The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-06-11
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East from Arlington Wednesday.
J. B. Mobiles, a Wallowa county
rancher, is driving large band Of
horses to market In Montana.
Several ofthe Italian fishermen have
left Astoria for California, and more
will go on the next steamer.
The new altar at the Catholic church,
in Gervais, was blessed by the Rev.
Archbishop Cross last Sunday.
An old building was put on board
large wagon in Medford last week,
and moved to farm three miles south
Of town.
George Grayson, of Sheridan, has
bought the North Yamhill aud Trask
river toll road, together with the hotel
and stage stand
An infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Schlatzer,
Of Gervais, last week, in some way un-
known, got hold of concentrated lye
and swallowed some of 1t. Death re-
suited soon after.
Ben Byan, a miner, died in Grants
Pass last week from the effect of chloro-
form administered during a surgical
| operation to remove q cancerous growth
from his lower jaw.
Each Judge and clerk of election re-
ceives SO day of about eight hours
and mileage for the judge taking the
box to the county seat, total cost III
the county Of nearly 81 900.
Superintendent Of instruction Irwin
has issued circular in which the in
formation is given that arrangements
have been made whereby text books
will be furnished TO all tealherq where
there are no repositories at the mailing
price.
A. F. Hunt, the defeated republican
nominee for sheriffin Jackson county,
instead Of taking the proverbial trip
up Salt creek, has started for Dead
Indian, with good-sized band of fine
looking cattle to fasten on the range
there for fall beef.
Lincoln county republicans can SYM
pathize with their brothers in Benton
county over the results of the election.
In Lincoln the republicans saved only
the tall end Of the ticket, while the
populists and democrats took the lu-
crative offices.
There are many Indians from the
Warm Springs reservation on Hood
river, picking Strawberries. The berry
crop on the river is backward about
ripening. Last Wednesday about 100
crates were shipped to Montana. AT
Butte, Hood river berries were selling
for 81 a crate Thursday.
G. W. Perkins, of North Yamhill
says the Dayton Herald, created some
amusement Tuesday, On learning Of
the success Of the bimetalists, he tied a
broom to his horse's tail and paraded
the streets of that town. As he passed
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along, the bimetalsts cheered while
the republicans looked blue.
The entire corps of teachers at The
Dalles public schools has been re.
elected, with the exception of Professor
w. N. Strattan, assistant principal,
who declined to be candidate for re.
election, Professor j. s, Landers, late
principal of the high school of Astoria
| ILL.,, has been elected to succeed Pro
fessor Strattan.
During the Memorial day services at
Twin Oak cemetery, near Turner,
last Saturday, Mrs. WI. B. McCulloch
aged about so years, dropped dead. She
was of portly stature and subject tt
heart disease and just previous to thu
sad misfortune had eyerexerted hersel
in walking up the hill of the road lead
ing tothat burial place.
On Wednesday evening last Ed Hal,
and Charles Dobbins became involved
in fight at the Belvadere saloon, say
the. Heppner Gazette, during which
Hale stabbed Dobbins in the neck
nearly reaching the juguiar vein
Dobblns made good fight however
with nothing but natures weapons fo
defense. Hale was arrested, but tn
Gazette learns that some sort of
settlement was reached.
There was u stabbing ARRAY at Dair,
in Klamath county, on election day
and In theH HfraJas Orini McChinber Wa
badly eutl up, receiving three ugl
wounds, in the abdomen, one il
the shoulder and one over the eye an
temple, yItwas thought that McCum
ber was seriouslyinjuisd 1T first, an'
a courier was HASTILY dispatched t
Klamath Falls for physician. Dav
, Shook, ifsattelnptlpg tosrestofe peac
, and quiet, received bad cut acros
the back of the hand. An irate hal
breed 'Tndian did lha. uniting an