The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-20

Several parties In the vicinity OF Oorvalns
have gone to the mountains on hunting ex-
piditions.
The attention of our readers is called to
C. II. Whitney & Co.'S new advertisement
in this issue.
Owing to the resignation of Judge Smith,
Polk county has been without judge for
| several weeks.
At half-past four o'clock yesterday after
noon the comet was 81 500, 900 miles from
the sun and l23, 1855, 900 from the earth,
Rev. ]. r. n. Bell has again been assign
ed to this place. He will resume. services at
the College Chapel next Sunday morning
and evening.
The steam saw Is decided improvement
over John Cninaman and the saw buck.
1t done a good job on short notice for the
GAZETTE this week.
We have been informed that the rumor
mentioned last week regarding one of our
professional men is false. We therefore
gladly make the correction.
/ The choicest varieties Of beef, pork, and
mutton and nice fat chickens, can at all
times be found at either of Nick Baeson's
Palace or st. Nicholas markets where Gus
toners will be waited on with promptness
and dispatch.
Now that the long winter evenings are
here, why don't some enterprising individ-
l. and
few entertainments. We believe that Cor
Wallis has theatrical talent enough to get up
something pleasing and instructive.
Mr.. F. H Sawtell during the present
week bought the Post Office store from c.
Herbert Nash and will soon bring nice as
sortment of goods. Fred will certainly do
a good business. Mr.. Sawtell will also at
tend the telephone business for Mr.. Nash.
The depot had a narrow escape from fire
the fore part of the week. A stick of wood
had been thrown out, supposed to have no
fire on it. but the wind soon famed it into a
blaze and unless it had been discovered just
in time a fire would no doubt have occurred.
Why Will people continue to use blank
envelopes, letter heads and bill heads, when
they can get printed heads and envelopes
at the GAZETTE Office in the most approved
style at only little more than the cost
of paper and about what they buy them by
etail.
In the mention made last week regarding
Philbrick drawing revolver on one OF our
citizens, we desire to add that we are cred
itably informed by our city recorder that
it was proven by several witnesses that ne
drew it in self-defense and was for that rea-
son discharged after the examination.
Accounts of thieving are plentiful these
days. 1t is almost impossible to pick up
a paper without seeing mention made OF
some person or place being robbed. In
every instance that sthief is caught they
ought to be dealt with in way that is more
severe and then less petit thieving would be
done.
We received news last week which came to
late before going to press to make mention
of in last issue, that Fl. B. No. 5, introduc-
ed in the legislature by represenitive Ready
from this county, to reduce tolls fifty per
cent on freight passing through the locks at
Oregon City passed the house with only one
dissenting vote.
The Common Council of Portland has pro-
posed several amendments to the city char
ter. Among them are two OF considerable
interest to tax-payers-one fixing yearly
salaries of $4,000 for the Mayor and $1,000
each for Councilmen, and another permit
ting the city's indebtedness to reach 81 ZOO,
600 instead of $l00,0 900.
A few evenings ago two young men on
entering their room, on the eve of retireing,
discovered that their couch was occupied by
what they supposed to be a drunken galoot,
as he lay there half covered while pair of
No. 10 shoes projected from, beneath the
clothes. This SO enraged the young men
that they Immediately started for the as
sistance of w. Fl. Lesh, the night watch,
who came with his usual willingness and af-
ter entering the room and on seeing this
individual he at once said it was Frank Irwin;
why he thought it was Frank we know not
unless the feet had some resemblance. Lesh
ordered him to get up, but he lay there heed
less of what was said, whereupon the brave
nightwatch seized him by the collar aud al
once discovered 1t was nothing but a lot Of
old clothes that had been fixed up for the
| occasion.