The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-03-31

The past has been a week Of acci-
dents to the mill hands. T. Drace,
who works OH the carriage, received
severe injury to his foot dropping a
dog on it. Fred Hester dropped a
jacket plank on his foot, mashing his
toes, but has regained his balance.
Elmer Hester who works on the tram
car, caught his foot in the wheel of the
car, which threw him to the ground,
striking his head violently against a
stump. -Scio Press
II is said injunction proceedings will
be instituted whenever the governor,
secretary and treasurer may proceed
as provided under the general approp-
ration bill to purchase the stove
foundry at the state prison, for which
purpose the sum Of $50, 900 was approp-
rated. Section of the jute mill bill
is opposed to the stove foundry scheme.
AFTER the said jute mills are COM
pleted and put in operation nothing
but jute fabrics and brick shall be
manufactured in the state peniten-
tiary; provided, nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent the man
ufacture of any article designed for
exclusive use in the penitentiary."
Portland baseballists have taken the
initial step toward forming an anna
teur baseball league in this state. E.
w. Hammond, of Salem, who has
managed club every season for the
past four or five years, and has been
very successful thinks that six or
eightclub league could easily be put
on paying basis. The cities
which have been decided upon are
Portland, Salem, Astoria, Albany,
Eugene, The Dalles and Oregon City.
They have not yet selected the eighth
town which will complete the circuit.
Mr.. Hammond win visit or correspond
with amateur baseballists in all these
places, and is confident that league
will be formed.
A sad accident occurred last Sunday
evening on the Gibbons Bros farm,
about three miles east of Lafayette, in
which George Gibbons lost his life.
George and Dan Gibbons were doing
some butchering some distance from
the formers house, when they dis
covered his house ON fire. On arriving
at the house, George, believing his
family to be within, made a rush into
the house and was soon overcome by
the intense heat and smoke. Dan
made repeated efforts to reach his un-
fortunate brother, but owing to the
intense heat was unable to do so. Only
small portion of the remains could
be found. Dan Gibbons was severely
burned about the face and hands. At
the time of the fire the family of the
unfortunate man had gone over to his
brothers house visiting, and had
George known ofthe safety Of his fam
ily the unfortunate affair would not
have occurred. The family consists of
a wife and four children.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
clerk Of the United States circuit court
of appeals has received information of
the governments intention to dismiss
its ase against the Willamette Valley
& Cascade Wagon Road Company.
The case is one Of several Of the same
character in which the government
sought to recover large tracts of land
in Oregon, which had been granted by
the United States to aid the construct
ion OF wagon roads. The government
claimed that the roads were not con-
structed in accordance with the act of
congress making the grants, and that
the patents to lands were obtained by
fraud. The defense of the corpora
tions which now own the lands was
that they purchased in good faith from
the original grantees without knowl-
edge of fraud. This defense was sus-
tanned by the supreme court a few
weeks ago in the cases against the Cal
ifornla 4 Oregon Land Company, and
The Dalles Military Road Company,
and III view Of that decision the gov
ernment considers II useless to prose-
cute its appeal in the remaining case.