The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-07-16
STATE AND COAST.
Clipped from our EXCHANGES
Throughout the Wast.

S''PbSu lIo'il our EXCHANGES
Throughout the Wsst.
The ieaehors's institulefor Coluulit
c,oniy will begin al ST Helens jul,
81
Bird Loosely, of Fort Klamath, real,
lied 800 last month from Tie milk Of 4s
cows, sold to the creamery ut TINT
place,
rue county court awarded the con.
tract for bridge across Row river 10
L. \, Roney for $685. The bridge viii.
be a l06.foot span.
J. Rip Van Winkle brought to Grants
Pass rough piece of gold containing
500, from Fall creek, last week. His
6-year-old boy found il. The chunk
was about half white quartz rock.
W. 3. Keen last week lid in that
part Of the Hall estate known as tie
W. A. Hanor place, on the Big Mes.
tucca river. The place consisted Of
about 2l5 acres and the price paid was
$40 an aeie.
\ B. lIandley. chairman Of the Til
lamook county republican central com
mittee, has brought suit against A. II.
White, lately candidate Oh the repub.
Iican ticket for county clerk, to recover
$40 due for Mr.. Whites pro rata of the
campaign expenses.
Several men were at work la,t week
making the necessary repairs on the
woelen mill race at Brownsville. The
Intention of the company now is to put
everything in tip'top shape, and about
the first of September start the mill
running at full capacity.
1t looks as though Salem and Mar. |
ion county were to become famous bv |
reason of the newspaper sketch artists
produced from that section, saws the
Statesman. F. +, Bowers, a brigh,
'nd conscientious cartoouist, has been
summoned by telegraph to the office
Of san Francisco paper and to assume
The duties Of a valuable assignment.
The old Fisher warehouse in Astoria
was torn down Friday by contractors.
rope was passed around the building
and given good strcng pull, which
brought the landmark down in a heap
with crash to be heard for blocks
around. The last of Hune's old can.
merry, where he made his fortune in
wears gone by, is being destroyed to
naEe way for the railroad, saws the
Asorian.
julius Anderson, Of Westport, was
'ttaeked by an angry Lull July 4 and [
'ad narrow escape from death. The
.ninlal knocked lin over and ran one
'Arn through his arm above the elbow. /
The other horn tore the shirt from the 4
mans breast and rubbed along the t
lde Of his neck. Fortunately for the G
nan, the bull made only one pass at i
i'm, then allowing him to crawl away .
Without further injury. t
An impeounious fraud visited Grants :
Ass last week and succeeded in blk t
lg several Of the citizens out Of small
lms He has smattering Of knoWl- g
lge concerning the workings of the Z
'asonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of u
ythMs orders, and it was his plan to
'llcit aid from the members. 70 a
lason he represented his name as 81
eing EIdridge, to an Odd Fellow az b
amuels and to Knight Of Pythias as u
lowe p
., X Spaulding, of Newberg, who y
as contract for rafting 1000, 900 feet - "
cottonwood logs from the San u
am river to Oregon city for the Will. .,
mette Pulp & Paper Company, of " "
lat place, last Tuesday, started the y "
I'VE, and in consequence the VILLAIN =
te river, at Salem, has been filed ~ ~
ith floating logs, many of which are ~
Dding on the banks along the river ie ie
I'd on the island below the big bridge. ~ -
be crew prosecuting the work are IA
Nv encamped at Buena Vista, where az "
e main portion Of the logs are. "