The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-01

LOCAL NOTES.

SHADES at l.. w elker u 20.
Take your old silver cases to U. d. Voel
r and get new one in exchange.
Go to A. F. Peterson, for Picture frame
Best of moulding constantly on hand.
Wool WAHTED.-Thc highest cas-
price paid for wool at S. L. KIine's.
Sylvia Davis, of San Francisco, who ha
been visiting NJ. Stock, returned hom
yesterday.
| CORVALLIS NURSERY Co.-The Corvalli
Nursery Co., will have for sale this fall 90
600 prune trees.
Supper will be served at the Royal restsu
rant Monday night for the grand ball to bt
gwen at the opera house.
Geo. Waggoner, Jr., has been engaged
| this week in surveying and cross sectionine
Second AMI Madison streets.
Carrie and Hennie Harris came up from
Portland this week to visit old friends and
attend the commencement exercises.
| Ladies, L Welker & Co. have received a
handsome assortment of upholstery goods
| which they invite you to call and inspect.
Mrs. Chas. Moor, formerly resident OF
Corvallis, but now living in Portland, is
visiting among her old friends in this city.
The usual services at the Presbyterian
Si'i I'll hSA1 anu evening,
preaching by DR.. Thhmpson. All are well
come.
Seasonable goods at Fish & Murphy's.
Lightning ice cream freezers, Enterprise
cherry stoners. coal oil and gasoline stoves,
hose, lawn sprlnklers.
Nearly all the merchants intend to decor
ate their business houses quite profusely
for the coming celebration and number
have already done so.
JAS Lotan has been appointed to the posi-.
ton OF collector of customs for the port of
Portland. filling the vacancy caused by the
death of Hon. r. P. Earhart
Jesse Wilkins, a member of the class Of
'o9 of the agricultural college, now the pro-
pretor Of the Mcclellan house at Rosehurg,
was in the city this week in attendance upon
the meeting Of the alumni
SEE THE WONDER LEWIS SPRAY PUMP,
Agricultural Syringe and Veterinary
Syringe. Three in one, the best, the cheap
est. Call or send your orders to j. VIM
VIII, agent. Corvallis, Oregon.
The announcement is made of the appoint.
ment of John W. Foster, of Indiana, to the
office of secretary of state, succeeding JAS
q. Blame, resigned. The selection is good
one and appears to give general satisfaction.
Billy Smith, well known among the sports
OF this city, having been employed in Eglin's
livery stable last winter, defeated Gleason,
of Portland, at the rooms of the Pastime
athletic club in Portland Wednesday night
in four rounds.
According to the suggestion of Prof.
Bloss, the students of the agricultural col,
lege have adopted as their colors orange and
black, and all those connected in any way
with the institution easily known by the
bow worn on the bTs:,<t.
series of camp meetings by the M. e.
have just closed at the Simpson
chapel camp grounds, near Monroe. They
were conducted by Rev Wallace, of Mon
roe, Rev. I. D. Driver, of Eugene and Rev.
L. Van Scoy, of Salem.
The Southern Pacific Co., will sell round
trip tickets from all points to all points and
return, on lines in Oregon, at fare for
the round trip, on July 2nd and 3rd, and ON
the morning of July 4th. These tickets
will be void after July 9th, 1892.
WANTED, D,-Immediately, reliable man
for each town, to tack up advertisement
cards; s. a day and expenses to the right
party. Enclose references and stamped en-
velopes and this advertisement to advertis.
ing manager Ben Lomand, San Francisco.
4t(aq)
Miss Maud Hoffman, assisted by local
talent and well known elocutionist of
will give musical and literary
at the Congregational church,
On Friday evening, July Sth. Admission
25 cents. All are cordially invited. Pro.
,eeds will be applied in completing the pay
nents for the new organ lately placed in
the church.
Ever since our town clock has been run.
llng great deal of confusion and annoyance |
mas been occasiored through the fact that |
hat there has always been II difference be-
tween railroad and city time, amounting 70 |
nearly a quarter of an hour, the city time |
being the faster. On Monday, however,
the town clock was put back SO that it now |
corresponds with railroad time and will in |
,he future be kept there.
Communication by telephone has been
established between Portland and Inde-
oendence and is being extended to this city |
It the rate of about two miles a day and it |
will be but short time before Corvallis |
will be in direct telephone communication
With the metropolis. The limit of time
ixed for the use of the wire at one time is
i've minutes, for which a charge of fifty |
,ents will be made