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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1893)
Lebanon Express. H. Y. KIRKPATR1CK, Editor - and - Proprietor. City Official Paper. Ex-President Gonzales of Mexi co left tin estate valued at f 2,000, (XH). He will be burried with military honors. It is reported that the crnck in the Liberty bell hag prown larger at Chicago on account of the many jars in the world's fair management. Independence is to have the Sal vation army, bo it iB reported. Vht has Independence done that need? such radical measures for redemption? Statesman. The crops and the banks never fail in Oregon, No real bank in this state ever failed yet. They have been going down fast all round us, but Oregon is not a fail ing state. The members of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington expect that in the course of a few months the Spanish Goverment will elevate the legation in Washington to the grade ot an embassy. The county debt of Clackamas is figured at $74,000. Pretty round sum to pay interest on. City, district and county indebted ness is the order of the day. This is what some people call "prog ress." Dispatch. The bank failures in the East continue to be reported. The cause assigned is the want of de posits. If a bank has no other - resources than its deKsits, it is hardly a safe institution for the public: to entrust its money. M'hile performance at a circus rat jtohntown, Penn, was in progress tlie dressing room tent took fire. ' There were 5,000 people in the main tent, and the cries of fire . aiitl the glare through the canvas , started a terrible stampede. No . one was killed though many were vCrushed. One -.if our exchanges says: "We notice that some of our Re publican postmustors are filing tiieir petitions for re-appointment undtr the present administration. It is somewhat surprising how anximis , 'Republicans are to remuin at the public crib and feed on Democratic fodder. Under Republican rule, no Democrat need apply. It is a poor rule which should not work both wavs." Ten years ago the cost for clerk hire in our state legislature was (kfi.Wi. n:!t! this year it was about .w,A)u.-'.it it certain that but little more work was done, and beyond all doubt the work could have beon performed this year for r,000 without over working any of the clerks. It is high time the people of the state take hand in this matter and put a stop to it. This thing -of taxing the people of the state to the amount of t;!.'j,000 f r the sake of having a lot of giddy girls around the state house to entertain the legislators during their leisure hours iB becoming decidedly tiresome. THE CHINESE MUST GO. . The Supremo Court of the Unit ed States has decided to be consti tutional the law compelling the Chinese to register, and failing to do so, to he sent out of the country. The court was br no means of the same opinion. Dis senting opinions were read by the Uluet Justice an a others, strongly argued the unconstitutionality of the law. 'Ot courBO this decision settles the question as far as this law is concerned, but it opens up a wav tor unending trouble with China and her subjeotB in this country. It may cause the ex pulsion and possibly the death of the missionaries now in China. Chinese riots in Frisco and other densely populated districts are not impossible. Larg-j indemnities will then have to be paid by the Government, as have heretofore been paid. There iB a possibility ot a sea ot trouble in store lor us but it may all pass off without any particular danger aftor all, it is so to be hoped. There nwy be a drop of consolation in all of this. 1 he hundreds of earnest but vis ionary men and women and the millions of dollars sent to China, may be saved to this country, where their labors are sorely need ed and the people's money could be put to a lar better use than expe rimenting with the doubtful and costly theory of Christianizing the "heathen Chinee." Our own country even our own state and county need the services of mis' sionaries far more than China does. If they do not actually need it more they at least deserve it more. But christianizing one's own countrymen and neighbors iB but a homely occupation, it seems. There is a fasoination around the heathen, a glory attendant npon a foreign missionary that seems to allure these honest but visionary people. Elevate and christianize our neighbors and let the heathen go until our home work is done. The negroes of Tennessee are preparing to come to California in a body, as they have been led to believe thrt they can live a life of luxurious ease, cat watermelons all the year round, have Chinese to wait on them and fan them at 5 cents a day, unil find chickens ready