The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-10-08

year and his sorghum Is superio
article.
The Milton Eagle says that many o
the strawberry fields about Milton ar,
producing the second crop of frui
now. Last week George Edward.
picked six quarts Of fine, ripe fruit
from his patch.
The Dalles Chronicle understand.
that E. Q. Wiley, for the last six years
chief inspector Of the government
works at Cascade Locks, has been as.
signed by the engineers to the care Of
the big gates, and will do the open.
ing and shutting necessary to let boats
through, after November Is.
Last week MIR. Lows house, IS miles
east of klamath Falls, was destroyed
by fire. After building fire in the
kitchen that morning, he went out to
the barn to do the milking. When he
return' d to the house it was in flames
aud all that he was able to save was q
few clothes and bedding, and trunk
with its contents.
The very novel sight of threshing
by moonlight could have been seen on
the farm of Mr.. Soliss on Griffin creek
last Saturday night, says correspond.
ent Of the Medford Mail. The thresh-
ers were at work that day and when
the shades of night began falling,
found they had about four hours work
to do to finish the job--so obtained per-
mission to finish by moonlight. After
supper they again repaired to the
field when after working steadily,
completed their work at eighteen
minutes before twelve, thus prevent.
ing the breaking Of the Sabbath.
For some time past Mr.. Durphy, of
Portland, has been in Chicago, selling
shares of stock in what was represent
ed to be colossal mining enterprise,
in Jackson county, this state. Mr..
Durphy represented that his company
owned and controlled mining property
worth $4,00O,O00, when the facts were
that he (Mr. Durphy), had only
verbal option on the land, and it had
already expired. The ground has
never been worked, but it is undoubt-
ealy Of great value. Chicago investors
did not take hold very eagerly, and 1t
is probable that very few people have
lost money by this fraud,
Jack Grisby, who lives on the edge
of the desert, in Jackson county, was
accidentally shot last week. He was
sitting In front of his residence, talk
ing with his son, while a little child
inside was fooling with a loaded shot
gun. The weapon fell to the floor and
went off, the load going through the
wall and scattering over Mr.. Grigsby's
body. About two dozen shots lodged
about his left shoulder-blade and in
filcted painful, though not necessarily !
wounds. A few of the
shot also struck his son, but without
iniuring him much.
In front of Thompson's saloon on
Jackson street, in Roseburg, a cutting
affray caused considerable excitement
early Tuesday night of last week. The
real particul RS of such disturbances
are generally hard to procure, and this
one is no exception to the rule, saws
The Roseburg Review. 1t seems that
VIM. Callahan and Lee Minard had
some trouble and the former was or.
1ered out of the house, command
that he obeyed. The quarrel did not
stop then, however, Callahan calling
Minard outside, an invitation which
he accepted. Minard is said to have
truck Callahan, and the latter stabbed
nim with pocket knife Ill return on
,he left side, making long wound,
out not deep enough to be serious.
Then Minard knocked Callahan down
md before the two men could be pulled
apart, Minard received a long, deep
,ash in the deshy part of each leg
.bove the knee. 1t is said that the
ength of the three cuts aggregate
hree feet. Callahan was arrested and
Irraigned before Justice Hamlin, and
leld in the sum of $500.
The day Of Senator Mitchell ard
Congressman Hermann's big rally at
eugene, the Guard said: "Julius Gold
NTH today has done a rushing bust.
less in selling badges. He sold $50
sryan's and $50 McKinley's." A to-
acco drummer in Roseburg the fol-
owing day confirmed this report,
aging that Goldsmith told him he
vas selling five Bryan to one McKin-
" badge that day. Another gentle
1an said that when the procession
scorted Mitchell and Hermann up
street from the denot. there