The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-10-02
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
Don't miss it! What? The play at tho
opera house next Thursday evening.
Many of our citizens are at the metropoI
lis this week attending the Hxpcsftith:
Everybody is going to to see .sThe Burgs
lar at the opera house Thursday evening.
John A. Hall is now prepared to furnish
brick, sand and stone to Contractors, OF paf.
ties building. See his advertisement ia
another column.
Mrs. Martha Avery and Mrs. r: Avery;
accompanied by her daughter Ester. left
last Monday for California, where they ex;
pect to stend the wiatet.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McLagan and Mrs:
Tucker and two children, after an absence
of FIVE years in Crook county, have returned
to Corvallis and will make this place their
future home.
DR.. Chapman of Oakland; Californis;
DR.. Landon, of Portland, and DR.. Thompt
SON of this city, have been appointed to de-
liver addresses at the Synod of Oregon a3
Grants Pass next week.
The rain of the present week will bs vel.
coined by the majority of the farmers Of
Benton county. It Has moistened the
soil so that many Of our farmers will soon
be at work on their fall plowing in dead
earnest.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Martin, of Saiem,
have been spending few days in Corvallis
visiting their daughter Maud, who is at
tending the Agricultural College. Mr..
and its surroundings.
The Presbytery of the Willamette meets
at Eugene next Monday evening and the
Synod of Oregon at Grants Pass ON the
Thursday following Dir. Thompson and
an elder from the Presbyterian church Of
this city expect to attend these meetings..
Services at the Presbyterian church Sun.
day morning and evening at IL a. m. and
7:3op m. Young Peoples meeting at 6:l5
p. m. At the close of short Sermon in the
morning there will be communion servics
and reception of members Topic in the
evening, ''Proht and Loss" A welcome to
all.
Albany advertises few score of comnioI
dious,residences cheap for rent or for sale.
There is not vacant house to be had id
Corvallis to-day, and every available car.
penter finds all the work he can do on the
new buildings now in sSarss of censtruc-.
tion New residences are being put up in
every portion of our city.
Boyd Kennedy, of Philomath, was bound
over in the SIN of $lOO to appear before the
grand jury, in Justice Carlile's court LAST
Saturday. One day last week lie had a.
quarrel with Chas Allen and for revenge
he took burr off Of Mr.. Aliens wagon,
but fortunately the .miscreants' deed was
discovered just in time to ptvent an accis
dent.
A. e. Fl. Overn, of Monkata, Mimi.
offers to furnish $1,000 if the people of Sill
verton will furnish $1,000 more. and put up
a frst.class fruit cannery. MIR. Overn is
man of capital, understands cannery
and means btrsiness. Mr.. Overn can find d
profitable investment for his money here in
Corvallis, if the people Of silverton cannot
him.
W. G. Lane was seriously injured last
at the sawmill. While seating
himself on lumber wagon the horses sud.
denly started, causing him to loose has ball
ance and fall, striking the back of his head
On the ground in such manner as to- injure
The spinal cord. The hind wheels of tha
wagon also passed over his body, causing
additional injuries Under the careful
treatment of DIR. Altman he will come ouE
Ill right
The first story of the carriage factory is
Up and the tifnbers for the second and third
tories and a portion of those for the fourtk
tory are slready for priming. As nearly
ii the lumber and material is now on the
,round the work will progress very rapidly
n the future. 1t is expected. providing the
ain does not interfere with work, to come
'lete one story week. All the machinery
las been ordered and will be ready for shipS
aent as soon as the building is enclosed.