The Athena press., June 28, 1895, Image 2

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ATHENA, JUNE 28 1895.
It is a sad commentary on the pa
triotism of our people and especi
ally those near the grave, to note
the condition of the last resting
place of Marcus Whitman, below
Walla Walla, says the Washington
Independent. The visit of those
distinguished newspaper men from
the east to the last resting place of
Martyr Whitman did more to cool
' enthusiasm than anything that has
happened recently in connection
with the endowment of the college
that bears his name. Those men
from the east will say little if any
thing of the neglected condition' of
Whitman's grave in then papers,
but they will quietly relate the con
ditions in which they found it and
that will get to the ears from whom
we expect the endowment; and any
failure to realize our bright hopes
in that respect, can be accounted
for by our neglect of the grave,
giving the lie to our great profes
sion of lave for the memory of the
man whose name we use to stir
liberal hearts. '
If the people of Eastern .Ore
gon have been able to live for the
past two years and not go in debt,
says the Elgin Recorder," with the
evidence of returning business
prosperity we see no reason why
they should not be able to accum-
late something ahead, in the future.
If present crop . prospects are ful
filled and the price is what it prom
ise8 to be, there will undoubtebly
be a diminution in the number of
mortgages in this section within
the next few years, especially
the people continue to practice, the
economical habits that have
governed them during the paet 24
months.
If the country had "Democratic
times" in 1893, it must have "DemO'
cratio times" now, when business
is reviving and wages are advanc
ing, and new business enterprises
are coming to the front every day.
General Prosperity's forces are
sprinkling all the guns of army of
calamity shouts; they know it and
the people know it. Small wonder
that the Republican organs should
. bo chary about reference to the old
war crv, "Democratic times." It
has returned to plague the deviser
The wise man invariably invest!
eatos a subject of any moment
first before condemning or approv
ing same. The , weak-minded
.shallow-brained tool of another
never wastes his time in any such
way.
A Tennessee paper says: There
will be no elections in Tennesoe
this year. - Let's turn our attention
in the mean time to religion or
some other pass time that is likely
to benefit the masses politics
never does.
.. The first car load of new wheat
arrived in St. Louis, Mo., was
graded No. 2 red and was auction
ed off at 95 cents per bushel.
Volume 1, No. 1. 'of tho Oregon
Agriculturist, is at hand. Tho pa
per is one of the best, in the agri
cultural line, on the Pacific Coast,
The Silver Dollar.
How dear to our heart is the ol
silver dollar, when some kind sub
scriber presents it to view: the lib.
erty head without necktie or co
laf, and all the strange things that
to us seems so new; the wide-spread
ing eagle, the arrows below it, the
stars and the words with the Strang
things they tell; the coin of our
fathers, we're glad that' we know it,
for some time or other 'twill come
in richt well the SDread-eaele do
lar, the Btar-spangled dollar, the
old silver dollar we all love bo well.'
A QUEER CASE.
The Peculiar Influence of en Old Wom
an and Her Daughter.
A queer case on the Weston
mountain has aroused the neigh
borhood, and has incidentally
proven quite a boon to the quiet
rural community, as it has furn
ished something startling to talk
about, and every tongue is wag
ging. There are nothing. better than
reports and, rumors upon which to
base an article concerning the
neighborhood sensation mentioned
above, so the Leader will not vouch
for what appears in its columns.
We'll merely tell the tale as 'twas
told to us. " ,
For a number of years a respect
ed and moderately well-to-do young
farmer has been residing on the
Weston mountain, where he owns
two ranches. .He was known as
quiet, honest, industrious, and was
quite bashful and modest in the
presence of women, tie managed
bis farm and business affairs in
good shape, and altogether proved
good citizen and neighbor. Jtiis
name is JjOU wilder, ana ne is
something over thirty years of age.
For several winters past a wom
an named Mr3. Egan, about sixty
years old, and her daughter, aged
about twenty-hve, nave maae ineir
home on the mountain. The sum
mers, it is supposed, they spent at
ortland. Thev formerly lived at
WW 11 11 , 1 !l !. 1 If
waiia vvaua, wnere; it is saiu, i.urs.
