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YOU CAN'T HELP BE ING PLEASED, SO C03IE IN AT ONCE. f0?1?8. f Main Street, $5 $10 and $20, Genuine Con federate Bills only five cents each $50 and $100 bills 10 cents each 25c and 50c shinplasters 10 cents each; $1 and $24bill9 25 cents each. Sent securely sealed on receipt of price, Address Chas. D. Barkeb, 90S. Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. jECLX-lfy ."Sro-ULX' Blood I DR. GRAMT'S SYRUP OF mm f ' Boils, V . Carbuncles, Ulcers. -- " "V Soretyes, Tetter. . J Fever Salt Rheum, V j . Sores, Erysipelas, Jj Ring Worm, flruptionsjumorsand Syphilitic Affections of the Skin, Throat and Bones. FBKPAItER BY ttf.R. , PORTLAND, O'- C-JN. For Sale "By P M.KIrkland Pioneer Trua"Stor. Frtiit Lar, J for Sale, r I have for sale two small fruit farms, one consisting of six acres . all Dlanted to fruit, price $600; one containing ; 10 acres, mostly traded and partly wanted to straw berries one oi tne mosi aesirawie tracts in the i vicinity of Milton; price $1000, part cash, remainder on time. -. The Svater privileges on both are unquestionable and the supply abundant. These prices are one-third below wnat the land would have sold for last spring. Circumstances are such that this land must be sold, and those who desire to avaiK themselves of this unusual opportunity must call soon. I will esteem it a favor if f my friends will interest themselves so far as to call the attention of prospective purchasers to these offers. . ' Emesley Ridenour. Milton, Oreg., Oct. 19, 1893. P ----- ,r - , , i.,. Awarded Highest Honors-World's Fair. .It 2 M ' f 5T it .i i cr 5ATT MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Crpe Cram of Tartar Powder. Fret from Ar.itiiun:.', k'.um or any other adulterant 40 YEARS THE, STANDARD. SB' III for Another CLSE : AT THE POST OFFICE STORE. Heavy Shipments to Omaha. Two train loads of miscellaneous products left La Grande last week for tlfe . Omaha market. Headed by F. D. McCully a combination has been made by some of the principal stockmen and others, and " as a result about forty car loads of this section will go to Omaho, says the La Grande Chron icle. Included in the shipment McCully & Co. will send ten car loads of cattle, five cars of hogs and two of appleB. H; P. Stewart will send ten cars of cattle; L. Furge son, six of cattle. At Baker City the shipment will be increased by about nine cars of cattle shipped by Palmer' & Weller and other Powder river stockmen. , The. first tram started Thursday and the other followed Friday. The five carloads of hogs will be the first shipment of this kind of stock to go to Omaha from this section. The probabilities are that some of these same hogs will come back next Bpring in the form of Omaha bacon, but this is a matter that neither the shippers nor the Omaha people are responsible for, but it suggests the need of a packing es tablishment in this section. Mel Peterson Arrested. Constable Mark Sturdivant, of Pilot Rock, says the E. O. came to Pendleton Saturday afternoon with a warrant foi the arrest of Mel Peterson, whom he found after an hour or two's search, and escorted back to the Rock. Reports are that Mel's domestic relations are not al together peaceful, and that he late ly relieved his feelings by smashing up the furniture in his household. This hasty and ill-advised exhibi ti5n of temper has occasioned his arrest. He is charged with mali cious injury to personal property. It is related that Peterson cut to pieces some of his children's cloth ing, wreaked similar vengeance on the family album and smashed a stove. While in Pendleton he seems to have repented of his freak and bought some clothes for his children to replace those des troyed. A Narrow Escape. Walter B. Peacock, of Albany, Oregon, went home with his mother after a visit to friends the other evening and found his house filled with the ordor of chloroform. His mother was overcome by the fumes and fainted. It is thought that the deadly drug had been injected through the keyhole, evidently with a syringe, and no doubt with the insane idea that the inmates could be overcome for the purpose of murder, or robbery, or both Suspicion points to the party Who committed the deed. A Saturday evening the freight train between Pendleton and Walla Walla ran into a band of horses at John Ferguson's place a mile and a half this side of Adams, killing four of them. The horses were the property of Mr. Ferguson. A gory spectacle was presented at the scene of the acci dent. ' - If you feel all broke up and out of sorts agitate your liver with Simmons Liver Regulator. Mm I W I I mm Christinas ! UJ Athena, Oregon, Council Meeting. The city fathers met Monday evening at the office of Recorder Gilman. There were 'present Mayor Hollis, Councilmen Bloch, Barrett and Spencer. There was but little business to come up ex cept the consideration of bills. Councilman Spencer brought up the matter of keeping the sewers open. It was the opinion of 'all that it was the duty of the marshal to see to this matter. The Treasurer and Recorder were instructed to bring in their report of the city's finances at the next meeting. It was decided to retain Hugh Thompson as night-watch for another month. . j The followine bills were allowed: Sharp & King .......... : $ 7.50 S. F. Sharp. . .' ; 2.00 Hansell & Maloney -4.20 Wm Metsker 1.00 Lewis - Estes. 