Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-09-20

salmon to running, and all tn,
boats are now making fair catches
Prof. Bethers started his selec
school in the old school buildin:
last Tuesday with a fair attendance
The city has bought a lot jus
across the track opposite the hote
and will erect the c>ty Jail thereon
instead of in the street, as wa.
first contemplated.
Geo. Buford started Monday tc
drive through to Roseburg with {
team. He took with him a valu
able colt belonging TO DR.. Smith
who recently left Newport for the
above place. The colt is of racing
stock and is valued at $500.
The entertainment given at the
court house last Saturday night by
Prof. Lewis and daughter, was an
occasion of fun and enjoyment
The entertainment was in the ma
ture Of juggling, sleight-of-hand,
etc., and was we'll performed
throughout. The evening was
thoroughly enjoyed by ali present.
There are about IA men employed
at the government quarry. They
are getting out scow load of rock
per day row. There was a large
quantity Of dirt in the quarry when
work began and it was not thought
possible..tp deliver rock in the time
that they did,
Rosa Estes a daughter of Mrs.
Bowers, of Beaver creek, was
brought before Judge Burt last
Monday and adjuged insane, and
was taken to the asylum on Tues
day by Deputy Sheriff Parrish.
The unfortunate girl is 1S years old
and has been a sufferer from fits
since she was a small child, which
produced the insanity.
The new superintendent of the
Siletz school arrived in Toledo last
Monday, and went over to the
agency to assume lis duties on
Tuesday, His name is G. w. N.Y.
ers, and he came here from Kan
sas. He has had some experience
in the Indian schools on the coast,
however, having been an employe
for some time on the Neah Bay res
ervation i'll Washington.
]. H. Mcneil resigned the office
of Wells, Fargo express here and
]. S. Gather has been appointed.
The transfer was made last Satur-
day, and the express Office is now
to be found at the depot. Mr..
Mcneil has been a Clever and ac-
commodating agent for the COM
pany here for several years, and
his books checked up as straight as
a string. He will probably be
given charge Of an express office
soon to be opened at Pioneer.
L. O'Brien, the Yaquina mer-
chant, speaks to the people of
Lincoln county through the medium
of the LEADER this week. Mr..
O'Brien has but recently returned
from San Francisco where he pur-
chased the largest and best selected
stock of goods in his line ever
brought to the Bay. So large was
his new stock that he was COM
PEELED to build more room to hold
it. Mr.. O'Brien is a careful and
shrewd buyer, and he did not buy
this large stock Of goods to let
them lie on his shelves, but he in
tends to sell them, and in order to
do this he will put a selling price
on them. By buying in large
quantities and carefully selecting
his goods as to quality, price and
style, he is enabled to give as good
prices as can be found in Oregon.
tits worth while to look over his
large stock as one is sure to find
many bargains therein.
AS will be seen in another
column County Superintendent
Betheos has made an apportionment
of the remaining money in the
county school fund, This amounts
to SI,3s7 and is apportioned to the
districts according 70 their school
population. The apportionment OF
this class OF money is what the
LEADER so strenuously contended
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