The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-22

health is improving
Elson d Tivey will move their real
estate office into the old Exchange Ho-.
tel building the first Of the month.
j. H. Frey and family will leave in
a few days for Southern California,
where they will make their home.
The Scio Press man had his hands
full this week, writing up assaults and
pugilistic contests occurring in that,
neighhorhood.
One good result may be expected.
from the rush intothe Cherokee strip.
1t ought to reduce the populist vote in.
the adjoining states. .--0regonian.
Editor Dean, of the Populist, is said,
to be very sick man, his case being
considered critical He has been con-
fined to his bed nearly two weeks.
Last Saturday ]. H. Whidbee had
VIM. Lee arrested for using abusive
and offensive language. Lee plead
guilty. and was fned SIS and costs.
The new addition to the ST. Charles
Hotel is already nearing completion.
Wilson o. Chase have done in this job,
as in all others, fast as well as first-class
work
Benjamin Bros. store has been closed
for the past two days, while they were
off OH trip. The Oldest partner Ie-
turned home to-day and is again at
business.
The first Of the week Mr.. Sylvester
went to Arnett's house 10 get a dog,
and he claims that Mrs. Arnett cursed
and and abused him, for which he
swore out a warrant for her arrest, but
failed toappear against her, 50 the case
was dismissed.
The defaulting treasurer of Seattle
has been caught, and will be brought
back to explain his new and peculiar
system Of relieving stringency. He
has demonstrated that public money
may be in a worse place than the
vaults of q suspended bank.--Orego.
nian.
O'Neil Bros. & Callaghan, George
Butcher, Cunningham, Curtis & Welch
and others have filed petition asking
that the s. P, Taylor Paper Company
of San Francisco be declared insolvent
They aIlege that the company is unable
to meet its obligations. 1t owes O'Nei
Bros. u Callaghan $S933.55 and George
Blucher $4,000. San Francisco Call.
Hops are nearly all picked and il
the kiln in this vicinity. While th,
quality is above average the yield il
light There have been no sales mad,
this week, although Lamberson offer
to buy the entire crop at Is cents pc
lb., for Geo. Pope 4 Co., of Portland
The stme firm bought of White 4
} Tyeer at Brownsville, yesterday, thirt!
choice bales at 16 cents per ID. Thi
shipment went direct to Glasgow, Scot
land, and is the first shipment of hop
made from this county of this year
{ crop. What the future will bring il
9 regard to prices no one knows,
, A woman in Nebraska recently swal
lowed some valuable diamonds Will
Q on her death-bed, dying a few minute
later, The diamonds We're part o
, the marriage portion of her husband
first wife, and he had presented then
to the second wife. On his death
, which occurred soou after his secon,
marriage, the relatives Of the first wifi
g demanded the diamonds but were re
4 fused, and the jewels were swallowed
> to prevent their getting them even al
S ter the death of the one who held them
f The first wife's relatives have brough
$ the case into court, claiming thei
right to have the body exhumed il
order to obtain the diamonds, Will
the relatives Of the second wife contes
1t strongly,
! The Priueyille News says "Mrs
Eliza Warren, of Browns lille, accom-
panied by her son and his wife, visite,
$ her sister, Mrs. VIM. Wigle, and he
: daughter, Mrs. Joe Crooks, last week
Mrs. Wamen's history is no douh
familiar to nearly all people in Oregon
| She is now 81 years Of age At the ag
of ten years she was n member Of tn
q mission school at Walla Walla, an,
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