The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-28
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Lakeview, in Lake county.
Lane county will abide by the action
of the state board Of equalization in
raising the tax on merchandise ETC.,
says the Guard.
Mrs James Eaton sold 12 fine fat
hogs in The Dalles last week, at So. 10 a
hundred, the best price that has been
realized there for some time.
A number of hop contracts are being
made by Marion and Polk county hop
growers, 8 and 10 cents pound being
the prices generally mentioned.
F. X, Churchill will issue the first
humber of the Gold Hill News, in
Jackson county, tomorrow. He was
formerly publisher of the Aumsville
Record.
The interest of W. F. Benjamin in
the Roseburg Plaindealer has been sold
to j. b. Eddy, the Review says G. Y.
Benjamin still retains his interest in
the paper.
Scott Gillespie, who lives in the
johnson settlement on the Lower ST.
uslaw, was badly wounded on the top
Of the head, recently, a falling tree
haying struck him.
The Lostine Milling company, in
Wallowa county, il engaged in filling
an order for 500 barrels of flour to he
shiJ ped TO China The fcur is hauled
out on wagons and shipped from El-
gin
w. w. Chessman, Springfield,
Lane county, gr0ceryman, has made
IN assignment to g H Yerington, for
ihe benefit of his creditors Mr. Chess
mans liabilities are S1l65 Is, and his
assets $1,000.
Chief of Police Dilley, of Salem, has
been feeding tramps on bread and
water straight, for several days. They
had SO overrun the city he telt justified
in using stringent means to make
them tired of Salem.
A quantity of amalgam was stolen
from the Lindsay g. Everton mine, on
the Applegate, last week, while the
owners were at work. The gold was
left in vessel on the kitchen table,
and someone slipped into the house
and took it,
: The coroner's jury that investigated
the killing of Tom Mckay by Newton
Gordon, the marshal of klamath Falls,
found that, to the best of their
knowledge and belief, a crime had
been committed, and Gordon was re-
leased on $1,000 bail to answer the
charge.
The county court of Baker county
has begun suit against ex-County Com
missioner J. H. Hutchinson, for over
drawing his legal salary $576. This is
the first of a series of suits that are to
he brought against ex-officials of that
county, who are alleged to have drawn
illegal fees from the county.
Miss r, Pyburn, of Woodvile, jack
son county, was thrown from horse
one day last week and badly hurt. Her
face was badly cut, and number of
her teeth were knocked out, besides
which she received other injuries. 1t
was at first thought that she was fa-
tally injured, but she is recovering.
S. A. Fayrand was found dead in his
cabin, a mile south of Eugene, last
Saturday. He was an old man, and
had lived in strict seclusion on small
tract of land for about fou. years. He
never talked Of his affairs, and always
seemed to avoid giving any knowledge
of his life. Death was probably caused
by want and exposure.
An offer has been made on behalf of
the bondsmen Of w. E. Howe, de-
faulting treasurer of Klamath county,
who is now in the state penitentiary,
to settle the suit before the supreme
court to collect from the bondsmen by
paying the county $4,000. The matter
of accepting or rejecting the PROPOSE
ton has not yet been decided.
Judge L. Laughary, Of Roseburg,
has received an appointment from
Attorney General Harmon as special
commissioner to take evidence in
Indian depreciation claims in the
states of Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana and Idaho. The salary and per
diem make the position a lucrative
one, ageregating SO 900 per year,
Campbell & Farley have already en-
tered into contracts with eight different
persons or firms for $4,000 pound of
this seasons output of hops at 10 cents
pound, and several other large con-