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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1889)
:r"? 'V. M5S"! IA fihday, May 24, im', An exchange spruits of some jieculiar brand of tobacco, which if a man chows or tniokea he will forgot he owe a dol lar in the world. We aro afraid that .wuhio of our fcubtscriliors chew that kind of tobacco. ('hica;;o proposes to dispose of the Htuokc question by laying pipes' under 1 ho ground to convey tho smoke out ride tho city limits. This Mill be wry nice for Chicago, but It Is itrcipnblo tlmt the people in the country around w ill object. Lute discoveries of gold and silver have been made in Lane county; gold jmd natural gas have been found iu Linn; coi.1 and gold in Marion, while in our own county, lk-nton, gold has boon discovered, and a company luts Uen organized In Corvallis to proKpect l ir coal and natural gas. The fnture of this section of Oregon brighten as our natural resounds are developed. Un doubtedly tho hill-i and nnuntain.H on cither side of the Willamette valley are rich iu mineral. Corvallis Gazette. Thi Hinuesiota legislature lias passed a capital punishment law, similar in :ie respects to the Isew York law. ruder ha provisions the prisoner is to Ik- kept ia Military confinement, and .-tir r;o one but his family, liis lawyers, v.'d ! is spiritual advisers. lie is to bo t-xecut'il Ixfurcsiiurise. and may invite : 1 rev peri-nis to be present. The slu-r-itfinvites six persons besides the sur- .:;.. It i wade a mi dumeunor for :-.;v iiew.-puper to pubiUh uuy thing more tobout the execution than mere LA. Jn rrmco the doctor' claim on the 1 -lute of a deceased patient has prece dence over all others. Even the land I.ik'.'k claims for arrears of rent must it Id to the doctor's "fee. The courts have decided that aa it is cn impera tive n;,!it of humanity that the dying should have the necessary care and ireatmciit, such attendance should be !;,ul for before til other debts. Such a law in this couutry would be hailed v. .t!i fatisfacti m by the doctors, and a b-iuiLr provision for the undertakers xouli ddiiit that profession. The lYineh Exposition to 1m; held in Paris this summer proml-scs to exceed i;i magnitude, interest and variety of !' -mures ail previous attempts of this kind. And of idl things to be seen in tin French capital this summer it is c'-rtani that none will attract greater s'teiiii iii or excite more discussion than the enormous tower projected by .V. Eifiel ai.d r.lready nearly completed, 'i he tower, wheu completed, w ill reach the e.K.nuiii:.-, height of 1,000 T.-et mid v. : 1 1 be by far the tallest structure iu !'.. world. (V.pital Journal. TLe lb ppin r Gazette pays this de--,-:v-1 compliment to a citizen of this Iw iVorge W. Wright, w ho ka I n a citiz-n of Ileppner for the past j-t.:,; h, v hi re he ha4 built up (juite . l.:w bus ii'-, is now nicely settled in his new location Albany, Oregon. : WiHhthi.s invested largely in Albany real estate, which is uow on t:ie rise, and in addition to a large law i .:!.-,, wLii h he w ill no doubt build i ;i ihen-, li" w ill irojfr. At any rate thH is the wi.!i of itis Ileppncr friends. -II-raid. Mr. Wright has formed a law part-i;--rshi with Judge Jiiackburn. Hce li.elr ci.rd in this paper. In Hpenking of tlie 'longolian pheas ,:t tho Or"g-mIan seys ".several t'llbrts ave been iinide to doiiistii.-ate these S V ithotit avail. sts of c-'irs h;:e been found tnd jHt under setting liens to hatek. They would hutch i.ll i ..-.lit, but us s-ruii ts tlie little tideks v !::' out of the shell they refused to ! c-;rui.e the ciuck of the hen. It wasn't the nature of the bird to be f-'.ui-ked ai, is'id they invariably ran off i. ;to tiie bu.-l.ih and died there." This i ,i',y be tiue iu some instance ; liut it is j '-t i;i'i.riab!y the bixus. Ou the con-f-ary. several bloods have been raised ii. -ur Corvullis that are ii'pareut!y as t. me as t;e d nuostic fowl. Ilundreds cJ'eij have beeu placed under Uenton t-i.'.-uty he'is tliis spring, and over 73 j;. r cent of them have hatched and the ,-rng birds are doing nicely. A brood of fifteen young chicks was hrtched in ('irv;.;t:s last week, and we ttiitik the (Leg (Man's reporter would change ids ji.'