The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-08-16

Tuesday last to be gone about
three weeks. While there she will
purchase a complete stock of fall
and winter goods. Her son Ches-
ter accompanied her and he will
enter the military academy at
Oakland.
The property loss by the Spokane
Falls fire is estimated at $6,000,-
900 by the Coast Review. 1t esti-
mates the total insurance at $2,-
339, 300, of which $1,S4O,7OO is
held by companies having agencies
in San Francisco. There is $685.
$50 insurance held by insurance
companies in Portland.
A balloon man has been doing
the city for the past week and evil
dences of his work are seen in
numerous places. On Sunday
several of these miniatures" were
turned loose, with messages tied
to them, and were seen to float off
until out of sight. A bunch of
eight was sent up at one time.
After being overdue one day the
| Yaouina steamer. Willamette
Valley, arrived at her docks at
Yaquina City at 1:30 p. M, on Mon
day last. A special train having
gone over there on Saturday, imme-
diately started for this city and
Albany with the passengers and
fruit, arriving here about 6 o'clock
1t is reported that quite a large
number of physicians throughout
the state have failed tos comply
with the law passed by the last
Legislature, which requires every
physicianto register in the county
in which he practices. The board
of examiners intend to compel
them to comply with the statute
or else take in their shingle.
STATE OF TRADE.-Reports to
Bradstreet's show visible wheat
stocks east of the Rocky noun.
tains, United States and Canada
amounting to 16,O71,5 ,576 bushels
4,312.973 bushels less than OH
July 1, and 13, 1O5, 1881 bushels less
! than on August 1, 1883. Pacific
coast visible stock show net gair
of visible wheat during July OF
5,323, 400 bushels, so that, wher
,, stocks on both coasts are consider.
ed. the visible has increased 1 900,
900 bushels during the past month
] Flour stocks. east of rocky noun
tains, aggregate 1,372,724 barrels
a decrease of 6S,S43 barrels, dur
ing July, and about 276,000 barrels
, compared with August 1, 1888.
The COMEDY Co-The "Fun or
the Bristol" company gave a very fine
performance in the opera house, this
!, city, on Wednesday evening last. A
, fair sized audience was present and
every one seemed we'll pleased witt
, what had been presented to them
, The singing and dancing was one o
the main features and brought fort
great applause. Harry Conners a
:, Widow O'Brien, kept the audience il
an uproar of laughter and many sid
achsd before the end of the last ac
: Old Flewy-Flewy, BY VIM. Court
wright, was splendid. He was bothered
somewhat with ''pet" on his uppe
J lip but carried out his part in pleasin
manner. The other members, com
| prising about thirteen, all did we'll.
New BARBER SHoP.-The vacan
. space between the meat market o
Taylor's and the grocery of Blum
berg's will be used by G. A. Loud
the barber, on which to erect
l room to be fitted up as barbe
S shop. He will have two chair
t with the necessary fixtures TO
: shaving, and his bath room will b.
i. - feet square. His price fo
S shaving has been reduced to 1
g cents, to conform to the othe
ibarber's prices. After this i'm
n provement is made Corvallis Cal
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