GrOOID JOB "WOEE: -A.T "VEIE" LOW PEICFS P NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND ! f in the week but that you do not need stationery of somesortorother I Now we furnish neat, clean printing at ibo very lowest rates. Mod- 7 T era presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. J I A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY J I It would be a big Job to tell one hundred people a day anyttatnst that 7 would Interest them In your goods, but lm dead easy If done thcriht way. This paper will tell several thousand at once at noinlnalcusU I j VOLUME IX. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1896. NUMBER 49. i SI M M OH 3 regulator7 Reader, did you ever take Simmons Liver Regulator, the "King op Liver Medicines?" Everybody needs take a liver remedy. It ia a sluggish or diseased liver that impairs digestion and causes constipation, when the waste that should be carried off remains in the body and poisons the whole system. That dull, heavy feeling is due to a . torpid liver. Biliousness, Headache, Malaria and Indigestion axe all liver diseases. Keep the liver active by an occasional dose of Simmons Liver Reg ulator and you'll get rid of these trou bles, and give tone to the whole sys tem. For a laxative Simmons Liver Regulator is better than Pills. It does not gripe, nor weaken, but greatly refreshes and strengthens. Every package haa the Red Z stamp on the wrapper. , J. H. ZeHux& Co., Philadelphia. IODGF. DIKECTOllY ' AF. 4 A. M. NO. 80 MEETS THE . First and Third Saturday Evenings Df each month. , Visiting bretheren cor iially invited to visit the lodge. T 0. 0. F. NO. 73, MEETS EVERY 1 . Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellows , n good standing always welcome. A 0. U. W. NO. 104, MEETS THi Second and Fourth Saturdays oi month. Fred Rozenswieg, Recorder, A THEN A CA P, NO. 171, Woodmen of the World, meets 1st and 8rd Wednesdays ol sacu month. Visiting Choppers always wel come. G. C. Osbukn, Clerk, PYTHIAN, NO. 29, MEETS EVERY . Thursday Night. .... :, ..' - - V H. SHARP. .. . .-: , Physician ana surgeon. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena, Oregon. '." D1 R. I. N. RICH ARuSON, , OI'KRiTlVK PltOHTIIKTIt OENTIST WHEN A, , - - - OREGON. J, B. Huntington, ATTORNEY. AT-LAW. Athena, Ore. TO THE EAST Gives the choice of ; a TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES' - GREAT UNION : NORTHERN RY.PACIFICRY VIA SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL VIA : - DENVER OMAHA AND KANSAS CITY Low Rates to all Eastern Cities. ' Ocean Steamers leave Portland every 5 days for San. Francis o 6 No. 2, Fast Mall, Eastbound, - 6:01 a. m. No. 1, Westbound, - 9:32 p.m. No. 42. Mixed, Kastbound, - 2:25 p. m No. 41, ". Westbound , . - 10 a. m For full details call on 0. R. & N. Agent, Athena. Or address: W. H. HCELBUT, Gen. Pass Agl. Portland. Oregon. E. MCNEILL, President and Gen. Mg'r - THE- I COMMERCIAL I 1 Iff LIVERY FEED and SALE STABLE The Best Turnouts in Umatilla County fe ht Stock boarded by the day, K Jf week or month. i M i 1 L, L. MONTAGUE, Proprietor, i Main Street, : Athena, i NOW TILL..; CHRISTMAS will be a campaign of busy Shopping, and we are thoroughly prepared to meet the demands of pa tronage with an aggregation of Stylish, smart, useful and pretty things. A unity of high quali ties, and Low Prices will prevail, and nowhere else can assortments so in accordance with desire, f style and refined taste be found. That's why ours is the busiest store in Pendleton. ALEXANDER & HEXTER, -PENDLETON, ORECON. THE PIONEER HARNESS SHOP Is the place to get the best of Harness. '"Good Workmanship and best of material," our motto. V. E. YOUNG, Proprietor, - Painting In all Branches Neatly done by Chapinan. " HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING. J. W.; 4 IB Largest Stock ever brought to Pendleton. Better , Goods and cheaper Prices. Agent for the Standard and White Sewing Machines, r Carpets and machines at about half former prices. Come and be convinced. : JESSE FAILING, Pendleton, Oregon. at 1 xxjU - - FRANK BEAL, proprietor. ; ? AFRESH MEAT ALWAYS o OH HAND Ilighest Cash Price paid for Butcher's Stock. . YOU