The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-30
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


Old newspapers for sale at this Office for
25 cents per 100.
Hon. r. p. Earhars Sec. of State he's been
quite i'll of late.
Buy your goods of nen whose entei prising
business tact leads them to advertise
Go to the Occidental the best hotel in
Corvallis for your board and lodging.
The market indicates butter stronger,
cheese lively, and hops on the jump
Goats compete at the fairs in order to
gain the premium for the best butter.
The Roseburg Plaindealer proposes to
make some improvements soon.
Your place to buy the cheapest and best
harness and saddles in the valley is at S. A
Hemphil's.
A log rolled over Saml. Call nea: Millers
saw mill at Giants Pass one day this week
injuring him quite severely.
The girls at college fancy the study of
Astronomy, because .hey are anxious to see
the man in the moon.
short notice at less than San Francisco
drices,
One of the greatest curiosities heard of is
the man who is so tell that he has to get
down On his knees to get his hands III his
pockets.
A great stretcher of imagination and
patience is found when the merchant en-
deavors to fit pair of pants for five foot r
to six loot man.
A large number of lots have been sold at
the new town of Grants Pass and much
building is going on. which shows that many
have faith in the future of that place.
Mr.. Charles Van Vranklin, while work
in9 in the Warehouse in Junction had his
little finger caught in the elevator, tearing
the flesh completely off. The finger was
.amputated.
We have on hand at this Office new
stock containing latest designs in ladies
and gentlcman's cards, business cards, &c.,
which we print at very low figures. Call
and get some of them.
The bank of Nc Minville has fled articles
of incorporation in the Office of the secretary
of State, Jacob Workman. d. +. Thompson,
John Workman, and H. C.. Workman as in.
corporatols. Capital stock, $4,000.
In The Palouse city Directory published
in the Boomerang we find Thos. Humphrey
advertising ''money to loan and collections
promptly made He formerly lived in this
and Lane county.
"W. H. Bernhard, converted Jew, lee
tured at the BAPTIST Charch Wednesday
and Thursday evenings Of last week says
the EuGs ae JoAinok His subject the first
evening was, 'Reasons for leaving Judaism
and embracing Christianity the second
evening, "Hs travels through Palestine;
life and costumes of Oreientle Jews" His |
hearers contributed quite liberaly, we are
informed" ED.-Converted to the contribu-
tion no doubt.
From S. L. Lolsen, locating engineer fo;
this division, we learn that construction
trains are expected to run through 20 G ,ants
Pass on the 25th of this month and one
week liter the passenger trains will also
run to that place. The buildings to be
used for station and warehouse purposes are
looming up and will be ready for occupancy
by December lst when the terminal sta zion
will be changed to Grants Pass for the |
winter.
A Yaliats item to the Dalles Item;-er says, |
Three men while out hunting last week, |
were overtaken by uight in the mountains,
and trying to find camp in the dark, lost
the trail. One man, John Patterson, fell |
from clif, sixteen feet high, striking his
side on two sharp rocks. He received quite
severe internal injuries, but no broken
bones. He was carrying two guns at the
time, and they probably saved his life by
breaking the fall. The muzLle of one ran
three feet into the ground.
The Astorian puts it in the following
very peculiar but true way. The columns
of newspaper. resemble in one sense
bill of fare. No man would care to eat all !
he finds named in the slip before him when
he sits down to breakfast or due, vet it /
would be strange indeed if he did not see
something that suited him. We all have
different tastes, fortunately for mankind,
and the item or paragraph that you turn
from and think uncalled for or unnecessary
may be just what your neighbor at the next
table wanted to see.
The cases in the u. S. Circuit court
of Wells Fargo & Co. VS. Oregon Eail-
way and Nav. Co., and Wells, Fargo