The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-10-13
Local News.
The Press gives the news.

come back"
T. P. Page is attending court
this week.
We will take No. 1 wheat on !,
subscription, at so cents per BUSH
Ell.
There will be preaching Sunday
at the Baptist Church at II, a. m.
by the pastor.
The Peter Gaskell case will
come up for trial in the circuit
court today.
Justice Gilman is having his Of
flee and residence repainted and
papered.
The Morris building on Main
street was treated to new coat of
paint this week.
A. L. Watts of this city, has been
very i'll with pneumonia for the
past two weeks.
| INFarmers out in the Juniper
Fneighborhood are threshing their
grain, rain or shine.
The Grand Lodge, X. of P, met
at Heppner, Tuesday of this week,
and convened three days.
Born-At their home below Pend
Teton, Sunday, October 5, 1893, to |,
Mr.. and Mrs, Ed Peters, a daught-
er, weight eleven pounds.
All who are in arrears for SUBJ
scription with the PREss, can set
tie the same with wheat at Soc per
bushel. Bring on your wheat
The G. 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 seeder.
For Gang and walking plows,
harrows and seeders the G. A. Bar
ret Co., will give you special bar
| gins for the next 60 days. n
School has begun in Birch Creek |
district No. 81, with Marvil Me- /
Broom in charge. Twenty-four |
pupils in are registered, with
more to come.
| Owing to the stormy weather |
the G. A. R. district reurion which |
was to have taken place the last
week near La Grande has been in
definitely postponed.
/ j. Bloch & Co, have just re-
| ceived a large stock Of ladies and |
Misses cloaks and jackets, of the
latest designs, and are selling them |
very cheap. See them before pur-
chasing for the fall and winter.
! Services at the Christian Church
| Sunday, Oct. Is. Morning subject
estate of the righteous dead" Y.l |
| P. G. e. meet at 3 p. m. led by Bro.
Geo. Girking. Evening subject,
HShall all 60 to hell who dieout Of
Christi? All are invited.
| Railroad business is improving
rapidly, and all the trains possible
are being put on to accommodate
passenger and freight traffic. This
is good sign, and demonstrates in
| the most emphatic manner that the
crisis has come and gone.
/ A young lady visiting for the
| first time in the country was alarm
| ed at the approach of a COW. She
was too frightened to run, and,
shaking her parasol at the animal,
| she said in very stern tone: "Lie
down, sir! Lie DOWN..
The county court of Harney
county has contracted with G. w.
Kellogg, Of Salt Lake City, to bore
an artesian well 500 feet deep, and
to continue to 1900 feet, at the OPP
ton of the court, the price for
boring and casing the well to be
1915 per lineal foot,
G.. w. Hunt has brought suit iGl
superior court at Walla Walla
against Superior Judge w. Fl. UpS
ton and his brother, G. B. Upton,
for collection of $4,000 on the sub
scription to the subsidy offered by
the Walla Walla board of trade
for construction of the Oregon &
Washington Territory railroad.
Commencing Wednesday Sept.
9th, the Union Pacific will sell
, excursion tickets to Portland for
: and one-ffth fare for the round
trip, plus fifty cents for admission
+ coupon to the Portland Industrial
: Exposition. Tickets on sale by
the agent at Athena on Mondays
: Wednesdays and Fridays. Good
for seven days.
, Walla Walla Statesman: The
! citizens Of Tacoma were startled
: and surprised Tuesday morning,
when the mists had lifted from the
summit of Mt. Rainier, to discover
that 1000 feet of the north peak Of
the mountain had fallen away. No
investigationofthe phenomenon has
yet been made, and scientists are
at a loss to explain the occurrence
The summit of the historic Ole
mountain will be visited and an
effort made to solve the mystery.