1.00 H.L.Thompson 62.46 J. C. Stamper. ;-. . 60.00 The bill of Andrew Nelson for $5 10 was reierrea to tnennance com- mitttee. S. F. Sharp'e bill was re fered to the marshal for collection, and one of the Athena Truck Co. was refered to the marshal for ap proval. Another New Bridge. Alliance Herald: People residing east of the court house are talking 01 building a bridge over or around W. T, Byers sidewalk. The side walk is impassable when it rains- and it rains all the time. The esti mated cost 01 tne new bridge is only $7,000, and it is pfoposed to ask the county court to issue script for that amount to the con tractors. The bridge will benefit the entire county. Several grang' ers, from the vicinity of Milton who have mysteriously disappear ed recently, are supposed to have drowned in some of the lakes of the sidewalk in question, and it is thought the only way to prevent other mysterious disapperances is to build the proposed bridge. His Friends Were Near. une night last week a young man staggered into a Spokane sa loon overcome with iatigue and the ravages of a fever. Four days after he died at the hospital thinking there was no one nearer than Minneapolis whom he could call on for help. After his death a telegram was sent to his father in Minneapolis, when it. was learned that a brother , and sister were living in Spokane, the broth er being employed on the Spokane Falls & Northern railroad, and the sister being married and residing with her husband in bpokane Neither knew their brother was Bick until their father telegraphed them from the east the news of his death. Reward. $50 reward will be given for th arrest and conviction of the parties who rang the Athena fire bel Tuesday night Dw. 5th. By "order of Fire Department W. A. Sample chairman of the peoples party Central Committee was in the city Saturday. Local News. when the antumn wtndi grow chilly And when vegetation dic . - ".. Tber Is one great sat isfaction we get even with the flies. J. Bloch & Co.,sell groceries low er than anyone for cash. - Ladies cloaks, complete assort ment at manufacturers cost, at J. Bloch & Co. You dont need to continue dos ing with Simmons Liver Regulator. A dose a day. , . , The band boys will give, a con cert at the M. E. Church Friday evening, Deo. 15. ; ? . : If you need clothing for yourself and boys go to J. Bloch & Co., they are selling at sacrifice. T. F. Rourke and family have returned to Pendleton from an ex tended stay in the east." The great vegetable substitute for, pills is Simmons Liver Regula tor. Cures sick headache. , . : , Arrangements are now made by which the .best Stock , Spring Coal can be now. had at the U. P. Depot at $9 per ton.' iV . ' : ; . Jesse Smetherman last week bought out his partner, Mr. Foster, in the livery . stable, and is now sole proprietor of the business. V A much needed improvement in the form of -a cross walk was put in this week across Third street be tween C.'W. Hollis' and the corner saloon."' "-''".' '-v". ;'-v;-vV . : The C. A. Barrett Co., are closing out their line of superior drills and seeders, and will sell the same at greatly reduced prices. - Now is your time to buy a seeder. , John" Fraser was in the city Monday. He is still1 with the bridge - crew of the W. & C. fy which is at . present- located u Vansycle. John talkn . of' going- east to spent the winter. Long Creek Eagle: The crip pled child of ALadd, whose limb was set by Dr.l Carlisle, had to have its leg reset. Dr. Crockett was called and the little fellow is getting along very nicely. J. Bloch & Co, have just re ceived a large stock of ladie's and Misse s cloaks. and jackets," of the atest designs, and are selling them very cheap. See them before pur' chasing for the fall and winter. - Owing to hard times the C. A. Barrett Co., will offer a special in ducement to cash customers. They still have a full line of hardware, stoves and tinware, also very low prices in Plows, Harrows, Seeders and Drills. ' We will not be under sold. Special prices in Wagons and nacks. ; - : , E. O.: v District Attorney Hyde was in town Sunday looking after business xonnectedwith his ffice. He ; reports - Baker as reasonably prosperbus,' There have been no attachments, or failures over there as yet to indicate the presence of hard times,' and business suffers no depression..