Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25

court room are frst-class,
Toledo needs a cannery and a
creamery. Let's get in and get
them.
The Steamer Benton will give an
excursion to sea next Sunday.
Round trip tickets from Toledo, Is
cents,
Henry Wulf is rapidly getting
his lot below Hotel Lincoln in con-
dition for the erection of his new
dwelling,
/ The band boys are industriously
practicing for Decoration day exer-
cises. They discourse some pretty
fair music too.
The o. p. tug will take load of
excursionists out over the bar next
Sunday. A train will come up to
Toledo for those who may wish to
go from here.
Hon. r. A. Bensell will deliver
memorial address at the public
school house tomorrow afternoon,
at o'clock. The address will be
woth going to hear.
County Surveyor Gideon received
a telephone message from Yaquina
that his wife was very i'll at their
home in Waldport and left at once
for that place.
We are sorry to note the contin-
ued illness of Mrs, Coll Van Cleve.
We trust that she may soon have
change for the better, and com
pletely recover her health.
County Surveyor Jos. Gideon
came up from Waldport yesterday
and is engaged in locating the
county road running down to tide
water in Depot slough, which is
now in dispute.
John DAILY, vino has been assist
ing County Clerk Jones for the few
days just passed, went out to Cor
wallis yesterday, where he will as
sist Virgil Waters in the Lincoln
county transcribing. In this kind
Of work Mr.. DAILY is very efficient.
The public school will give an
entertainment at the court house,
Saturday evening, June 3, 1898.
These will be the commencement
exercises of the public school, the
graduating class being then pre-
sented with their diplomas. We
will publish the program next week.
The contest for the Demorest
medal at the court house last Satur-
day night was quite interesting,
and very close. The medal was
awarded to Jay Buford, who won
by only one point. The contest
ants all deserve much praise for the
commendable manner in which
they recited their various selections.
Next Tuesday is Decoration day.
All over this fair land of ours, east,
west, north and south, the beauti-
full custom of strewing the graves
of the dead soldiers with flowers
will be observed. Flowers, en-
blems of peace strewn upon the last
resting place of the warrior. What
more beautiful sign of peace could
be made.
After many trials and much tribu-
lation the ill-iated Alice Blanchard
got to sea again last Saturday. The
tug Wizard came up from San Fran
cisco, and started down with her i'll
tow. The tug also brought a crew
to go aboard her and work her down.
When she reaches San Francisco
she will be placed in q dry dock
and repaired and overhauled, after
which she will go to South America.
{. b. Crosno received a letter
yesterday inquiring as to the out
loook fol- the establishment of
creamery at Toledo. The party
DESTROYS of going into business is a
practical creamery man and wishes
to engage in the business on the
Bay. While nothing definite was
offered the iutimation was held out
that he could get sufficient induce
ment he would locate in Toledo and
start creamery.
Sheriff Lands informs us that he
has made about three hundred as
sessments of nonresident taxpayers
whose names are not on the assess
meut roll as turned over to Lincoln