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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

A YEAR OF FIRES. present year
will Ion. be remembered as one in whic n
the lurid flame of the destroying element
has enveloped whole cities entalling heavy
loss of property to many, especially those
who thought they could afford to stake
ch ,nc' s. and neglected to provide against
loss by fire by insurance with a responsible
company. You cannot afford to take
chances" Ii your house, barn, store, or
goods are not insured, or your grain Ii the
warehouse, lose no time in taking out a
policy in the old reliable New Zealand
insurance company. which met every loss
at Seattle, Ellensburg, and Spokane,
promptly. Its record of the past 80 years
of satisfactory settlements, and cash pay
m.nts places it on the first rank among the
companies doing business in Oregon.
Rllston Cox is agent for Benton county,
with office on the first floor of the new
O ,urt house. ....-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

which were picked from the farm of
R. NJ. Thompson, one-hdlf mile south
of the Mary's river bridge: These
peaches measure over ten and 4 half
inches each in circumference.
Prof: Herbert Kittredge has pur-:
chased the residence and half block
Of gfouhd belonging to w: F: Hoffman;
situated in west Corvallis: The price;
paid was $2,750. w. T: has already
begun the erection of new residence
on his property adjoining:
On account of the new racing cart
for the Corvallis hose boys not arriving
in time to use in the practice
races here; preparatory to going to
Tacoma, the Lebanon cart has been
secured for the above purpose: 1t Was
brought here on Monday,
"Otegon Eclipse" the two-year old
sorrel racer belonging to Andy Foster,
was On the streets on Tuesday. He
will run in a race near Independence
to-day and is also down for one or
more races at the state faii. .. f.;
will get there; he has The legs to do
it.
Judging from the way that Johnny
Clancy flew, after he released the bali
and chain from his leg on Tuesday
afternoon, while working out ine,'
he would make good one for the
Corvallis hose team. When last seem
he was flying out toward Kings
valley.
Rev. d. Atkins has again been ap-
pointed to the station as pastor of THE
NJ f. church, south in this city, and
also president of the Corvallis college,
The conference of the denomination
held five days session in Dallas last
week. J. w. Craig is the presiding
elder for the Oregon district.
Hon. Geo. H. Williams, of Portland,' :
will lecture in the Congregational
church on the evening of September
10th, on "The Divinity OF Christ" !"
This is the first of course Of four
lectures to be given: in the interest of
the w. G. T. U. Of this city. One
dollar is charged for the series:
Third street from Van Buren TO-
Madison has" been scraped, all the
rocks taken off, holes filed up, etc.
to be used as track for the Corvallis
hose team to run on. Even the crcss
walks have been taken up. # would
be good plan to have hose race;
every day in the year if it woult Be a
means of eausiHgthe streets to be put:
in shape.
The Albany Democrat, of August
3Oth, says: "Mrs. Smell, professor Of
domestic economy in the agricultural
college at Corvallis, arrived in Albany
this morning on her way to her new
field of labors, and spent the forenoon
in the city making friends with AL
bany people, which is an easy thing to
do, as Mis-. Smell is woman of many
apparent charms OF character. She
will fill new department in the college,
one which should become popular"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

OREGON (BENToN Co.. Corn
"Adam Ohmart came home yes
terday from trip through the
coast section of Benton county,
and brought with him, among
other trophies of his tour, stalk
of corn of the mammoth variety,
which measures - feet 6 inches
high and carries two finely devel-
oped ears, it being six feet to the
first ear and seven feet to the
second. 1t was raised off the farm
of j. M. Sharp, in the Alsea val
ley, and can be seen at the Office
of the Oregon Land company
Salem Statesman. Sept. 5. Sew
eral stalks have been brought to
Corvallis which have measured
over thirteen feet. And, right
here, it may be said that this
county produces just as fine grain,
vegetables, fruit, etc, as any other
section, and yet, when it GENES to
getting up an exhibit of such to
send east, somehow or other no.
body has any life in them to col
lect few samples.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

CONE OFF-Yesterday two Cor
wallis men were in the city pretty
we'll loaded with tarantula essence
Forgetting themselves and becom
ing a little hilarious one of them
braced up and in loud whisper
said to his companion: "This j:
not Corvallis; let's CO." And they
went.-Albany Democrat, Sept. 2
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

THE North JETTY.-In regard to
the recent decision of q. S. Judge
Deadly in the case of Samuel Case
VS.. the U. S. government to re-
strain the erection of the govern
ment tramway on the north beach
at Yaquina, a portion of which
was given in last weeks GAZETTE.
it is but justice to Mr.. Case to state
that the case. was simply brought
to determine whether he or the
city of Newport owns certain rights
to the water front. The decision
being in his favor will not interfere
with the government work, as he
is as deeply interested in the i'm
provement of Yaquina harbor a.
any one. The government will g
on with the work just as it ha'
before. ,<
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