.ud if he could see how they respond to the cluck of the fond biddy. C'or xuil'ui Tint' s. Fend Tjie Exi'KEStoyour frienda In East. A BIO EATKIt. Tho champion hungry mail liven in Essex, Mass., and his name is Bajuuol Morse. lie isaflliotcd with h most pe culiar disease, being constantly hun gry, ami will eat ravenously nearly ev ery . kour in tli 9 twenty-four, getting up several times during tho night to appease hisapnetlta. He has been ex amined by many prominent physi cians, hone of whom can give any rea son for his abnormal appetite or 'pre Hcribo any medicine which will atl'md relief. lie is not at all particular what it is if it is only something to eat. JIu will bake a quart of beans and cat the most of them at one sitting, and in trtt minutes be hungry for more, lie re cently purchased four Mid one-hulf pounds of lamb and made a broth of it and ute the whole of it lu the course of two hours. 8ueh a free partaking of food caused considerable tineas! lies and depression, but there Is no getting away from it. The eoustaut hunger calls f.r appeasement Hungry he goes to bed; hungry lie rises iu tho morning; nod the vast quantities of food ho partakes of do not seem to ben efit hiiu. Jle has been afllietod iu this manlier for ten years. tlx. The lili;tt Yrt. Mr. W. Ik Shannon, the Yankee gardener, of t'loverdale, across the river from this city, left at Wallace, Thompson & L'ouipanj'' yesterday 100 boxes of strawberries, from which an average box was Selected and the number of U-rries therein counted, which was seven. The largest one was by actual measurement llj inches around the waist, aitdUigti'l ever In proportion. Ifrvdom has any really big strawltorrios 1ft her trot them oi.t, or if not quit blasting. If there 5a any doubt us ta the correctness 'of tlu-se staletucntH the nJlidaviis of three prom incut business men who lieljd meas ure them will be forthcomit-g -Herald. The above heats us, so we take down our sign, but we received one at this ott'uve sent to us by Mrs. Jicllae, this week, which measured DJ in cirenmfer eiice, which we think is very fuir. "I im a lawyer's daughter, you know, (jeorge, dear," she said after George had proposed and been accept-: ed, "and you wouldn't think if strange if I were to imk you to sign a little pti per to tho ciil-et that we arecngaged, would you?" George was too happy to think- any thing jo-it then and he signed the paper with a tembiing hand and a bursting heart. Then she laid her ear uge.-.tist I;is niuLih; -et button, and they vere very, very hapy. "Tell me, du-linj," :iid (Strorge v.ftcr a long delicious f,iionee, "w by did you want me to sign that papei? you uot repose inijiiieit conlidenco iu my love f.ii you. "Ah, yes," she sighed, with infinite coiift-iit, "indeed I d ! But Ge'irgc, dear, I have been fokd sj nmny tiniefe!"' Ex. A famous character died in the Owyhee country in Southwestern Idaho, not long ago. It was a i!ob-d station named llumUilt, who could run n half m-lo so quick and did do it on a track near Han Francisco that all Isjoks and list were clou d ngilint him. Jle was never beaten, and after he made the race alluded to he was out of all races on this const. Withal, JIumlw.lt w as a very handsome horse,, and as an admirer Paid, "lie was all boss." Truly.when excellence is lost to us tho world is not so rich as it was, be it bore;; that wus the pride of bis race or man w ho honors humanity. Orego tiian. The editor of a country paper, wbwe oHlce is between tho Methodist church and a dance hall, sat on the veranda and took in tho situation, jottingdwwu the following which lie heard: "Oh Lord all ualute we beseech thee to join hands and draw near and circle to the left listen to first forward and back us ns we a!! promenade kneel before thee and balance all present our petition grand right and h-rt for Christ's Hake seat your partner, ameii." Ex. BUSINESS CHANCE, frolic? is hereby given that the copart nership heretofore exiting between G. W. Crusou and lb V. Miller, under the firm name of Cruson &, M,ll r, has beeu dissolved by mutual consent, ilr. J. W. Menzies having purchased the in terest of Mr. Miller. The lirtu will hereafter be Cruson & Menzies, The new firm will assume all the indebt edness of the late firm and will collect all accounts due the same. A continu ance of the liberal patronage of the public Is resjieetfully solicited. G. VV. Ckuson. It. C. Mjlleb. Lebanon, May 21, 1SS3. MONTAGUE'S COLDMH. Montague's freight bills for the past month have boen un usually heavy, owing to tho largo quantities of N ! TTImrnnt Mprlnu nntl Mumiiiur OoocIih. Being received daily at his MAMMOTH. STOKE and at tho One Price Cash Storo con trolled hy 0. M. Talbot t as manager. The stocks of