The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-04-16

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urer Kern sent $1,000 of this amount
to the state treasurer and the balance
will be apportioned to school districts
and cities in Umatilla county.
e. ]. McClanahan, Of Eugene, has
received orders for about 800 Chinese
phcasants more than he can supply,
The birds are desired for propagating
In sections where they have not yet
oeenF introduced. Some Of the orders
are from Texas, Pennsylvania and
Virginia.
The apparatus for operating the gates
ut tho locks is now all placed and
successful trial was made Thursday.
By attaching cables to the hydraulic
machine, the big gates were opened
and closed with apparently little effort.
No water has MS yet been turned Into
the canal.
TIE case ofthe state VS. w. B. Haines,
a sctoolteacher Of Philomath, Benton
county, for assault and battery, came
up Tor hearing at Philomath last
Monday. Itappears that the teacher
bad occasion to chastise child, and
Its father brought suit. Mr.. Haines
was cleared, after legal skirmish that
lastei during the afternoon and even
Ing entil midnight. .
A dapper young man, who gave his
name as Smith, WIS detected In rob
bing the sluice boxes Of H. A. Corliss
at Dry Diggings, in Josephine county
last week, and Saturday Constable
Randle arrested him, but he got away
after being handcuffed, proving 100
fleet Of foot for the constable.
The Condor Globe has l,een Informed
OF se.eral cases of cruelty to animals
that happened recently along the John
Day river, opposite Sherman county.
A coyote that was Skinned alive mud
turned loose was seen down there last
week, also several coyotes with their
ears and scnlps takel, off.
A 3-yearold daughter of Mr.. Jones,
who lives near Collie, was so badly
burned last week that it is thought
there is no chance of saving the child's
life. She was playing around fire in
the yard and her 1ress caught. Before
the fire conld be put out The child was
badly burned about the thighs and
over the stomach.
E. J Frasier, of Eugene, closed
land deal with f, NJ Smith, Of Los
Angeles, GAL, for the Osturn stock
and dairy farm, consisting of 1000
acres, four and u half miles south of
Eugene The trade includes 100 cows
besides all other live stock on the place
together with farm implements and
for a consideration Of
$4,000.
At the annual city election in
Brownsville Monday, Joseph Blakely
defeated F. M. Powell, the present
marshal, by one vote; J. H. Glass de-
feated B. s. Martin for recorder; c. E.
Stanard was elected treasurer without
opposition and H. A. Stanard, &. H.
Mcfarland and L. P. Roby were elect
ed couneilmen. Mayor Elmore, who
is giving general satisfaction, holds
oyer until next year.
The lecture platform seems 10 be
drawing largely FROM the pulpit. Thee
Corvallis Times says that Frank
Abram Powell, who has occupied the
pulpit of the Christian church in Cor
Wallis for the past three years, snd who
took IN aotive part IN all matters per.
tanning to A. P. A.ism, has severed his
connection with the church there for a
time and will take the field as a
lecturer. His first lectures will be de-
iiyered at Vancouver, Wash. After
finishing his series there be has other
an, >aintmepts which will take all bis
,,me nm, I'll the close of the season.
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