Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-10


Clerk Jones came near being drown
ed this afternoon. 1t was playing
with some other children on the
dixie near the house when he fell
into the water below, and was al
most drowned when help arrived
and rescued it.
A baby born near Turner recent
ly has only one hand, the left be-
ing off at the wrist. 1t is doing
we'll and seems to be as healthy as
an ordinary baby.
Judge Bellinger has issued an
order to deport all the Chinese re-
naming on board the Haytian Re-
public, and the United States mar
shall and collector will have the
order to execute. There are about
forty-one on the vessel.
Robert Metcalf, a pioneer of
Jackson county, and all Indian
agent at the Selitz reservation un-
der President Bucanan, made a
fortune in mining since the war
married an amiable lady, and has
bought large and rich farm near
Lexington, KY.
The fore part Of the week several
of the young men of Toledo, went
over the hill to Mr.. Stantons to
have game of ball. The game
was progressing finely, when Fred
Stanton in running back to first
base was struck in the side with
the ball, which knocked the breath
out of him for an instant, IN little
while he resumed his place in the
game, and thought nothing about
his hurt, the next morning he was
in agood deal Of pain, and at presant
he is hardly able to be around.
The Astoria Budget makes the
following vicious stab at the last
legislature and the Sodaville miner
al springs; ut may sound like a
Munchausen yarn, but it is All ac-
tual fact, that in the squinteyed
little burg Of Sodaville, in Linn
county, in block 8 of the town plat,
there Is soda spring, and that the
last legislature, In Its infinite wis.,
dom, provided that "inasmuch as
there is a great and growing de-
mand on the part of the public for
the water Of said SPRING" the state
would spend $500 to improve it.
This, at last, is the fond realization
of the long felt want which has
been loafing around the country
like the ghost of boyhood's happy
days In quest of a watermelon
patch where happily fingers no
vicious dog. 1t is grand and inn
posing sight to see the the legisla-
tive fancy rising from the sordid
contemplation of a cold and unre-
sponsive hog law and lowering on
halcyon wings over the soft MUIR
muir of an idyllic state soda foun-
tain.
The Pehdlcton East-Oregonian
relates one of the sad incidents
with which human life and exper-
ience abounds, Thursday last there
arrived at Adams an old gentleman
named Welch with an unpreten-
tious tented show, He had a bear,
a couple of white owls, and an at
traction that really was a curiosity
a little woman who weighed 36
pounds, was 3a inches In stature,
and had lived 80 years. Although
a dwarf she was not deformed in
any manner, her body being pro-
portionately developed. The little
woman was il sufferer from sick
ness, and Friday night a hemor'
age occurred that caused her death.
A somewhat sad and painful story
then CAME to light Her name
was Miss NJ, j. Welch, and she
was the old mans daughter He
had sensitively kept her concealed
all her life until within the last two
months, when, being no longer
able to earn a livelihood, he was
compelled to exhibit her. They
left Idahoe, where they lived, and
had since been travelling, As the
father, who is seventy years OLD
had nu funds, the county authoris
ties were notified, and will take In
hand the burial of the unfortunate
little creature,