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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1890
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows a recurring Thursday schedule for ArTENdos with items about patterson and mortise work, terms for ad rates, and basic per inch pricing. Reads like an old classified or advertising listing with unclear names and addresses.
The text states the individual admitted to practice before the court and describes location, office, and department in Wolfieton, BD. It notes an attorney may test recovery of lower rights and a contact to GF for writing.
Incomplete text fragment mentions Murray Medicine and Citys Bue Soh with fragmented references to races, dates, and people. No coherent event or outcome is readable, but the string suggests a miscellaneous note about medical and racing topics with unclear connections.
A long OCR fragment outlines cattle branding notes, horse descriptions, and ownership marks. Many named animals and handlers appear, with brands and left versus right hip and shoulder locations mentioned across a sprawling list.
An advertisement touts the Burlington Route from Cheyenne and Denver to Chicago St Louis and St Paul. It highlights elegant vestibule cars and a 350 mile Muss River passage, urging readers to choose the Northern or Canadi Pacific lines for rapid continental travel. A. G. Sheldon, General Agent, Portland, offers further details.
A Kansas farm report details costs such as plowing 125 per acre harrowing 25 cents drilling 16 cents and threshing about 3.5 cents per bushel. It notes total costs of 1292.78 with an average yield of 4559 bushels at 27 cents per bushel, claiming clear profit and offering guidance for hiring work.
A natural gas explosion in Columbus Ohio wrecked a one story dwelling at the corner of Wall and Noble alleys. Six people were killed and about thirty injured as debris and flames filled the street. Firefighters and police searched the wreckage amid a panicked crowd.
New York Post Office cashier George Louisbury, a long time employee, was shot and killed at his Hackensack New Jersey home. Police report his state pension accounts show a deficit of 220000 dollars and the motive is under investigation. In Brazil, Rio Janeiro cable confirms Barboza, the finance minister, announced the National Bank of the United States of Brazil with capital of 100 million dollars subscribed in four hours.
New York reports the Anarchist Chief to serve another year in the penitentiary after Supreme Court affirmation of Herr Moet’s conviction. He was found guilty of inciting riot during a speech at an anarchist meeting in November. Ex-Senator Hiddleberger is reported ill in Wisconsin.
A dapper man named Goebler accused of drawing a pistol on Lewis Davis at Broadway and Vesey Street. Police removed the weapon. both men were taken to the Tombs. Goebler held under permit to carry a pistol while Davis faces perjury charges after a court hearing.
At Sackammato on January 2 the Central Pacific faced four miles of obstructed track from heavy drifting snow. A rotary plow failed after a deep cut caused a collapse burying two locomotives, delaying operations. Crews expect to clear by tomorrow with shovel work and moving trains once the line reopens.
Newsane New York January 21 A man tethered a horse outside Puteoo’s shoe store on Water Street and left it tied to an awning post. The horse touched an iron post and fell into the gutter. Thomas Dawson died after reaching to help the horse and collapsed. Another man, Tom Seltz, suffered a shock but recovered. An electric wire sagged into an iron rod channeling current to the ground. Insulation saturated by rain caused the fatal shock. Dawson’s body was taken into the store awaiting coroner action.
Henry Rash was awarded a record 210,009 damages for injuries from a 1894 Thubho wreck while a fireman on a construction train. He alleges negligence by the division superintendent for not warning of an extra freight. The Northern Pacific moved for a new trial amid strong judicial language.
Two girls, Kate and Hattie Mutton of Drain Oregon, fled with trunks full of jewelry silk and clothing after doing housework for several families in Albany. Police found 3200 in stolen goods and letters showing months of systematic robbery. Drain officials and citizens act to arrest them and return the money. A meeting at the opera house planned an orphans home in the city.
German and conservative papers denounce the Samoa treaty published in Berlin calling it a retreat by the German side. Dispatches quote editors arguing the accord shows Bismarck's measured prudence and British influence shaping prohibitions on alcohol and social classes amid expectations of revision.
Maggie Wilson, keeper of a notorious city house, lured a 14 year old half breed girl from the Idaho reservation to this city. She attempted to force a life of shame and held the girl while a man outraged her last night. Wilson is in custody without bail. George Preston is also arrested, denying involvement.
Seventeen receivers of public funds are to be dismissed following a secret investigation by interior department agents. R. W. Hutchins Fred W. Smith Sterling Smith Francia L. Anderson and Charles Spauiding are named among those removed for shortages totaling thousands. About ten more removals are expected soon.
Around 4 am a San Francisco to Los Angeles passenger train was robbed north of Goshen by two masked men. They forced the engineer and fireman off the locomotive, opened the express car, and seized valuables before fleeing. A posse pursued as a special train arrived. authorities suspect the same pair linked to a prior Pigley robbery. The total haul remains undetermined.
At Rose Hill cemetery a carriage crossing a railway track was struck by a Chicago express, killing four occupants including Mr and Mrs Frederick Payne and the driver Anderson. The 9 year old daughter survived with minor injuries. Investigators blame lack of crossing protection and driver error. In Nouwank a Walton couple returning from a funeral were fatally struck at a hidden crossing as a train hit their carriage.
A legislative meeting in Vasencme on January 21 debated Representative Ewart’s resolution alleging a civil service exam paper conspiracy. Charges claim Campbell, brother-in-law to Commissioner Lyman, altered exams and promoted insiders with no proper examination. Rep Houk urged repealing the law and reforming appointment methods with new apportionment. Frank Hatton of the Washington Post defended publishing the charges as potentially substantiated.
A report from Mowniesnar Alabama notes Green Braxton, a Black man, charged in a May murder case involving Lewis Pugh, a White man, with details of the incident and local reaction.
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