Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-05-03

Fnllomath on a visit.
DIR. Warren, the Newport drug
gist, was up to Toledo on business
last Friday.
VIM. Mackay was over from
Corvallis the latter part oflast week
looking after his interests here.
Capt. Blake has received a letter
from the owners of the Lillian in.
forming him that the vessel will
soon be up from the Siuslaw.
The Great Northern railroad
strike has been declared off, being
settled by arbitration. The result
is favorable to the strikers.
Rev. A. L. Hawley was called
to Monroe this week to attend to
some business for his father-in-law,
Mr.. S. G. Thompson, who is quite
i'll.
Virgil Waters had business at
this place last Friday evening,
coming over from Corvallis in the
evening and returning next morn
ing.
Station Agent Gather informs
lis that the Toledo Office billed out
8oA tons of various kinds of pro-
duce during the month of April.
Over 90 passenger tickets were
sold also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cressy came in
this week from Monmouth, where
they have been living for several
months, and will open the popular
Cressy House at Newport next
week.
Fred Chambers returned from
Philomath last Tuesday after a
visit of several days. He contem-
plates leaving for San Francisco
next Saturday on the Steamer
Homer, where he hopes to recuper-
ate his failing health.
Otto Krogstad, Mr.. Quandahl
and A. Hegrenes, and families ar.
rived from Grafton, North Dakota,
last Saturday. The former is a
brother Of A. o. Krogstad, of this
place, and is druggist by profes.
sion. They all expect to make
their home in Lincoln county.
The Odd Fellows celebration at
Newport last Thursday was attend
ed by about a dozen persons from
this place. The exercises were
interfered with by inclemency of
the weather during the day. The
dance at night was we'll attended
and a good time Is reported.
L. H. McMahan, late of the
Oregon Independent, has started
another paper at Salem and calls it
'McMahan's Wasp" Its object
for coming into existence seems to
be for the purpose OF personal re.
venge on the part of Its editor.
With such an object in view 1t
must necessarily be shortlived.
Mining matters are looking up a
little in Lincoln county, two mining
claims having been filed during the
past week. A. B, Hunt filed a
mineral claim on a gold and silver
bearing quartz ledge In the Drift
creek country, and B. H. Barwick
filed placer claim on Theil creek
in the Seal Rock mining district.
The latter is a beach mine.
The Volanta brought the tug
Resolute up from the docks last
Tuesday to anchor her at the old
rock quarry in fresh water. While
passing the shoal water at the
Denlinger place the tug stuck on
the bottom Of the river and the
Volanta could not pull her off.
She came back yesterday at high
tide and while trying to pull the
tug Of the Volanta fouled d rope
and stuck In the nud herself, She
laid there till high tide last night
when she got both herself and the
tug off and anchored the latter safe
ly at the lower quarry.
S. A. Pruett, of Yaquina, who
went to Portland last week with
his little son to have the latter's
leg again amputated, returned home
last Monday. The operation was
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