Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-06-05
CNXTERVlLEE LETTER.
honest.

'%~'SoA VI
Weather could not be finer.
Our merchants ara receiving new
goods daily.
J. 3. Eddy, Martins right hand
bower, was in the city last Friday.
Rev. H. 7. Burger preached two
excellent sermons ia the NJ. E.
Church last Sunday.
/ notice that DR.. Barkar's sign
now hangs out en The corner Of
Third street and Giles alley.
Rev. Frank Spaulding has been
quite sick over at North Yakima,
but is better, and is expected home
by Sunday night.
A revival meeting will begin On
Saturday next at the Christian
Church. Elder Wright of Paleuse
City is expected to be present.
The new hotel mentioned last
week is nearing completion. l am
told that L. McHoAe will be the
landlord. Good enough; Mac is
just TIE man that can run a hetel.
I notice that hitcbing posts, good
substantial ones, have been placed
ON two sides of the Christian
Church. This will be quite saw
rg to fences ia that neigh Aborhoed.
Knowlton & Willaby have plant
ed seventy acres of beans. Frank
had such good success with beans
last year that he was encouraged to
60 at the business on larger scale
this season.
Banta Il Co. have painted the
front Of their drug store deep, dark
blue color, which givas that side of
the street something of mournful
appearance, but then it will soon
fade out and look bette.
d. G.. Clark, Dsputy G.. NJ. of 4.
F. Il A. M, addressed the members
of that order at this place last Tues
day at 10 o'clock a. N. Not being
present myself, can't say whether
he is success as an orator or aot.
Our road supervisor, MIR. Robley,
is opening. the road from town to
the depot. This will be great con-
venience, as many of our arerchants
are now getting their freight via
Pendleton instead of BlueMountaip.
3 Iu my letter before the last | saio
$ ] would perhaps have something te
say about those of our merchants
who advertised, and would perhaps
;, send you some poetry. Well, upor
i second thought [ concluded tina
8 such stuff would be Of no interest t,
your many readers, SO will sa,
nothing about them. AS to poetry
t | could find plenty that was good t.
+ copy, but no good rlace to make i
fit in.
+ Dan Briggs, who lives at Nj
Pages, on Spring Hollow, met wit
is a serious accident last week. Will
c. running stock on the reservatio
IS his horse stepped in hole and fell
precipitating Mr.. Briggs in such
manner as to cause fracture of I'll
IN right collar bone. The Spring Hu
of low medical adviser was called il
I'd dressed the wound, and the patiel
90 is doing as we'll as could be expecte
~. After long and painful ilIne
Mrs. Whiteman, wife Of our estee,
ns ed friend, J. B. Whiteman, died
III 2:30 o'clock last Thursday morpin
"a MIS-. Whiteman was beloved by {
N. who knew her, and although S
!: had not been out for months befo
Wv she departed this life, she is great
he missed by her friends. Mr.. Whit
he man, in his bereavement, has t
to. sympathy of the entire ne;Shb'
.ro hood.
-. Quite q number of our citize
" visited Walla Walla this wec
ae- among the rest Mr. A. MeDona
at our harness man. He has not
70 turned yet. Some of the boys S
IN he will not return alone. He s.
-, nothing to pe about it before lie:
." ing, so I dent know how that
'stf but judging from the fact that
lies re-papered, painted and furnish
nee throughout one of the best dwelli,
:, in town before leaving, 1 thi
. there Is some truth in the runor.
Wednesday morning j. NJ. Gi
cen was seen to stop on the sidew;
be- opposite his old barn, draw his f
,or glasses, elevate them to an angle
nov about 60 degrees and stand view
- the immense space above the
"' stable. When asked what he '
lor- locking at he replied that he V
aju- 'iust watching those masons
Gus work on that brick building thsl
,or OF course we all laughed. and so
Giles, but later in the day, when
Ny got into that saloon row with NJ
nee. Rounds, he did not feel quite
nth funny.
zen Geo. Hansel came down to
.rce Saturday morning with hands
= his pockets up to his elbows, ST
" ing as blandly as though he
40 just come in possession of a la
re- fortune, and when asked by Ba
2 fit Il Co. to so to work (thev were i
irst hurry to get the hotel tin;shed),
: replied that he did not have
n'' When asked why. he replied, "W
the we've got a boy at our house
par msrning that weighs eight poun'
pre- OF course they let him off from
n;.l work. Mother and child sett
- along nicely under the care of
' Sharp.
III Quite number of our farm