The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-01-30
BRIEF LOCALS.
Fgan IL Achison are selling mon


If you want a monument see ESan
a. Achison, of Albany, before purchas-
- ing. IT,
iIr. NJ. O'Brien, of Nolan's Yaquina
City store, WAS in Corvallis few days
this week.
bliss Ethel Lewis, Of Salem, was
among. her friends i'll Corvallis a few
days last week.
The Willamette riyer is yet low, but
the boats are handling considerable
freight at this point.
For bargains in monuments, head
stones, etc, 60. to Egan g Achison,
Albany, Oregon If.
E. W. Hadley has built neat and
eommodious barn on his property
recently purchased near jobs addition.
w. A McPherso,s,, once prominent
newspaper man of this state, died at
ST. Vincent hospital, Portland, last
Wednesday.
A couple of dagoes with performing
bears have been attracting. the atten-
ton of the small boys on the streets
for the past few days:
Rev. Geo. Gillespie will occupy the
pulpit Of the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath. Sabbath School at 10 m.
Song service at p. m..
Egan Achison handle the cele-
brated Portland cement walks. for
cemetery lots. These walls CAN be
furnished at half the cost of any other
and are far superior. IT,
Mrs. Thayer and daughter, Mrs.
Clara M. Eglin, are spending a few
days with friends in Corvallis and
vicinity. They return to Portland the
last of this week.
Minto;s resolution introduced in the
house last Wednesday for the purpose
of defeating any appropriation for the
state agricultural college, and district
fairs was justly voted down.
For first class goods cheap go to J.
VIM. Will. He has made an immense
cut for 80 days in prices at the same
time his goods can not be beat in quail
ity. Call soon for now is your favored
time.
DR.. III. A. Jones, Veterinary Sur
eeon of %. years experience, from Ne
hraska, can be found at Philomath
duriug this month, after wlrich he will
locate in Corvallis. Orders left at
Thos. Eglin's stable will be promptly
attended to-.
D., B. Irwin. made a mistake a few
days ago which resulted in the loss of
n portion of one CT his fingers. In.
attempting to cut piece from stick
of taffy candy with a carving knife he
varied slightly from his intentions with
u.
The funeral of tile lase Emma
Thayer Rice, whose death occurred as
stated last week, took pla ce from the
residence of L. F. Wilson, in this city,
on Sunday, January 25th. A dis
course was read by Hon. Richard Will
ltams, duty he performed at the
request of Mrs. Rice previous to her
departure for San Francisco. A large
number of our people assembled at the
interment and there was much evi-
dence of the high esteem'in which Mrs.
Rice was heidi by her old acquaintances.
E. T. Hatch, of Mccoy, J. F. Henry,
of Brownsville, Judson Weed, of Ver-
nonia, and E. o. Mccoy, the commit
tee appointed by the legislature to in
vestigate the affairs at the agricultural
college, were in the city on Tuesday and
Wednesday, of this week. They made
a thorough investi CATION of the affairs
of that institution and have returned
to Salem. 1t is impossible to obtain
the result of their investigation at the
present writing but their report will be
furnished the legislature at an early
date.
ANOTHER SToRE.-E. Bond, of the
firm. of Wilkins, Bond & Co., has rent
ed the room formerly occupied by the
postotGce and will, on or about the
first of the month, sever his connec-
tion with that firm and open up a COM
plete line of wall paper, moulding, art
ist material, stationery, etc. w. E.
Bond and s. N, Wilkins retain the