The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-29
LOCAL NOTES.


Keeps all of the leading
Newspapers, Magazines, Novels, etc.
Ashby Pearce was in town Wednesday.
DIR. John Boswell, of Halsey, was in the
city yesterday.
at the Gazette Office.
Joe Policy has been to Yaquina bay on a
visit. He returned Monday
The Corvallis GAZETTE for sale on the
counter of Buford's news depot
Wanted.-A few more cords of wood on
subscription at this office.
J. H. Aldrith Of Summit was in the city
this week and favroed us with call.
n Baum and Chas. Monteith, of Albany
start from this city this morning for the
bay.
Hon. R. s. Strahan, of Albany, was in the
city on Wednesday. We acknowledge a
pleasant call
John p Stearns, wife aud daughter, OF
Santa Barbara, California are registered at
the Occidental hotel.
Peter Hoover, of Alseya valley, was in
the city this week on business, and called
at the GAZETTE Office.
The installment of "horse poetry" now
on our table comes a little late. TIE sea-
son of 1881 has closed.
Ms. Glass, mother of Lieut.. Z. j. Glass,
has been at Solaville for several weeks re.
turned greatly improved in health.
We are sorry to learn that one of Prof
Milaer's children is quite sick with scarlet
frayor. We have not heard of any other
: cases in the city.
Baker AA castor oil, No. l castor oil and
y extra winter strained lard oil, all of the
BEST quality and at the lowest prices at
Graham, Hamilton & Co.'S.
We have experienced the hottest weather
of the season for the past week, and while
there has been no sun strokes, there has
beenm more lazy folks than you could shake
a stick. at.
Rev. A. Simpson Is soliciting subscriptions
for the erection of Presbyterian church at
Independence. We have tsseen I" the sub
scription list, and are satisfied the undertak-
ing viii succeed.
Twas modest cucumber, half hidden from
view,
But cheered by the sunlight and dew,
Meath the bright summer skies it doubled
its size,
Then it doubled up Mary Jane, too.
Froissort's Chronicles, price, 81 81
Young's Bible Concordance with index 63
Josephus' Works, IS
Ivanhoe, so
And a large quantity of new books for SINH
lar prices at Buford's News Depot.
Hon. WI. Kelly, of Monroe, called at
our office yesterday. He says he is going
I to preserve order in his precinct, and to
assist him in doing SO laid in a stock of war
rants of arrest. Let the guilty stand from
under the squire means biz.
John Buchanan was in town yesterday, 1
looking well, and reports that since the ex-
treme hot weather last week some indica-
tious of rust are to be found on the leaf and
stalks of wheat. But unless more unfavor-
able weather appears, it viii probably not
do any damage
Enoch Boyle. q shoemaker at Albany, left
word with his wife few days age that he
intended going to another world, since
which time he has not been seen, and as he
gave NO intimation as to which route he
would take, difficulty may be experienced in
ascertaining his whereabouts
The principal reason why people do not
visit stores that do not advertise is because
the do not wish to disturb the clerks, who
are reading dime novels behind the counter,
and because they have to pay such a high
profit ON the goods they buy in order to
make such merchants whole on the custom
they have lost by their failure to advertise.
We are endeavoring to make the GAZETTE
! live newspaper, and in order to do. 50 have
been At conslderable expense in making i'm
proysments in the office. at the same time
our running expenses are very heavy, we
need money and would be greatly obliged
ff our subscribers would come forward and
nav up. The amount due from each sub
scfiber Is small, but In the aggregate it
a1aoupfs 70 considerable to US.