GET THE VERY BEST AND . LOTS OF IT, WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITn i BEALE- Main Street, w. P. LEACH,- -SUCCESSOR TO N. THE LEADING FURNITURE DEALER FIRST MTlOm BSHK ' OF ATHENS. Pays E. Li. Jo Jrvi, n i .p. i Jo JrC 8, At the MATLLLA ART GALLERY 25 Life Size Crayons, hand finished, will he given to the first 25 families who get $10 worth of Photographs. ow if you want a magnificient present for Chistmas, thia is your chance. E. PICKEL, Artist. Athena, Oregon. IS I We buy for Cash and sell foi , Cash strictly Athena, Oregos A. MILLER, South side Main Street. capital stock!, STJBPLTJS, $ 50000 $21,000 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals in foreign and domestic exchange. Baksett Ciwbler, Athena, OregoD p i p i lj Jrv. r i ri SHE STRUCK A ROGK Steamer Dalles City Sank Near Sprague. CREW BEHAVED WELL. Passengers Landed at the Locks Without Accident. The Dalles, Ore ,Nov. 28. The steam er Dalles City, belonging to The Dal lee, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company, struck a rock near Sprague landing yes terday and sank in water. The weather was extremely blattering, with a down stream wind blowing bard when the Dalles City left the Cascades. At 6 p. m. she was opposite Sprague, feeling her way cautiously through the darkness. The boat was heavily loaded, there being 50 cattle, as many hogs and a large con signment of wood on board. Suddenly a violent jar was felt, and immediately the steamer's bow was turned toward a sand bar lying in the middle of the river, and in less then three minutes she was beached. The hole in her hull was a large one. and in a few minutes she had settled till heretern rested nearly seven feet nnder water. The news of the accident reached the company 's office this morning, and preparations were immediately made to land the passengers from the stranded steamer. Arrange ments were made with Messrs, Day for the Maria to go to the Dalles City's rescue, and at 4 p. m. the passengers were landed at Cascade locks. . T ey ai rived liere on a special train at 7 p. m. Well Worth Remembering. The Scientific Americau gives this receipt, which the whole world ought to know: At the first appearance of diphtheria in the throat of a child make the room close ; then take a tic cup, and pour into it a quantity of tar and turpentine, equal parts. Then stir the contents with a red hot iron, bo as to fill the room With lumes. - The little patient, . on inhaling the fumes, will-cough up and' spit out the membraneous matter and the diphtheria will pass out. the lumes of the tar and the turpentine loosen the matter in the throat, and thus afford the relief, that has . batlhd the skill, of physicians. James Hamilton Lewis Weds. ' On Saturday last Colonel James Hani iltou Lewis, who was raised in Georgia, congrt-ssman-elect rom 8t,e of Washington, was married to Mies Roea1 Lawtoa Douglass, the young newspaper women who made herself famous in New York by interviewing Li Hung Chang. The couple immediately left for the Eist. They will mako their future home in St attle, Wash , the ceremony took place at 81yvama, Ga. ' , "Dude" Lewis had a wide reputation in Oregon, where his standing among the common classes is very high. Killed by a Tree. ! Dayton Chronicle ; Geo. Pierce was ; Killed on btarveout nidge Wednesday afternoon by the fulling of a tree. In company with a neighbor he sawei off a large tree which fell in the direction opposite to what was intended. Tierce's friend Haw the direction the tree was falling and told him to get out of the way, but Pierce seemed to be unable to move out of his tracks. The tree falling squarely on him killing him instantly. His friend says Pierce did not more after being crushed by the tree. Pierce is a married man. He leaves a wife to mourn his loss.' Shooting at Oaksdale. ' Sheriff elect Hiuis, of Whitman county, Washington, was shot and seriously wounded at Oassdale, Wednesday, by Steve Howard. Howard, who is de mented, but was always considered harmless, secured a gun and rode tnrougb the streets shooting. Sims tried to ar rest him, when Howard fired point blank at him. Sims seized the gun and was shot through all four fingers