The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-08-13
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numerous in Curry county that In
several places the gardens are being
badly damaged
Harvey county Is said TO have in.
vested $4,000 IN bicycles this year
$4,000 in cash and the balance on the
installment plan,
The four fingers and thumb of Peter
Anderson's right hand were cut off by
saw in Watson Il Luhr's planning
mill In Pcndleton, Tuesday.
The run Of "a tons of ore from the
| Tom Paine mine in the Rachael mill,
In Baber City, was finished yesterday,
snd a cleanup resulted in yield of
$Sl449,
The Marshfield Sun says thati Re-
ceiver Huticheson has received orders
from the court to sell the five stamp
mill at the Divilbliss mine, and will
soon post notices of the sale.
Joseph Daffron, who was stabbed by
a Chinaman at The Dalles the other
day, is having IL serious time and Is re-
covering slowly. His physician
recently discovered all internal wound
after the wound had healed outwardly.
George Riddle, Of Baker City, went
fishing and tied his buggy horse Oh a
sidehill. When he came back the
horse had slipped and rolled down the
hill III such way that the halter
around his neck had choaked him to
death.
Judge Hanna oyerIuled all demuers
in the Hammersly lien cases, and set
them for trial at the September term
Of court in Josephine county Joi es o.
Often haze settled some Of the pre-
ferred liens, and can continue to work
the mine.
The Lafayette Journal has succumed
to the stress of the times and suspended
publication Editor Derby has de-
cided that there is more honor than
cash in running paper He will con-
tinue to operate his job printing office
at that place.
The Rosehurg Daily Plaindealer sus-
pended publication last Saturday, after
an existence of Que year, one month
and fifteen days. There was not
enough money in the venture to
justify its continuance. The publish
ers will, however, continue to issue the
twice-a-w week Plaindealer.
jerry Collins came near sharing the
fate of Absalom last week, while out
Notwithstanding over the hills after
sheep in Curry county. He was riding
along at dusk, and in passing through
clump of brush in hurry, a forked
limb caught him just under the chin.
He was unhorsed and left hanging by
the neck, from which predieament he
was rescued by A. Roberts, who was
along with him.
Judge Burt died at Toledo last Mon
day, and already there is a scramble
for the position thus made vacant. Six
months ago a petition was presented |
Governor Lord for the appointment of
a successor before Judge Burt's death,
and he was appointed before it was
known Judge Burt was alive. This
was all the result of a joke on ]. o.
Stearns, the applicant. Now, several
others want the job,
Archie Mason, a Salem contractor,
finds that men who desire work are
scarce. Tuesday he made an offer of
SIPS per day to a fellow who has
several times during the current sea-
son approached him for job, but it
was declined with that ''it was not
enough wages.n Alr. Mason wanted
additional help is making the extended
improveme to the Salem Con-
solidated street railway track,
The Dalles Fishing Company will
shin n lot Of salmon from the lower |
river, where they cannot be cared for,
TO its cannery at The Dalles.
The manager says that, If the
fish won't swim up to The Dalles, he
will send them mp by express, A lot
of fish were shipped from the Lower
Cascades down the river a short time
ago. Now the canpefies at the
Cascades are nearly idle, aud could
take back as many as they sent down,
Last week the 5 year-old daughter of
William Osborn who lives two miles
east of Scio, was severely scalded. She
is practically cripple, and was at
tempting to crawl up some steps upon
which had been placed a bucket of
scalding water She grasped hold of
the bucket to assist her in mounting
the steps and the bucket was over
turned, badly scalding her neck and
oh hauldasa