The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-01-02
STATE AND COAST.
Clipped from our Exchanges
Throughout the West.

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Colfax, Wash, last Friday night, in
which all the burnt-cork artists were
ladies Of Colfax. A prize calk walk
was one of the features.
Irwin Bros. are putting cattle in the
hills back Of Nebalem beach, for the
winter. The cattle are expected to
thrive without feed, except what they
get by foraging in the woods
During November the Alhany cream
cry made 1850 pounds Of butter, gain
of 594 pounds over the previous month.
The ruling price per pound has been;
For October, 20 cents; November, 22s;
December, 27l.
The people Of Bandon are anxious
for telephone line from that place to
Gold Beach. r. d. Hume is said to be
ready to contribute all the wire, insu-
lutors and other necessary equipments
whenever lie has a guarantee that the
POLES will be set.
The S. P. Co. has discharged 500
track walkers in order to reduce ex-
penses, but has retained those employ.
ed in the Cow creek and Sacramento
canyons and on the Siskiyous, as those
parts of the route are too dangerous to
be left unguarded.
Two miners from Arizona built a
fiatboat al Pokegalna, Calf, last week
and started down the Klamath for the
coast, says the jacksonville Times
The chances are favorable that they
will come to grief before they reach
their journeys end.
A coon, without hair to cover him.
self with, WAS caught in a trap at Jas.
Cowan's camp, on North Coos river,
the other day. Among the many theo-
rles advanced to explain his bare con-
dilion is one that he was singed by a
stroke Of lightning.
Hermann, the greatest wizard of the
world, nassed'through Albany last Sat
urday morning, for San Francisco. He
had immense houses In Portland. He
is said to have paid about $3.50 to have
the train held so he could board 1t after
Friday nights entertainment.
After January lst the town of Aums-
Vile will become the home of the
Marion County Record, which, for the
past two years, has been published at
Silyerton. The citizens of Aumsville
have raised II bonus for the publishers,
as an mdueement to make the move.
A maa was elected from Eugene
restaurant the other day for obstreper-
GUS conduct, on heing refused a napkin,
and Bro. Campbell says that he was
served right. He should have wiped
his mouth on the table-cloth or on his
handkerchief, like the "bleeds" of that
city do.
Col. W. G, Painter, of Walla Wal!a,
has an historic flag that was made by
the ladies of Forest Grove at the out
break of the Indian war, through
which it was carried. The flag has
only q stars, and bears the inscrip-
ton, Company d, First regiment,
Oregon Volunteers
klamath county is without news
paper just now, The Express some
time since swallowed the Star, aud the
former was last Saturday suspended
by the sheriff on an attachment issued
at the instance of Congressman Hop
kins, of Pennsylvania, who had a
claim against it, II is more than like
ly that differences will soon be ad-
justed.
Johanna Harlow, aged about 81
years, died of old age at the home of
her brother, M. H. Harlow, about two
miles east Of Eugene, Dec. 25, 1895.
Deceased was an invalid for years, She
was native Of Kentucky, and came
to this state from Missouri In 1873. She
had never been married, and had
made her home with her brother since
coming to Oregon.
The work of destruction commenced
week ago by dynamite fend on the
bridge Of the Siskiyou Mining compa-
ny, over the Illinois river, in Josephine
county, was last week completed by
the elements The SHOWS and rains of
the past week sent an immense body
Of water down the river, with the re-
suit that the bridge was lifted from its
supports and carried down stream.
Officers at Athena captured a coun-
terfeiter and found on his person $50
in spurious coin. He was taken to
Pendleton Saturday night for a hear
ing before u S, Commissioner Bean.
The officers have been working up the
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