-:-. Baker1 City is to be envied. ' Justice Gilman 'performed the marriage ceremony uniting Frank Mclntyre and Mary Guyette as husband and wife last Monday The parties came from the ieserva' tion near Adams, last Friday, and the groom enjoyed the hospitality of the Athena "cooler" for two days before they were married, The members of the Alliance in the Banks district north of town have organized a , literary society They will discuss the question "Should capital punishment be abolished," at their meeting v to morrow night. - None but members of the Alliance are allowed to at tend". . . : ' Heppner Record: J. B. Sperry is fattening about 100 head of hogs and also some cattle on damaged wheat.. He is making , a test of just how much grain it takes to fatten a hog and will thus, demon strate how much profit there is in feeding wheat to hogs hi its pre sent low price. He thinks his wheat will bring between sixty and seventy cents a bushel at present price of pork. A real backwoodswoman, born and bred in the Vermont hills, was lately taken by a relative into the heart of Boston culture. She was taken to lecture on every "ism" and "ologys"to talks on dress reform and exhibition, on model living. And cne night, as the poor old soul was trudging up stairs to bed, she was heard to sol iloquize: "No hell, no flannel petticoat's! What's a body goin' to do?" . . i Moro Obserrer: A report was circulated that the three men who robbed the Milton bank were seen in Sherman county this week and Sheriff, Leslie was out hunting them up, but after tracking them as far as Frank, Fulton's place, be found they were not the guilty parties. The three men in ques tion had merely come into the county to " buy some cattle of Frank Fulton,, who assured the sheriff that they were not the ones be wanted. It is stated that the robbers are still in Umatilla county, where no doubt they will soon be captured if they have not already been taken. See the new N. Y; Aristo photoes $3 per dozen for the next thirtj days, at Watt's - - Those indebted t P. M. Kirk great . faver and would confer a by settling the same. Mr. John Gerkinz is over from visiting r-sla- Long Valley, Idaho, tives in this section. No one ever tried Simmons Liv er Regulator without being satisfi ed with its effect, r - -. The first sleigh of the season ven tured through the streets of Long Creek Tuesday morning. Parties desiring pasture for stock should call on or add res, R. E. Stewart, Athena, Oregon. Why suffer from indigestion and dyspepsia? Simmons Liver Regu- ator is pleasant and cures. E. Lislon, one of Umatilla counties successful teachers spent Saturday with friends in Athena. Parties desiring a good farm at a low price and easy terms, will do well to call at the Athena Press office for particulars. Miss Mae Hurd and her uncle Mr Taylor left last week to visit relatives in California. She ex pects to be gone a year. Wood! Wood! Wood! 1200 cords 4; foot dry pine and mixed wood for sale at $4j per cord. G W. HOLLIS. The La urande Uhromcle says Wi A. Messner a groceryman of that city, has skipped out leaving numerous creditors to mourn his departure. Athena can well boast of having a first class jeweler, H. H. Hill. He understand the anatomy of a watch ,"to a T," and his work always gives satisfaction. ' KRobt. Willchen who went east 'last spring with a band of horses, returned one day last wsek, He reports stock very low in the sec tion where he was. The"chief of police of Baker City has given warning that he will arrest all minora found in sal oons, and will also arrest the pro prietors who allow them in their saloons. .... .. Choice garden land and fruit tracts for sale, or will exchange for A 1. wheat land. Call on or, ad dress, Smith Armstrong, Milton, Oregon, who can suit you in place and price. v J. N. B. Gerking, who got excus ed from service as juror in ; the United States Circuit Court at Portland until December 6th to allow him to come up home and attend to urgent business, returned! to Portland Tuesday. In the , neighborhood " of Deer Creek. Josephine -county, the ground is still too dry for plowing. It . is different ""here in Umatilla county, notwithstanding the fact that it has the reputation of being a dry country. ; f . :A Mr. Page of South Dakota aiM rived in Athena Sunday, and re ports being in a snow blockade twenty-four hours while on his way. He is at present , stopping with his brother-in-law, Jarvis Hurd. , Portland Welcome: If we felt like indulging in a bit ' of republi can idiocy we would say: Thepeo ple wanted a "change"- and got it, with a big C. But where's the good times that were to follow? It is twelve days since the change was effedted. ,t Extract from a new novel: "Stand where