Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-18
UMATTLLA COUNTY.
Borrowed from Exchaupes

Borrowed from Exchanges.
Henry Bucey is building a new house
at the lower end of PeHdleton.
The Peudleton Manufacturing Com
pany have decided to locate at Pendle-
ton.
Philip Eoon is building a new hous,
and barn on his place at the Hudson
Bay.
The public school at Pendleton opened
on the 7th with one hundred aud TWEEN.
ty pupils.
From Milton Station will be shipped
this year something over'lOO, 600 sacks
Of wheat.
Miller g. Robley, wheat merchants,
have about 10000 bushels of wheat on
their platforms at Centeryille and East.
land,
Arrangements have been made to es-
tablish Wells, Fargo g. Co.'S express
Office at Pilot Rock with j. III. Sharon
as agent.
A liberal reward will be paid-per.
haps-to any one who will show where
the county line is between Umatilla
and Grant counties.
The contract to build the school
house in district ia was awarded to
Phelps, Arthur and Sweet, of Milton;
consideration $37l. Work will com.
nence Immediately.
A Mr.. Carline was nabbed by Depu-
ty U. S. Marshal Merse, on Monday,
and escorted to Portland into the au-
gust presence Of Judge Deadly for sell.
ing whiskey to an Indian.
Some days ago young man named
Lee Guard, living out on Birch creek,
was kicked by horse in the right eye
and on the nose. The bones of the nose
were broken, also the orbit bones of the
eye.
At regular meeting of Damon Lodge
No. 4, X. of P, held at their castle hall
on Wednesday night last, R. Alexander,
P. c., was elected a representative to
the grand lodge which convenes in Sa-
lem October 18th.
The Sisters of Mercy have bphded
blocks l3l and l39, in the reserve addi.
ton to Pendleton, to Jshn Gagen and
Eugene Reith, trustees, for the sum of
$4,000, which sum, we understand, will
at once be expended in building a fine
school house.
Reed & Purinten and John Adams
sold, the other day, 2lOO head of mut.
ton sheep, which have since been
shipped to Chicago. The price paid
was SLIGO for one lot and sl.62 for the
other. Twelve double-decker cars were
required to take the lot.
| Agent Somerville Of the Umatilla
Reservation has received word from the
Secretary of State that another council
will be held with the Indians in regard
to taking lands in severalty. The ceun.
Gil will be held on the reservation on OF
about the Goth of October.
William Blakeley, an old and re-
spected citizen OF this county, who has
been severely afflicted with sciatic rheu
matism for some months past, started
last week for California, in hopes of re
gaining his fast failing health. Hi,
wife accompanied him.
John Berst, living out in Cold Spring
was kicked by horse on Sunday, tn,
Sth inst, and had his nose and chsel
split open and the bone over his lef
eye broken. He had bought a new
horse and put it into a stall with anoth
sr hsrse, when they commenced bitiny
and kicking each other. John went t,
separate them. and, picking up small
strap, hit the horse with it when the an
imal let fly with both hind feet, strlk
ing him Ill the face.
Wild Horse Lodge, No. 500, of Cen
terville, held their regular quarterl
election Tuesday evening, Septembe
Sth, when the following members wer
y elected to serve for the ensuing year:
! B. Cain, w. C. T.; MISS Efie Holland
, w. V. T.; w. F. Gardner, w. S.; w
Seiger, w. +. S.; VIM. Woodruff, w
d, T.; r. Maloney, w. NJ; Miss Perle
! McHone, w. D. NJ; Miss Susi
E Crowns, 1. G.; VIM. Snyder, o. G.; L
! McEachern, c.; +. Manning, P. w.