Egan took much interest in Meth
odist church work. She now, it is
claimed, poses as a spiritualistic
medium. She is described an a
small and feeble old lady, with a
fanatical look in her eye, while her
daughter appears as a prepossessing
and ladylike young woman, bright
and intelligent in her talk.
The mother and daughter, it is
stated, first obtained great influence
over an old mountain farmer named
Thomas Twyman. Finally, about
two vears ago, he deeded them his
farm, a rough place with but little
land cleared ana cultivated, i uere
was no consideration except a ver-bal-one
that he was to live with
them and they were to take care of
him until his-death. Ihey soon
made him so uncomfortable that he
had to move out, and now, so the
storv goes, he is working for his
board on. Henry Richardson's place
below Milton.
Next the pair began to work up
on Lou Wilder, and it is supposed
that the young bachelor, having
ittle acquaintance with the female
sex, became easily susceptiDie to
the advances and influence of the
young woman. Anyway they seem
ed to have gained complete control
over him through hypnotic or other
agencies. Reports are that he
spent most of his time at their
place, and that he presented Airs,
Egan with two horses and a buggy.
It is also said that he had two or
three hundred dollars in money.
and this disappeared in a mysterious
manner. One well authenticated
story, is that the old woman com
mandod him to kill two fat hogs
which he owned because the "devi
was in -them." He asked if he
could sell them and she replied
that the devil would still be in the
monev. -So he killed them and
rolled their bodies down a hillside
Tho bewitched young man has a
brother, Frank Wilder, who tried
to draw him from their influence.
Frank went several times to the
Egan place to see Lou Wilder, but
the latter would always disappear,
Finally Frank concluded to invoke
the law's authority to end his
brother's Btrange infatuation, and
swore out a complaint foi Lou's ar
rest on a charge of insanity,
Deputy Sheriff Charles A. Frazier
came up from Pendleton Tuesday
to serve the warrant, and took the
patient in custody without any
trouble.
Lou Wilder wag very quiet and
self-possessed ., when brought to
Weston on ,lus way to i'endleton
He looked cheerful, strong and
healthv, and very little like an in
sane man. lie did not talk about
his affair at all with those who en
gaged him in conversation, but
conversed intelligently about the
crops, weather and other matters
There is little doubt that when re
leased from the neculiar snell
Mrs. Egan and her daughter be
will fully recover lus faculties.
, Of course the matter has created
a great amount of interest and go?
sip in this locaHty. There is talk
of asking the authorities to prevent
in future the exercise of any uudue
influence on the part of the inter
esting pair ot females who live on
Weston mountain. However, they
have yet to tell their sido of the
story.
It is later learned that Wildei
was examined Tuesday night before
the county judge in Pendleton. He
was released, the county physician
and district attorney being unable
to Be ftny evidence of insanity
He talked and acted rationally, and
the authorities considered that he
had a right to do what he pleased
with his own property. , If his re
ativeg thought that he could not
manage his affairs properly they
might have a guardian appointed
but Ins condition did not warrant
sending him to the asylum Lead
cr. .
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AS. A. Lowell, of Pendleton, is ad
Lit
DU8E
Great Bargain
CO'
Sate
Card of Thanks.
We wish to tender our sincere
thanks to the many friends and
neighbors who assisted us during
the sickness and death of our cear
ittle baby. Mr. and Mrs. McKay.
Xa boauet, to which was attached
the following inscription, was found
at out office door Tuesday morn-
ing: ".but seek ye hrst the king
dom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added
unto you (Matt., 6:33.)
A lady in Tooleys La., rt.a very
sick with bilious colic when M. C.
Tisler, a prominent merchant of
the town gave her a bottle of
Chamberlain's" Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. He says she
was well in forty minutes after
taking the first dose. For Bale by
usburn. "
vertised to deliver the Fourth ot
July oration at Milton,
Now is the Opportunity to buy the best . of Goods at
Bottom Prices.
THESE BABGr-AIIlsTS ; v
Are the kind L. Dusenberry & Co., always delight to give you. ;
It is needless to say more, for the prices in our store are
the recognized standard that all others follow. "
READ THESE PRICES CAREFULLY . . .