on the right hand, the bullet passing on and making an ugly scalp wound. Howard will be sent to the aylum. McKinley's Cabinet. The New York World has figured out a cabinet for President-elect McKinley, as follows: Secretary of state 1 nomas li. Reed, of Maine ; secretary of treasury, Cornelius N. BUbs, of New York ; secre tary of war, Rnesell A. Alger, ot jlictii gan ; secretary of the navy, Charles A. Boutelle, of Maine; secretary of the in terior, Henry C. Payne, oi Wisconsin; attorney general, William H. Day, of Ohio; postmaster-general, Henry Clay Evans, of Tennessee; secretary of agri culture, Cyrus Lelnud, of Kansas. . i - ; House Almost Blown up. . . Wallace, Idaho, hat almoHt been de vastated by the recent floods and enor mous damage done. In flghliog tbe water fiend the citizens found it necessary to clear tbe dam of logs near tbe bead of t" My daughter, seventeen yeart of ; , age, wa ia very poor health by- reason of weak lungs and a dia trc8ing cough. At last we gave her Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral, and after taking three bottles, the cough was cured. She is now In excellent health, and rapidly.fr cough is somewhat like '.t the , small pebble on the mountain side. It appears utterly insignificant, until a mouse, perhaps, starts it rolling, and the pebble be gets art avalanche that buries a town. Fatal diseases begin with ','a Blight cough.". But any cough, taken1 in time, can be cured by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. This tentimooial will be found ia full in Ayera "Curebook" with a hundred other. Free. Addres J. C Ayer Co., Lowell, Mas. the flume. A charge was put in and not being securely fastened the dangerous package escaped from the drift, the current carrying it down a hundred yards into the flame where it exploded under a woodshed filled with wood. Twenty feet farther would have rained a house occupied by W. C. Shnlte, who ij now conductor of the O. R. A. N. Burke branch. The shed was wrecked by the explosion, but it was packed so full of wood that it did not fall down nntil a moment later when a huge stump going down bumped against the shattered top of the flume, and the flume cover, wood, aal woodshed followed each- other in rupid succession into the water. , . In the State's Favor. Walla Walla, Washington, Nov. 28. After being out all night, the jury in the case of the directors o( the penitentiary vs. L9vi Ankeny, as administrator of the estate of J. II. Coblentz, and Milo Kelley and Francis Bisson, bondsmen of Cob lentz. came into court this morning and rendered a verdict in favor ol the plaint iffs in the sum of $10,000. The amount of the alleged defalcation of the late war den, Coblentz, was $12,000. The defend ants will appeal the case to the supreme court. : . . - A Gun to Big to Pull. An immense gun carriage, which with the car weighed 147,000 pounds, was in Pendleton the other day for a time as the freight train from the East was making np to go on west. The net weight of the carriage was 95,100 pounds, the car weighing 54,700. The car was especially constructed of steel and had eight pair of wheels, under it. The monstrous weapon was going to Fort Stevens near Astoria, and another car was used for the transportation of the other parts. CLIMATE AND TONGUES. Some Cartons Effects Noted In th Rugged North and Sunny Booth. Gutturals predominate in Norway and Russia, whereas, far to the south ward, in sunny Italy, there is a pro fusion of such .euphonious names as Palermo, Verona, Campobcllo, and bo forth. ' Even in the British isles, cover ing so few degrees of latitude, there is a marked difference between the f'burr" of the Highlander and the soft speech of the native of southern Eng land. . ' . A theory which may partly account for these climatic effects is based upon the contrast of the stillness which usu ally pervades southern lands with the stormy inquietude . of northern coun tries. Cloudless skies for - months at a time characterize the climates of Italy while a firmament entirely free from clouds is rare in Norway. - '''. It requires, of course, greater effort to be heard in regions which are swept by winds and storms than in still south