The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-30
LOCAL NOTES

Keeps all of the leading
Newspapers, Magazines, Novels, etc.
DIR. F. W. Vincent has returned from the
bay.
Cedar posts for sale at Chenoweth and
Johnson's
All kinds of Blanks in stock and for sale
at the Gazette Office.
For the latest patterns in wallpaper, go
to tae new furniture store.
The foundation for Blair's wharf is now
laid and work is progressing finely.
The recent rains have raised the river
to nearly three feet above low water mark.
Carlile has just received a large invoice of
the Phoenix cigars. the best bit cigar ever
offered in this market.
Corvallis is good place for book
bindery, Amy information concerning the
same wiiibc freely given at this office.
Fresh 4Yaquina Oysters at Carlile's. Per-
sons wishing supplies for families should
order in the forenoon.
Lewis Wilson and family started for the
.Ochoco and Yakima county yesterday to
be absent several months
The canvassers are now busy collecting
subscriptions for the Yaquina harbor i'm
provement fund and meeting with success.
DIR. +. NJ. Carter, NJ H, Parker and a
number OF other persons from Philomath
were in Corvallis on Monday, to attend the
memorial services of the late President.
Three yoat,g lalies of Ashland were
caught in ]. z. Walkers garden one night
lately, helping themselves to melons.
Times. What has become OF the Ashland
boys.
Capt. J. NJ. Ayles informs as that on last
Sabbath he ate green peas from his garden
tn his Summit farm from the same vines
that he had gathered matured crop in
early summer.
The recent rain has put the ground in
excellent conditi,n for the autumn farming
and the farmers are now busy improving the
time in putting in their fall grain.
p NJ. Cooper showed us this week
small rasberry bush that commenced its
growth this. year and now hasa crop of
fully matured berries this is certainly grow
ing fruit in a hurry.
A party of pleasure seekers from Sheed
Station Linn county, passed through Cor
wallis last Friday for the Bay intending to
camp, it was raining at the time and we
fear they had rather moist time.
$500 in money or wheat donated by each
farm owner in this Willamette Valley to
the Yaquina harbor improvement will in-
crease the value Of thsir farmes from ten
to twenty per cent in less than one year.
Last Saturday w. A. Wells baught. IL,
900 bushels Of wheat and has bought alto
gether over $1,000 bushels this, looks as
though the farmers intended to sell early
in the season. We have not ascertained
what the other warehouses have purchased.
Prof. NJ. H. Parker, principal Of. the
Philomath public school, paid us pleasant
visit Monday he informs us that his school
Mt that place opened under the most favor.
able terms with ffty-four puples, he is
assisted in his duties by Prof, Albert Rice.
The following letters remained uncalled
for at the postoffice in Corvallis, Sept. 3oth:
Christnia Brown, Mrs. E. Cheney, Davis
Duckey, Celestia Morgan, Mary Rowe, Mrs.
A. Ross, Effie West, John II. Berry, NJ.
Brobst, James Pullen, E. A. Gibson, Patrick
Kennedy, L. B. Lawson, J.. Fl. Robinson,
G. L. Smith. N. n. BARBER, Pm.
Thos j. Mcdowell of this city, ! is now
digging the second crop of potatoes from
the same ground. Planting the first early in
the season and after they had matured dug
them and then planted the ground again
the second crop now fully ripe as good as
the first, being large smooth and fully devel-
oped potatoes.
A man whose name we did not learn was
caught between two large sawed timbers
last Saturday at the new railroad mill near
Philonlath and badly bruised, but no bones
broken and no internal injury done, but it
was a close call as the timbers were large
and heavy. DR., Farra was summoned in
great haste as his comrads thought the acci.
dent serious, but ct last accounts he was
doing 1uitc well