The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-12-07

| Mrs. Ada Moore a long resident of this
county and g good friend to Corvallis
moved to Harrisburg, Linn county, this
week, where she will for time make her
future home.
A couple of town bells had an under
standing between them. 1t was a
Miss understanding because they were both
endeavoring to get an exclusive monopoly
of the same beau.
Physicians have found several cases
where diseases of the ear have been aggra-
waited by use of the telephone. Some talk
through telephone would undoubtedly ag
gravate anything.
! A dram--atic performances usually
takes place by drinking beer in the garret.
/ An eminent physician says the best board
for dyspeptic young ladies is a washboard
it gives strength of muscle, good appetite,
and supercedes the necessity of painting
their faces.
Jack Allphin wears No. ii coonskins,
but ordered his shoemaker not to mark
the last pair so high The shoemaker was
puzzled as to how to mark them, as items"
would not be truthful, and he finally Ia
belled them ga pair of Jacks.
We have on hand at this Office a new
stock containing latest designs in ladies
| md gentlcman's cards, business cards, &C.,
which we print at very low figures. Call
and get some of them.
Rev. I. D. Diver will lecture this Friday
evening, 7th inst, at the Methodist Episco-
pal church. Subject: position, Power
and Influence of Woman" Public cor
daily invited.
The severe storm at Newport last week,
instead Of weakening the jetty has proven
beneficial, making deeper and Strengthening
the channel inside, and piling up the sand
and making the work still stronger on the
outside.
Last Sunday fire occurred in Portland
burning the double residence owned by
Henry Eleckenstein and occupied by Jos.
Bachman, Il. C. Dale and E. j. Harris.
Some of Bachman's creditors are rustline
cLucdsoiiuS w AoShiiis'ii
insurance on the burned property.
i Mr.. Beech of Ohio, a friend of DIR. Bailey,
was visiting in Corvallis Saturday. He re-
Gently sold his farm in Ohio and came out
to look at Oregon. He has spent several
/ weeks in looking over the State and thinks
that he likes the prospects in and about
Corvallis the best of anything he has seen
vet. He started back to Ohio last Monday
and intends returning to Corvallis with his
family next March.
Joseph Henkle, formerly of this place
but now a resident of Cook county took i'll
1.-THE excursion east with pioneers. On his
trip he visited various places among .othei
states he went to Missouri where he be
came acquainted with a young lady and i'll
about three weeks thereafter he married
her and has already brought her out to his
home in Cook county. The lady secured g
good husband and 10 is as happy as could
be expected.
Hon. ". Lair Hill, wife and family, with
the exception of his son Coke, who viii
continue his studies at the academy during
the present year, departed last Monday fol
a winters sojourn in California. Mr.. Hills
health has become greatly impaired, and by
the advice of physicians he has made the
change of climate.-The Dallcs Times 4Noun
taineer
Last Friday night City Marshal Pygall
| hat h.
a Chinese opium smoking house and found
five o. six of the dusky heathens loungine
around the room and on beds. An opium
pipe was among them and the smoke of
opium was exceedingly strong. The Mar
| shall thereupon jerked the whole lot of them
and landed them in the city jug. One of
them plead guilty before the recorder with
out trial, another one was tried last Satur-
day before jury and found guilty; third
one was tried on last Monday before sanoth-
er jury and the jury after remaining out un-
til four o'clock on Tuesday morning agreed
to disagree and were thereupon discharged
| from further attendance on that court by
his honor Judge Lesh. Mr.. Lesh remained
up during the whole might in order to re-
ceive the verdict of the jury when rendered.
But that jury had their mind made up to
not pull together. The most distressing
| thing in the whole affair was that VIM.
! Wright was all dressed and had on his best
looks in the evening to go to a social party
and he was caught by the Marshal and put
on the jury and before the jury, was dis
charged in the morning the party was a
thing of the past. Wright could not help
| it but he did not like il all the same.