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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1895)
UMATILLA COUNTY IN PIECES Newsy Items of Interest from Our :" ' County Exchanges. . (From the Milton Mlltonian. Andrew Spence, a Miltonian who lias spent the last several years in British Columbia and other sec tions of the northland, has returned to Milton and will spend the win ter here. Henry Pierce camo up from the redman's country last Saturday. While here he loaded seven six horso wagons with barley to be taken to his reservation farm, finding this method of transporta- , tion cheaper than by rail. Johnny O'Harra, who lives on Pea Ridge, about six miles south of here, has just finished gathering CO acres of beans. They yielded about 480 pounds to the acre and aro worth 8 to 3 J cents per pound. That navs a little better than raising wheat at 30 cents a bushel. Free water has a lodge of Knights of the Maccabees. Although but recently organized it is in a nourishing condition, with 22 mem bers and the number is being con stantly added to. Mrs. Ves White discovered a freak in the egg line, this week. While preparing the noonday meal she broke an egg. which to all out ward appearances was the same as other egs, and she was greatly surprised to find inside it a much smaller but perfectly developed egg. shell and all. From the Milton Eagle. Raymond, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Evans, aged four months and eleven days, died at their Freewater home on Tuesday night of Home infantile disorder. Mike Ryan, a bad man from the ' headwaters of Bitter creek," or to : be more explicit, from Pine creek basin, stole several head of cattle ! this week 'from Billy Koontz and sold them to Walla Walla butchers. Sheriff Ilouser was over to Walla Walla yesterday and took the gen tleman in and "he now languishes in jail in Pendleton. - II. H. Reel, administrator of the estate of Joseph Sutton, deceased, came to town late Monday evening and swore out a warrant in Justice Stowe's court for the arrest of James Petrie, the charge being that . Petrie has been purloining and sell ing wood off a certain tract of tim ber land on Lincton mountain, be longing to the Sutton estate. From tho Pilot Hook Iteenrd. J. II. McBroom of Weston was in this neighborhood Inst weok looking after his stock interests. Thos. Johnson brought a beet in to our sanctum whioh weighed 5 pounds. A. place where beets will grow like that would be a good locality for a sugar factory. We recoived an apple from Sturtevant'a orchard which meas ured 15i ; inclifis in cirenmforence and weighed pounds. We con sider this a pretty decent sized apple. A Pilot Rock resident will give awuy one lot to any person who will erect a residence thereon, pro vided live other citizens can be found who will do the same thing. While riding on horseback last week, Mrs. Will Halo mot with an accident which might have beon sorious had she not jumped. ' Her horse slipped on a rock and fell over a cliff. The only damage, however, was a slight gash which the horse received from a sharp rock. ( From tho KiiatOroKonhui, Mike Ryan was brought beforo Justice Parkes Friday and bound over to tho grand jury in the Bum of $800. He waived examination. L. M. Huson is now engaged in coding about 2000 acres for Paine Bros, of Walla Walla. Wheelmen went out in force Sunday on the country roads. Dust is again bad and cycling will not be oniovable until some ruin comes. Many of the most prudent fanners have stopped seeding operations and will await the fall rains. Much grain near Adams has come up an! is already a- inch high .with a thrifty growth The Rod & Gun club of Pendle ton completed arrangements Thurs day evening for a live pigeon shoot to bo held on Sunday, October 13, on tho club ranges south of town Free piceons will be furnished by tho club, and an entrance fee of $10 will be charged for all contestants. It has been ascertained that the bridge on the O. R. tt X. which was burned Friday night was set on fire by sparks from a passing engine At leatt, in the absence or any moot that thre was any other cause, the railway otliciaU have fallen back on this as tho only plausible explanation. Mies Woodruff goes next week to vHttlio school districts and will 1. 1 !','.!'? 