The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-01-16
off tomorrow. Peace and quiet now
reips sublime In Lebanon,


The reception that an Albany demi
monde received In Lebanon last week
will not tempt her to repeat her visits
to this place. 1t would be well for her
class to remain away In the future.
Klein, Dubuille & Co., shoe dealers
In Albany, have an ad in this issue
advertising their closing out sale. They
have an immense stock, and advertise
that they will sell at factory prices.
Licenses have been issued for The
marriage Of John +. Cartwright, editor
Review. and Ella v. Whltbeck, Of
Harrisburg, and o. H. Rickens and
Miss B. F. Gaylord, OF Sweet Home,
James Yarmouth, aged 20, son Of
VIM. P. Yarmouth, living two miles
south Of Brownsville, was assisting in
telling u tree Monday when limb tell
and struck him to the ground. The
young man died within few hours.
E. w. AchisoD, the marble and
monument dealer OF Albany, WINS In
Lebanon Monday, setting up y lnonu-
ment, Of which mention Is msde In
another column. We acknowledge a
pleasant ell from Mr.. Achison whlla
In the city.
An other attempt has been made to
kill Miss Ethel Riddle, Of Harrisburg
This time an envelope was sent t.
her filled with powder, the sepir.
thinking she would burn II without
looking inside, but 1t was opened and
the powder discoverd.
c. M. Clark, who has made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Cole.
man, of this city, for the past six
months while he was looking around
over the valley and coast In general,
left Wednesday for his home ut Baxter
Springs, Kansas. Mr.. Clark made
many friends while in our city.
Except 5000 pounds Of hops owned
by Frantz Bros., together with the
product Of the Wilson Bump yard, all
the hops in Kings valley, Benton
county, have been sold, and they went
ut the uniform price Of 8! cents, about
the highest figure reached during the
season, says the Corvallis Times.
The paper mill shut down one week
ago yesterday. The principal cause Of
the shut down was on account Of the
quarantine and sickness of several Of
their hande, but there was some
needed repairs which has also been
done during the shut down. They
will resume work Monday.
The Democratic Central Committee
met at Albany Monday. Much inter
est was taken In the approaching can
vass and strong hopes are entertained
for the success Of the party. Nothing
definite was done about fixing tht
date of the convention. Another
meeting will I've held shortly ut whicl
time all necessary arrangements vii
be made.
The farm residence OF FdwRrt
Chambers, near Knox Butte, caugh
fire Tuesday and was entirely destroy
ed, together with all the contents
| The barn was saved by hard work
! Mrs. Chambers was away from HON,
when the fire started IT Ia supposed
to have originated from fire IN tn,
parlor stove. There was smal
amount Of insurance.
Some one was hawking gold specta
cles about Corvallis last week for ,
dollar pair. Mr. Pomeroy bought 1
pair, which were pronounced BY /
iew.ler to he genuine gold-rimmeC
glasses, worth 81. From Corvallis th'
hawker went to Albany, and ther'
was arrested for peddling without I
license, and sentenced to five days il
the city Jail, Seven pairs Of glasse
were found on bis person, and there i
q suspicion that they may have beef
q part Of the booty of the late Dalla
robbery, In which $50 worth Of jewel
ry was stolen by burglars.-Ex.
Several young men were up befor
the Recorders court Monday, for dis
turbing the peace. The evidence in
dicatei that they We're having som
fun by playing joke ON another par
ty, and very likely laughed and hol
loed too loud. There was nothing
particularly wrong in their conduc
and evidently no intention TO violat
the law. A small fine was imposed OIL
the young gentleman whose voice hap
pened to be recognized, and the other
were released for want of proof. MI
Bilyeu, of Albany, and q. +. Skip
worth, of this place, defended tn
boys, and City Attorney Garland pros
ecuted the cases. We understand tha
the boys divided the cost among them
selves; which made It very light.
Many will remember the sensationa
story published some two years sine