The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-01-29

| Is. +. Jones, the rustllng real estate
dealer at Toledo, was transacting business
in the city during the week.
Coke Laughead, representing Jones &
Barnard's wholesale and retail candy factory
of Salem. was in the city this week. This
firm operates the largest, completest and
most thoroughly equipped candy factory in
the northwest. and they keep constantly on
hand the finest qualities and grades of can.
dies to be obtained on the coast.
Tolhert Norton's family are all bedfast,
la grippe having paid it's respects during the
week. Not one of them is able to be mp.
This is the first instance this season in Cor
wallis in which an entire family have sue.
cumed to the dread disease at once.
A sure sign of the approach of an early
| spring is the large number of commercial
travellers doing business in this city the past
week. Judging from the extensive business
transacted with them, our local merchants
anticipate an unusually large spring trade.
| The usual services at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath morning and evenings
| preaching by Dr. Thompson. Sabbath
school and Bible classes at 10 a. M Chris.
tian Endeavor at 6:l5 p. IN. Service oi
praise at 7:l5 p. IN. A cordial welcome to
all.
One of our neatest and newsiest exchanges
is the Newport Times. It's interests seem
to be especially centered i'll the bay country,
the development of which it earnestly
urges; but it is also an instrument for the
good of all Benton county. 1t deserves
| success and will not be disappointed.
G. B. Mornings horse. while crossing the
Southern Pacific railroad the other day,
caught its foot between rail and the plank.
ing, and in ,cndeavoring to relieve the foot,
! pulled a portion of the hoof off thus disabl.
ing the animal for life. 1t was an unfortun-
ate circumstance, and Charley sustains quite
a loss.
The Massachusetts insurance law is the
| best in the United States. Every company
III that state is compelled to give you guar.
antec against loss after two payments of cash
or paid up insurance, without any condition
| and at any time. The Massachusetts, Mu-
| tual pays You annual cash dividends, or they
will increase the insurance.
There will be services in the Evangelical
church on Sunday evening, February 7th,
conducted by the pastor, D. V. Polling;
also on February l4sh. Rev. c. C. Polling.
| z. Z. of the district, will preach on the
latter date, and hold quarterly services for
| the last time in this conference year. To
| these services all are welcome
Tuesday Minium FERROUS, gypsy woman,
| was arraigned in the police court for ped
| ding fancy articles in the city limits with
! out license. On refusing to pay fine of
$40, she was lodged i'll the city Jail, where
she remained over night. On Wednesday
she was given her liberty on promise that
she would leave the city at once.
There are now at the reform school thirty
one erring youths-and the school has been
opened less than three months, says the
Statesman. As yet only few counties
have representation among the boys, and it
is safe to say there are bad boys III every
county of the state. This school will be a
growing institution and the growth during
The Albany and Salem papers are having
a dispute as to which place is the distribut.
ing center to various points in the state for
all freights over the Oregon Pacific railroad
by way of Yaquna The Journal claims
that Salem is the distributing point and
the Democrat makes the claim for Albany
The truth of the matter is that Corvallis is
the distributing center for all frcights over
the Oregon Pacific except that waybilled
for the southern part of the state
QurTE KoBREcT.-All travelling men say
that Corvallis has the bri ghtest future and
the best improvements of any town in the
Willamette valley.-GAzErrE. That's just
the way they talk about Albany, and we'll
wager some of them even do it at Salem and
Corvallis, Salem, Eugene and Albany are all
in the swim, but keep your optics on the
4. X. .center.-Democrat. True; but don't
neglect to recognize our wonderful manu-
featuring developments the past year, our
unrivaled educational facilities and unques-
toned commercial advantages, besides a
slow, steady and sure growth that leaves no
doubt about the future greatness of Corval-
lis. Yes, these upper Willamette valley
towns are destined to rank among the cities
of the Pacific coast.
A PEcULIAR CAsE.-A gentleman from
Lost Valley called at the sherif's office
Monday to see about his taxes. He says he
has paid taxes ON 320 acres of land for the
past twenty-five years, supposing that he
owned that amount, but recently received
an abstract Of title to the land, and found
he had only 2l9 acres. He now wants the
county to refund the amount of excess taxes
he has paid for the past twenty-five years
There is man west of Irving who has been
paying taxes every year on 600 acres of land
and recently discovered that he had only
4SO acres.-Guard.
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