The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
CITY AND COUNTY.
A Full Resume Of News---LOCa Per.
sonaI and Otherwise.
The PRESS gives the news.

HarVe McDonald was over from
Walla Walla last Saturday.
We have left a. few 3-inch Header
trucks. The C. B. Barrett Co.
IfYouwant the news of the city I
and county, take a dose of the
PRESS.
Antifermentine, the greater fruit |
preserver, at the Pioneer Drug
Store.
Mrs. Hugh Smith, is spending
the week in the country visiting
relatives.
The Craver Header the finest in
the world for sale by the G. A.
Barrett Co.
There will be preaching Sunday
s p. m. at the Baptist Church by
the Pastor.
Mr.. Staver of the firm of Nit
chell, Lewis & Staver was in the
city last Saturday.
Prof. Talkington was in Athena
last Monday in the interest of
the Weston Normal.
M. E. Clark & Son have opened
out Racket Store in the Clark
building on third street.
Wheat in the Echo neighbor-
hood is of good quality and will
make 20 bushels to the acre,
Hewitt uses nothing but pure,
fresh drugs in filling prescriptions.
Take your prescriptions to him.
| The Seventh Day Adventists
will build a handsome church at
Milton, Ore. Work on it will COM
mence soon.
Geo. Bacus, the timer has been
engaged the past week in putting
on the tin roof of the Normal
school building, at Weston.
The C. A. Barrett Co., carry the
largest line of machinesoils in the
city, farmers will find the largest
assortment to select from.
In private letter from Irving
| McQuary to a friend he states he
is at present foremanizing on the
Morning Democrat at Baker City.
| The Press is now'receiving bright
rays of light through a large sky
light, and in the future our many
readers may look out for-paint.
Three threshing machines were
running Wednesday, in sight and
| hearing of the citizens of Athena.
| People abroad should not infer by
this that we live in the country.
At a special session of the city
council, held last Friday even
ing, Recorder Jarvis Hurd esigned
and w. 7. Gilman was appointed
to FIJI the place.
Mrs. J. F. Dunn, of Portland,
was in the city this week visiting
her son Chas. Dunn, who is en-
ployed at Bergevin Bros. Charlie
ordered the Press sent to her adj
dress.
If there is anything that ST.
wash delights in its a circus. A
man who viewed the procession
lin Pendleton, Wednesday, says
there were in line Bucks on horse.
back, 145; squaws on horseback
III, Indians in wagons, 43; Indian
dogs on foot, 83.
Nolin is without a post office
The postmaster, Dick Williams
has been anxious to get rid of th'
irksome duties of the Office, anC
first circulated a petition to hav'
it abolished. This failed and h,
induced his sureties to resign, 81
that the office has been closed.
The Farmers Warehouse Co. arr
better prepared this year to ac
commodate those who have whea
to store than ever before
: See j. N. B. Gerkins, Manager
or ]. R. Armstrong, assistant
f Manager, before you dispose 0
{ your grain. They have a ney
, ad in this issue. Read it.
= 1t is reported that tramp wen
g to the home Of Mrs, Holdmal
in Adams the other day and de
manded something to eat ant
some coffee. When informed h
could not get it, he cursedthe lad
until she became afraid of him an
gave him lunch which he at
and then departed cursing her a
4 he went.
NlA The Adams butcher is surel
3 inShard luck. Besides being hel
4 up by tramps one day this weel
we understand that last Sunda
his team got frightened at th
train and ran away and tore u
Is, things generally. One of hi
., horses ran through four wire fence
- and was cut SO badly he had to |
!. killed.
n' The infant son of Mr., and Mr.
w. u. Zeiger, of Helix, which hi
rs been i'll for such a long time, W.
relieved of its suffering by deaf
Tuesday evening about 4 o'clocl
The remains were inferred in Il
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