cooked to their hand. S. F. Post, Driven to desperation, in their quandary to find somethsng to Bay degrngatorr about the Democratic administration, the Republican pa pers are now harping on the lat string of their lyre that there will lie no taritT reform. This is a val uable piece of information. Hils boro Democrat. With the approach of warmer weather and the absence of na ture's cleansing storms, a decent regard for the health of our citizens should result in a general clean-up of our streets and alleys. If any one is not decent enough to do it in his own iuteretB, it should be done in the interest of others. , When typhoid fever or cholera lavB away" its victims, we gather and say in solemn phrase, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away," when it is usually the result of a failure to observe the ordinary laws of health. We have the highest regard for physicians, but we do not wish to furnish them any unnecessary potronage in the removal of dis ease that may as well be prevented by ordinary care. We hope there will be a general clean up. Woodburn Independent. The Bame that applys to Wood burn can also be applied to Lebanon. Knocked out on all calculations f,r presidential patronage, the re publican party will now struggle with the appetites of hungry wolves for a few municipal loaves. Telegram. A dispatch from Cuba announced thae seven columns ef troops were after the rebels. That would make a full page, and should have a "scare" head over it. Ex. The Newfoundland fisheries the season just passed have been the worst this century. NOTICE TO OKKDITOKS. Notice i hereby given to nil whom it may concern that on the 8th day of March I8f:i, the undersigned was duly appointed by the County Coart of Linn County, Oregon the adminiitrator of the estate of John M. J. Loveali. deceased. Ail parties having claims aum-st the above named estate are warned to present them, with proper voaches, within six months from the date of litis notice, to the undersigned admins trator at the oliice of Sam'l M. (iarland in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon. James Harvey Ioakall, Administrator of Che estute of John M. T, Loveali, deceased. Sam'l M. Oakland, Atty. for the Administrator. Lebanon, Or., March 17th, 1818. Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been duly appointed by the county court of Linn County, Oregon, ad ministrator of the estate ot A. W. (irubb, deceased, All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them w the undersigned at Leba non, Oregon, duly verified, within six months from this date. Dated this 37th day of March, 18IM. 1". M. Smith, Admr. J. R. Wyayt, Atty. ;o.- Ad nr. ' 'iVrs' mm Have Your Job Printing Done at the Express Office. ir?lr save pJ? MONEY BY TRADING WITH I P. Who always carries a nioely selected stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnishing ies,& goods, foer GOOD WORE at LOW PRICES. if Lebanon Planing Mill Jlniiufncturemnid deals in Sashes, Doors, Blinds, Frames, Counters, Shelving, Scroll and Turned fori of every De scription. Stair Building a Specialty. A Full Hliwk t ltuiij.'li ami lniwd Lumber on the Yard. Your patronage solicited, WILSON' & CHASE. Poultry, Hides and rurs. Hlirliet luiab nrii nuid for turkey geine, ducks and clilekeiw at cilice of L Jncoba. HttatifV and Mnorc'e old stable, 4th street, Albuny. ,, , . , Also hides and riira in an k"i" ouvM t'-ir cash. If you do not already give him yeur patronago try him, and you will always trade at his store. In Courtney's Brick. Neit Door to Bank. Patronize Home Institutions. Champion Mills - ARE NOW RUNNING IN FULL BLAST. Full New Roller Process. Superior Flour for Family and Baler's Dse. Flour Exchanged for Wheat, A FIRST-CLASS CHOPPER RUN IN CONNEC TION WITH THE MILL. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Every Respect. raro-rvK us jv. tiua-l... Wickes & Aldrich, Popr's. 1854 i I His pijj as life g 1 m pas by Ills f ill! m m i Si III g-l H Si I A el? SaniiamfAcadeinym IS -THIS YOUNG :: PEOPLE'S :-: HIGH :: SCHOOL Of Lebanon and Vicinity. First Term begins September 19th. With a Full Corps of Instructors:. Rates of Tuition are Reasonable, And itB MoUukIb Alireiist of the Times. Faculty Will Maintain Good Disciplne, Aiul 1 unlit on Tlx.ruUfrli Work. Five Courses of Study are Wisely Arranged, And v.'.U Meet livery Just Denmnd. Graduates Receive Appropriate Diplomas; Thorn- in Tfitclior'B Conine, Mutts Diploma. For Circulars, etc., add rent S. A. HANDLE, A. M., Principal. BRICK! I have a LARGE STOCK of BRICK, for sale at my Yard, in the suburbs of Lebanon, For Sale at Reasonable Rates. All kind of mason's woik done with neatness and despatch. D.W. HARDEN. A. H. CRUSON Paper Hanging and Graining.