'nirrd for six works. She v i'l iit I hi time ascertain what districts have compliffd with the law and adopted the text books prescribed by law, failure to install which forfeits the district's share of the state apportionment. T. J. Million has returned from Belmont, Wash., where he was run ning a threshing engine. Grain harvest is about ended and thresh ing nearly done. According to Mr. Million's observation, the crop in that region was first-class. Very little damage was done by the rains, contrary to the general re port. Uhehalia was lame ftaiuruay ana, in the 2:13 pace, was given his first beating this season. The fastest four heats ever trotted or paced on the Pacific Coast were features of this race, the time being 2:08, 2:08, 2:09 J. 2:09. Chehalis won the first heat and Waldo J took the next three straight. Pathmont, Chehalis' brother, was also in the race. Frank Frazier telegraphed to E. H. Clarke Saturday evening that Chehalis had lost the race on account of lameness. From the Pondlcton Tribune Officers of the county W. C. T. U. were elected as follows: Mrs. Inman, president; Mrs. Jennie Berry, of Milton, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Bayse, of Helix, recording secretary; Mrs. Reynolds, of Weston, treasurer. By a vote of 38 to 2, the school district decided to issue bonds in the sum of $22,000 in order to realize money to pay the indebted ness of the district, amounting to $16,000, and to build a new school house. Frank Snow, who has been con nected with the local papers for some time and who is one ot tne most popular newspaper men in the state, leave lor retaluma, Lain., on his wheel. He will ride as far as Cascade Locks, and go thence to Portland by boat. Remounting his bicycle at the metropolis, he will proceed to his destination. Not Much Land Rented, Major G. W. Harper, agent at the Umatilla Indian reservation, says lands are not renting readily this fall. I he low price of wheat has made farmers hesitate to take any rented lands and some dif ficulty is experienced in securing the bonds required by the govern ment from those who lease Indian lands. Mr. Harper believes that much less than the usual amount of land will be taken this fall. Only the advance in wheat will cause the land to be rented. Ladies' Wiisses' t and Children's .cm VV ' Lff . ?? w ".'.r,.r i 612 We have a complete lino of new colorings in Moire Francaise, Satin Dutches, Crystal, Groa Grain, Bengalinn Ivashmire Jacquad,Taf fetne, Brocades, Toau Do Soie, Gros Pe Londres, and Fancy Silks IN ALL SHADES. MM v sfi trM A I ij1 i I HA TIIF SYSTEM OF OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN REARRANGED AND IN FUTURE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON A STRICTLY CASH BASIS. 1HI. b!slUi ui uuk siuaii .V3 LY INVITED, AND REMEMBER, IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS. A MOB'S VENGEANCE. A Negro Horribly Mutilated and Then Burned near Chattanooga. Neel Smith, who committed rape and probably murder upon the person of Maggie Henderson, at Cole City, was taken from jail Monday night by 150 men ind riddled with bullets. Smith confessed, and w.1 .El ated in a fearful manner i.o father, William Henderson, o subsequently cut off the negi-.'i ears. Smith was seized and held while one of the crowd pounded his fingers, joint by joint, one finger at a time, until the hand was a shape less mass of bloody jelly. This was because in the struggle to sub due Miss Henderson he had bitten off one of her fingers. Each man then took a turn at shooting at him until when he died he must have had four or five pounds of lead in him. He was literally shot to pieces, and the bloody pulp, which only an hour before had been Smith, was thrown '' into a hastily prepared pit of brush wood and burned until not a scrap of bone remained. The Next Legislature. The next state senate will con sist, as heretofore, of 30 members. The holdovers are: Brownell, Calbreath, Carter, Dawson, Gesner, Gowan, Hobson, Holt, Johnson, King, McCIung, Patterson, Price, Simon, Smith of Clatsop 15. Successors are to be elected to McGinn, Woodard, Bancroft and Denny in Multnomah county; Alley in Lane, Beckley in Douglas, Butler in Polk, Cogswell in Lake, Huston in Washington, Maxwell in Tillamook, McAlister in Union, Raley in Umatilla, Smith in Sherman, Steiwer in Gilliam and Vanderburg in