The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-07-17
BRIEF LOCALS.

1t is estimated that Eugene is $780,
900 ahead on encampment. week.
Miss Emma Thompson is visiting
friends in Hillsboro and Portland.
Judge W.. S. Hufford spent the
greater part of this week at the bay.
One hundred and fifty rolls of wall.
paper, 1Oc. roll, at Philip Weber's.
Hon. w. P. Ready, of Portland, was
IN Corvallis short time this week.
A single but heavy shock of earth
quake occurred in San Francisco July
Eth.
No circus lemonade is served at
Small & Sons. 1t is the genuine pure
truck.
A new invoice of wall paper, the lat
est designs and shadings, at Philip
Weber's.
Henry NIillhollen had his arm
lroken last Friday by being kicked by
horse.
Ernest Warren, of Newport, was in
the city this week attending to some
business.
Small & Son have opened their ice
cream parlors and are serving de-
Ncious article.
Miss Anna Martin, of this city, is
spending the week with relatives and
friends in Albany.
Mr.. Kelley and wife, of Farmington,
Iowa, are now visiting with the family
of Caleb Davis of this city.
The State Board of Land Commls-
sioners have selected w. S. Hufford
as attorney for Benton county.
County School Supt. w. E. Yates,
is visiting schools west of and in the
Coast range mountains this week.
An excursion will be given from Al
bany to the bay next Saturday. Fare
far the round trip has been placed at So.
For SALE. Eight lots in block Is,
Jobs Addition, for $500. Address
"Owner" GAZETTE Office, Corvallis,
Oregon.
Oliver Davis, brother of Zeb
Davis, cut his little finger off Tuesday,
while handling the sickle on moving
machine.
The sherifs convention meets in
Portland next Monday at 2 o'clock.
No doubt every county in the state
will be represented.
For SALE.-Three lots in Avery &
Wells Addition, one block from car
riage factory, $3.50 cash.
RALsToN Cox.
Manager Koehler, Engineer Gran
dahl and Assistant Engineer Volk,
were here Friday of last week inspect
ing the West Side road.
Blackberries are now ripe and are
coming into market rapidly. The crop
in this immediate vicinity is not plen-
tiful as is usually the case.
There will be no services in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday, as
Rev. Thompson and family are spend
ing a vacation at the sea shore.
Mr.. Moore has succeeded in obtain |
ing some seventy-fve names to the pc
tition which he has been circulating
for the closing of the barber shops on
Sunday.
An Italian, by the name of Roco
Ditoll, living near the bay, came up
last week and took out naturalization
papers, and swore allegence and obedi- |
ence to the laws of Uncle Sam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan and Mr.. and
Mrs. Davisson, started Monday of this
week for Big Elk, where they will
spend two weeks of camp life, and en-
Joy themselves by hunting and fishing. |
Judge Pipes filed his decision in the
case of John Burnett VS.. j. r. Mark
ley, John Dustin ct al. The demur to
plaintiffs complaint was over-ruled, and
the decision will 60 to the supreme
court.
Mr.. w. F. Whitby and Mrs. Mary
Jane Harris were married last Tues
day evening, a week, at the residence
of the brides mother few miles south
of this city. Rev. DR.. Thompson
officiating
Bids are wanted for the contract of
driving tunnel 5x61 feet to the coal
beds in the prospect at Toledo. The
party taking this contract will be re-
quired to keep the work going night
and day till the end is accomplished.
The farmers in this vicinity are now
cutting hay and grain and gathering
fruit. The yield this year is exceed
ingly large, and this is the season when
the farmer reaps as he has sown, and
his heart is now made glad by the song
of the reaper and mower.
o. M. Peterson, of Chicago, editor
and manager of the Norwegian-Dan-
ish' Husbibliothek, one of the largest
Norwegian publications in the United
States, was in Corvallis this week.
He is looking over this section of Ore
gon with view of writing it up in his