The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-21

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Rev E. R. Murgatroyd will preach at til
Presbyterian church next Sabbath at the
usual hour.
The employment OF that young lady 10
eerk in c. H. Whitney's store did no,
pan out:
The Lucky Queen quartz mill was bnrned
on Monday of last week. Origin of tie
lire unknown.
Misses Eda and Sarah Jacobs returned
from Newport yesterday, where they have
beeu sojourming for some time.
State Surt. of public instruction, E. r.
McE:roy will hold a teachers institute at
Coquille City on tn, 26rh and 27,h OF this
month.
Mf. J. Fl. Berry, one of the pioneer hotel
keepers of Junction, has recently returned
from Soda springs. where ne had been in
hopes of henetiting his poor health.
Messrs. J. M. Rosenberg and j. w.
Wrig ght, business men of Salem, went to
Newport last Saturday, where their families
have been rusticating for some time.
We are creditab!y inf ,rned that school
will begin in both district schools of Corv.[
is on the 3lst day of the present month.
The Same teachers in each school as taught
last year. -.
That brother of G.. II. Whitnev's who re-,
s..
store clothes on and who had his hair cut
with John Moores shaving machine created
quite a sensation.
Miss Clara Cecil, who has been visiting
in Corvallis for some months, left for her
home in Davisville, Cal, she will visit
friends in Eugene for few days, and return
to California overland.
A Salem company have leased the steamer
Topsy, OF this place, and have taken her to
run on the river in the place of the Isabel.
She will rua between here and ALBANY as
soon as the fall rains begin.
| Fifteen car loads of cattle were shipped
from Baker City, and eighteen car loads
from Ontario, Oregon, on Monday. These
cattle go by way of the Oregon Snort Line
aud Chicago and Northwestern to Chicago.
| Messers. Pete Callahan and Nose Kline
fully intended spending last Sunday in Iude
p=ndence. and would probably have done SC
had it not been for their horse, which took
a spin In the country on his own say so.
Mr.. John Osburn and wife intend going
buck to Pennsylvania this fall to visit th-il
old home and where Mr.. Osburn spent his
boy lood days, among friends ana aoluain.
tances. The, may remain through the
| winter.
About 800 cords of wood belonging to the
0. & q. K. R. company was burned last
Sunday night, just below Salem. The Nom
day morning expr ess aud PASSENGER train
were delayed ON account of the fire having
burned quite lot of the track.
MIR. VIM. Hamilton "n. day showed us IL
potato vi ,e growing in his yard Ill this city
measuring Sc, en r,u:. i.ng. .shl5G Is, -. Y
the lie ,st all ex.r.nrdin .ry growth, cun>iter.
ing that 1t has rea he t!,is enormous zen 5ta
slJiIuut any cultivation whatever
Capt. Gore, of the government snag boa,
spent Sunday iii Coz, ,a,ls. He informs lis
tn It last week his crew iii some very effect
ua work in Gle .rinS H"gue creek, IA 81 an.
mel of the river about three miles above
town. ibis week they are working near
| B,unviie.
| Prof. Grimm. Of the Agricultural Colleg",
| and wife, WHO have been for several weeks
on tnur elst Of the mountains visiting wi h
Mrs Grimn'> parents, Mr. AMI Mrs. Henry
| Ei,i tit, returned home last week, much re-
freshed and really to begiu the cnllegr year.
| Mr. Henry Elliott an old resilient of this
county and who for the last year has been
Twin : east of the mountains, has returned
to ,riton county and intends making this
his future home. He recently purchased
! the farm fnrlnerly occupied by A. R. Will
c,ckson. west ef Monroe, known as tile
McCane farm.
| Marshal Pygall went to Portland and ar,
rested une of tfe Engineers VIII" struck a
! few weeks ago OH the o. p. r. R. anil
bronght HIM hack to Corvallis because he
had gone away failing to pay jacobs & Neu'
gass ii sum of money which he owed them.
He shell-d out the money when he got here,
and was thereafter permitted to ''depart III
peace"
Some of as fine peaches as ever grew were
placed in onr hands few Il VS. ago l'y Mont,
Winkle, who lives south of Corvallis in the
river bottom. He informs us that he raises
every year forty or fifty bushels of this val
liable and delicious fruit. Peaches can be
raised successfully in Oregon if the proper
protection is afforded to the tree. &C.
| The Boone, Iowa, Standard says that az
excursion is to take place from that place t.
Portland, Oregon, and adjacent places ON the
Sth of September The excursion will he
over the same route as the Iowa editors
| made. A large number of excursiunists