Coos. The retiring 15 stand: Republicans, 7; demo, crats, 7; populists, 1, counting Beckley as a democrat. Of the holdovers, Holt and King are pop ulists and Smith of Clatsop a dem ocrat, the other 12 being republi cans. Sorghum Poison to Catttle, , ) -' During the last four days more than 200 head of cattle have died in Western Kansas from eating the second growth of sorghum which is rank poison. The crop of sorghum is very large in Western Kansas, and the second growth is exceed ingly rank. Many farmers turned their cattle into the fields to eat it down, and death has resulted in nearly every case. In Phillips county 50 head died from eating this forage, while reports from other .GRAND OF I0MAT, SEPTMBEE WE WILL OPEN WHAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY TnE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF FASIONABLE AND JACKETS EVER SHOWN IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. . IN LADIES' CAPES We have all sizes and the different lengths in Velour de Nord Hand Embroidered, High Vovelty Pluck . Otter, Astrachan, Baltic and Wool Seal. Sealette with Thibet Trimming, Em broidcred Plush, and all the fasionablc weaves of cloth and silk at prices ranging from $1 TO $150.00 EACH. i . . SMITH & MASS AM, Walla Walla, Washington. counties state that the loss has been heavy. In Stanton county a herd of 40 fat steers died within two ,h ura: after eating sorghum fore? - It Was Diptheria. ding to the Boise Evening physician ip that city, Drj called a nurse to a dip patient, telling her it was ase of heart disease. The irried the diptheria to her Idrcn, two of them died and jthers were taken down by Mail Janr : theri only i nurse own ( sever: the same disease. The public school children to the number of 300 are being kept at home by their parents on account of dread of the disease. Self-denial is the one thing most difficult to inculcate and always hard to practice, especially when there are good things to eat within reach. But there is no self-denial necessary if you take Simmons Liver Regulator. It promotes di gestion, prevents dyspepsia and a dose after a hearty meal of delica cies will prevent any discomfort. It's the best goodnight toddy. When your watch needs cleaning or repairing take it to Hill, the jeweler. - SPECIFIC Fob Scrofula. "Since childhood, I have been afflicted with scrofulous boils and sores, which caused me terrible suffering. .Physicians were unable to help me, and I only grew worse under their care. At length, 1 began to take AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and very soon grew bet ter. After using half a dozen bottles I was completely ' cured, so that I have not had a boil or pimple on any part of my body for the last twelve years. I can cordially recommend. Ayer's Sarsa parilla as the very best blood-purifler in existence." G. T. Keinhart, Myersvillo, Texas. I THE ONLY WORLD'S FAR Sarsaparilla Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cures Coughs and Colds t 1 t ! C It i 11 E l !1H U FALL OF ; -SUCCESSORS TO Heart is Stronger Fainting Spells, Neuralgia Blood Poison and Hood's Sarsaparilla Gives Health and Comfort. ' C. L Hood A Co., Lb wall, Mass. : - Dear Bin: I saw Qood'a B&naparula highly reoommendtd in newspapers. X had neuralgia la ray head, baolc and arms. I also had weak (alBtloc spells and could" find nothing to do me any good. After reading the testimonials about the , good Hood's Sarsapa xUU was doing X decided to give it a trial. I have iCim bm Sheldon taken it regularly I Center, Wuh. ime0 erly last year and oan truthfully say it Has Perfectly Cured Me. I do not suffer now with any breaking oat on my head, nor have any fainting spells. The action of my heart has been strength Sarsa parilla Be Sure f W?Q$ to Get Hood's. r, ened and I am free bom all pain. I cheer fully recommend Hood's SarsaparUla to whoever wishes to enjoy health and com fort." Mibs Bosa Bhbldojt, La Center, Washington. N. B. Be to get Hood's. Prepared only by 0. h Hood & Co.,Lowell, Maw. Sold by all druggists, flj six for 5. Hood'e Pills cure Nausea, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Biliousness. 25c per box. