Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-11-16
LOCAL NOTES.

AhN WI N@iiio NS"o WIZ oOOll
begin TO issue weekly edition,
The celebrated Parker and Snae
Proof gum boots at Q'Rrien's, va,
nuina,
The added freight rate has put
the price of flour 10 cents per sack
higher in this village.
Commissioner J. o. Stearns went
through to Corvallis last Monday,
10 attent district court,
We acknowledge an invitation to
meet the other West Side editors at
McMinnville, on the cath and 25th,
The Friendly assignment at
Corvallis has got into the news
rapers and Is being strongly com
mented upon.
Mario;i county has liabilities
-1nounting TO S48, 900, resources of
nearly S26, 900, which includes
81 So i'll the treasury Statesman,
Considerable prominence is now
being given by the papers to the
Mulcahy divorce suit which seems
20 havejust terminated in Rochester
New York.
&, b, Crosno has been over to
the Agency several days helping to
make out the fractional quarterly
report made necessary by the
change ofagents.
Capt, Jas, Robertson, w. y.
Webber Tracy Davis, Isaac Smith,
and Geo Williams went to Port
land the first of the week as witt
nesses i'll the Alice Blanchard libel
suit.
Mr., Bert VanCleve has purchas-
ed the Telescope and will publish
IN evening daily beginning in a few
days, with the Sunday Telescope
as its weekly edition, Albany
Democrat,
The local freight rates have been
raised along the o, p, Road, The
raise has been heavy one, in fact,
Just doubled what they were before
The new rates went into effect last
Tuesday.
Circuit court Is in session in reg
ular term In Benton county. The
grand jury is composed of the fol-
lowing persons: John Richard, fore
man; T., Il, Strouts; Il, G.. Clark;
John Larsen; r, l., Casteel; Joseph
McBee, and Robt. Mcfarland,
Hon, Beal Gather has taken
formal charge of the Siletz reserva-
ton as agent and Hon. Il, Jay
Ruford retires to private life after
four years of arduous official life.
Mr.. Gather has made no appoint
ments as yet except clerk, which
position is taken by his son James
Gather,
The greatest danger, to our
mind, that may prevent the sale of
the Oregon Pacific on the 18th of
next month is that with all these
multiplicity of orders and the re-
fractions of the same that the court
is making, some ofthem might con-
Germ the validity of the sale and
thus scare bidders away,
George Chambers came near
meeting with fatal accident last
Sunday. He and "Huck" Strong
were chopping some trees down
and George took notion that it
would be fun TO ride down in one
when il fell. The experiment was
a grand success but it was little
rough on George. He was severely |
bruised and skinned up and came
near being fatally hurt. He, how. |
ever escaped with his life.
Sheriff Lands is in receipt of an
unique invitation from II. A. Smith, |
sheriff OF Clatsop county, to attend |
the execution of John Reiter, who /
murdered Victor Snellman on Aug. |
nst 4th, last, and John Hanson, |
who murdered his wife on the a6th, |
of last July. The executions are to
take place at Astoria on Friday, |
December Ist, 1898. The invita-
ton is heavily bordered with black |
and is decorated Oh one end with
a picture of the blind Goddess of
Justice,