you are, Reginald deCoursey! "Advance one step near- er and I will tell you what 1 saw world's., fair!" "Foiled hissed the villain, as he from view. -Philidelphia at the again!" faded Record. Dr. G. W. King performed rath er a delicate surgical operation on G. C. Osburn Sunday, in relieving a part of the soft palate from ' the back part of the mouth near the throat. ; Osburn is suffering from pharyngitis, and the doctor foun it neccessary to perform the oper ation to relieve him. W., C. Reeder and family of Ritzville, Wash, are visiting bis mother in this city. He reports that the farmers of his section were more fortqnato than in other parts of Washington. They had good crops and had them harvest ed before they were damaged by the rain-' "-' ,'"'-''.' : : "The editor is sick, the 'devil' is cross, the type has been 'pied', the composing . rules have been mis placed, the scissors lost, the tramp printer gave us the 'G. B.' our pa per came late and was marked C . 0. D.," says 'a, Texas editor Consequently we are all out of1 'whacand behind time, darn it all, and if you feel like cussin' us, just wait till the fightin' editor gets in better shape." Elgin Recorder: I. W. Miller claims to have received a photo graph which very much resembles his missing child Alma Gladys who was lost a year ago last Sep tember. Your correspondent has been unable to learn where the photograph came from, and as Mr. Miller has gone to La Grande to telegraph concerning the matter, can not find out until his return. M mm. Jvery ADDRESS Arrangements are now made by which the best Rock Spring Coal can now be had at the U. P. Depot atj$9 per ton. ... The parties who took tne rope off the Hook & Ladder truck, had better replace the same before they get into trouble. , , At the next meeting, Saturday the 16th, Dolph Lodge A. F. & A. M. will elect officers. A full at tendence is desired. . A. D, Gilleland, who has for some time been in the employ of C. H. Dodd & Co. at this place, left yesterday for Denver, Colorado. Christmas is now near at hand and if Athena expects to celebrate the event with a tree, preparations should at once be made to insure ess. : ; 0 a private letter received from Maxwell he states that he ex pects to be back soon "as eound as a dollar." He asked to be remem bered to the boys. J. B. Perrv and Wm. Parsons of Pendleton, A. B. Stanley of Echo, Mr. Daurety of Milton, Geo. Car micheal of Weston N. B. Davidson of Mountain were in town Satur day attending the peoples party meeting. Mrs. Gorman returned the first of the week from an extended vis it to relatives in Iowa. When she left there, winter had begun in earnest and sleighing was fine, quite a contrast to our warm weather and green fields. Cap. Eli lectured last Friday and Saturday evening at the Christian Church on the "Wonders of the Deep." His lectures were quite instructive, and were intersperced with amusing anecdotes.; He had. a fair sized crowd both evenings, c ;- Mr. ' Henry' Howard, a young inan of Walla Walla, was attacked in his room one morning last week, and severely beaten about the head. -He finally fled from,. his as sailants, gave the alarm, and his fOOm. mate was arrested on suspi- jdqW yxhi fight going on in Baker City between the tinhorn gamblers has eiven the public, a good expose of their crooked practices in that town, and it should be a warning to those persons who have been con tributing regnlary to the tinhorn's support. , . L B. Reeder formerly a resident f this place, but now prosecuting attorney of Stevens county, Wash, his lately entered the field of jour nalism, having assumed the editor ship of Stevens County Standard, a weekly published at Colville, Washington. We extend a hearty welcome, and predict a prosperous future to the btandard. . The committee appointed to look after the Lee street bridge matter met in Athena last Satur day, but, as they had not heard from all the attorneys to whom they had written, concluded to await their answer before taking any action. Considerable money has been sub scribed to pay the expenses of the suit, and the committee say the matter will be thoroughly tested. In talking with some of the leading men of the peoples party, we learn the following parties are favorably snoken of as possible candidates for the election fin J 11. l..if. .. June: governor, Nathan '- Pierce of Milton; State Senator. W. A. Sample of Helix; recorder A. B. Stanly of Echo; assessor, J. B. rry of Pendleton, bout 12 o'clock Tuesday night, me miscreant rang the fire bell, and soon a good part of the inha bitants of the city were on the streets ready to do battle with the fire-fiend. But there was no fire. It was a false alarm. In the mean time the worthless cuss who had given the alarm bad disappeared. If it can be found out who he was, he will be punished