ern latitudes, and to he heard distinct ly amid the noise and confusion of the elements , words must be used which contain many consonants. . Among the inhabitants of more trop ical climes the tendency is toward soft and musical cadence, and travelers re late that in regions in South America, such as Peru and Venezuela, where at mospheric disturbances are rare,, the natives almost chant the phrases of salutation. , ...... : DRIVEN INTO HYSTERICS. Voting Woman . Became Frantic at the Night or Pretence of a Cat. It's a subject that is frequently talked about, but it is a fact that the natural antipathies between certain persons and certain animals furnish fresh food for wonder and conjecture constantly. Everyone knows well enough the aversion that the majority of people have for snakes tbe horrify ing dread that their presence excites. Many persons also "hate cats," as they term . it. Their soft, stealthy move ments excite a distrust that frequently amounts to aversion. It is seldom, however, that this is so pronounced as in a case which excited considerable comment in this city recently, says the New York Tribune. - It was of a young woman who had always had a most un conquerable dread of the feline crea tures, . and she actually could not en dure the presence of one in the room without losing control of herself com pletely. She was so sensitive in this particular that her family declares that upon entering a room, if there was a cat concealed anywhere within it, she would at once detect its presence, and it were removed at onnn would become hysterical. In fact, it was a standing joke on her that on one occa Kion like this she became absolutely terrified, and rushing up to a young man, who was a total sfranger to her, seized him about the neck, sobbing des perately till the cat was taken away.. The girl was thoroughly ashamed of her weakness, as she called it, but de clared she was absolutely powerless in the matter. Some instinct it was no subtle odor told her if a cat were any where near her, and the moment she detected it she straightway lost all her elf-po3session. Wanted-An Idea S Who eu think of Mm limple ttalOK to patent? Protect your Mm: they mar bring jrou wealth. Write JOHN WKUDEKUUKN CO., Patent Attor ney, Washington, D. C for tbelr $fU) prise offer mul llit of two hundred lurenUena wanted. A Coder's Goffers may ncft be so full as he wishes, but if he is "wise he will neglect his cof- tht cough. A slight Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Mfe-papg t i iuwjh i j ill' tjii r THE COUNTY NEWS The "East End" as Reflected By Our Exchanges. 1 SMALL FIRE AT WESTON. A Meat Market Building was Badly Damaged. WESTON LEADER, Miss Clara Richmond, who haa been seriously ill from typhoid fever, is now gradually recovering. Stevens Lodi?e K. of P., conferred the 6rst rank, Wednesday evening, upon Dan Pendergast, and the Becond rank upon Ed. Wood. B. A. Marquis and family have remov ed to Weeton from Adams, and will re side here during the winter. Mr. Mar quls children are taking advantage of our school facilities. . .. . ; J. M. O'Harra ia again kept at home from tbe attack of lung t.'ouble which be has suffered eince v. ading in the Uma tiUa last June. Dr. Keylor came over from Walla Walla Tuesday to attend Mr. O'Harra. Mr. Joseph Oarron, of British Colum umbia. and Miss Winnie Hill, daughter of H. C. Hill, of thiB city, were united in marriage last Sunday, the 22;i inst., at 6 o'clock p. in , at the residence ot the Dri ies futbor. Rev.'It. B. Swift perform ed tbe ceremony. '' , " - On Pine creek, abova town, the other day, Dan Hicks' shepherd . dog distin guished himself by chasing oowu a coy ote.' The sly animal usually gives a hound plenty of exercise, but this one ptemed to grow discouraged early in the race, and met death in a most ignomn ious fashion from an ax in the hands of Mr. Hicks. Ah infant son was born last Saturday moruina to Mr. and Mrs Chris Toney, but to the eorrow of the young parebls waedeadat birth. Mrs. Toney's con dition whs for a time critical, but she is now improving. She was altendod by Dr. Nelms of Walla Walla, and Dr. Stiles of this city, and also by a trained nurse from Walla