The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-13
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A Seattle buyer recently purchased
1000 sheep in the Alder creek country,
in Klickitat county, Wash.
| DR.. Inman, of Umaiilla county, has
been bound over In the sum Of $500 to
answer to the grand jury the charge Of
manslaughter.
The winter school for farmers at
Pullman, Wash, Is proving popular.
Farmers from all parts Of that state
are in attendance.
Senator Roach, Of North Dakota, has
arranged to have load Of cattle
shipped from Grants Pass to the sena.
tors stock headquarters at Northfeld,
MINI.
Railroad officials OF La Grande re-
port that the new fanger machine for
clearing the track Of snow and ice is a
success. The machine in use was con-
structed at Albina.
A petition for the pardon of Frank
Kelley, convicted Of having deer meat
in his possession during the close sea-
son, has been forwarded to Governor
Lord from Pendleton.
The required number Of COWS haYe
been secured, and creamery at juno
tion City is now an assured fact. Work
will commence OIL the building as soon
as the weather will permit.
Az b reward for hard work on the
part Of the women, snohomish, WASH,
now has "a large reading-room, well
lighted and amply supplied with
pupers and other reading matter.
A coyote was killed In the Amity
hills, in Yamhill county, last week,
that stood 2s inches high and meas
ured feet inches from the point Of
his nose to the tip Of his tail. The $40
bounty was paid for his skin.
A bold attempt was made by two
footpads in Arlington Tuesday night
of last week, to hold up F. Q. Hindle.
The attempt was frustrated by the
timely appearance of commercial
man, whose presence put the would-be
robbers to flight,
Mrs. John Eiting, whose husband
was found drOS ned In South Mill
creek, in Salem, several weeks ago,
has applied to the county court to re-
turn TO her the $a4 or so which was
found in his pocket, and which was
turned into the county treasury by the
coroner.
Gee Coon, a Chinese cook in Marsh
field, pointed D didn'tknow-it-was-
loaded rifle at Robert Moe In fun, and
pulled the trigger. The bullet struck
the collar bone on the right side, and
rehounded, as it was only % caliber,
but the Chinaman was nearly fright
ened to death.
J.C. Hoover and Portland Adams
were out on the head Of Panther creek,
in Yamhlll county, last week, and
succeeded in capturing a large black
bear His bearship was in log; but
Mr.. Adams punched him out, when
the animal struck right out after Mr..
Hoover, who laid him out at the sec
ond shot.
Now that spring has begun, the o.
R. & N. Co. will commence grading
up the road again, and repairing in
iuries to the road bed occasioned by
washouts, slides, etc, says The Dalles
Chronicle. To this end over 10000
ties have been ordered for use between
The Dalles aud Pendleton, and will
shortly be distributed along the line.
Charles Fiester, the condemned
murderer at Grants Pass, is still in a
comatose condition, and 1t Is generally
conceded that he is suffering from
parsais. 1t is not likely that he will
live over couple of months. After
the abortive effort to commit him "
the sylum, the district attorney laid
the matter before the attorney general.
1t seems that the proper procedure IN
such cases Is left uncertain IN the stat
utes
The Brownsville Times says: Miss
! Dora Evans, aged about II, eldest
daughter Of E, A. Evans, Was eilonSly
burned Friday u'Grnlng at 5 O'Clock
She was busy preparing the morning
meal, when In some munler her cloth
ing caught fire and turned rapidly, and
almost in an instant her hair wa'
ablaze. She naturally Aegan scream
Ing and ran out Of doors, putting heI
head in a tub Of water. Her fathel
heard her cries, and came 10 her rescut
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