theso' estab lishments are full and com plete, -and an experience) of nearly twenty years in the trade at Lebanon enables me to select pueh goods as will meet the wants of the people. As I buy for cash, a careful inspection will satisfy anyone of ordinary intelligence that MONTAGUE'S PRICES and the superior quality of his goods fully merit tho liberal patronage he is receiving, and for which he returns his pro found thanks. In Montague's DRESS GOODS department will be iound many new and elegant designs purchased rt very low figures of one of the largest importing houses in America. The goods will be sold corres pondingly low, and we res- jpectfully invite tho ladies, to ; examine them before purchas ing. MontaguG has been selling a groat many wedding dresses lately, and will take pleasure in furnishing complete outfits to parties contemplating house keeping. Our CLOTHING DE PARTMENT needs but little advertising, as the goods k 11 themselves. We keep native Om'on manufactured cloth ing as well as fine lines just received from New York and ; Chicago. A look through our stock will convince vou that we can fit you in any kind of suit you may desire at prices lower than a good many mer chants can buy their goods. We'have good serviceable suits at$a.75, $7, $8, $) or $10. Tin s? price? are 25 per cent lower than the goods arc usu ally suld in any town in Ore- hl1' FOR THE ROYS. Roys, it will interest you to know that in selecting his mammoth stocks of clothing, he has just laid in the largest assortment of Roy's Clothing ever brought to this city. Havo your Papa and Mama bring you in for a new suit, so you can attend camp meeting and tho May picnics, and wo will tit you out very nicely. . : ' . ... Always insist on having them co to Montague's for thuir goods, as in his establishment you will get 100 els. worth for every dollar expended. ROOTS AND SHOES. In addition to a large stock of Leather goods, ' Montague lias purchased an immense stock of tho celebrated Ruck ingharn & Hecht make of boots and shoes. Every pair warranted. When you need anything in that line'drop in and see us. The goods and prices are all kiojit. 'ME ONE PRICE Cash Store is an immense success; the sales are very largo and increasing rapidly. It i s true the profits are very small, but as we can turn the money many times dur ing tlie year, 1 find that in tho long run it pays much better than tho cred it system. We all Must come at last to a cash basis in all our business trans actions, and the Booncr the better. Come on with your money, make us know when you are looking at ptoods that your intended purchases MiKAN CASH DOWN, and you will 'find Montague ready to meet you with prices that defy Bucceaaful com petit ion. BEARD Druggist and -DEALERS IN JURE Drugs; Medicines, Paints, Oils and Glass, STATIONERY, Fine Perfumcry,Brushcs & Combs CIGARS AXI) FANCY TOILET AM'K'LKS. Prescriptions Accurately Compunded. 4 Mnin Street, Lebanon, Oregon. CRUSON & -DEALERS IN- WAGONS, BUGGIES, HACKS, -AND ALL Vehicles, Implements, -rixx.s of uVi. oiirrN Jghtancl Heavy Machines, BARB AND SMOOTH WIRE, IRON, STEEL, COAL, GUNS AND AMMUNITION. Call in, Gentlemen, Has; A. It. Cviit's. W.C. rti t nrON. A.R.Cyrus&Co., INSURANCE AM)- t Real Estate Agents, -Denier Iu A!l Kind- o,r 1 I fii , ixfi.rTuxa tnz Famous Morrison F'bws, plano ur;m:i:.s Ar Tiger Mowers, Lebiinon, Orcgnn. W. F. READ, THE LEADING Cash Dry Goods Store or alijajvv. ort MY BTOCK IS New and Complete, Aud I luvilc. everyone wheu lu Allutiy t. COME AND SEE US, Knowing .that we c n wuit you Both ia Goods and Prices. 3IAIL OJJIi:ifW Promptly uttenck-d. You Cannot Afford At tlilM houhoii f the yt-ur to ho without a good reliable diarrhoea Imlwim in the Iiouhc, uh frmnim, colic, diarrhoea and all lutlammutioii of the stomach and bowels aro exceedingly dangerous if not attended at once. One bottle of WSGU'H MAIUtlKEA BALSAM will do more good In eiwes of this kind than any other medicine on earth. We guarantee it. M. A. MUk-r, drug-giut. & HOLT, Apothecary, MENZIES, KXXDS OS"- and wo will Make You t r TOKSC'RIAL SHOP. roit a KICK HAIR CUT A.i A- CL SIIAVH t'nll a iti.v p:i.p,(:!;i. iHm-t, Lln r.!i, Oi-i-goj:. i ji5oi l.i;w ttMotv utul iiiiW u 5jrni iioo.li tVn:urU(.l to jny t!i(.T, YOU CAN GET A C ATM ANY "J I ME. L R..BORI AT- SWAN BROS. Tin and Stove Store. A CHEAP COUNTER OF ALL KINDS OF Household Goods. COCDS FOR LESS mil Than You Ever Saw. IF VOU WILL ONLY CALL, You will be Astonished At th Rcck-Eottom Prices.