The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-01-10
BREVITIES.

OdulOu
Ard Pythias"
Next Monday night.
Secure your seats; get good ones.
The club dances are a pronounc-
ed success.
Tonight the Odd Fellows have
INSTALLATION of officers.
SHMr. L. ]. Foss is troubled this
week with an injured knee.
Good seats at the great historical
play Monday night, 25c; better ones
for soc.
Comfortable chairs at Damon
and Pythias" Monday night, 25c
and SOC.
Rasmus in the leading role in
"Damon and Pythias" insures sue
cess in production.
Twenty eight fine, grain fed hogs
We're sold in Pendleton, Saturday,
for, 2 cents per pound, on foot.
Miss Leola Young attended the
leap year ball at Weston, Saturday
night and reports most enjoyable
time.
A license to wed was issued on
Monday by the county clerk, to
Samuel J. Carney and Sadie E.
Owens.
Reserved seats on sale at the
post office for Damon and Pvthias
Reserved seats, Soc, general admis.
sion, 25c.
NMarshal Gillis, with the assis-
tance of John Foss. has been en-
gagged in tightening the rods OH the
water tank.
Six Of the 25 cars of flour to be
shipped to Australia by the Pend
Teton Roller Mills were dispatched
for Seattle Monday.
IA leap year ball is to be given
at the opera house, this evening
under the management of young
ladies, Boys, were any of you left.
Monday Sheriff Houser returned
from Clinton, Mo- having in GUS
tody I. H. Duffy, whois wanted in
this county on the charge of en-
bezzlement
A number Of Odd Follows of
Athena attended the installation
at Adams last Saturday evening.
A splendid time and a good sup
per is reported.
NForty-seyen cents a bushel was
the figure paid in WalIa Walla,
Monday, for a choice lot of blue
stem Local competition is as
signed for the squirt in price.
Alexander & Hexter's "Great
Slaughter Sale" is the talk Of the
town. Other merchants marvel
and wonder. Never before have
such goods been sold at such prices.
William King, sent last June to
the penitentiary for one year from
Umatilla county for adultery, will
soon be free man again. Hard
work and good conduct shortened
his term several months,
The protracted meetings at the
Christian church are largely at.
tended and much interest is mani |
Rev. Edison, of Portland, |
is assisting and proves to be very |
able and entertaining speaker.
Marvel Watts has closed a most |
successful term of school in the
Mountain Valley district. He re.
ports snow as being quite deep in
hat locality, and as consequence
stock is suffering for want of forage. |
Do you realize the full meaning
If our slaughter Sale?" It
means that we have too many
FOODS in stock and that you'll not
uon again get its equal to buy so
.heaply. Alexander & Hexter,
'endleton.
eAnother fatal accident occurred
It the Virtue mine, in Baker coun-
Y, Monday morning. Walter B.
,ranston, aged 80 years, fell from
me of the lower levels down the
haft, distance Of 100 feet meeting
Instant death.
NRichard Allen, a young man re-
iding near Pilot Rock, met with
n accident on Sunday afternoon,
'hile engaged in hunting ducks.
While in the act of scaling fence,
is gun was accidentally discharg-
q, tearing away the fingers Of the
1T hand.
Perhaps you read our advertise
lents in the papers the past week.
not, get paper. draw near the
ght and see what we're doing.
OTIS of shrewd buyers have been