Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-08-28
UMATlLLA COUNTY.


Born, in this city, August Is. 1885,
to the wife of John \. Young, 10 lb
boy.
Herb. Stevens, D. NJ. French, L. |
Barnes and Ed. Jennings went out
chicken shooting one day this week and
brought home ninety.six.
Six carloads of cattle were shipped
from this point to Chicago on Sunday
last, and shipment of eight carloads
was made to the same place yesterday.
W. G. Cooper, who for several years
has been in charge of the poor farm,
will leave for California the first of next
month He intends residing there in
the future.
There is no lack of grain buyers here
there being no less than five different
parties engaged in the business-no
lack of grain, and the only thing that
is lacking is a good price.
Last Tuesday was the day set for an
extra session of the County Court but
the County Judge was the only member
who put in appearance, the Commits
sioners having probably forgotten all
about it.
The crops in the vicinity of Echo are
turning out fairly, the average coming
up to expectations. At the Rector
farm the yield was about Is bushels to
the acre, and the Elmer farm it is
| thought will exceed that.
Oliver & Kees' tnreshing machine
was struck by lightning last Tuesday
night and taking fire burned. The ma
| chine was set on Elgin's ranch, about
five miles northeast Of here, the men
having just quit work on account of
the high wind and had gone about half
way to the house when the lightning
struck it. The horse power was all
that was saved. Grant Elgin, on whose
| place the thresher was when struck,
had 500 bushels OIL wheat burned. The
! lightning struck the derrick pole and
running down that, set fire to the grain
stack which in turn fired the thresher.
An insane man, by the name of
Southern, was brought down from Mil
ton Wednesday, by Deputy Sheriff Nc
Ginnis and locked up IN Jail over night
and yesterday given an examination.
1t appears that Southern is a stranger,
and has been around Milton only for
few days, during which time he has
succeeded in soaring number of women
at the houses he visited. He finally
drifted to the railroad depot, where his
queer actions were noticed by Mr..
aNtle, the agent. whbI notified Mr.. Nc
Ginnis and he was brought here for ex.
aminations He was taken below last
night to the asylum.
One hundred and forty-seven head OF
cattle were loaded on the cars here yes
terday having been bought for the Chi.
cago warket. Nearly the entire lot
came out of the Marshall & Beagle 8
band. They were certainly prize
bunch of cattle and will be no little ad.
vertisement for Eastern Oregon.
Among the lot WAS twG-year old,
bought of A. J. Black that weighed
l400. Mr.. Martin, the gentleman who
ships them, said that when he arrived
here few days ago, he was anything
but favorably impressed with our coun.
try, but when he come to see the fine
cattle that were brought in off the
, huhch grass, and the finest quality ot
{ grain in the world, he was convinced
that ours was one of the greatest cattle
and grain sections on the globe.
? Owing to scarcity of special agent!
) in the General Land Office, the cases O
lands Illegally fenced in which it ha,
been possible up to the present time tt
examine and survey tshowing an illega
, appropriation of Co., $40 acres), are sait
| by the Acting Commissioner Judg
: Walker, to be only drop in the buckle
| of illegal fences. The practice agains
l which the Presidents proclamation ha
been issued is believed to prevail gen
! orally and principally in that part o
Z the country which lies between tn
e ninety-Linth meridian and the Rock,
: Noun .ains. The abandonment Of tn
: lands and fences will afford some fin
i opportunities for settlers to secure land
ready for the plow. They will be ap
to take advantage OF them.
Il This is the way they run politics j
c Old Virginia, according to Richmon
u paper: Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee and Mr.
a JOHN S. Wise were guests at one of ii
2 hotels Of Old Point Comfort when til
II news OF Lees nomination by the Den
y ecratic convention reached there. II
u guests were at dinner. Mrs. Wi!
u arose from the table. passed oven to Mr
Lee, ard congratulated her, saying: :
: my husband is to be beaten, had rat
~ er he should be beaten by your husbar