Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-06-05
Ss+il Il "a ~ ,.

East Portland had an eight thou
and dollar fire last Saturday night.
The Astoriaa has coined new
ord. 1t calls young salmon, "ssn-
It's"
Whooping cough and measles
revail among young children at
Ia tayette.
4 young boy named Therkelson
vas drowned near the railroad fer
Y, East Portland, Monday even
ng, while playing with skiti:.
John Greenwood, widower aged
50, was found dead in his led at |
Jetferson, Marion county, on the
18th, from natural causes. He was
alone. |
A special election, to vote upon
he relocation Of the county seat Of
Josephine county, was hsld on the
lst inst. Grants Pass got away
with the baggage.
There are now ten counties in
the state which have organized i'm
boards. Marion county
led in this move, and is Row reap
ing the benefits of her enterprise.
Thirty immigrants directly from
Fannin county, Texas, arrived at
Eugene City last Saturday. They
ars well pleased with the appearance
Of the country, and have come 10
stay
An old man by the name Of Bond,
employed on Hoover's ranch, near
Fossil, Wasco county, was feund in
an insensible condition On the
mornil 6 of the 18th, and soon after
died.
Samuel B. Pettingill has purchas-
ed the Portland STANDARD, SO long
run by Tony Noltner. He intends
to make it live Democratic jour
nal. He takes possession on the
10th of June.
A team ran away with the car.
riage containing the family of Gov.
ernor Moody at Salem. The fami
ly were thrown out, Governor NJ 90
dy was severely bruised and his
daughters ankle was sprained.
A tramp stole horse in Lake
county recently while tbs owner
was lying dead drunk. The Sheriff
was started in pursuit, and as ene
went south and the other north, ii
may be long time before they meet
face to face.
West bound immigrants car new
get stop-over privileges at any peint
on the Oregon Railway and Navi
cation Road, by applying to the
conductors. THIS will enable then
to stop over and see some Of th'
fine prairies and valleys in Eastern
Oregon, before they reach Port
| land.
|. Alkali Enterprise: Nearly all ou
sheepman lost more or less of thei
focks from the effects of the lat
rains and cold spell coming just afte
, shearing, causing the sheep to chil
{ to death. As near as we are abl
to learn such loss will run frer
twenty to 100 in each band.
Newherg letter: Two accidents wit
firearms the past week in our lit
burg. Riley Smith went to pic
9 up his gun in hurry to shoot
crow; the gun went off, taking tl
end off his thumb and crippling tv
fingers. Reuben Frank got bull
/. through his hand while handling
a revolver. %
" A Piute Iadian named Plush, W
s' is Chief Of littls band of redski
J. can,ped on Deadman creek, ne
Lakeview, was on a slorioas {
IS drunk Saturday. During his j.
W boree he beat one Of his squaws
h most to death, cut an Indian ch
0, up considerably with o buscl
Of knife, and drove all his faith
henchmen to the mountains
safety. A posse from town captu,
80 the crazy brute and lodged him
of ~ jai! till he sobered up.
I'd Ben Weymouth, an expert
" countant of Portland, has b'
missing for about three wee
] asst Sunday morning naked
ne ,nains were found about 900 va
rs from the house on Leslie Cos
oa ranch, on Willamette Slough. "
I'd. mouth was in the habit Of drink
pc very hard, and it is supposed t
while laboring under an attack
on the delirium tremens he undres
Nv himself and ran stark naked thro1
,or the brush until he died of expost
lis AS a party Of four East PERTH
IN. bloods were returning home fr
.ch Albina, Tuesday, they took a sh
cut through cherry orch;
While they were in the orch
,lss they received the contents Of a s
80, @ gun loaded with ine shot. All
~ men were wounded, though II
&c Of their wounds are considered c
,st gerous. They claim they were
' ~ stealing the cherries and are de
mined TO prosecute the shoote
they can find cat who fred the {
ers Senator John Sherman Of {
pie arrived in Portland Tuesday nj
Is ing, overland from California.
1th was the guest of Governor Mo
IN at Salem Monday night. Upon
gee arrival Senator Sherman wa
the once driven to Fort Vancouver,