butler and Vim.
Alexander aud accompanied by A,
J. Oglesby aud Mr. Watkins. The
viewers were four and half days
on the route and report finding n
very leasable route for road. The