The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-12
remainder "Mrs. Nellie McQuitie.n
Johnson forfeited his bond and left the
spoons In the hands Of the police.

Walia, who LEFT that city last week IN
rather an abrupt manner In order to
keep from fulfilling matrimonial en-.
gagement, and whose whereabouts has
since been mystery both to,the inter
ested young lady and the young mans
parents, has been found ut lust on the
Umatilla reservation.
Sam. Thompson, well.known resi-
dent OF Elk Flat, Union county, was
probably fatally injured last Saturday.
He was holding post that was being
driven into the ground by an ls.pound
sledge- e-hammer in the hands of an as.
sistant, when the hammer flew of the
handle and struck him on the top Of
the head, inficting terrible wound.
On James Dickerson's placer mine
on South Myrtle creek. about Is miles
above the town Of Myrtle Creek, there
was recently found pair of horns
about 80 incnes long and 6 inches in
diameter at the base, in a petritied con.
dition--the remains Of some prehis.
toric mammal, as they were buried IS
or 20 feet deep in an old channel ages
ago.
A lodge Of a new order assuming tile
name of Patriots If America was
organized in Hillsboro last Saturday.
The lodge adopts the name Of Hills
boro lodge, No /, Patriots of America.
1t starts out with l5 charter members.
The order advocates the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio Of
l6 10 |, and is organized to promote
that idea. This lodge is the first to be
instituted in the state, though its char
ter is No. "a.
The coroner's jury decided that Mi
chael Murphy's death, at Haynes
slough in Coos county, February 25,
was caused by Murphy accidentally
shooting himself Coroner Howe says
that great deal of dissatisfaction is
expressed in the vicinity where the
shooting occurred, regarding the ver-
dict, majority of the residents believ-
ing that the unfortunate young man
did not fire the fatal shot himself, but
that he was the victim Of accident.
A. Hodes, of Corvallis, is in receipt
of curious. looking letter from J Dut-
ton, who left Corvallis last fall for
British Columbia, The letter is writ
ten upon a strip Of birch bark, and
seems to answer the purpose quite as
well as the best linen paper. Mr.. Dut-
ton states as his reason for using it
that he Is 40 miles distant from sup
plies, and on account Of the birch bark
costing nothing, he prefers to use it, az
he is now practising the strictest econ-
omy.
The search for p. ]. Woodward, the
missing Summerville-Walla Walla
tollgate keeper, has been abandoned.
His friends have concluded that moth
ing further can be done until the snow
disappears from the mountains. 1t ia
the general opinion that Woodward
wandered from bis path and was
frozen to death. A storm overlook
him in the mountains and he lost his
way. AS soon as the snow melts away
new searching parties will be organ
lied.
County Commissioner Huber, oi
Asotin county, Wash, is working tc
have the unsurveyed lands in that
county plated, 80 that settlers can OBJ
tain title. Some Of these lands have
been occupied for l2 years, and valua
BILE improvements have been placed
thereon. He is in receipt Of encoursg
ipg letters from the surveyors Office o
that state, and the department a
Washington. Mr.. Huber states ther,
are over $4,000 acres Of unsprveyet
lands in Asotin county, consisting o
agricultural, mineral, grazing ant
timber.
H. G. Hinton, Of Foster, laid befor
the business men Of Pendleton prop
osition to manufacture there ma
chine which he claims will add from
one to four bushels per acre to the an
nual wheat product from agriculture
l.nds :" Umatilla county. A year ag
Mr. u,nto, han, It called to bis atten
tiop that where the seedef wheel
pressed down the soil, the wheat grew
to a greater height and plumper berry
At the time he told gentleman Will
whom he was working that he woul'
patent machine utilizing the sam
principle which will add from one t
, four bushels to the acre Of productive
ness. This machine he has now pei
: fected. He claims that he can send
| over land and press down tightly th
subsoil SO as to leave it closed up
such manner as to retain all the mois
ure, but leaving the top loose and ur
pressed.