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Pair Highest Medal and Diploma. THE ATHENA MARKET FRANK BEAL, proprietor. AFRESH MEAT ALWAYS 0 ON HAND Highest Cash Price paid . We buy for Cash and sell for for Butcher's Stock. . . . . Cash strictly YOU GET THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF IT, WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH BEALE Main Street, 4i-k ... A A : ft . OUR DRESS GOODS . Department is now complete in all the new effects, including Cheviot Armure, Foule Serge, Cheviot Serge, Storm Serge, Satin Soldi, Boucle Riche, Cheviot Granite, Silk Warp Hen rietta, Drape D Alma and Wool dress purchased during LINING WILL BE GIVEN GRATIS. SMITH & FITZGERALD. Summons. In the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Umatilla county, Row Scott, Plaintiff vs. ) J A Johnson, J B Stewart and r J J Johnson, Defendants ) To J A Johnson, J B Stewart and J J John eon the above named defendants. In the name of the State of Oregon. You are hereby required to appear and ans wer the complaint riled against you In the above entitled action within ten days from the date of the service of this summons upon fou, if served In Umatilla County, or If served n any other county in the 8tute of Oregon, then within twenty days from the date or such service upon you, or if served upon you outside ol the state oi uregon or ny tne pi ub- Ilea tion thereof then b: next regular term of said Court next follow me nrsi aay oi 1 tbe ing such publication, to-wlt: the 14th day of October, lstfi. DEFENDANTS will take notice that if they fall to appear and answer or plead to the planum 8 said complaint wiuini saia time, the plaintiff for want thereof, wtll take Judg ment against them for the sum of SI67.1W. with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from the 6th day of May J 81 15, until vaiu together witn the cost ana disburse ments of this action. E. kPeatt. Attorney for Plaintiff, This summons is published by order of Hon J. A Fee Judge of said court, made at cham bers In Pendleton Oregon, on the 21st, day of August 1895. E. DePbatt, Attorney for Plaintiff. Assignee's Notice. In the Circuit Court ef the State of Oregon, for Umatilla county. In the matter of Andrew Schneebele, an Insolvent debtor. Notice is hereby given that the undersign ed, Lake France, has been appointed assig nee of the estate of the above named insol vent debtor, and has duly qualified as such assignee herein, All persons having claims against said insolvent debtor are hereby re quired and notified to present the same duly verified to the undersigned at Athena, Oregon within three months from the date hereof. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 11th day of September, 1805. Lake Francb, Assignee. PUBLIC NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the Mayor and common council of the city of Athena, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to be held on the 16th. day of Oct. 1895, tor a license to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liq uors in less quantities than one quart, said liq uor to be sola only In the Matlock building situated on lot 9, in block 6, of said city. Lew Shaw. Dated Sept. 19, 1895. Applicant. For Sale. One of the best residences in town. Will sell cheap or trade for cattle. For particulars 'apply at this office. I Athena, Oregon Brpucle Plaid, and with every October, the necessary YOUR OPENING and Sat I iooTou I 'T . KNOW I I' I 1 You can buy the best 3-ply Carpet for 80c; good Brussells for 50c Rugs, Lace and Silk Curtains and House Furnishing Goods con siderably cheaper than any place in the State of Oregon, of Jessee Failing at Pen dleton? : : : : : : 1 - Sewing Machines I Warrented 10 Years - ForS25. Jessi; Failing, Pendleton. Or R-I-P-A-N-S The modern stand ard Family Medi cine: Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. f THE : J ICOilERClAll I . ' - LIVERY A FEED. - I ' and $ : SALE i STABLE H The Best Turnouts In Umatilla County S Stock boarded by the day, A week or month. FROOME BEOS, Proprietors, Main Street, : Athena. 23rd CAPES Domestic We have in this department Table Linen with Napkins to match at prices that cannot be duplicated. Camel's Hair Eiderdown in novel effects. 3000 yards heavv Un bleached Muslin. 36 inch, at 4c per yard. 3000 yards Bleached Mus lin. 36 inch, at 5c per yard. 3000 yards Lonsdale Bleached Muslin, 36 inch, at 6c per yard. 3000 yards Calico, 40 yards, $1. INSPECTION IS CORDIAL- y &j