The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-09
Circuit court convened Monday.

sorry to learn is confined to her
room with severe neuralgia.
There will be preaching at the
Baptist Church Sunday at l | a. M
by the Pastor.
A new stock of Clocks and Gold
watches just received at the Pio--
neer Drug Store.
John Brookner, one Of cur most
progressive farmers, is erecting
commodeous barn on his farm
Hewitt uses nothing but pure,
fresh drugs in filing prescriptions.
Take your prescriptions to him.
Tennessee pays annually $63, ,280(
in pensions toiconfsderate soldiers,
She has 567 confederate pensions
ers.
c. L. Holt, the genial Druggist
at the Peoples Pharmacy, paid
| Pendleton a business visit this
week.
NAthena almost daily adds from
one to half dozen to her popu-
lation, and is getting there and
don't you forget it.
Hugh Macarthur and wife, re-
turned Wednesday from their
Worlds Fair visit, via the Cana
dian Pacific. Mae is busy tel
ling the sights he saw and differ
ent experiences
~ Frank Beale has purchssedr the
lot lying west of the c. H. Bodd
warehouse and is laying pipe from
the big well thereon to his<resi-,
dence on the corner of Eeurtb
and Jefferson streets, to convey
water for irrigation purposes.
On the 3rd and 4th.of July, the
U. p Ry. will sell Excursion
| Tickets to any station on their
lines within 300 miles of Athena
at the rate OF one fare. Tickets
returning good UP, to- and
including July 9th.
M. S. Bloch, n prominent mer-
chant of LaGrande, spent a few
days in the city this week Wis
iting his brother, ourgenial towns
man, Jacob Bloch. Mr.. Bloch ex-
pressed himself as we'll pleased
with our little city, and especially
the excellent, country sarpound-
ing
IHQr. G.. w. King, who was called
ITO Pendleton last Wednesday, to
consult with DR.. Smith and Others
concerning the condition of Hank
Vaughn, informs us that Hanks
condition is quite serious. He is
suffering from eoncussfon Of the
| brain, the result Of being .thaowf
| from horse one day last week.
| Pendleton Tribune: the eoun-
! ty road machine is now doing sonae
/ good work on our highWsryss 1t
/ gives perfect satisfaction. Ad Nye,
our stpeet commissioner, has done
some good work with it on upper
Court and south Franklin streets.
F[Wonder if the @East EndD will
/ oversee it.
Last Sundayfthe S. F. Call is
| sued mamoth edition of SO pages
one of the finest and most inter
esting papers ever published on
| the coast. The Call recently put
in a new Hoe perfecting press,
and this edition is in commemor
alton ofthe adyent Of the printing
machine. NR @
/ I/Anong the resolutions passed
Tby the State Grange was one con
4 demning the late Oregon legrs-
lature for its extravagant expendi-
4 ture Of the peoples money, an.
other urging an early opening 0
the Columbia river, and resolut
ions advocating government con
troll of railroads, and favoring free
1 and unlimited coinage of silver
I giving it equal rights with gold. :
1 Mr.. Beeeher, a Chicago sheep
i buyer passed through LaGrande
4 the other day with band 0
$4,000 sheep, purchased in Una
tilia county. The sheep were
driven over the old trail in th'
hills back Of town. A very ex
tensive crew is required to handl,
this number Of sheep, and fouI
wagon loads Of provisions were
purchased from LaGrande mer
chants s.-Chronicle. A
Il Julius levy and wife, were owe
from Waila WaIIa Tuesday com
4 ing, over on the freight and stop
ping briefly with Athena friends
and then resunling their journey 7
Pendleton, where Mrs. Levy vii
visit with her parents Tor a fey
DAYS. Julius returned home yester
day morning. While here hi
many friends we're pleased to lear
that he is doing well in bis boo
store business. The Garden City j
suffering the same depression tha
other money centres in the North
4 west are, but, crop prospects Of a.
kind is encouraging.
The Sunday closing probIer
, has solved itself A majority /
the exhibitors refuse to kee
open on Sunday as they conside