The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-03-30
LOCAL NOTES.

Town property and farm land for. sale or
trade. Inquire at the GAZETTE office.
An unusual amount of business has been
before the grand jury this term of court
Legal blanks furnished at this office on
short notice at less than San Francisco
prices.
Go to August Knights one of the best
workmen in the State and buy your furniture
and bedding. >-. ...
At Will Bros. you can get most any kind
of fish hooks, ines rods You want; go
and see for yourself.
Your place to buy the cheapest and best
harness and saddles in the valley is at S. A.
Hemphlll's well known stand.
The o. & C. r. r. Co., are advertising
for men and teams to work on the southern
extension and are offering good wages.
1t is expected that not less than $1,000,
600 will be expended in new buildings in
Portland and Albina the coming summer.
Our city is unusually well filed this week
occasioned by the session of the circuit
court and our hotels are filed to overflow
ing -
The dance loving portion of Philomath
are going to indulge in mirth and music on
the 9Th of the coming month in Kisor's new
hall.
E. C. Vaughan has a nicely assorted
stock of groceries, crockery, and glassware
for sale on the best and most reasonable
terms.
The water at Spokane Falls descends, in
abou. half mile 1877 feet, in three jumps,
81 for the upper, 70 for the lower and 10 for
the rapids below.
Cur farmers who have cattle for sale will
find ready market these days IS the
country is being secured with purchasers
offering fair prices.
On and after April the west side divis-
ion viii put on another passenger train, to
be run between McMinnville and Portland,
and will make the round trip daily.
A Mr. Wickersham has taken the posi-
tion of conductor between here and Port
land in the place of Mr.. Censor who leaves
in few days to take like position up on
b. the Northern Pacific.
The show windows in c. H. Wbitney's
new store have been tastily arranged with a
fine display of goods which gives that end
of the city business appearance.
The OR L n Co. will put on another
steamer TO ply between San Francisco and
Portland about the frst of the month, as
the three now in use are not equal to the de-
mand.
Travel to The bay is quite brisk and the
mail carrier has to do some fine figuring to
get them all over there without using extra
teams as the roads are very bad since our
recent rains.
Labau Sanders who was indicted by the
grand jury was found guilty of the larceny
of a steer as charged in the Indictment and
to-day friday at 10 o'clock the Judge will
pass sentence.
We keep constantly on hand at this office
large lot and variety of stationery letter
heads, bill heads, envelopes, and papers Of
different kinds which we furnish at the
lowest possible prices.
Next Saturday the Monmouth boys are
expected up here to contest in a game of
base ball with the college nine of this place.
If the weather will permit the game will be,
quite interesting and hotly contested.
The Brush electric light is an assured fact
go far as Portland is concerned. Nearly
100 lights have been contracted for in the
business portion of the city. The lights
will be brightly shining here before long.
Merry Mason the fine Clideslale Stallion
will stand the season of 1888 at Sol Kings
stable in Corvallis, Benton county Oregon,
3 days out of each week commencing April
9Th 1883. D. GRUse,N, Owner.
Max Friendly shipped to Portland yes
terday two car loads of ash lumber, this be.
ing the first shipment of the season. Mr.
Friendly intends doing an extensive bust
ness in this line this season both in the
shipment of ash and maple.
Since our issue of last week, under the
head of Newport Items, wherein was stated
that slight fire in the Irwin house was evi
IDENTIFY the work of an incendiary we have
since learned that such was not cor
rect but it was the result of accident.
In the report of the condition of grain
published in the Commercial Herald farm
er of 81 years experience writes from Ben
ton county that he is of the opinion that
with the land in good condition crops will be
very good and the yield larger than last
year.
Ben johnson, the Indian who has graced
the inner walls of the county calaboose fol
the past eight or ten months awaiting trial
both for larceny and murder, was cleared Of
the former charge during the week, but viii
continue to be guest of the county unit
the charge of murder has been disposed of
The initial number Of the Commercial
Herald, published at Portland, has beer
received this week, and if the first issue
ihay be considered criterion of its future
indeavors we bespeak for the newspaper un
bounded success It is an eight page, five
column eekly, filled with commercial facts
apd figures