Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

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Are five newspapers enough Tor ]
Cuatlla county: |
MIR. Harry Kribbs is contemplating
trip to New York.
Have your watch repaired, by
Frank Manning, Centerville.
Miss Lulu Reese Of Adams is at
tending school at St. Helen's Hall, |
Portland.
Nice clean mixed bird seed, only
l5c per pound at j. J. Banta & Co.'S,
Centcrville.
About tire 18th of September the
Heppner and Echo mail route will be
changed from ID tfi-weekly to a semi
weekly.
"A proposition for the construction
OF gas works in Pendleton has been
submitted to the Town Council by Ia.
COMA capitalists.
-Messrs. Dusenbury & Co., who
have the finest store in the city, are re.
ceiving an immense lot of goods. Look
out for their new ad next week.
bent fail to call on j. j. Banta s
Co., and get their prices an Machine
Oils before you buy.
The L. b. Church of this place will
be dedicated on Sunday. September
10th, at l. o'clock Il. n. Bishop Wright
of Indiana will officlate. Rev. J. Nj.
Tresenrider has been appointed pastor
in charge.
Some hungry individual stole a
quarter of beef from the Marshal House
last Monday night. He was evidently
of the opinion that there was no better
time than the present to prepare for
cold weather.
james Eastwood's dwelling in Cam
as Prairie, and contents, consisting of
furniture, carpenter tools, winter sup.
plies, clothing, etc, was destroyed by
fire last Saturday afternoon. Loss about
$500; no insurance. Mr.. Eastwood is a
bachelor and was at work away from
home at the time.
1t is asserted that over hundred
thousand dollars worth of property in
the Eastern part of the county has been
unassessed. Quite a number of names
of well to do and well-known men in
Weston and Milton precincts do not
appear on the assessment roll.
Remember the cheapest place to
buy your tobacco and cigars is j. j
Banta & Co.'s, Centerville.
Midnight raids are still made OF
the hen houses in town, and many
housewife is "fghtln' mad; over tn,
loss Of her favorite old rooster or hen
Cinnamon may be the perpetrators o
these "deeds in the dark" but if all,
one would take the trouble to search
he might find tail feathers heiug blown
about by the wiad in the lower end o
town.
The New Zealand Loan and Mer
CATTLE Agency, at San Francisco, h;l
received from New Zealand some ia
nous Seed Oats, samples Of which ma
be seen at the LEADER Office. Partie
wishing to purchase oats for seed froI
this Agency should do so before tn
middle of October. For prices apply 6
LEADER office. Orders respectfully ST
s licited.
!. "A subscriber writing from Uni,
y county says: had some disposition
e beg pardon for using werd of Lat
pedigree) of going to Weston. l fe
t. somewhat timid about mingling with
IS community so very Saxon in its speec
le [ was reared in an atmosphere whe
lie French and Latin were both read al
written, and in moment OF forgetf,
M ness, | night permit some of these ''ba
n barrie" peculiarities to escape me; t
N consequence might be unpleasant, as
d were. Ii it could be arranged, go
round tariff should be imposed for rat
,s er placed upon) all foreign words a
"barbarlsms. and thus while we pl
! .ect our Saxon tongue, we might IA
revenue.
The Overland Monthly for Septe
On ler comes to US replete with many 90
ds things. 1t is breezy, bracing and balm
n. characteristic of the Pacific Slope.
rk contains an account, from which an
I'll tract is found on the first page, OF
two famous Congresses that preced
the war, by the Hon. S. s. Cox, U.
-. Minister to Turkey. The personnel a
- motive of these two Congresses, the
:. titude of the different branches of
H. Democratic party toward the South
:; war. question make up most import
chapter. Sacramento Squatter Riot:
/. 1850. the turning point in the VIII
history of Spanish land grants and
troubles connected Herewith is a
me and agreeably handled by Prof. Roy
oo' The September Orerlond contains s
ST. eral especially bright and interest
'"i' local sketches and stories. on Bt
''n by DIR. Henry De Groot, is sketcl
'"o the fate OF the old miaing camp OF t
aS name, and will be OF he greatest i'll
est to the old timers; The Doctor
ella Leidesdorff Street" is a romantic 81
last Of San Francisco in war times; and
em. Plea before Judge Lynch" a uni
and Vigilante story, with an unexpe'
Ella conclusion. "How the Blockade
ALA Run" will attract all naval men, Fed
ext or Confederate. The travel sketc
poems, essays. reviews, editorials, {
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