TURNED LoosE.-Hon. S. I. JEFF
freys, s'Dr. Green" Samps on Leon
aius Henderson, Baby Henry
Wortham, DR.. II. PerDot, and
Richard CASTLE, all 'Ebluds" of
Corvallis, start to-day with the
necessary camping outfit, blank
cartridges, toy guns, etc., towards
the Upper Soda country, on the
Santiam river, about sixty miles
from here, on general raid on
anything that may come in their
way. DIR. G. S. L. II. says they
will kill anything that runs wild,
no matter whether it is an emmett
or a California grizzly. They
have blood in their eyes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

Go to the Palace barber shops opposite
the brick livery stable, Main street, for a
first-class shave, hair cut, shampoo, or
bath. Shaving l5 cents; hair cutting and
shampooing, 25 cents each, and baths, 25
J oents, or five bath tickets for 81. tf.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06
WHILE AsLEEP.-ssThe Tuscarors

WHILE ASLEEP. -"The Tuscarora
(Nevada) Index makes mention of
a somnambu;istic miner in the
Homer district, who nightly at
midnight leaves his cabin and re-
turns in a few hours with sack of
ore worth $40 per pound. The
somnambulist has been watched,
but he is so agile in climbing steep
mountain sides, that no one has,
so far. been able to track him to
the spot where he gets the rich ore.
He has accumulated above $4,000
in gold mortared out OF ore secur
ed in his somnambulistic rambles," "
says an exchange. Don't all turn
somnambulists.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06
The O. p. observation-disclosures
Sheriff Frank Wrightman returned

The 0. .P.TRACKLAYING.-Deputy p.
Sheriff Frank Wrightman returned
yesterday from his trip to the
mountains up the North Santiam,
and reports that the work of lay
ing track on the extension of the
@. P. railroad is to be commenced
early next week, says the Salem
Statesmen of Aug. 30th. Should
there be sufficient iron and other
track material on hand, and a
reasonable force of men kept to
work steadily, the road can be
placed in good running order clear
to the summit before the season
compels a cessation OF labor. An
ordinary track laying gang will put
down a mile to a mile and quar-
ter day, and two years ago this
kind of work was done until the
middle Of November. 1t takes
eighty-eight tons of steel, or six
carloads, to the mile, so the reader
can see it is no small matter to
have on hand and get to the front
the material for all extension of
thirty-fve or forty miles. Mr..
Wrightman had not heard, nor has
this writer seen stated, how much
steel the company has on hands,
SO the amount of work to be done
this year is uncertain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

On THE SANDs.-The Rowena, a
little two-masted fishing schooner
worth about $4,000, while Out
deep sea fishing near Yaquina bay
un Thursday last, became be
calmed and drifted upon the sands
mile below the south jetty
Three fishermen on board clune
to the rigging all the afternoon. A
life boat went to their rescue, but
the men not feeling themselves IL
much danger preferred to stay
with their vessel. They waited
until low tide and then wadee
ashore. Their boat was left com
fortably high and dry on its side
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

The S. B. remedies for headache, liver
aud kidney troubles and for coughs and
colds are rapidly growing in favor with the
people. aga 23n
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

The trustees Of the old agricultural
college, Of the South Methodist church,
held meeting in the college chapel
On Tuesday,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06
WEATHER REpoRT.-During Au

WEATHER REpoRT.-During Au-
gust 1889 there were six days dur
ing which rain fell and an aggre-
gate of l SO inches of water. There
were nine clear, two fair, six cloudy
and fourteen smoky days. The
highest temperature for the month
was IS degrees on the 7th, lowest
47 degrees on the Oath, and mean
63.6 degrees. The average mean
temperature for August In
twenty years is 6s.6; that fol
August, 1889, 62.6 degrees, Is
below normal by 5 degrees.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

CoMING.--On Sept. -, 13, and
14th, Eta Whitaker, the oil
crayon artist, will be in Corvallis.
Miss Whiteaker recently gradu-
ated under the careful and thor
ough instructions Of the late Prof.
G. Krumbein, Of London. There
being but one other oil cIayon
artist on the coast, all persons de-
string such work should examine
Miss Whiteaker's system, for it is
all free hand. drawing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

To MEET To-DAY--The execu-
tive committee of the agricultural
college will hold a session in this
city to-day to arrange some work
with the faculty previous to the
opening of the school. This COM
mittee is composed of L. E. eau
thorne, Wallis Nash, of Corvallis;
J. L. Apperson, Oregon City; H.
E. Hayes, Oswego; and j. K.
Weatherford of Albany.
INsANE.-J. r. Haddock, who
was formerly a resident of Cor
wallis. but tor the past three weeks
a resident of Roseburg, has be-
come insane. He has been taken
to the asylum.
LETTERs.-Advertised for Sept
6, 1889: Curtis Charles E., Har-
bert, o. H., Oherson, Rev. Ola (for-
eign), Spitsor Charley, Smith
Frank, Walker w. H., Walker
Mrs. Ettie. F. A. HELM. 2. Ne.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

