The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-02-02

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Forty acres of land adjoining Albina were
| sold about week ago for $4,000.
One brewery on the Pacific coast sold
"a, lSS kegs of beer during the past year.
Go to FL. E. Harris to buy your goods be-
| cause his house is one of the cheapest and
best in town.
Scarlet fever is raising sad havoc at Jack
sonville and the Sentinel recommends the
public schools to close.
The total value of exports from the Col
| umbia river for the last year was SIS, 560,-
932, and the total value of imports was
S23, l5s, 9Sl.
The Gem the new sheet to be published
| by the college students, il expected to ger
| inmate tomorrow, and will thereafter be a
monthly visitor.
Geo. Wagner and T. J. Buford will no
| doubt do a good business in real estate
business because they are enterpr1sing and
energetic men.
The tug Tacoma charged and received
S., 600 for pulling ship off the beach at
Seattle after being stranded during the
storm last week.
The Astoria boat shops are all busy turn
ing out boats for the coming fishing season.
1t is estimated that $50 new boats will be
put in the river next April
S. A. Hemphill by his well established
habits of ''Git up and git and business in-
tegrity conti1 ues to do the leading harness
and sadilery trade af this town.
If you want to buy your furniture and
bedding cheap and of one of the best work
men in Oregon and good straight forward
dealer 60 to August Knight and get the best.
The heavy rains of the past ten days TO-
gether with the melting snow in the noun
tains have swollen the Willamette to huge
mark of the season.
Turks always swear by the beard of the
prophet. but that's too long an oath to sat
isfy the junior editor of the Yaquina Post
when scheming rivals tell the girls that it
is old age that made him bald-headed.
WANTED-At this office one or two dozen
chickens of the first order. Live ones are
preferred. Some of that famous kind which
lay two eggs each day and three or four on
Sunday are not expected this time of year.
1t will be seen by an advertisement else
where that Geo. Waggoner and T. J. Buford
have formed partnership in the real estate
business and that they will hereafter be
prepared to attend to all such business in
troduced to them, faithfully.
All persons desiring extra numbers of the
GAZETTE while our articles descriptive of
Benton county giving the names of tax pay
ers &C.. are being published, will please
leave or send their orders to the Office i'm
mediately so that we may be able tc know
how many extras to print.
The News of the 3lst tells the sad story
of the fall of Ham Boyd, once mayor of
Portland. He was picked up on back
street insensible the other day and taken
to the poor house where he will hereafter
be cared for at the county's expense. Drink
caused his fall and he became insane
When C. 81. Whitney Co. moves into
their new store they expect to keep the
largest and best selected stock of merchan-
disc in town. And they will continue to
do the leading business because their enter
prise enables them to sell goods for the
owest prices on the principle of small pro-
fits and quick returns.
The Wasco Sun, the Dal'es, says: One day
last week Gilman an had his leg cut off ON |
the railroad in this vicinity. One of our
leading surgeons was called to attend the |
man and found his companions with blank
ct endeavoring to smother him. When ex-
postulated with they declared mo Leg no
good; heap cost; no work" oct. A subse- |
1uen. visit found the man dead.
The lecture to be given last Tuesday eve- |
ming by Mr.. Rubell entitled, ''By Land and |
Sea" failed to come of, the reason being the |
lack of an audience. The night was very
stormy and no doubt had its eife;t in keep.
ing people away; furthermore our citizens
have not been shghted in the way of enter
tainments during tire past six weeks and
are not hungry at present for such literary !
treats.
Andrew Porter, one of the mail carriers
here and the bay, while enroute for
Corvallis on Tuesday, stopped as usual at
Philomath to have the mail changed. The
lay had been very stormy and the mail was
in rather bad condition, which necessita-
ted longer time in changing it. Andrew
became uneasy and started for Corvallis
alone, leaving Uncle Sans wares to do like
wise. Of course the mail had to go and the
postmaster dispatched another carrier to
preiorm the task.
Only last week we were called upon to
chronicle the death of Mrs. John Grimsley,
an aged lady of this city. In to.days issue
will be found similar notice regarding Mr..
Grimsley. This old aud respected couple
have been residents of Corvallis for many a
year and many acquaintances will learn of
their sad demise with true sorrow The
Did lady passed through the shaddowed
valley into the great beyond on the Oath
ult and was followed by her earthly COM
panion on the 29th Peace to- their ashes.