The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-03-08

business this week.
Mrs. J. M. Ralston Of Albany, was
visiting In the city lust Saturday.
Hiram Baker received a large as
sortment of@aIl paper this week.
April 13 '95, hardly person is now
alive, who Can afford TO miss 1t. AT
the Academy.
Mrs. J. Gentry and children left
yesterday for Oakland where tley go
to visit relatives.
MIR. 4. G. Peobler has rented the
Walton ranch where he will move in
the near future,
Messrs. Westfall & Umphrey have
again put the stage on their mail line
from here TO Sweet Home,
Attorney Brown intends to move
into the rooms now occupied by S. M.
Garland as soon as they are vacated.
The ladies aid society will give an
entertainment Tuesday evening,
March 10. See particulars next week.
"Broken Fettersp the popular drama
will he presented by the students of
the Academy on the evening Of April
3rd.
VIM, Marks ir. left this week for his
mountain homo ut the toll gates. His
sister, Miss Sada, and father returned
with him.
|. X. Borum left Wednesday for
Portland. He intends to visit Salem
and Oregon City before returning
home.
Mr.. Z. 3. Montague is to lecture on
Scotland at the Academy on Satur-
day evening ut 5 O'clock. Admission
free and all cordially invited,
Hiram Baker received another large
Invoice of spring goods this week
direct from the east. He invites the
puolic to call and inspect these goods
aad get prices.
Miss A. Dumond left last Monday
for Portland where she will he gone
for two weeks to buy her spring stock
of millinery. She intends to put in
the finest stock ofmilllnery this spring
that was ever brought to Lebanon,
The attorneys in the case of Sturte-
want vs. Ralston taYe been making
pleadings before Refeiee Yates this
week. The referee viii have his report
ready to present TO tie circut court
this term, II Is suid that Attorney
S0niers niadea speech for over two
hours and u half.
We have been asked several times If
Prof, Wilkes was moi the author Of the
article In the EXPRESS signed Patron.
We will state positively that he was
not aud viii also say thut he Is not
the author Of any otherarticle that has
ever appeared in these columns ex-
cept the. one that his name was signed
to last week.
Attorney S, NJ, Garland has rented
the front room in the Courtney brick,
the one that was formerly occupied by
DR.. Courtney, and also the one that
was formerly occupied by stowe.
Mr.. Stokes is now engaged in putting
door between the two rooms and
papering the front one. When it is
completed it win be the incest suite
of rooms for offices in the city,
At the regular annual election of the
Lebanon Engine Co. No. |, last Fri
day, the following officers was elected
for the ensuring year"President, G, e.
Pugh; secretary William Lewis; as
sstaut secretary, G. II. Kembrough;
treasure, J. 9. Mayer; chief, A. B, Mic
kersom assistant chief, w, G, Peterson;
foremap, A. +. :Nickenon; assistant
Foreman, Frank Tiyey; trustees, J. G.
Boyts, B. X. Kirk and Amos TeHny.
The Y. P. s. G. Il. of the First
Presbyterian church held their first
seml-annual election Of officers on last
Monday evening, the following
named officers were elected for the
ensuing term of six months beginning
April /: President, John Swan; Vice
President, Miss Maud Aldrich; Re
cording Secretary, j. b. Marks; Treas
urer, II. G. Everett; Organlst, Miss
Mona Miller; Assistant 0rganist Miss
Emma Crandall; Chorlster, J. B.
Marks.
Lust Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Propst
brought A. I. Stowe to Lebanon for
the purpose of procuring bondsmen.
His bonds had been reduced to $500
and by hard work and with consider,
able persuasion he succeeded in get
ting ten men to go on his bonds for
that amount with the provision that
Joe Smith be sworn In as q deputy
sheriff aud guard him all the time
nttu onIrt npets Mr. &tnIUa 10 NOW