14 CENTS PER YARD
5 CENTS PER PAIR
$1.45 PER PAIR
98 CENTS PER PAIR
85 CENTS EACH
Take your choice ot our stock ol one hun
dred pieces oi canco.
A fine Bleached Muslin
Hon nntsn, lor
The balance of those pretty Crimpollne,
in pink, cream, lavenaer
ana black,
Fifty
to
lccesof Apron Checked Gingham,
be closed out at
One line of Novelty Double Width
Dress Huttings,
30 YDS $1.
30 YDS $1.
m PER YD
25 YDS $1.
: - in m nr it?
Great Values in Our Grocery Department.
Sugar
One line Ladles' Black Hose, war
ranted fast blacn,
One line Ladles' Kid Button Shoes
patent tip, ;
One line Ladles' Low cut Oxford
Shoes, patent tip,
24-inch Parasols, fast black Satlne
nice handles, , . -
Dry Granulated
Extra C Sugar. .
1-lb package Arbuckle Coffee. . . .
1-lb package Yosemite Coffee
Small White Beans , . . . ,
Pink Beans
.17 lbs $1.00 '
.18 lbs $1.00 -
22c T
:22o
,.25 lbs $1.00'
,.30 lbs $1.00
Good quality Costa Rica Coffee 4$ lbs $1.00
uairy bait, su-lb sacx 60c
Tomatoes, 2i-lb cans 11 cans $1.00
Corn, 2-lb cans . . .11 cans $1.00
No. 1 Rice. ..17 lbs $1.00
Rolled Oates 27 lbs $1.00
Great Bargains in Clothing.
CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may
concern:
That whereas a certain chattel mortgage
was made, executed and delivered by Maggie
lis and C. A. Barrett on Dec. 8, isus, and tiled
In the office of the county clerk of Umatilla
oounty, state of Oregon, on Dec. 9, 18US, and
renewed Dec, 8, 18W, to secure t he payment of
certain promissory notes, therein described,
for the Bimiof l,0ii8.i!9, and interest thereon,
at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum from
date thereof until paid, and all costs ana
charges of sale and reasonable attorney fees,
and
whereas, default bos been made in tne pay
ment of said promissory notes, and
.Whereas, the said C. W. Hoi I Is andO. A.
Barrett has heretofore appointed the under
signed their agent to foreclose the said chai
ns mortgage, now, mereiore, in consiaera-
oi in
lie premises and by virtue of my ap
pointment as agent of said morteasrees. u. W.
Hollis and C. A. Barrett, I have taken In my
possession the following described personal
1 1
at
One 12 foot Hodge Header, two 16 Inch walk
which was mentioned and desoribed
n said chatile mortgnge, to-wit.
Ing plows, one 14 Inch Canton Clipper gang
nush'ford wagon, one 8V4 Inch Whitewater
wagon, one 1H Mhovel Hooslor seeder, two bar
rows, one chop mill, thnfe head of horses.
three milk cows, and on the l!)th day of July,
imt, in mo cuy oi Amena, county oi u main
la, state of Oregon, at the hour of 1 o'clock, p.
in., of said day, 1 will sell the said described
personal p roperty and the whole thereof, to
the highest and best bidder for cash in hand,
to satisfy said amount due upon said notes
and mortgage, attorney's fees, cosU and all
expenses.
ted at Athena. Oregon, this 27th day of
June, 1806, J.N. Stamper,
Agvut lur aiurigttgee.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they rnnnot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that is by con
stltntloiial remedies. Denfhess Is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
tne f usiacnian iiioe. wnen me moe geis in.
flamed you have a rumbllnii sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed Deafness is the result, and unless the In
flammation can be. taken nut and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ton are
caused from catarrh, which Is nothing but an
lutlamen condition ortho mucous suiTnee.
We will give One Hundred dollors Kewnrd
for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure,
(tend for circulars, free. ,
F J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 76o.
J. PAEKEE, I3i?o-p3?el30X' Q
SHAVING, . THE ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP.
