The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-11-17
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United States district court, whicl
conyenes at Portland, Tuesday
Nov. %, 1898. Herein not fail.
Mr.. Gerking will leave for the me
I tropolis Sunday evening, and ex
poets to be gone sometime. if no
longer; but intends to return be
fore Christmas, if he has to com
afoot or walk part of the way.
+ Athena should make application
to the post Office department 70
free mail delivery; the mail bust
ness having grown to such i'm
mense proportions, on account o
the great number of "please re
NIT" letters, that the office is en-
titled to carriers.
Thanksgiving will be observed
as usual. Commencing on the 2;
it will continue till the Both of No
vember if the gobble gobbles hole
out. 1t is rather an unusual oc.
curence to have such cluster oi
Thanksgiving days come in one
year, but there is so much to be
thankful for that it would be i'm
possible to get through in less than
a week: anyway, that is what Syl.
yester and Grover say and it must
be so. If the the Thanksgiving
menu should indicate or reflect the
present financial situation, repub-
licans will be found eating turkey
democrats will be feasting on crow,
while the populists should be
thankful if they have a cold potato
or anything else with which to fill
the aching void.
If that freckled dude, with the
celluloid collar. boxtoed sox and
sorrel mustache, throws mud on
my new suit Of clothes again, he is
liable to- find himself going around
peeping through the openings Of a
porous plaster, and wearing a
thumb-stall on his smeller.
Enough of anything is too much
sometimes. Say, Yolo is regular
mud splasher, he can't trot a little
bit, I've seen horses that could beat
him if he did't half try. If this
item meets the eye of the sorrel
dude, he will please conduct him.
self accordingly. A hint to the
wise is sufficient and a wink to a
blind mule is as good as a nod.
Very few people are aware of the
fact that q man in Athena got shot
recently. Owing to the high social
standing of the participants, the af-
fair has been kept as quiet as pos
sible, but, as everyone knows, it is
q very difficult matter to suppress
such sensational news as anyone
getting shot, so the particulars final
ly leaked out. Though the affair
is to be deeply regretted, it might
have been worse. The parties,
themselves should really not be
blamed, as any Of us under like
circumstances, would no doubt, do
just the same. The blame should
rest.whereit properly belongs; that
is, on the questionable social and
financial condition of the country.
1t seems that money, the root of all
evil, got IN its work here and while
the party who got shot will
probably recover, he will be Grip
pied for Mechanically. AS near
as could be learned, the facts in
the case are substantially as fol-
lows:
Tillman 0. Taylor, of the G. A.
Barrett Co., was in the store alone
working on the books, when some
one yanked on the latchstring,
which, by the way, always hangs
out. Mr.. Taylor, looking up from
his ledger, beheld q long, lark indi-
vidual, whose name we are not at
liberty to give, enter the store.
Till, being we'll acquainted with
him and thinking he was on a
friendly call or desired to make a
purchase, greeted him cordially,
'amiliarly calling him by name,
not even suspicioning him of being
angry or having blood in his eye,
The long, lank individual, mutter-N
ng in a hoarse whisper something
about "ten cents" thrust his hand
nto his pistol pocket. Instantly
'omprehending the situation, Till
nan, who is always cool and calm
n time of danger, with a smile illu-
his countenance that
would easily discount the celebrate
d smile of Daniel Boone, when he
,rinned a knot off a sycamore tree, (
it for a coon, hoped +
II racefully over the counter, all the
anne as q gazelle or mountain goat.
QUICK as flash he siezed hand
u ofshot and before the fellow
ould say ''seat!" or get his dime
ut Of his pocket to pay for them,
ill had them wrapped up for him. /
. end bloodless tragedy, Rats?
70 rats about it; it's a fact.
Sidetracked. This is the present |
ondition of affairs on the Branch
load between Pendleton and Wal
! Walla, as regards passenger,
lail and express accommodations.
he regular passenger train has
cen taken off, leaving nothing but
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