to the full ex tent of the law. ' Married. At the residence of the bride's parents, Wednesday Dec. 6th Miss Minnie Johnson to Mr. Wade H. Booher, Dr I. N. Richardson officiating. Just at high noon, the bridal couple, preceded by the of- Seating minister, entered the par lor, where the chort marriage cer mony was performed in the pres ence of a number of friends who were invited to witness the tame., After the happy couple had receiv ed the congratulations of friends, all repaired to the dining room where as sumptuous a dinner was served as one could desire to eat. Mr. and Mrs. Booher are both well and favorably known, and their many friends join in wishing them every blessing. The Press one year for $1.50. Pair Guaranteed. San Francisco Gal. TEACHERS IN SESSION. Proceedings of the Institute Teachers Enrolled. List of From the Weston Leader we take the following report of the Teachers Institute held in that city, last week: The Annual County Teachers' Institute opened Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, in this place under the supervision of Supt. Woodruff and has continued in session during the week. f Notwithstanding the hard times one hundred and forty names have been enrolled, which certainly proves the enthusiasm and energy of the teachers of our county. . The session opened with a paper on Geography by Mr. Davis of Adams, and the rest of the after noon was occupied by Prof. Royal who gave a very interesting and instructive talk upon the , manner in which a recitation should be conducted. .The primary division was instructed in history, arith metic and geography by Profs. Talkington, Van Winkle and Ger man. ' . . . : : " 1 The advanced division was giv en talks on physchology - by Prof. Royal, arithmetic by Prof Van Winkle and penmanship by Miss Cohen from Pendleton. ' Mr. Draper, from Pendleton, en livened the work of the morning by conducting a class in Physical Culture. . : - During the afternoon special in structions was given in reading by Prof. Ackerman who had arrived from Portland, and the other classes were carried on by the vari ous teachers. Some very inter esting talks on the usually dry subject of orthography were given by Mr. Sikea of Milton. ' Wednesday morning the work was begun with some excellent re marks by Mr. Leatherman on the "Relation of the Principal to his Assistants." During the day Miss Taylor, of Athena, illustrated methods of teaching primary , number work with a model class. She also gave a valuable talk upon "Busy Work," and made it very practical by displaying some good work done by her pupils, which was much appreciated by the primary teachers. , The work' was omitted Thurs day 1 forenoon, and the teachers given an opportunity to attend the Thanksgiving services, held in the United Brethren church, where an able sermon was preached by Rev. Eakin. ;. Thursday afternoon the usual work was resumed by Prof. Acker man, who gave instructions in geography and language. The Committee Meets. embers of the Peoples party county committee met at the office of G. W. King of this city last Sat urday to consider the plan of ac tion to be pursued in getting their forces in shape for the next elec tion. A committee of eight was appointed to ; organize peoples party clubs in every school dis trict. It is the intention for the members of this committee to thoroughly canvas the county and form clubs. Tone will be admited unless they agree to endorse the Omaha platforni, and only mem bers of these clubs will be allowed to act as delegates to the peoples party ' county committee. It is the I il i! .fit., l.naa s intention of the leaders of the peo ples party to nominate no one for office but who is known to be honor able and upright, and who is well qualified for the office and who is thoroughly in accord with the peo ples party principles. , r : In the Palouse Country. Long Creek Eagle: Mr. Keeler H. Gabbert, a member of the typo fraternity, late from the Palouse country, arrived from , Pendleton early this week on a visit with his uncle D.G. Browning, of this val ley. While in the city Tuesday, this office was the recipient of a pleasant call. In speaking of the Palouse country, he says the con dition of affairs is frightful. Busi ness in at a standstill, and many firms have assigned, being unable to tide through. A large per cent of the acera$e of wheat in thai country remains unharvested, ow ing to the rainy weather, which helped to make times much harder than they otherwise would have been. 'Mrs. C. L. Robinson who has lived in Athena for the past year, and who has been suffering for some time, has become insane.Jancl will be taken to tne asylum at Salem today. Dr. Meffitt, the at tending physician informs the reporter that she is suffering from softening of the brain. The Pues.s one year for $1.50.