To MEET.-On Wednesday, Ser
tember 11th, the convention of the
missionary jurisdiction of the
Episcopal denomination in Oregon
will meet in Portland to form it.
self into a diocese, and elect dele
gates to the convention Of this
church in the United States. which
will occur in New York during
the month of October. The dele
gates from here to Portland are
Prof. J. d. Letcher, W. A. Doane.
and Wallis Nash.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

e- CoLLAPsED.-The barn, spoken
of last week as being moved to
Judge Burnett's property from the
rear of the Congregational church,
failed to reach its destination. 1t
collapsed. The movers thought
they would place it on large log
wagon and thereby get over the
ground quicker. But, somehow
or other, the building concluded
to fall and over it went-endine
in a total wreck.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

DAILY FREIGHT.-An extra train
has been put on the west side
S. P. railroad, and has been run
ming for about ten days, in order
to attend to the large grain ship
ments. The extra arrives here
every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
Eurday evening, and returns the
next morning, leaving at All
o'clock.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

ABOUT OCTOBER 1sT.-The dor
mitory building at the agricultural
college will not be ready for use
until about the first of October,
and it has been arranged to use
the rooms over the reading room
for the scholars from abroad, and
if these are not sufficient others
will be secured. The masons are
getting along very we'll with the
brick work on the second story OF
the mechanical hall. ...
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

MORE GRoUND.-Philip Phile has
purchased the corner lot adjoining
his residence property Oh Water
street snd is preparing to have ii
enclosed with a nice picket fence
The barn which stood on the LOT
was given to Norman Lilly and
he has torn it down and moved
the material away. This will
make splendid addition to MIR
Phile's already beautiful home.
A BAD SIGN.-Corvallis papers
are so poorly patronized by the
sleepy home merchants that one
of them has to run a two column
/ ad. of its own both inside and out
side. The papers there are al
we'll edited, and in fact are severa
miles ahead of the unenterprisins
merchants, who need proddlns
with pitchfork.-Albany Demo
crat. Aug. 81.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-06

! CHAFF.--McMinnville is situated
in the best county in the state but
is seldom heard of outside Of the
county. During the past week
we have visited Corvallis and can
see marked difference in the
two towns: McMinville has better
lstreets, better buildings, will have
ia better electrical plant, a better
water plant and now shows more
enterprise. Corvallis is dead COM
pared with McMinnville. The
business men of Corvallis will not
support their papers, hardly any
one advertises. The only live
men we noticed in the town were
Messrs. Hairless & Davisson, real
estate agents. We want Corvallis
to stop blowing through the Vest
Shore and kindred publications,
for We will not believe what is
said. She shows her lack of enter
prise in the way the local papers
are supported. .-McMinnville Tele-
phone-Reglster, Aug. 80. In refer
ence to the above it might be
added that if the atore- mention ed
real estate agents are lire men
then there are lots of others right
here in Corvallis who are a long
ways from being dead.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-31
TREAT OLD PEOPLE WELL.

There j. nothing in the world more
pathetic than the meek, timor1u-.
shrinking WAYS Of certain OLD people
We have all seen them-who have given
M their old home, into Younger hands.
and subsidized into some out-of the-mav
'prncr Of il, to Ill hy the tirc.ide anil
table henceforth a. if they were mere
pensioners. afraid # making trouble. "
afraid Of being in the way" afraid Of
accepting the half that is their due, and
going down 10 their graves with pitt
ful, deprecating air, a if constantly
apologlzlug for staying 50 long, There
j. no scorn too deep and sharp for the
sous and daughters who will accept this
attitude on the part Of those to whom
they owe so much Sometimes. to be
sure. people grow old with a bad grace.
They become embittered by misfortune
or affection. or are peevi-h and I'M
reasonable under the goad Of i'll health
All the more do they appeal to great
geutleness and faithfulness. Let it be
borne in mind that we, too. are hasten
ing on toward the sunset Of life. and
that We NAV ripen into very uncom-
Portable old people, to demand much
more Of patience and devotion than we,
a children. yield them - Christian
Union.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-31
admitted by most distinguished men of

