The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-11-28

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all the pastors taking part and Rev.
Molloy preaching the sermon. AT the
close, collection will be taken up for
the poor of Lebanon.
The students of the academy will,
in the near future, give their first en-
tertainment for the present school
year. Several Of the performers who
took part IN the dramas last year, will
again appear in this. The public may
look forward to a very excellent enter.
tainment,
Nearly 1000 people left Portland by
steamer and train last Sunday night
for San Francisco, atthe low rates re-
sulting from the battle for passenger
business now being waged furiously
between the Southern Pacific COM
pany and the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company.
Mr. c. 4. Parish, father of DIR.
Parish, and Mrs. Mincher, mother of
Mrs. Parish, both OF San Francisco,
arrived on yesterday mornings train
and are in the city, visiting with their
children. Dr. aud Mrs. Parish were
not expecting them, and it is needless
to say that it was most happy sur
prise.
The Jefferson bridge has been ex-
amined by County Judges w. z. Hub
bard, of Marion county, and ]. N.
Duncan, of Linn county, assisted by
the superintendent of the Southern
Pacific bridges, who happened to be
present looking over the company's
bridge. The structure was fund to
be all right, with the exception of
some slight repairs needed in the ap-
proaches.
! Last Friday evening fire alarm
was given which was promptly re-
sponded to by the fire boys. 1t only
proved to be the fue of the NJ. f. par
sonage burning out. 1t looks to US as
if persons turning in alarms should
use little more judgment and not call
the department out every time a
/ fiue burns out; especially while every
thing is TO wet too burn. If it was in
dry weather, it would be different.
A good-natured rivalry is growing
mp between the Independence and
Dallas public schools, over the possess
sion, or rather earning the right to
possess silk flag, which is to be given
to the school having the best general
attendance for November. There are
about 575 enrolled in the Dallas
schools. aud 3l4 in the Independence,
and the school having the least aver
age number of tardies gets the flags.
The following city ticket has been
placed in the field: For mayor, D.
Andrews; councilmen, N. ). Dal-
gleish, &, E. Pugh, H. 1aker, A.
Umphrey, J. r. Smith, N. R, Bea-
man; recorder, W. NJ. Brown; treas
urer, J. +. Hyde; marshal, G.. W. Tay-
lor. The tickets a good one and we
predict that the majority of it will be
eleeted-if not all. Another ticket
will be in the field, but it has not
been made up yet.
Edward Brabham, sou of T. J. Brab.
ham, who resides near Springfield,
met with fatal accident some time
Monday, the body being found about
3 p. m The young man left his
fathers house in the morning for a
hunt, carrying shotgun. AS he did
not return when expected, search was
instituted, and his body was found
near fence, with a great hole in the
left breast, where load of shot had
entered, 1t is thought he was climb
ing through the fence, and that his
gun was accidentally discharged. He
was about twenty-three years of age.
The adjourned term of circuit court
before Judge Burnett convened at Al
bany Monday, for the trial of Mrs.
Emma &. Hannah, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Lottie Hiatt, at Jor-
dan, on September 26, last. The en-
tire day was taken up in securing a
jury, composed Of the following per-
sons: A. P. Blackburn, A. Cross,
Frank Trites Henry Blakely, J. NJ.
Ralston, H. Bishop, E N. Humphrey,
j. II. Glass, J. H. Caldwell, w. S. Fos-
ter, Z. G. Roberts and NJ. Berrigan.
District Attorney McCann then made
his opening address to the jury, recit-
ing what facts the state expects to
prove. He stated that the prosecution
would show by the testimoney that
the assailant was the defendant,
disguised in mans clothing, and
the various accusations that have been
made and heretofore published, in
cluding the finding and Identification
of the hat claimed to belong to the de.