Walla. ' Weston city election haa provoked no abnormal amouot of interest. There is only one ticket meutioned. G.' W; Proebotel, failing to find anyone eke who Is filling to Bicrafice himself, has con sented to run again for mayor. The other candidates are : Councilmen, J. J. Beeler, Marion O'Harra, 3. V. Knox; recorder, B. B. Hall j, treasurer, L. S. Wood. , , ; . t The Woodmen of the World know how to entertain. They prove this at all their social events in all placea. Weston is no exception to the general rule, the camp here provided a plendid Rood time for its guests at the opera housa last Wednesday evening. . - The death of "Grandma" Still occur red Wednesday morning at her home north of Weeton. Mrs. Still was a suf ferer from paralysis, but the serious ill ness which resulted in her death only developed a few days auo. She was born August 22, 1825, in Canada near Nagarl Falls, and was united in marriage in 1844 to John Still, of Scotland, who died in 1880. j It is reported that a deal was com pleted lately for the sale of the old Moor house place below Weston, containing 320 acres of the finest wheat land in Umatilla county, to O. M. and Frank Richmond, prominent farmers. ' The place was sold by a hank atKvereit, Wash., of which O D. Fratt is cashier The consideration is given at $8000 cash. Mr. Coekburn, a wealthy Dry creek farmer, wanted the place, and it la said made an unsuccessful bid for it. The Moorhou?e farm was once valued at $14, 000, end it is a valuable piece o; proper ty. Weston was enlivened by a Binall hz, which afforded good winter exorcise for our. citinens. About 9:30 o'clock fhmes were noticed issuing froiri a small wood en building on the south nide of Main streft, belonging to J. W, Young. The h'liiding ie isolated, and no particular alarm wan felt. The boso cart was soon at the scene, and amid much shouting and confusion, with everybody as chief of the department, a line ot hose was laid from a corner hydrant. This was found to be frozen up, and connection was then made with another hydrant. Alter apgravat ing delays water was obtained and the fire soon subdued. Whils E l Brown was driving out of town Wednesday afternoon with Miss May Carmichaet and another young lndy, the hack wheels entered a rut in front of Mr. Warren's residence, and a sudden pitch threw tbe young man to the ground. He was held in some manner hy the lap robe, and rolled over and over for some distance in front of the wheels. When at last released, in inventory of IWs hurts showed several bruise?, a severe contusion on tbe back cf tho head, and a gash over the right eye. Whil not eer iously hurt, Mr. Brown was prevented from a thorough enjoyment of Thanks giving, by his painful rxoerience. M1LTOH IAOLB. Coblentz, the defanltlng warden of the Walla Walla enlteutiary it dead, but the courts of Wasli' .' -n t' s'ili busy airingi'be story of : ilK.. ):; Died three mllo: Ir m -Id'ott "on Dry Creek.vat the home i 'it-r eldest son, Alexander Still, on Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, Mra. Agnes Still, aged 71 years, . three months and three days. . John F. McRae has had an offer of a position of salesman in one of the load ing stores of Athena and will probably . accept.the situation. . The populist Walla Walla Reformer is dead probably frozen to death by the other populist papers of Walla Walla, the Statesman and Gazette. James Petrle will spend the winter at the Bluff Siding ranch of Henry Adam a and will care for that gentleman's large band of sheep that are wintering there. The name of Hon. E. J. Davis, of this city, will probably be presented to the members of the legislature at the coming session for speaker of the House, and his friends in Eastern Oregon and the valley will strongly urge his claims to the position. ' L , v - The Milton Board of Trade with tho avowed object in view of advancing tho commercial interest of Milton and east ern Umatilla county was organized at -opera hall Wednesday night with a char ter membership of thirty ----V A v, v . a .utvuui, QUU W 1 uuQ well Auuiiu -. uiu,vuu luMuumiu nun mill llinnr TIB.,r mwiraw uiuiiviajr lu . mm .TIMitt U mine Gertrude Griggs, of Lincton mountain. Rev. H. W. Eagan