The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-10-05

iNU'Ius anu DSconeb governor III Iact,
who will be appointed is entirely a
matter of speculation. 1t is said there
are many applicants for all OF the
positions.
Emil Schanno, the Wasco county
fruit grower, has received from Cal
tornia a colony Of Australian lady.
bugs, which he will put out along
Mill creek.
Cool wheat is selling in Union
county for 22 cents Der bushel deliver.
ed al the mill, One farmer has 30, COO
bushels, and has sold l5,G00 bushels at
that price.
More than 100 tracklayers are put
ting down heavy new steel rails on
the Sheridan branch, and will soon
have the job complete from Portland
to Sheridan.
A rich piece Of "foato quartz was
found down the John Day river below
MI. Vernon recently. prospectors are
out trying to discover the ledge from
which it cane.
The little steamer Mayfower sank
on Lake klamath last week. Captain
Mccormick and his two daughters
were aboard, but were safely taken of
in a boat. The machinery only will be
raised and put into new boat.
Grant county reports to the asse5soY
1854 horses, l6,629 cattle, l72,O8e
sheep. This last does not include
lambs. The county has bout 225, 900
sheep, and its wool clip next year will
not be far from 100000 pounds.
Fl. I. Putnam has started from En-
terise for Elgin with about 500 head Of
cattle. He paid sl4 and SIS for cows
and S24 for steers. He leaves some.
thing like $1,000 in Wallowa county,
and there are plenty of cattle left.
A man in Fairfield, Washington,
, has invented an attat hnlent to be used
on an ordinary bicycle BY which he
may travel with ease on .he rail Of a
railroad track, The inventor recently
rode over 50 miles in three hours, ,-Ex.
AT Eugene, Martha |, Hay has sued
her husband, Jarvis J. Hay, for di-
yoree, The couple were married in
Josephine county, Ore. on, October 22Ss
1853, and The complaint alleges drunk
enness and cruel aud inIun!an treat
nent.
Hugh Finley, of Benton county, has
$500 bushels Of prunes, which are be.
ing cured on two dryers at the rate Of
1000 bushels per week. Ten men are
piekin2 and seven are drying, and he
expects the product to weigh 10000
poundS,
Barney May, of Harrisburg, son Of
Mr., Sam May, is now travelling for
Dittenhoffer Haas g. Co., having sue,
/ ceeded Doc Hamburger, deceased.
He is bright young man, and will
make a success Of any business he uil-
dertakes.
u. Goodmanson, an IcelanGer, living
near Sheridan, was thNiwn from his
pony one day last week, Receiving in.
juries from which he died day o. VIC
later, He is laborer and is thought
to have had wife and children At
Whatcorl.
Not many weeks ago John McManps
and Miss Wpggoner were married in q
Harvey valley bayfield, in a blaze Of
sunlight, and now it appears, though
not of official record, that their only
presents consisted of three tons of hay
two hay knives, haymck all q
scythe.
The mountains of Elk Greek, or Bad
Lands, in Southern Oregon, are l,aid
by a Uanyonyille correspondent, to he
the resort Of cattle thieves who alt
gathering stock from the neighhofng
ranges, butchering them in these
secluded places and peddling it out tt
farmers in other settlements.
Ashland ridings; There Is talk il
railroad circles Of Q reduction Of foul
or five hours in the runuing time 0
/ the overland passenger trains ON th'
Southern Pacific between Portland
and San Francisco. The fact that tn,
troadmasters on the Shasta division
have been instructed to see that th'
track is put in perfect repair at one
lends color to the rumor OF The pro
posed shortening Of the time schedule
One ay last week the young son 0
Mr.. and Mrs l.. ?. rallman, Of Mea
dow Lane county, aud the neighbor'