The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-12-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL

steam fire ems inc.
The largest assortment of candy in town
at Mattoon's.
Old NEWSPAPERS for sale at this Office TO,
25 cents per la3
The Salem Mills purchased $4,000 bushels
of wheatas CorvaL IS recently.
Dolls. all sorts, sizes and kinds, at Mat
toonis.
Christmas cards, the prettiest in the city
at Mattoon's.
The snake river wheat crops foots up %,
600 tons
Cigars, cigarettes, tobaecos, the best
brands at Mattoons.
Pens. ink, paper, pencils, stationery, at
Mattoon's.
Seattle is to have a water power and cleo
trio light.
Albums, pocket books, etc. at Nations
Extra heavy plated jewelry at Matteon's.
Some considerable excitement exists near
Baker City, Oregon, growing out of the DIS
COtcEy Ol q new SopPSh ~ 40 'AAS
best find Of the season.
Soda, sars- parilia, ginger ale, by the case
OF bottle at Mattoon's.
There is now 1900 tons of wheat on the
platform a. Adams, Umatilla county Ore
gen, awaiting the building OF the Walla
Walla and pendleton branch of the o. r. &
N. Co.
Those nice fitting patterns for every thing
worn by man, woman or child can be found
at MatSoon's.
Rcy. Banks, of Boise City, Idaho is lec-
turing: His subject this week is ''Beeeher
I'D his Work" A good preparation r it
would be to read up that celebrated case.
Violins, aocordions, musical appurtenanc-
es. at MatSoons.
Cards, dominoes and checkers at Mattoon,
The steamers o. the railway comrany op-
Grating ON Suake rive have been put into
tons o. grain :. the warehouses along the
Stream.
Legal blanks furnished at this Office on
short nosice at less than San Francisco
prices.
Scarlet fever is yet doing its work in Eu-
gene cit as the two little children of B.
Ii. and Henrietta James, one of them
three aud the other seven years old died of
the disease recently.
The cheapest aud BEST hardware, stoves.
tiuware, plows, wagons and agricultural
impliments AZ Woodcock & Baidvin's, CO..
Wallis, Oregon
The amount of cettonseeds produced in
United Stases annually is placed at ITO, =
900 bushels, at an average value of $22,-
600 000 la its conversion into oil is en-
p,oyed 100000 capitol and 25,0l5 peo
pie.
Parties positively declare they saw old
M. Hood smoking on Tuesday evening,
says the Da-les Mounsaineer. We did not
witness the phenomenon, but our infor-
mants perfectly reliable, and state that
the vapor could be easily discerned.
At the last meeting of the Town Trustees
of Ashland, an ordinance was passed pro-
viding for the arrest of vagrants, who will
be compelled, upon conviction of vagrancy,
to work upon the streets for the improve
ment of the town.
The first train reached Rock Point last
Tuesday about three o'clock P. M, says the
jacksonville Sentinel. Many old residents
of that locality were there to greet it,
some of them never having seen train of
cars before.
The Lakeview Egcminer reports that a
human head, partially deeomposed, was
brought by dogs to the ranch OF Capt.
Follet at Willow ranch last week. It is
supposed to be the head Of Shaw, who, was
mysteriously murdered on the Madeline
plains some time since, his body being found
with the head missing.
Baltimore, having more than $780, o,OCo
invested in oyster picking, and over 10000
persons engaged in the business, is taking
measures to prevent the destruction of the
oyster beds in abe Chesapeak Bay. 1t is
proposed that the period of rest for oysters
shal, be heightened and extend from April
1st till October LIST.
Slow milking of cows never secures the
full product. The COW becomes tired of re-
1axing the under muscles, and after a time
resnmes the more natural position of con-
tracting them. This makes much stripping
necessary, and a slow mixer will never have
patience to strip long time. Partial milk
ing soon dries the COW, and greatly reduces
her value.
Some one has made calculation showing
that difference in yield of milk of one-sixth
of quart per day should, at the usual
price, make difference of $40 in the value
of a COW, the feed and care being the same.
But it should not be forgotten that the
value of ordinary cows may be much iu-
creased by attention to regular, clean milk
ing. plenty of good water, warmth in Win
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