Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-04

the northwest.
a. mission has heen organized in
En- gland to seach for General
Gordon, believed to be still living.
All the rocks have flown from
southern Germany, and the natives
think the cholera is coming, there
fore.
The transcontinental roads have
reduced the freight rate on hops
from the coast from 3 to , cents &
pound.
Mrs. Mary J. Roberts has been
appointed postmistress at Lincoln,
W. T.; James S. Haviland, jr., at
Prescott.
Troops have arrived on the !
Kansas border to act as a guard !
and TO see that the Presidents
cattle order is enforced.
The sub-Treasury at New York
thus far this week has disbursed
l6G,S00 standard silver dollars and
$92. 700 in fractional coin.
A loss of several thousand dollars
was occasionea at Bradford, Penn,
yesterday by the explosion of 5000
pounds Of nitroslycerine.
Lucius A. White, the Brazilian
note counterfeiter, has been remand
ed to jail at st. Louis and the hear
ing in his case was postponed for
ten days.
Testimony before the Coroner's
jury at Emporia in the Walkup
poisoning case shows that the body
contained arsenical poisons. Mrs.
Walkup and her cousin are still in
prison.
Gen.Ben Butler, representing the
Indian territory cattle men in the
fight against the preside nts order
fer expulsion of their herds, is, it
is said, himself the proprietor of a
large ranch in the district concerned.
Congressman Holman thinks the
silver question viii not cut any
: figure in the next session. He
thinks the democrats will decrease
tariff on articles Of prime necessity
and increase it on articles Of luxury.
An effort to evict tenants near
Badly Ragget, county Killarney,
Ireland, yesterday. was resisted by
about 1000 persons, who were,
charged by the police with bayon-
cts. Many or both sides We're in
Ijured.
The wheat crop this year in Italy
is reproved in an official document
to the Department Of State to be
about 20 per cent lees than an
average crop. Silk is about third
less, but superior in quality to the
average crop.
The management of the Wabash
system will give the knights of
Labor definite answer to their
demand for the reinstatement of
discharged members of their body
next Thursday. 1t Is thought an
amica1le adjustment will be obtain
ed.
A letter from Havana, dated
August 22d, says that Capt
Robinson and the entire crew OF the
. American brig c. S. Packard
T. which grounded recently off TIE
+ Su.ua, have been arrested on {
e charge OF having attempted to burr
c the vessel.
- The New York World says: Trade
- dollars this week have declined
:, from 81 to 81 cents. This is sale
;, to be due to the absence of order;
from Japan and to expected siIve
! legislation by Congress next winte
- unfavorable to the holders of trade
dollars.
e 1t is asserted in London that th
0 French Government indirectly Civ
Olivier Pain large sums of mone'
and instructed Eiai to encourage til
Mahdi with promises Of eventua
;. assistance from France. Rochefor
y is delighted with the noise he i
y creating in Paris.
/ Mr.. Dickerson, late Superintend
: ent of the Pension Building, a
:. Washington denies most emrhati
r, calIy that there is any foundation
" for the charges made against him
$ He says that the trouble is that tn
a new officials do not know where t
is find TIE materials, and that he will
l. when called upon, point them GU
:. to them.
4 Acamp meeting held by theNo ortf
= ern Methodist tcolored) Church a
-, Piney Hill, Rutherford county
% \. c., was attacked ty an arme
=. body Of Zion Method!sts, also col
:, ored, and fired into. The Norther
! Methodists fed in disorder, seven )
i them being wounded. The invader
" then collected The effects of th
,s routed party, pilel them up an
;. made 4 bonfire OF them.
o Two ladies belonging to familie
: OF rank in Mezzevo, in Epiru:
is European Turkey, were some tim
.e ago abducted by brisands from tn
Il Epirus mountains. The ahductor
le demanded ransom Of $4,000 fc
N the return Of each or either captive
ct The families of the women hav
'r just paid to the agents Of the br
s. gands the $4,000 demanded, an