admitted by most distinguished men of
every shade of thought in the United
States. 1t started where the Sunday
School and the day school left off. This
year in the United States and Canada
there would be 80 assemblies such as
that referred to, possibly having among
them half a-million visitors. Nor had
its growth been confined TO the Ameri-
cans. for in Japan there was a reading
circle that now numbers over 1000
members. In conclusion. he would
read quotation that Mr.. Wayman had
put into his hands. Epictetus said
You Athenians will codier the great
est benefit on your city, not by raising
the roofs of your dwellings. but by ex-
aiting the souls of Your tellow-citizens !;
for 1t is better that great souls should
live in small habitations, than that alb
Ject slaves should burrow in great
honses. y (Applausc.)
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Il i, Just ~ natural That men and
communities should have their nps and
downs H. that til ti,le, Should ebb AID
flow life ], a struggle amid environ
mcnts sometime, favorable bu, more
frpqucu,l, adverse. Many. NJ dpn,t
wash themselves, rd o. care. toll and
auxtc,v Th,, vonli hk, Il l,c
easily would lihe d be- rrch would
IKE to De loved ana admired bti, thew
..re no, IS iHu- M unH.r.... rL, t,.i i
a. ,utl,r the anxiety vnt~h arc nnr-s.
,Ary couhuo n success, ii H., a..-
Iar,uI,u' IN 'jf, y. maa .lc- NJ n.,rt
vi.h flaws, boz prctrr> to sail oa
With fatorin. Irreze: but I.aw ar,a
wc moi i, to br ia, casa lha. Nh., y,
Thought a misfortune proves 4 fortune.
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CHAUTAJQUA ~ ENGLAND.
An EXPERIMENT Al BLACKPooL.-rHE

An EXPERIMENT Al BLACKPooL-r
AMERICAN PLAN GIVEN DUB CREDIT.
Il was gratifying to learn that the
Chautauqua system had been tried at
Oxford Tor several days in 1888. Il
seems that the success Of that eXpcri-
ment induced the promoters to repeat
the attempt in 1889 on larger scale
Al BlackpoOI-a seaside resort near
Manchester The programme arranged
after the American model. included the
names Of such distinguished men a.
Prof. James Stuart, VI r.. Dr.. Perci-
val, H ad Master Of Rugby. Archdea-
con Farrar. and many others. The
meetings were held under the auspices
OF the "llome Reading Circle" which
was organized at the suggestion aud
with the co operation of Bishop John
II. Vincent Of Chautauqua. during
recent visit in England At the open
ing, the chairman spoke of the Ameri-
can Assembly. saying that:
This Home Reading Union scheme
had been tried ID tie United States of
America with the greatest possible sue
cess. III America. ia 1874, some few
hundred of school-teachers met to-
gether by Lake Chau,auqua, in New
York State. to refresh their bodies.
weary with long work. and also TO
amuse and instruct their minds. From
that assembly an organization had
grown up, which was now fourishug.
and fulfilled an important function.
American. were III advance of rs in
popular education, and found as we
have since found that it Nas a danger
Gus thing to pass young people through
the schools. and TO launch them at IA
or | 5 years of age upon the vast rest
less sea Of this world, with no guidance
as to what they should read. They
found again, as we have found, that
there is nothing So demoralizing as
bad literature. and that if it is not
checked that which is the life Of the
nation would become demoralized al it's
very source. As regarded the method,
leaders of the movement had drawn
up course Of books. and established
central officers whore the readers could
receive counsel and instruction. II
they wished success to the Uuion they
were to 90 heart and soul into the pro-
gramme, and their summer assembly
would do a great work. For this they
had the authority Of DR.. Vincent. who
said that their great American Union
could not hold together if it were not
for the opportunities that the assembly
gave for rational recreation, as well as
direct touch with the most inspiration
al teachers of the age The 400 that
met in 1874 by Lake Chautauqua in
New York State, would have grown by
this time into an assembly that would
gather to its sitting at least 200, 900
more The four or five days over which
the first meeting extended, had since
grown into a session of eight weeks
Their educational force had come to be
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Notice Of Petition for Dis
charge.

HA>to CK =. Court ~ Insolvency.
In the ca-c Of Frank II. '.rinilc a. an ind viiual
ami mcmhvr ~ the firm IL We-c"tt Il Grin
lie. Iu-olvent Debtor.
MOTTO r j. hereby given that petition ha, on
IN this lirh lay 81 oct, A. u, l>e9. been
prc-cu!cdto said court t"r aid county, BY frank
II. Grinilc, ~ Burk-port, III the county ~ HAN
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OF Ianrock on Wednesday the 18th day Of Nov
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American. newspaper published In
SAID county Of Han
cock, once a week for two successive weeks. the
last publication he 1--we aay- ut least before the
day Of hearing that all creditors who have proved
their debts and other persons interested therein
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause. II any they have, why discharge should
not he granted aid debtor according To the prayer
Df hi- petition
Attest ,-tHAS. I. DORR,
Regist,+rof said court OF Insolvency Tor said cuun-
" of Hancock. 2w43
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