The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-08-28
LOCAL NOTES.

| 5AA0SS
Nolan's.
Miss Ethel johnson, of Paisley, is visit
ing in the city.
Bargains in summer underwear and over
shirts at Nolan's.
Paddock is headquarters for everything in
the grocery line.
The Peoples Grocery is headquarters for
all farmers supplies.
Miss Cauthorn, of Suver, Polk county,
spent the week in the city with relatives.
E. A. Miner, of Albany, spent Saturday
and Sunday in the city with friends.
NJ. S. Woodcock and family returned
Monday from weeks soiourn at the bay.
Miss Leila Purdy has returned from few
| weeks visit among friends at Peoria, Linn
| county.
Miss Ella Spangler, of Hillsboro, was in
the city the last of the week, the guest of
the Misses Thompson.
S. L. Henderson has sold the old Doshe
| property, corner Monroe and Fourth streets
| to John Bier for $1,000.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H, Pape
has been very low during the week. We
| trust that its illness is only temporary.
The front of the First National Bank is
| having some improvements, and the inside
will undergo course of general repairing.
The plum crop is very thrifty. Much of
|
| this luscious fruit is going to waste. The
season is very favorable so far tor apples.
Rev. D. Atkins, in company with Bishop
w. w. Duncan, went to Roseburg, Tues
day to attend the annual conference of the
NJ. E. church, South:
Ben Woldt is having nice new residence
| erected on First street. S. G. McFadden
is doing the work for Ben. This will i'm
prove the looks of things in that part of
| town.
The steamer Willamette Valley, got in
Monday with large supply of merchandise
for the merchants of the valley and the
usual good list Of passengers from the Gold
EN- state.
The Oregon Press Association meets in
annual session at Astoria to-day. The pro-
gramme indicates that good time is in
store for those who have the good for tune
to attend
| Superintendent Yates made the appor-
tionment of the state schooI fund to the var
ious districts in this county last week. The
amount apportioned was $794 20, among
36ll pupils, or 81 20 per scholar.
j. D. Clark has moved into the building
| formerly used as a tin shop by him, and
will henceforth conduct his entire business
in this place. j. Nj. Nolan is to move into
the building vacated by Mr.. Clark.
/ Chief-of- Police Scrafford was fined S. and
costs the other day, amounting in all to
| something over $40. The marshal thought
he was trying to quell disturbance on
| Main street and this caused the trou BILE.
Private advices state that Prof. Fl. P.
Irish, formerly of the State Agricultural
College, has located at Mt Clemens, Michi-
gan, as superintendent of the chemical de-
partment in an educational institution.
| Good.
They still 90 to the bay. It is the best
place in Oregon to keep cool during these
hot August days. The crowd over there is
swelling to quite population. Go to the
Bay if you want to have rattling good
time.
Col Kelsay returned Tuesday from his
| fo;, will in
there for a while longer. The Colonel is
delighted with his mountain home, and says
bees are plentiful over there, having found
| two trees recently.
Thos. Sutherland, editor of the Portland
Sunday Welcome, drowned at the
Stark street ferry, at Portland, last Thurs
day. He bore the reputation of being the
first W hite child born in California. He
was an able newspaper man.
| Thomas Samuels bought pool of Is, 600
bushels of wheat last Saturday. paying for
the same s5 cents. Wheat at this price
promises better times among the agricul-
tural classes, and the world will still move
on with good things to follow.
The Yaouina Post talks this way THE
Corvallis grain buyers are nippers, and get
| there with the kale seed, b'dad. They are
the leading grain buyers in the valley, pay
ing the highest prices. Benton county is
good place to live in, sho'nuff.
Irving McQuary, the editor of the Athena
Press, will pursue five years course in the
State University at Eugene. Judging from
his writing, if this finishing brush to his
education improves his use of the English,
he will be one of the be It editors in Oregon
The harvest continues, unmolested by
weather conditions. 1t has been rather
, warm, however, for those who have to toi
in the dust of the field, but it does not in
terfere with the progress of the work, Tht
yield is meeting with the most sanguine ex