The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-05-18
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| Wliltnr seems 10 be taking q place in
the lap Of spring at present.
Gen. Coxey ought to have learned by
this this time that no man who own
len thousand dollar horse can ever
become a great socialistic reformer.
John Stewart, Of Eugene, expects to
drive about 1000 cattle over the noun.
tains about the first of the month.
A. Todd, of Forest Grove, has been
given a government contract to survey
township % south, range 10 west.
Quite number of fine Guernsey
cattle belonging to Banker Bush, Of
Salem, had to be killed recently under
orders Of the state veterinarian, who
found them to be suffering from tuber-
cnlosis.
The salmon run has thus far been
very light this spring. The salmon
catchers of this valley anticipate that
they will be more plentiful as soon as
the water in the Columbia and John
Day rivers recede.
1t was rumored IN Eugene Saturday
that a patty Of Is men from Fairmount,
Creswell and Cottage Grove would
leave today for the Bohemia mining
district to search for the bodies of
Downing and Weaver the lost men.
The total Of patients and employees
at the insane asylum is now l042
This, of course, includes morphine and
opium fiends and people of good fami-
lies, who ought to be in the state peni-
tentiary.
In the Ochoco mining district five
pi 'cer claims are being worked, EN-
ploying lS men. There are also two
men at work in the McAlister quartz |
mine. There is ali abundance of wa.
ter for placer mining, and good deal |
of dirt will be moved this season.
The Goose Bay News is authority |
for the statement that Charles Millir.
the populist candidate for representa-
tive, recently spoke for four hours at
one meeting at Jefferson.
The severe frosts the nights of the
Sth. and 9th. inst. did not do as much
damage through Southern Oregon as
was feared. This was owing to the
Try atmosphere.
The Grant county Eagle says that
Sam Palmer will cross the northern
part of the county with $4,000 head of
sheep, afer shearing which he will
irlve east of the Rockies.
The Eugene r .gister says another
laek Of clothing and blankets belong.
ng to Downing aud Weaver have been
oudd These men were lost 10 the
Mountains before the last heavy snow
torn, All hope of finding them alive
las beel given up. |,
V. Kratz, Of Portland, has offered
be people Of Eugene to them ware
,ouse and a fouring-mill with cspa-
its Of 100 barrels of flour day, pro-
'ided the rsople Of Eugene will loan
i'm $4,000 for five years, the money (
% be used i'll building the works.
Justice Bachelor, of Salem, was {
allied to Buena Vista Saturday to hold
n inquest on the body Of Caroline
)ietz, found floating In lake there
middle of the week. The verdict at.
ri6uted her death to suicide from ILL
ess and weakness, and exonerated
he family, upon whom it seems some I
ensure had rested.
There was All interesting lawsuit at
last week, wherein Mrs.
liter was sued by Mrs. Esteb for 5000 {
amages for SANDER. The verdict of
he jury was that the plaintiff have 81 s
and the costs of the suit,
fhich amounted to about $l00. There
fere about so witnesses examined. 1t
ias alleged by Mrs. Esteb that Mrs.
liter public accused her of the theft of s
pair of SCISSORS,
The Chinese In the Nelson Mining
camp at Pocahontas were
reused Thursday night by an ARMED