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

LOCAL NOTES.
We are having considerable weather these
days
Moor's pile driver is getting in some tell
ing blows.
Mr. JOS Graham, of Toledo. was in the
city this week.
Genuine pebble spectacles and eye glasses
or sale at P P. GreAos.
Messrs. R. G. and G. s. Mires, of Alseya
valley, were in town last Thursday.
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The printing off ;e towel is one of the few
things of this world that has fast color
A man with the gout should make his
will. it is said, so that he will have his leg
atees.
First class clocks just received by P. P
Greffoz-
The meanest kind of mean man is the
man who will at this season give to tramp
straw hat.
Read the advertisement of S. A. Hemp
hill in this issue under the head of ''New
this week"
The valentine season is near at hand and
our youths are having either sentimental or
comic aspirations.
Coat-tail Irritation is the latest in Long
Tom. Having portion of the tail gone
signifies, her folks keep dog.
1t is getting to be the custom abroad for
men to wear bracelets. The custom has
long been in vogue in Oregon police circles.
A Corvallis shoemaker was recently asked
why he kept his shop as hot as oven,
and bis answer was, Because here 1 make
my bread"
Extensive preparations are being made for
the masquerade ball to be given by the hook
and ladder company on the 22nd, inst, at
the city hall
1t does seem strange that some women
will employ their time and affections in
petting q cat, when there is man with a
moustache around.
not to beat Also guns, revolvers, ammu-
milton, fishing takels etc., etc., at G. Hodes
gun store, at bedrock price.
The Polaris, published at Portland, was
sold by Rev. J. Il. Acton the fore part of
the week, to w. R. Struble, F. B. Mason
and VIM. Morgan for $500.
Messrs Geo. Henkle and e. Davis will
start to San Francisco next Tuesday morn
ing to purchase entire new stock of gen
eral merchandise for this market.
C. Fl. Whitney has been i'll Portland
during the week on business. preparatory to
the removal to their new building which
they expect to move into the fore part of
next week.
We keep constantly on hand at this office |
q large lot and variety of stationery letter |
heads, bill heads, envelopes, and papers Of |
different kinds which We furnish at the |
lowest possible prices.
1t is rumored that the Indians of the |
Warm Spring, KLamath and Umatilla res |
ervations will wage war in the spring against |
the whites if they are forced to obey the |
regulations Of the game law.
Our old tillicum, the junior of the va |
quina Post, has become quite nautical since |
his removal to the seashore. He is about |
to join the longshoremen, being able to un- |
load schooner" as quick as the next man |
A drop curtain is being added to the stage
at the city hall, want that has been long
needed. Mr. Wright has peen putting some |
very creditable artistic touches on it with |
his paint brush which gives our hall decid
edly better look.
Messrs. j. II. Boyd, ]. L. Davidson and |
I. S. Meserve, of Portland. returned to this
city last Thursday evening from the Alseya
valley and bay, where they had been for
two weeks looking at the country. They
gave the GAZETTE pleasant call.
Mr.. Jesse Houck, merchant of Monroe,
has been insour city during the past week.
MIR. H. states positively that he killed 260
days ago, and further states that compan-
ion hunter killed 2S mallar1s in one shot.
It will be well for all to remember that
the game law went into effect on the 18th
ult., and that grouse, quail and pheasants
must be left severely alone. Ducks can be
shot up to April but at present they are in
such poor condition that they are hardly
worth shooting at
Mrs. A. D. Scrafford is visiting friends in
Corvallis, preparatory to her departure to
Arizona, where she goes to join her hus-
band. She intends visiting her daughter
Allie, at Mills Seminary, California, during
her journey. Mr.. S. is in the mining bust
ness at Tombstone and is doing we'll
The Jeanette and complete and au-
thentic narrative encyclopedia of all voyages
and expeditions to the North Polar Regions
will be presented to the people Of Corvallis
in the near future, containing a complete
account of the most remarkable example
of heroism, endurance and suffering on
record. Embracing the biography and |
voyages of Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall |
and DeLong, and an account of the devel
opment of Arctic Navigation through the
voyages of the Norsemen, the Cabots, Gil |