Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-18
Sd'aTE NEifs.


PORTLAND, September 15.-Susar
two cents pound here to-
day.
A base ball tournament will be
one of the attractions of the Stae
Fair.
Hon. Henry Warren, of McMinn-
Vile, Senator from Yanhill disl
on the 18th inst.
The Mammoth mine, in Union
county, has been bonded for $780,
600 to eastern capitalists.
There has not been law suit,
either criminal or civil, in William
ina, Sheriden or Bellevue precincts,
Yamhill county, for more than two
years.
Rumor has it that work will be
resumed on the Oregon & Califor-
mia railroad, connecting San Fran
cisco and Portland, Oregon.
About 120 miles yet remain be-
tween the two ends, NEST of which
is heavy work.
Unisn county has set the follow
ing prices to be paid for the scalps Of
wild animals: Panthers and cougar,
So; wild cat and catamount, 81;
bear, 81; wolves and eayotes, So;
squirrels, from March / to June /,
2 cents
Several burglaries are reported
as having occurred in Corvallis last
Friday and Saturday, and it is
thought by the same parties who
visited Albany. They captured
little booty. 1t is asserted that the
company of burglars are travling
through the valley in a hack.
A man named John Shelton wa,
killed at McMinnville last Monday
by his team running away. He
was near the railroad track when
an engine gave tremendous whistle
soaring the team. Mr.. Skelton was
thrown out, striking on his head sc
that his brains oozed out, and b.
died in a few hours afterwards.
1t is reported that on account Of
the reduced rates of transportation
over the O. P. R. R., wheat is foul
cents a bushel more than at Albany
or it would otherwise be. Thi
certainly is an excellent thing fo1
Benton county farmers. $40 OF
the thousand by reason of reduced
transportation is big item "thest
modern days"
| The other side of Salem a few
miles, on last Saturday forenoon
twelve hundred cords of fire Woo
belonging to the railroad company
caug ght fire, and together with con
siderable Of the track, was neari,
consumed. AS result the moor
train did not reach Albany til
about four o'clock in the afternoon
Prinsyills has not been keepin,
up its customary record on shoot
ing episodes, but last Thursd.,
VIM. Brown had some words wit
Ed. Evans, a saloon keeper, where
upon the latter picked up shot
gun from behind the bar and fire.
at Evans. A bystander knocke
up the muzzle of the gun, thu
preventing the usual murder tier
from this fourishing eastern Ore
gon town.
Curry county, according to tn
census, has population of ll4(
The number is about 100 less tina
: in 1880; but the local PAPER say
the census is very incorrectly take,
, since some of the precincts hav
| more than doubled in population
, In Curry county there are "a, l9
sheep and 1892 cattle. The csunt
! produced $4,000 pounds of butt.
+ last year.
A boy named Brannan went .,
@ to hunt horses a few days ago
, Harvey valley, and as he did nj
;, return that night search was cor
+ menced. After hunting all de
his horse was found with the sadd
a turned under him, and the body
the boy was found about two mil
away. 1t is thought that he hi
o fallen from the horse and his TO
n hung in the stirrup. His face WI
/. horribly bruised and mashed, ar
d eye wholly gone.
" Marshal Pygall has just arrive
atCorvallisfrou Five Rivers, eight
five miles southwest, bringing tv
u prisoners named Horton, arrest'
d for stealing. He also wanted 4
z Hood, their accomplice, but viii
It out hunting two hours before Pygs
IS reached Five Rivers, Hood W
n shot and killed by the Hortop
Al Hoods body was left where he fe
in charge Of a party of hunters, wa
n ing for the coroner. The shootil
,r was claimed to have been accident,
a. The assessment roll of Dougl
ID county for 1885 shows the folio
4 ing: Total acres Of land, 499,37
A valued at Sl,733,131; town To-
% 1853, valued at $203, 3,247; impro,
ments, $5oS, s67; merchandise al
g. implements, $367, ,915; money, not
Or carriages, watches etc., s93,27
,e number of horses and mules, 457
a. value, sl9l,248; cattle, H.
% value s22o,57l; sheep, lll,06
4, value, s23,6l4; swine, $3.50; valr
ii SlS,4l6; making total Of s4,53t
10 655. The Indebtedness amounts