Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-03-06
STATE NEWS.

J. S. Senator by January, 1887.
s. O. Swackhanmer of Union {
'as confirmed as register Of the 6
and office a. La Grandc, Feb. "a.
The Oregon Pionser association I
as decided on holding its next an .
'ual reunion at Oregon City, COM
nsncing June 18th.
During 1884 on the Pacific coast
,olicies covering $S77,9S4 in risk.
we're written, the premiums received
we're s6,340,946; losses paid, s2,-
'5l, ,7S7.
There were 384 bills introduced
in both houses of the Legislature Of
which l05 passed and became part
If Oregon's laws. This leaves 279
in the hospital for repairs.
Some of the prices current in
Portland are: Wheat sacks 65@
Sc; hops, s@l0c; hams, l5@16c;
s3@3.5o; butter fancy,
30c; inferior, lS@20c; eggs, Ice;
dried apples, 4a@51; wheat, TIC;
wool, 12@l 4c; potatoes, 25@35.
Mr.. Grant Helman of Ashland |
had his right hand blown eff and
right leg msnglsd while drying
some giant powder Tuesday after
noon. His stove was blown to at
oms, but his wife, who was in the
same rsom, miraculously escaped.
Delos Edward Jefferson, a stu
dent at the Willamette Medical
college in Portland, dropped dead
on the stone pavement in front of
W. s. Ladd's residence on the south
side of Jefferson, between Sixth
and Seventh streets, about 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
A Chinaman, pay-master at
Huntington, was recently held up
and robbsd by several masked men.
They relieved him of about 5000
in money, his watch and other val
uables, amounting in all to about
$1,000. The Company pay master
had given the money to the China
man to pay off his hands with.
The state has notified about SO
settlers in this valley, through the
local land office that they are occu.
pying swamp land that belongs to
the state. Some Of the settlers
have their patents to the land
Trouble and expense will follow
1t is feared there is a ring at the
bottom of this swamp land business
-CAiettai,s.
A young man by the name o
?. G. Williams, about 81 years o
age, while riding on load of ha,
with three other persons near Lost
inc last week, complained of pai1
q in his head, and suddenly layin
: his hand over his heart, remarke
! that he was very sick, and imme
l. diately expired. The deceased wa
= bachelor, and has no relatives i
r, this state.
a Last Wednesday evening, Will
g attending temperance meeting j
. the church at Oysterville, w. 7
> Gustave Ukkola, generally know
as Charles Harrison, dropr ed dea
L. in his seat Of heart disase. M
20 Harrison had lived at Shoalwate
n bay and Astoria for the past fftee
s. years, was man of upright chara
p ter, and always a strong worker
st the temperance cause.
Those stockmen of Eastern Or
y gon who lost horses and cattle du
N ing the recent storm, have a WI
y of saving little something in vail
10 fren the total loss if they desire
" be economical. Besides the hid
az of the cattle, there are their ia
IL and the names and tails of t
re horses, for which a good price C.
'? be obtained. Considerable curl
81 hair is used here for general uph
stery purposes, and no doubt
S. the names and tails that could
at collected can be easily disposed
ed -Orsgo,ian.
,n The barn of G.. W. Ebbert, abe
Nv one mile east of Springfield, La
IN county, was burned Thursday mo-
b;s ing. 1t contained about 10
,nt bushels of oats, 400 or 500 bush
no of wheat, 200 bushels of barlt
a;- ten to fifteen tons of hay, and
or his farming utensils except wag'
Mr.. Ebbert and his son left I
barn one hour before this fire, b
ing taken out the horses. Th
was no fire there and it is !
Ire known how it ori ginated. The bs
no was large one, worth perh'
nd $1,000, besides the large amount
no property above named. There v
'su some insurance.
ate
ere A Salem paper of Friday
cry has the following: "Spring flow
out are here, and last week there '
ali shown in a meat market, on Ce
of mercial street, bouquet contain
ain varieties commonly called pepr
'or- mint, curly lilies and white lii
ion with sprigs of pussy willow, an
The background of evergreen fir.
Il to was perfectly beautiful, and
of omen of spring in the fullest Sc
The of the word. What country in
md west can claim such an hor
tn How We would like to see this b
less quet on exhibition at New Orlsar
- On Thursday last, at Villa
;on Charles Hermann was shot in
n. arm with rifle, by William
r., ton, known as "Nigger Bill" E
in, since the presidential election,
30 Hermann and others had been cl
ino Rill absut the result. sayipo