The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-12-18
THE COMMON COUNCIL.

( THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Common council met in regular sessfoN
and vas Called. to order By Mayor Bdahstt
and the following aldermen were presents
}. 0. Wilson, 2. a. Davis. D. e. Rossi u
G. Taylor, Thos. Eglin, B. r. Job, j. R,
Bryson, w. A. Wells The bifis sifs~ed
were as follows:
Z. ID. Turner, bal. sale of estray ....S 4 66
E. 6, Perkins, nightwatefi :. .....r. 2 Oo'
G. j. Clancy, work attending sick - 20 o0'
Mayard Mill Co., lumber .-..... 81. 40
Max Friendly, lumber ............ IS 90,
T c. Scott, building crosswalks. ..... Is o0'
| N. ?. LanceGeld, buildingcrosswalks 2 0O
Jos. Feurstein, building crosswalks. Is 90
Henry Zeolen, building crosswalks... q o.
VIM. Horton, work with Team. 4 OT
Ed. Cline, work on streets. 90
CORVALLIS Times, publishing. ........ 60
Frank Conover, publishing. 90
Z. w. Gentry, publishing ......... $50
E. w. Fisher, rent on 81. & E. hail.. rs GO
w. d. Pugh, on account. ..........T0O 90
Simpson, Bogae & Co., repairing. :. % IS
Allen Woodward, merchandise. .... / IS
City Transfer Co., hauling .......... II on
j. r. Scrafford, salary and meals... 6s rs
Corvallis Water Co.. i. ....... ..... 80 90
Corvallis Electric Light Coz. II 90
M Erwin, nighfwatch. ............ 70 Or
). M. Portor, police judge. .......... 50 90
The bills of Haynes & Buck for $seB for
building sewer was allowed and order drawn
on sewer fund for that amount. On mo-
tion the treasurer was ordered to fnnnne.
diately collect the sewer assessment fand.
The bills of Max Friendly for S.. Is, J.
B. Walker $40 and S. 7. Jefreys $45, wore
referred to the finance committee.
The license bonds of Thos. Whitehorr.
Geo. Maddux and John Kinkade were ap.
proved and icense issued.
The bonds of B. Woldt and Chas. A.
brecht were not accepted, not being in ao-
cordance with ordinance.
j. G. Kelly, practical .sengineer, SUBJ
mitted a proposition in regard to sewerage,
offering to make all necessary surveys,
drainage maps, detail drawings, supervise
| construction, etc., for sum of money
equal to ten per cent. Of arg amount that
may be expended.
A petition signed by over 100 taxpayers
requesting the city to have the mud sersped
from Main street Was read and referred to
street committee with power to act.
A petition for an electric light at the cor.
ner of First and Jefferson streets was ,sad
and referred to street committee.
On motion council adjourned until Dscem-
Der 2lst, for further considerations Of tho
sewerage proposition and such other buss.
ness as may come before the meeting. is
Can't Come YEr,-The remark Is ven.
tured that Supt. George s. Downing, of the
Oregon state penitentiary, regrets that
Harry Miller, the escaped convict and
erratic son of Joaquin Miller, cannot be im-
mediately returned to the Oregon peniten-
tiary, from which institutions he escaped
a few months ago, says the Statesman.
Miller's case is now in process of law in the
United States district court at San Franz
cisco, his crime being an attempt to rob the
United States mail in Mendocino county.
According to law, Miller will be tried for
this crime and it is not until he has soms
pleted the servitude of the sentence he -
ceives that Oregon's prison can claim hta
for it's own. As soon, however, as the ssa-
tence he is soon to receive is completed
Miller will come back here to abide the
remainder of the two-year term he was
'fdoing" when he made his escape. He has
about a year and a half yet to serve. just
now Miller is being extensively interviewed
by the San Francisco press, and his utter
ances brand him liar as we'll as thief.
He says he remembers when ''Sharp" was
shot dead for disobeying the rules. No
man named Sharp was ever killed and Mil
ler was not imprisoned when Mansfield was
shot for disobeying all rules and law. His
killing, however, the coroner's jury pro-
nounce justifable.
DISASTERS AT SEA.-On the lIth inst. Tho
steamer, Maggie Ross, from Coos bay,
bound for San Francisco, was towed into
Yaquina bay by the steamer willamette
Valley, having been drifting about without
a crew. On the 18th, Tuesday, Captain
George Marshall and four of the crew ar.
rived at Marshfield. Seven more Of the
crew are at Gardiner. This accounts for
the entire crew. who were supposed to have
been washed overheard, with the ex-
ception of Steward II. G. Annensen, who
was evidently killed by a falling smoke
stack, and whose body was found on deck.
The wreckage of a vessel came ashore about
six miles south of Newport on South Beach
Tuesday, supposed to be the General Butler.
This bark foundered and broke up on De-
cember Sth, 100 miles southwest Of Cape
Arago. 1t was laden with lumber from
Puget Sound, and was bound for San Fran.
cisco. The amount of lumber scattered &fong
the coast and the masts and rigging that.
foated into the bay indicate that the wreck.
age was from the General Butler. No
further particulars have yet been received.
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remedy has proved itself the right enre for