The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-09
TJ. Baford
Keeps the best brands of
Cigars and Tobaccos in the city.
Fresh roasted coffee at Rays.

Miss Alice Monteith, has been quite sick
for some time past.
On last Tuesday Thos. Monteith OF
Albany, was in our town.
Wanted.-A few more cords of wood on
Inscription at this office.
Miss Mary j. Harris spent several days
with friends in town last week.
7. ). Buford, sgens for the American
Book Exchange of New York.
The Corvallis GAZETTE for sale ON the
counter of Buford's news depot.
Dug Irvine of Brownsville was in town
last Tuesday looking after business.
Wheat is now pouring into the several
warehouses at this place rapidly.
Tolbert Carter was in town last Monday
ON business and called at the GAZETTE Office.
There is still large party of pleasure
seekers at the Yapuina bay, and more going
w. P. Ready returned last Saturday,
from Portland, where he had been on busis
ness.
Judge McFadden has removed to his new
residence, two blocks north of his former
one.
i Albert Ray has disposed of his entire in
terest in the telephone business to Mr.. c.
| Fl. Nash.
Ben White is preparing to open ''gin
mill'' in the building formerly occupied by
Baker.
August Knight is building an office be-.
| tween his furniture store and Mr.. Hodes
gunsmith shop.
| A full line of new and handsome patterns
| Rays. Call and examine.
Read the call for mass meeting, publish
ed in another column. Farmers, business
men, everybody, turn out.
Miss Gingles succeeds to the Dressmaking
business of Miss Kennedy, and will continue
the same at the old stand as usual.
On Tuesday evening last, w. P. Ready
returned from Yaquina, bay to where he
made flying trip on business.
At John Lewis's market can be found the
finest kind of fresh meats; and steaks, so
tender that they will melt in the mouth.
James Muir of Portland, passed through
Corvallis last Saturday, for the Yaquina
bay and returned on Tuesday of this week.
Under the supervision of the street COM
mittee, another load. of gravel is being placed
on the cross street near the Occidental
hotel.
Hon. VIM. J. Kelly, of Monroe, was in
town this week looking after business con-
nected with the estate OF the late VIM.
Bowen, deceased.
Ed Belknap informs us that some parties,
whose names he was not at liberty to give,
are talking of starting brass foundry at
Yaquina bay soon.
Young America Engine company of this
| place held = meeting last Mon lay night.
at which they appointed committee to
plaster and generally repair the lower story
Of the Engine house.
Nick Baeson keeps constantly on hand
and in good order at his Palace Market, the
best kinds OF beef pork veal and mutton,
which he sells on the most reasonable terms
| 60 city and country trade.
Miss Lizzie Hamilton returned from
Washington Ty last Friday, where she has
been visiting for SOME time. Her sister,
Mrs. Fannie Cooper, came with her to visit
relatives and friends, at this place.
L
The advertisement of Thomas J. Blair s
warehouses at Corvallis and Brownsville,
will be found in another column. He
stores all kinds of grain on the most reason
able terms at the same time exercising the
greatest care and fidelity to the interests of
his patrons.
All persons desiring dry goods notions
and things in the general merchandise line,
can find the very best prices at H. E. Harris's
in this place. Mr.. Harris is an old estab.
lished pioneer merchant and always favort
his customers with the best possible terms.
A Corvallis girl frightens her lover by
saying to him: ..Why are you like iii
tree?" After several intellectual attempt.
he gives it up, when she replies Because YOU
are ever green" The last thing seen of hin
he was going to white pine.
A fuffian drew revolver on Joseph Web
Der, Jr., at Albany one night last week
The weapon was taken away from HIM be
fore any bones were broken. and.the woult
be .'shootist" has fed for parts unknown
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From the East Oregonian we clip th'
following: Mr.. B. B. Bishop showed us th'
other day potato vine cut from his garden
in Umatilla county, npon which potatoes
are:growing out Of and di-tance of four
feet from the ground. He thinks he will
commence to dig for green peas soon. Thi
is striking instance like the large potato
crop which Uncle Billy Hamilton tells o
once growing in California, of which Johl
Lewis little more than verri6es by statinl
that the vines grew some twentyfour feet
: In height and much higher than the stak,