The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-07-21

A soldier, whose name could not IA
learned, arrived at Fort WalIa Wallis
Tuesday forenoon on bicycle having
come from Fort Sherman. Idaho 4
distance of270 miles, on a wager Of
$500 that the journey could be made in
four days. He left the Fort SATURDAY.
morning, and consequently had sever
al hours to spare. He made ninety
miles the first days ride. The ma
chine ridden was an old style ..safe-
w with an ordinary tire.--Walla
Walla Statesman.
The following notice was received A
the Prineville News office: Last Mon
day noon the Agents house at warm
Springs took fire from d detective fine
is supposed, and in al incredibly
snort time was burned to the ground.
a considerable part of the contents
were removed b. the prompt efforts 4.
the family and friends. Some rooms
could not be reached, however, and
great many valuable article were de-
stroyed. There was no insurance ON
either government or personal prop
erty.
Mrs. W. B. Case, living on the old
Finlayton place five miles east Of town
while going dewn the cellar stair
Yesterday morning, in some unae-
countaole way lost her balance and
fell to the bottom, striking on stone
jar, bruising the side OF her head and
face. breaking the nlolar bone and
severely lacerating the ear, DR.. Maston
was called, dressed the wound, and al
the present time Mrs. Case is resting
quietly, although suffering severely
from the injury y.-AIbany Democrat.
| A lady customer called at one of the
leading stores in Barlow the other day
with view to purchasing pair Of
oyerails for her husband. The oblig-
Ing salesman, who ute bunch Of
pollteness, proceeded to show the
lady two or threes styles of overalls,
dwelling in the mean time on the good
quality and makeup of the goods. In
hir exuberant overflow of words he
said; "Madame here is pair you can
wear over your pants, and they will
not look unbecoming It you wear them
without pants.p The lady assured the
young man that her husband gener,
ally wore the hreeches, whereupon he
became unconscious. Three Sisters,
O.S. Van Duyn formerly of Coburg,
writing from Heppner says: The out
look in this section is very gloomy,
taking in consideration the low price
Of wool and the shortage of crops. In
the past few days we have been favor
ed with rain, which will add greatly
to the Yields of wheat, while hundreds
of acres will mot be cut. We have
IN our warehouses some three million
pounds of wool. No sales have been
made yet. A great deal has been CON
signed for six and eight cents. Mer-
chants, farmers and wool growers are
very blue.
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A band Of gypsies passing through
The Dalles the other day had with
them little girl answering the de-
scription of the little daughter Of j.
W. Miller, who was stolen from Sum
merville last year. Mr.. Miller is now
on their trail. After arriving in The
Dalles, he made inquiries, and the d.
scription of the little girl was very
nearly that of his little child. He has
piece of her dress, which, it is said,
was found at the gypsy camp, near
that city. Yesterday before the arrlv-
al of Mr.. Miller, the gypsies left their
camp near the East End and were
seen the following day near Dufur by
freighter Il is expected they are
making for Prlneville or the Barlow
road over the Cascades; but they may
be oyertaken, and MI. Miller is urged
on by motives That will admit Of no
delay.