performed the cere mony. . . . The "oldest settlers" iu this valley can hardly recollect when winter 'feet in" as early as it did this fall. There is a dim tradition to the effect that about 1870 or 1871 a similar cold spell in November was experienced, but as to this the pioa- , ears are somewhat divided in their opin ion. Theieare several families in Milton j this winter that have no means of sub sistance at hand and unless a kind pro vidence intervenes or tho good chrintiu:i. v" citizens of Milton come to their assist- .y ance, must surely enfft-r from bungei be fore spring. Remember the poor, lor. ... this is the time of pational tbanki:iung and lot not human Buffering Inm fiywor - ' bq known In Ctiis larid-of plenty.v v ' Howard Evans is back from ftrjna ' ' where be went to diaixwa of a 'counts car . . loads of apples. Mr Evims renCfts hav- . movnlal UnnJ.,, in U7 ., 1 1 117-11- l TLf : i n it nnaniafi VArtr at; t rw Mniorn ai am nr nta (rtiit and expects to follow the shtjiyiect with another of lik'o; proposition in the'""' near future cv as Boon aa tbe weather moderates. He says tho weather In Montana aud Idaho is intensely cold. , ' - Marry This Girl, Somebody! I have been ..reading in your paper about several men and women that have been very successful selling self-healing flat irons, and I concluded I would see what a girl could do. I have worked 12 days and have sold 151 irons and have 218 dollars left after paying all expenses. . Everybody is delisted with the irpna .: and I sell one almost every plaee I show . it, as people think they can't afford to be , without one, aa they nave so much fuel and time and don't burn the clothes. I know I can clear five thousand dollars in a year, tiow is tnat lor a girl t . A UBADUATB. Splendid, ray girl, splendid, you are a true American; girl,: . Anyone can got complete information about the, (elf-heat-. ing Iron by addressing JiV. Vwuy tH'v ; St. Louts, Mo. It n-e'txtto be a winrHtr,- as everybody selling it ; ymt,8 in -its , praise. ; -' : - . .j " 7r'"""Vj-' i Bridge Over McKay. ?' The county court opened bids for the construction of a bridge acropa the McKay which were aa follows : William Hilton $84ff, A. D. Thompson f885, Howard, Diipiue & Oahonn $1)95, R C. Hinton Kimbrell & Karston $1115. In the morning Commissioner Frazier, Judge Martin and Surveyor Kimbrell drove to the place where it is intended to build the bridge and, after an inspection of the ground and an examination of the plans which it was proposed to follow, they discussed the adviaibility of rejecting all bids, and having new plans drawn, as they did not consider that the bridge which had b"ett bid for waa adapted to the place, 1 his will doubtless be the final determination of the county cou't, when new pla'is will be drawn and fresh bids invited.. $100 Reward, $100. The reader of t is papi r will be pleas e l to learn th there is at least one drfHcled di"pa that science has been able to cute in n!i it stuieo, and Unit ia Catarrh. Hall's . Catarrh Cure in ibo ouly positive cure kno n to the medical., fraternity. Catarrh l-intr n c institution al diseas'', reqiiKf a a constitutional treat ment. Hall's '"tarrli Cure is takr-n in titrnally, actint iirwtly on tho blood and mucous surfac "f the system, thereby destroying the ntidation of ihe disens, and give the pa:e-it strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its wor. The proprietors have so mnch faith in its curative power, that they offer One'Handred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure, fend for list of testimonials. Address. F-J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75 cenja. Baby Smothered. Tribune: Tbe four-montha-old baby of Mrs. J. J. Brown, of Combs Canyon, was found dead by the mother when sbo awoke yeolerduy morning. Mra. Brown came Into town with her child Thursday morning and stavr-d over tiiuht at the residence of Mrs. Tucker, on Alta street. Tbe child was ihe picture of health when it wpnt to sleep, and the mother cannot think that death w:s canned by anything else than being smothered. Df . Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold Medal Midwlntfr hair. Sin FrancUto.