The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-01-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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California trip.
Sleighing was INDUCED in on Mon
day last in this city.
County court met this week in regu-
lar session for January.
Shows are coming as thick as snow
fakes on the mountains.
Two incandescent lights now illumi-
nate the inside of the Corvallis post
office after sunset.
With so much snow boating on the
Willamette will continue longer in the
coming summer than last year.
Travel is very lively now on all
trains in and out Of Corvallis, con-
sidering the disagreeable weather.
Postmistress F. A. Helm gave a
social to few of her friends on last
Monday evening at her residence in
South Corvallis.
The sloop ''Rowena' of 1'illamook
that was reported lost some time ago,
has been heard from at San Francisco,
all safe and sound.
Louis Wilson intends to have a
brick and tile machine in running
order by next summer. The demand
TOR brick this year will he great in
Corvallis.
J. E. Mccoy, the man who con-
structed nearly all of Salem's street
car line, was up last Saturday and
Monday looking over the proposed
route for the line here.
The Oregon Paciic's steamer n. S.
Bentley successfully passed her annual
inspection Monday and was granted
new license by United States In-
spectors Edwards and McDermo;t.
" The installation ceremonies Of the
new officers of Ellsworth Post, G. A
r., No. l9, and w. R. G. 7, were con
Quoted in the presence of large num-
ber of invited guests last Friday even
ing.
Mark Lewis, under the influence OF
bug essence, tried to create a dis
turbance in Assell's chop-house on
Monday last, but Deputy Sheriff
Osborn soon cooled him down by Or
dering him out.
The West Shore has concluded to
branch out by establishing an office
of joint publication at Spokane Falls,
and that enterprising weekly magazine
will be published in Portland and
Spokane Falls simultaneously.
The heating apparatus in the new
school building is not sufficiently large
enough to warm the different rooms
and the schools are compelled to con-
tinue the vacation for week yet,
until the trouble can be remedied by
adding another boiler of larger demen-
sions.
The first runaway in Corvallis for
go occurred on Monday morning.
The team, which was standing near
the foot of Monroe street, became
frightened at the noise of the Hoag's
whistle and ran up the street until
near the court house when they were
caught. No damage done.
Under the new census laws the state
ofOregon is divided into two districts
The first district comprises the counties
of Benton Clackamas, Clatsop, Col
umbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson,
Josephine. Lane, Linn, Marion, Mutt
nomah, Polk, 1'illamook. Washington,
and Yamhill. Second district: Baker,
Crook, Gillian, Grant, Harvey, Klam-
ath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla,
Union, Wallows, and Wasco counties.
Rumor has it that the parties who
intend to build new brick buildings
between the post office and Roses
cigar factory next season, may con-
clude to have the upper story fitted up
for an opera house, This would be a
grand improvement. If there is any
thing that Corvallis needs right bad
Just now it is a comfortable building
for amusement purposes. The present
opera house wouldn't make decent
livery stable in any other city. When
u room is so cold that the manager
is compelled to carry bucket of Goals
around among the audience for them to