The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-10-15

both escaped without being bitten.
The coroners jury decided in the
case Of Mrs. Savage and her three
children, who were burned TO death
near Summit, in Benton county, that
they came to their death by fire, the
cause of which was unknown. The
remains Of the four bodies were in
TERED in Kings valley cemetery. The
bodies were burned to such q small
mass that there was need for but one
casket and one grave.
j. M. Meyer q Co., the clothiers,
who were attached by Lowenstein l.
Sons, of Chicago, for $S759.37 as a re-
suit of misunderstanding over ac-
counts, today filed an assignment to
Ben Selling. The assets aggregate
$l13,S79.l7, and the liabilities foot up
$64, 4,942.l4. The ledger accounts
amount to $7577.4l; bills receivable,
$SS7737, and there is a claim against
the Albany woolen mills for $9944.66
Telegram.
Henry Kemino, Of Pennington, in
Washington county, was. attacked
Monday by a mad boar He was
driving the hogs out Of a stubble
field when the infuriatcd animal
rushed upon him and thrust his tusks
into Kemino's thigh, above the knee,
striking the bone and lacerating the
muscles. A doctor was called and
dressed the wound, and thinks that If
blood poison should not set in the man
will get along all ri hit.
A few days ago Robert Jackson and
Monroe Morgan found a strange look
ing fish on the Netarts beach, says the
Tillamook Headlight. 1t was evident
ly some variety of whale, 20,feet long.
The skin was thin and tender, and the
blubber yielded clear, pure oil with
no unpleasant smell They tried out
90 gallons, which, after standing a
short time, was as clear as water.
Some of the oil was tested in a bicycle
lamp, and gave as good light as the
best refined oil.
Last week Zed Rosendorf was re-
turning to Independence from Salem
after night, with considerable money
on his person, and felt rather nervous.
Near Mr.. Grigsby's farm bridge had
been removed by Supervisor Huntley,
to put in culvert, and timbers
had been placed across the
road to warn travellers. Two young
men, seeing Mr.. Rosendorf driving
rapidly, yelled to him that the bridge
was out, but he thought he was being
held up, and gave his horse the whip,
with the result that he went into the
gulch, making drop of 10 feet. His
face was cut, his horse's leg badly
bruised, and the buggy broken some,
but that was all. 1t was a narrow es-
cape.
William Hanley, of the firm Of
Hanley Bros, stockmen, of Harney
county, has been arrested in Malheur
county charged with stealing cattle.
On the drive from Burns to Ontario,
cattle on the road, as Is always the
case, fell in with Mr.. Hanley's band
On Willow creek, Brosnahan, a stock
man belonging to the Malheur Stock
Association, found some of his cattle in
Hanley's band and had them cut out.
Brosnahan still insisted there were
more of his cattle in the band, and
ordered Hanley not to ship until he
turned them all out, but Hanley went
ahead loading the cattle on the cars,
then others of the association had
Hanley and all his men arrested aud
the cattle taken from the cars. Ten
or twelve cattle belonging to the as.
sociation and others were found. Mr..
Hanley's yaqueros were dismissed, but
Hanley was held in the sum Of $500 to
appear before the grand jury at the
next regular term of the circuit court.