The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-21
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an offer Of S25 for a black Mnorca
rooster
Bay" is the name of the new coun-
ty that the divisionists would carve
out of Coos.
Three carloads of cattle and three
cars Of sheer were shipped from Ash
land last week.
The town of Toledo began the new
year with no debts, and with S64.92 in
cash in the treasury. !.
Last Saturday there was collected at
Wingyille, in Umatilla county, about
500 men from the towns and country,
to round up the coyotes.
The destruction by fire of the resi-
dence of Judge Fullerton in Roseburg,
caused a loss of fully $4,000. There
was only $4,000 insurance.
+. Crabill, receiver of the Baker
City Consolidated Lumber Company,
will sell all Of the assets of the insolv-
ent corporation, at public auction.
Agent Emery has announced his
intention Of strictly enforcing the law
concerning furnishing liquors to In
diaas on the klamath reservation.
The Walla Walla Gazette has been
sold by W. F. Brock to John J.
Schick, Of Clarion, Pa. Mr.. Brock
will engage in the writing of stories
and sketches for newspaper syndi-
cate.
The postotfice and store at Eola,
four miles southwest of Salem, Polk
county, was hurglarized last Thurs
day night. The booty eeured was
81 80 worth of stamps and quantity
of canned goods.
The county commissioners of Walla
Wala have decided to advertise for
bids for the furnishing Of 1000 ounces
of srycLnine, with the option OF buy
ing an equal amount at the same
figures at Il later date.
A very interesting meeting Of the
Yanlhill County Horticultural Society
was held last week at Newberr. A
committee was appointed to formulate
plan for an association Of fruitgrow-
ers to cooperate in the sale of fruit
Fruitgrowers in the community of
Newberg re already making arrange
ments for building large evaporators,
in order to be ready to take care Of the
big fruit crop which the orchards are
promising the coming season. The |
trees are already heavily loaded with !
fruit buds.
Isaac Stimson was cutting wood at |
Taylor's sawmill, near Medford, one
day last week, and on hill above Linn
were two men telling tree The tree
slid down the mountain side, about |
a quarter of a mile telow Stimson, and |
before passing him it tore loose large
rock, which came rolling toward him,
and before he was aware of his danger |
struck his leg near the thigh, badly |
shattering the bone.
M, Herrick is in The Dalles looking
after his salmon cannery, and making
arrangements for next seasons opera
tions. Mr.. Herrick says the salmon
trade in the East is extremely dull, the
demand being lighter for canned
salmon than ever before, therefore
there is little encouragement for can
ners to make extensive preparations
for operating the coming season.
Jack Thornton, a young man who
escaped from the Oakland, Cal.
asylum, was last Thursday committed
to the asylum from Marion county,
He was being held in Jail to await the
action of the grand jury for boldly
walking into hotel and taking a hat.
At the preliminary trial for larceny he
the court by ably conducting
his own case. He possesses literary
and claims to belong to
one of the first families of Virginia
Between IL and l O'Clock OH Wednes.
day morning of last week, the room of
Mrs. Julia Obarr in the Farmers hotel,
in The Dalles, was burglarized and
$3.50 stolen. Mrs. 0barr, who Is the
owner of the hotel, had placed the
money under her pillow for safekeep-
ing. The thieves entered by breaking
the door to her room, She was
awakened by the noise, but was so
badly dazed with fright that she
could not give the alarm until the
had escaped.
At Riddle, in Douglas county, last
week, Levi Crane, young man, was
tried for using obscene language in the
presence of lady, and, pleading
guilty, was fined SIS by Jnstlce Dean,
which he paid, Crane was then ar
rested for pointinga II gun at, another