Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-03-22

Miss Cora Mays, ofStorrs, is visit
ing friends in this city.
Jas. Hodges and Albert Collins
returned from the Siuslaw Bay last
Saturday.
Ben Tracy was up from New
port today. We acknowledge a
short call.
Miss Belle Butler, OF this place,
will teach the spring term of the
Drift creek school.
Jerry Henkle, of Philomath, is
being talked of as a suitable candi-
date for joint senator by the repub-
licans.
Mr., and Mrs. A. X. Chapman
came in from Corvallis last Saturday
/ to attend the st. Patrick dance.
They returned home on Monday
mornings train.
Mrs. Tracy Davis, Mrs. Lee
Williams and Mrs. Babbage Of
Newport, enjoyed a pleasant ride
up on the Rebecca G. today, and
visited Toledo.
Last Saturday was St. Patrick's
day. The only celebration of the
event in this place was a ball in
Grady's hall in the evening, at
which the green predominated.
A. o. Hooker had a severe attack
OF heart trouble last Thursday night,
and for time his life was in
critical condition. He has about
recovered at this lime.
Mrs. S. f. Jefreys, of Corvallis,
visited her sister, Mrs. Z. P. Fish,
of this place couple of days this
week. She LETT last night for
Yaquina where she will embark OH
the Homer for San Francisco, on a
visit to the Mid-Winter fair.
The sheriffs office might be said to
now fairly open for the receipt of
taxes, and q moderate amount is
now being paid. The sheriffis send
ing out statements to all who ask
them and has already sent out a
large number.
We are constrained to speak a
good word for our correspondents.
The field is swept each week and
it is all readable and newsy. Keep
it up, Good, live correspondents
make a whole lot better paper than
the editor can.
The Newport News mentioned
the name of John Buckley, of New
port, as candidate for the nomina-
ton for county clerk by the repub-
licans of this county. We want to
say right here that the nomination
of Mr.. Buckley would be a credit
and honor to the party.
The Oregon City Herald says
that the Lincoln county delegates
to the state convention were, I'D.
p. Blue, w, X. Wakefield and A.
L. McDooden." Ii we were Nc
Fadden, the supposed to be last
named party, we would hit some
body,
i. Finley Kitson, late editor ofI
the Corvallis Gazette recently sew
cred his connection with that paper
and made it currently known that
he was getting an interest in the
Roseburg Plaindealer. The latter
paper IN speaking of the matter says:
'Mr. Kitson has never even made
pn offer to purchase any part ofI
this paper, so far as the proprietors
know"
X. l.. Watkins, a son of John
Watkins, living on Drift Creek,
met with an exceedingly painful
accident yesterday. While out
hunting he stopped to rest and set
down on log, and was resting his
rifle against the log. The gun
slipped down in some manner and
the trigger caught enough to dis
charge the gun. The ball struck
him in the fleshy part of the thigh
and passed through, but fortunately |
did not strike the bone. The wound,
while very painful, is not otnecessari-
ly dangerous, and with proper at
tendance will soon heal. His
brother and S. J. Wilhoit were in
town today fol medical help for the
wounded one.
Albert Meaker, one of the rus
Ting ranchers on Mill Creek, receiv- /