The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-06-24

in the evening by DIR. Thompson
topic appropriate to the events OF com
mencement Christian Endcavor $50
D. m. Service OF song at 7;45 led by
the orchestra.
Messrs. Edwards and McDermott,
inspectors of boilers and liul!s, passed
through Corvallis last Saturday on
+ their way home from Yaquina, where
they inspected the new steamer Fo-
lanta. She was allowed to carry $50
passengers.
Mr.. Alliston, Of Berkeley, Cll.,
brother i'll law of G. w. Bigham, OF
this city, arrived in Corvallis last week.
Mr.. Aliston is pleased with our little
city and will make it his future home.
having purchased an interest in G. w.
Bigham's soda factory and fruit store.
A pool of wool aggregating about
sixty thousand pounds was bid in last
Saturday by Sol Stock at 49, cents
per pound This is the largest amount
of wool sold in Corvallis to one man
in one lot for several years, and brought
ito the farmers in the pool over $l1,-
1000.
A~A dance will be given at the opera
house on the evening Of the 4th of
July. Ii will be under the manage
ment of the Arion orchestra, and all
who attend will be assured sway up"
time. 1t is needless to say that the
music will be frst-class in every par
tlcular.
Corvallis will celebrate the 4th of
July Just one week from next Monday.
Her citizens expect to have big
time and hope to have their friends
from the country for milss around to
be present and help celebrate the
10th anniversary of the birth of our
country.
Last Saturday evening Bay lodge
No. 116, l. O. O. F. was instituted at
Yaquina City, with nine charter mem
bers. Three new members were in
tiated into the mysteries of Odd Eel
lowship and eight or ten others are on
the eve of the obligations. Quite
number were present from Newport
and other cities.
7. 7. Brannin who was arrested in
Corvallis last Friday for forgery, Was
taken to Albany and tried in Justice
Humphreys court. He was bound
over in the sum CT $1,000 to await
the action of the grand jury. Not
having the required amount he was
committed to Jail.
E. A. Kern, chief engineer, and F.
c. Fitzgerald, assistant engineer. of
the steamer Elwood plying OH the up
per Willamette, were arrested i'll Port
land Tuesday on the charge of loading
the safety valve in order to increase
the pressure thirty pounds above that
allowed. 1t is alleged that they did
this a few days ago in a race with the
steamer Hoag.
Two fair young lady cyclists Of Cor
Wallis went over to Albany one day
this week, taking their wheels with
them expecting to return the same
| day. While on their way home from
Albany they met with an accident to
one of their wheels and were compelled
! to foot it back to Albany where they
stayed over night and returned home
OH the early morning freight
Mr.. r. S. Harrington is in the city
engaged in introducing his patent water
ing trough for poultry. The article in
question is certainly one of the most
meritorious articles of the kind we
have ever seen, it being SO arranged
that it is impossible for the fowls to
get their feet in to the water and dirty
it or to upset the vessel, SO that the
water is always supplied fresh and
pure.
w. T. Hoffinan's planning mill in
Wilkins addition i. now almost COM
pleted and will be ready to fill all
orders which may be brought in by
the first of next week. The building
is twostory and has been put up in IL
substantial and enduring manner. The
machinery WAS started for the first
time last Tuesday and found to work
perfectly, and the finishing touches to
the building will be given tomorrow.
A petition is being circulated, and
is receiving numerous signatures, to
have the principal streets improved by
cleaning out the side cutters and
| throwing the dirt into the center of
the streets, thereby filling in the holes
and making a more perfect drainage
This may be all right for a temporary
improvement, but it will not last, and
most of the work will have to be done
over again next year. We are in ia
vor Of making substantial and perma-
nent Improvements on all streets 1t
will be cheaper and more satisfactory
in the long run.
SCHOOL REPoRT.-The following is
Il report of the school in district No.
81, for the month ending June II.
Total number of pupils enrolled, 20;
average attendance, 25. The follow
ing is list of those who were neither
absent or tardy; Jennie Parks, Berthe
Miller, Leonard Miller, frank Hartley,
Joseph Parks, Lizzie Hartley, Myrtle
Hartley, Chester Lewis, Hattie Parks,
Lizzie Van Orden, Willie Simpson and
Mary Parks. MIRANDA FRANKLIN,
Teache:, Elk City, Ore
A WOOLEN MILL.-Anofher pro-
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