IIAIRCUTTING,
SHAMPOOING,
IIAIRSINGING,
In Latest Styles.
W. P. LEACH,
N. A. MILLER,
.SUCCESSOR TO
THE
LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
IF YOU WISH TO borrow money on real estate, -:
Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in
sured; have your property insured against fire in .
the best companies in the world; invest money at
' good interest and have it well secured: have Deeds,
Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on W. T.
OILMAN, Athena,". Ore. He represents the following first-class
fire insurance companies: Phoenix, nome, Royal, Ger-
- rfllJ 1 "T 4.1 A. TT K
man, uitieuoniun ana norm west, xie writes
his own policies and guarantees correctness,
and at the lowest rates at which responsible com- .
panies will take risks. He has the agency for the
Equitable Life Insurance Co., the best of any
Furniture
Did
You
Say?;
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 loth day of July, 1X95, for a license
to sell spirituous, malt and
(Furniture
Just
vinous liquors In
less quantities than one quart, said liquor to
be sold only In the Matlock building situated
on lot V, in block. 6, of said city.
i)nted June 20, 1893.
Lew Shaw.
Applicant.
Public Notice.
Notice Is hereby.given that I will apply to
the Mayor and common council of the city of
Athena, Oregon, alia meeting thereof to be
hctd on the day of July, lxtiu, for a license to
ell spiritueus, malt and vinous liquors in less
quant ities than one quart, said liquor to tie
sold only In the old Centerville Hotel build
ing on the east half or lot 8, In blosk of said
city TH08. T. MCAl'LITF,
Dated June 21, liittt. Applicant.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon,
June 11. 18;i".
Notice ls hereby given that the following
named settler has ft ltd notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof Will be made before the
County Judge of Umatilla eouuly, at I'endle
ton, Ore-, on July iff, l"x, vis.
A. Lincoln 8WA00ART,
ltd No. for the N K H sec 7. t p N R 35 E W
M. He names t he following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of, said laud, vis: J. w. stamper, Willis
Bush, Cass Cam.on and T. M. Bush, ail of Ath
ena, Oregon.
Any pvroon who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substant lal reason, under the law and the
regulations of the Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed, will be glv
ed an opportunity at the above luentloued
time and place torosxamlne the witnesses
of said claimant, and to otter evidence in re
buttal of that submitted by claimant-
11. K Wilson, Keglster.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World' Pair HigkMt Medal tad DiptoaMp
MVhat
T JOHNS. BAKER,
The 2ndS
Man of
Court Street,
Pendleton,
Sells so Cheap.
HO.Worthington
Leader of Low Prices. .
.Whateish will Buy '
Costa Rica Coffee, No. 1, 4$ lbs
for $lj Luckles' family Savon soap
per box, $1; Illinois' Corn, 8 cans
for $1; Tomatoes, 8 Cans, $1; Peach
es, 8 cans, $1; Rising Sun , Syrup,
5 gallon bucket, $2.25: Pickles.
plain or mixed, 5 gal kegsj $1.40
American Lye, 10 cans, $1; Rolled
Oat?, 20 lbs for $1. : . :
Sugar and other staple
(ioods sold on
Very small margins.
Remember
THE WESTON CORNER GROCERY,
II. O. Worthington, Proprietor
NOTICE TO FARMERS:
3 Sections Scotch Harrow ; ... $ 10 00
3 Sections Steel Frame lever Harrow. 27 00
13 Foot Acme Harrow................ 50 00
4J Foot Mowing Machine . ... 55 00
10 Foot Horse Hay Rake , 25 00
Buggy with top Pole or Shafts 75 00
2 Seat Hack... : .-..115 00
Double Shovel Plow 5 50
Steel Arraoter Mill, the best in the World, for. . . 37 00
6 Foot Binder . . 150 00
Cement per Barrel . . . .' 5 00
Lime ner Barrel. . 1 00
I'ii now ltia and Plumbers roods at lowest possible prices. Binding twine I will snppi
you at lowest price ever known. Lubricating oil of all Kinds. Fruit cans without num
ber. AU kinds or Machine extras.
THZIEJ C. -A.. BAEEETT CO-