The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-03-02
Miscellaneous Items
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The contract has been let for a
100000 steel railroad bridge
across the Mississippi at New Or
leans.
AT Waitsburg, Washington, FIVE
Car loads Of potatoes Of the 1894
crop have been contracted at 80
cents a sack.
A New York Judge recently sent
young fellow to prison for four
teen years, who had been convicted
Of stealing IA cents.
7. V. Powderly and others have
sued the Knights of Labor for a
large sum Of money, alleged to be
due for salaries for past services.
A novel and very effective adj
vertising scheme was recently put
in operation by firm in an Indiana
town, who placed signs at street
corners, giving the name Of the
thoroughfare with an advertise
ment OF their products underneath.
A Boston man who is tramping
around among venomous snakes in
the Banana River country, Fla,
took pair Of aluminium leggins
with him as a protection against
their fangs. The leggins are light
and comfortable and the first of
the kind ever made.
The snag- boat Corvallis has been
pulled off the Eugene Harrisburg
route and has been put to work on
the river between Corvallis and
Harrisburg. The recent high water
lodged 80 many snags and other
distractions along this distance,
that it will render the river danger
GUS and we'll nigh impossible.
The Brazilian government has
thus far been unable to suppress
the insurgents, but the yellow
fever seems likely to stop hostili-
ties. Under ordinary circum-
stances the native Brazilian is able
to cope with the dread disease, but
he cannot carry on war and at the
same time battle with ayellow
jack"
A petition is being circulated and
sigred extensively at Albany, ask
ing Judge Fullerton to postpone
the sale Of the Oregon Pacific until
June /, by which time, it is said
100000 will be forthcoming to
purchase the road, pay up its obi,
cations, and place it ON a basis that
will lead to extension across the
mountains.
The Long Creek Eagle says Chin
amen in that town are in receipt
of instructions from the Six Com
panies to shoot U, S. marshals il
they in any instance attempt tc
collect fees from them for register
ing, If this is true, the govern
ment had better go about deportins
the Six Companies. They have
caused enough trouble, and NJ
more should be tolerated.
The long hoped for mail rout,
from Brownsville to Halsey ant
return is about to materialize. TIL,
contract has been let to Geo
Drinkard for $3.50 per year to per
form the service on such route ant
will begin on the tenth of Marcl
to perform the work. This will
give Brownsville a mail daily di
rect from Portland and will be
great convenience to the people.
Frank c. Brady, the defaultinI
book-keeper Of the Sunnyside Lane
and improvement Co. Of Portland
who skipped out in July, 1892
with $4,000 of the company
money, has been arrested in Leav
enworth, Kansas. He had Travelled
quite extensively since leavin,
Portland, having made a trip O
two to England, and had finally
settled down on a farm in Kansas
A bill that abolishes the posta
notes now in use has passed boil
houses Of congress. Instead of tn,
postal note the new bill creates
money order system by which or
ders can be secured at rates as low
as those now charged by expires
companies. For orders not exceed
ing $3.50 the charge issthree cents
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