The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-10-29
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'N'N' VI h'SS "cit bbiu Ids
week In Milton, for q cents per pound
One Of the finest trainloads of lamb
ever shipped from Oregon, comprising
1000 head, left The Dalles last week fol
Kansas City.
The grand jury for the November
term in Waseo county has been drawn.
Circuit court will begin in The Dalles
November 0.
Plenty of trout can be caught on
Coos river, by using salmon eggs for
bait, but fly fishing in that river is
over for the season.
The young women of Woodburn
worked hard during the recent fire in
carrying out furniture and other stock
from several of the store buildings.
5. Whitney and Garfield Sutton, two
Albany boys, have shipped into the
laval service, and are off on a three
years cruise on a man-of-war, out of
San Francisco,
The item copied from the Ashland
Tidings, into the Oregonian, to the
effect that Charles Nickel, of Jackson
vile, had made an assignment, con.
tained error. Mr.. Nickel has made
no assignment.
Just what a "golly whopper" is ex-
planned in the Heppner Gazette. 1t is
pumpkin weighing l2l pounds, that
was raised on William Ayers place,
on Butter creek,
Gus Gaspary, of Haystack, who was
recently bound over to the grand jury
on charge of horse-stealing, was fully
exonerated by the grand jury of Grant
county last week.
Mr. Austin, of Milton, was thrown
from his wagon, near that town, last
week, and his leg broken by two of the
wheels of his wagon passing over the
leg, above the knee.
John DAVIS, who lives near Silver
ton, recently dug 729 bushels of po-
tatoes from three acres of land. This
is an average of 243 bushels to the acre.
Mr. DAVIS has 10 acres more in potatoes
that he is now digging.
A. Anderson, of Forest Grove, found
the other day curious bunch of grapes
on one of his vines, part of the White
Sweet Waters, and the rest of red
variety. The grapes were mature, of
full size and good flavor.
Foss, Guthrie & Co. shipped from
Raker City Wednesday of last week,
a trainload of 49O cattle. Nearly all of
the cattle weare bought from Powder
Valley stockgrowers. The prices were:
Cows, SIG; twos, SIS; threes, $23 and
$24.
AS one Of the signs of better times, a
Baker City paper says that within the
last two weeks there has been an in.
flow of gamblers to that city from all
parts of the Northwest, and that many
games of chance are in full blast, ard
are well patronized.
Monday was grand day for the
Salvation Army people of The Dalles.
On that date they received Commits |
sioner Higgins, who is one among the
leading Salvationists of the country.
Commissioner Higgins is SO years of
age, and has been a member of the
army fer IS years.
Wednesday night of last week Rose
Wellington, keeper Of a house of ILL., |
'ame in The Dalles, attempted to end !
her life with pistol. She shot herself |
ust below the heart, inflicting wound |
rom which she is likely to die. The
unfortunate woman's mother was sum
noned by telegraph, and arrived in
The Dalles Thursday.
II. H. Rogers, county recorder of
county, was hunting pheas-
lnts near Nashville, Lincoln county,
'ecently, when his gun burst and the
whole breech Of the gun flew in his
ace, breaking his nose and injuring
lis right eye. ]. r. Hessler was with
lin. As the gun went off Rogers
lorse jumped and kicked Hessler in
he back hard blow
The Dalles Itimizer says that Cryder
I Co., have, within week, purchased
hese hops: A. W. McNary, 14S bales,
It u centsi j. j. Daley, 72, and L. G.
Kirkpatrick, Al bales, at s cents; M.
5uy, 43 bales, at 81 cents, and George
Jutler 81 bales, at s. cents. The only
lnsold hops in this vicinity are about
% bales, each belonging to John
droves and Henry Clanfeld. 4
Last week. while Charles Albrecht
vas occupied in the rear part Of his
aloon, in Corvallis, some person
ntered the building and went behind