Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-08-14
GESEEAE NEWS,

The cattle men have to 60 in forty
lays. IL
Yellow fever is increasing rapidly
1t Vera Cruz. H.
The loss by the great FIRE at Tor tt
onto is placed at S75o,O00.
Ali the great southern cities held
services for Grant. At
Oakdale. Cal, was visited by a
So, 900 fire on the night Of the Sd. .
Cholera is spreading with csnsid.
erabie rapidity. throughout France. I
The estimated damage by the r,.-
cent storm in Philadelphia is $780, =
600. (
At Cuthdsrt, Ca, 9th, moo
hanged Henry Davis, charged with
rape.
In fire at Manchester, N. H.,
this week, seven PERSONS wey burn
ed to death.
General Sheridan insists that
cattlsmen are responsible for all the
Indian troubles.
Public meetings are being held
IN Canada to influence a comnuta.
ton of Riel's sentence.
John C. Thompson Of Ohio has
been appointed spe cial agent of the
General Land Office to investigate
fraudulent land eli tries.
The Montezums. hotel at Las We
gas, N. NJ, burned August 10th.
Loss, $250,000. Eight eastern
guests perished in the flames.
A food in the province of Can
ton, China, beginning July 10Th,
devastated large section and caus-
ed the death Of 10000 people.
The Knights of Labor in Texas
have strongly prot ested against the
employment of convict labor in the
construction of the new capitol.
The Supreme Court of Washing
ton Territory has given Lemard,
under sentence OF death for killing
Patton three yea rs ago, a new trial.
Mr.. Clemens, will make another
J fortune off Grants book, as he is
the silent par tner in the firm pub
fishing the work. Clemens is rich
! man now.
= A monument to the memory of
\ Rebecca Nourse, who was hanged
0 for witcllcraft July l9, 1862, was
0 dedicated at her old home in
. Danvers, Mass.
0 Calgary citizens will present
n Maj jor Ste ele, of the Canadian forces
e with $500 diamond ring, in recog.
y milton OF his brilliant services at
f Loon Lake and elsewhere.
Senator Van Wyck appeared in
Nebrs ska City Saturday driving an
y ugly span of mules to numbering
old farm wagon, with hickory OK
gead swung over his shoulder.
d An "Inspector Of tides" has beer
d found in the survey Office, whe
n admitted tn at he drew salary, bu
n had no d uti ss to preform. He ba.
o held the onsrous position for sever
h years.
e Meetings, are being held all ovel
: England in. favor of the crimina
o law amendm en':: act. Many of then
n are noted for the eminence of thu
speakers anel the high character O.
the audiences.
At Ennis, Tex, two daughter
E Of N. B. Rankin were sent to the
g garret to draw liquor. One held I
lighted candle ca the faucet, whel
!. the barrel expl od ed, fatally burn
$ ing both.
e Judge James Garland, prohabl,
h the oldest judge in the world, ant
It believed to be the oldest member o
) the Masonic fir aternity in tn
United States, die, | at Lynchbure
II Va, the 9th, in the 95th year o
a his age.
i. Geo. NJ. Dilley d, Son, founder
e and mechanics of Galveston, Texas
propose building in short time
carwheel foundry of sufficient cap
acity to supply the railways ofTexas
Louisiana and Mexico.
- The encampment and reunion O
= - the G. A. r. posts of central ant
i i southern Illinois on the 18th, 14tf
II and 18th of August will be al
- :, immense affair. The encampmen
~ ~ will be in the vicinity of Hillsboro
r. The Grant funeral car was drawn
10 by "a jet black horses, in blacl
<, trappings. The pageant was one o
e the grandest in history. Mrs
IS Grant, being Ill, Gid not attend the
e funeral in New York. Mourning
IS ceremonies were held Saturday il
is nearly all the Eastern cities.
Ten miners were killed at Will
s. kesbarre, Pa, Tuesday morning by
e. an explosion OF gas in the mine
d, The bodies we're horribly mangled
10 Great concern was expressed for {
,e number Of miners who were sup
1t posed to be in another shaft of tn,
ID mine but who at the time of tn,
as explosion were above ground.
y Last Saturday a train on th
~ Cincinnati d Eastern railroad wen