Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-12-04
NEWS ETENs.

At Leadville, Mart Deizgan shot and killed
Louis Lamb on tile street.
Gen. Garfield has gone to Washington, and
wants no fuss made over him.
In South Africa the troops have been sue.
cessful in fighting the Basutos
Smallpox has broken out in Virginia City
and i've cases developed in two days
Petroleum exports for nine months have
reached $l25, ,ooo, 600 against S26, ,o00,0 900 in
1870.
Irish Bishops notify the Pope that they
must in certain events support the Land
League.
The Consolidated Imperial mine, Virginia
City, was on fire but was got under control
with difficulty.
The Public Produce Exchange, Chicago, has
suspended; failure caused by recent heavy ad.
vance in grain, etc.
The New York Herald eharacterizes Col.
lngersoll's assaults on religion as attacks on
the civilization of all age.
June Both there were $50, s02> pensions,
averaging sl03 each. Total amount paid dur.
ing the year, S57, ,026, 994
Edwin Booth cables to his theater in New
York that the Passion Play is not a proper
one for the theater, and protests against it.
Several, vessels have lately been wrecked
near Erle, Pa, on Lake Erie, but all the crew
were saved by e-saving crews, who worked
nobly.
There is a prospect of the Mississippi river
closing at St. Louis. The mercury was from
zero, to 10 deg below at Chicago, and the lake
closed
The extensive barns ETC., Of Fl. McHugh,
a few miles from Victoria, with the seasons
crop, burned Saturday night-loss. heavy; no
insurance.
The Gar wants his new half and half wife
recognized by the Court and cannot induce
his sons and the rest OF the family to consent
to it.
Republicans talk about excluding James G.
Fair fro n: the U. S. Senate TN the ground that
bribery and corruption influenced elections to
the Legislature.
A cold wave has swe.t over the country
and has closed canal noyig4 tion n New York
State, azd at Toledo the Luke closed suddenly
and prsniaturely.
The records Of the House Of Representa-
sives show that Garfield was in Ohio at the
date the Alorey letter was claimed to be writ.
ten in Washington.
Now they say that Conking intends that
Gen. Grant shall be Kernan's successor as
Senator from New York State. He is bound
to have him elected
Derolth Pasha undertook, by order of the
Sultan, to compel the Immediate surrender Of
Dnlcigno and had to fall back as the Albani.
ans concentrated against him.
The Radicals i'll the French Chamber Of
Deputies wish to have Judges elected as thew
are In the United States The proposition
was supported by large minority.
1t is thought the new treaty with China is
IKE the bill the President vetoed and limits
the arrival en- each vessel 70 as to restrict la.
oorers while it admits business men.
President Hayes doesn't wish to be a candi.
GATE tor Senator from Ohio, will not accept it
ana lavors Sherman, whose friends say he has
n'ne.tenths Of the Legislature i'll his favor.
Officers Of Democrats clubs in the vicinity
OF New York denounce John Kelly, and saw
they will not support the nominees of any
Convention hereafter that John Kelly iufu-
ences e- ..- ....
At Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, an at
tempt to arrest Land Lacquer led to riot,
mob interfered, several police were wounded
asd they were re-enforced and charged OH the
crowd.
It ia claimed that the Morey letter was an
attempt to initiate the writing of Garfeds
private secretary, who signs Garfelds name
to private correspondence. The furger mis-
took the secretary's handwriting for his
chiefs
Through the failure of the Marshal of the
Eighth Indiana District to make returns, Cen
Garfeld's plurality is cut down to 377. The
returns should have all been IN Monday, the
22d. 1t is thought the Marshal never was
notified of his appointment. 1t came near
being a tight shaye.
For the fiscal year ending June 80, the in.
crease Of revenue from customs; internal rev.
enuc, sales of land, etc., amounted to almost
sixty millions of dollars. Public money sub.
ject to draft June 80, 1879, was s4l9, 600, ,OO0
receipts from all sources, s4s4, ,57S, 24l; drafts
paid, sos. 100, 600; subject to draft June 80
1880, S2O4, ,6s3, ,S3G.
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The Baltimore Gasete gives an account
OF novel and great curiosity Of the deep
known as the sea COW which was taken
into tha. port recently by the steamship
Calvert The animal, which has head
like COW, lacking only the horns, and
the fms and tail of fish, was captured
in the St. Lucie river, Florida. The an
imal is covered ON the head and back bv
long, coarse hair, the shin being lead
.eolored and very hard. The body is