The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-05-20
LOCAL NOTES.

"A IreSn lOC OF mana ma0e candles q
Small Sons. 1t is absolutely pure.
! Go to A. f. Peterson, for Picture frames
Best of moulding constantly on hand.
j. E. Mayors. a prominent attorney o
McMinnville, was transacting business in th,
city this week.
Miss Lulu Burnett is visiting friends in
Lyle, Wash. She started last Tuesday and
will remain about two months.
Judge and Mrs ]. X. Bryson left yester
| day for Chitwood, where they will remain
| for short time recuperating.
WANTED.-L. Welker & Co. want you tc
call at their store and inspect new invoice
of reed rockers and dining chairs.
| Miss Addie Bristow, who has been in
very critical condition with the measles
| was at last reports somewhat better.
Hal Lyon, of Portland, spent Sunday
with friends in this city, having came up
to attend the funeral of Roy Bryson.
There will be picnic at Irish Bend or
June lst. Everybody who has ever beer
there knows that an enjoyable time is Ger
tain.
DR.. E. c. Hyde, the new dentist, has
rented w. Fl. Hoffman's new residence il
Hoffman's addition, which has recently been
completed.
The state Grange will convene at Albany
next Tuesday and at some time during thu
week will visit the state agricultural college
in this city.
Hon. G. w. Csldermoor will address the
citizens of Corvallis at the court house on
the subject of national prohibition on the
23d of this month, at 1880 p. m.
If you need letter heads, statements,
cards or envelopes you can get just what
you want at the GAZETTE Office. Before
giving your order call and see our stock and
get prices.
The business men of this city propose
giving an excursion to Independence ON the
river steamer VIM. M. Hoag ON Sunday,
June 9Th, further particulars of which will
be given later.
Now that bicycles are becoming quite
numerous in this city, aud the number is
constantly increasing, would it not be a
Soou luea ioT tHe FOtdrlSS oI Gle WHICH, To
organize bicycle club?
Chas. Heckart is pushing the work on
his new residence in Jobs addition as rap
idly as possible and expects to have it
completed in few DAYS. When finished it
will be ore of the neatest in the city
Rev. Bennett will preach in the NJ. E.
church, Sunday morning May 22nd, at the
usual hour and in the evening the Epworth
League will give programme entitled
"An Evening with Six FamiliarHymns."
Misses BIakely & Bland expect to leave
Corvallis the last of this month, SO anyone
desiring to take lessons, have stamping
done anything in their line of Roman
embroidery or fancy work, will find it to
their advantage to call early.
Mr. w. E. Allen of the Worlds fair COM
mission calls attention to the fact that the
ladies are urged to help raise the fund for
porperly preparing the trees and plants to
be sent from Oregon for the roof garden OF
the women's building.
A number of the students ftse agricultur-
al college, have chartered the steamer VIM
MI IlOdg dllu COudy StfC XII CASoiSioh W
Portlond for the purpose viewing the U. 8.
men-of-war Baltimore and Charleston, now
lying at that city. The party will return
tomorrow.
The steamer Elwood came up to this city
last Sunday, bringing quite large amonnt
of freight for this place. A large party of
excursionists came up on her as far as AL
bany. This is her first trip to this point,
but will probably not be her last one.
The pubic school was closed for few
days last week on account of the diphtheria
scare, but resumed its sessions again
Monday morning. All possible precautions
have been taken against any spread of the
disease, and no further trouble is antici-
pated.
Next Sunday morning Rev. w. C. Kant
ner will discuss "Our Perplexities." and in
the evening he cordially invites the young
men to listen to "An Old Mans Advice to a
Young Man." The young ladies are includ-
ed In the invitation and the talk will not be
SO exclusive that they cannot enjoy 1t also.
The corner stone of the new Pre- sbyterian
church at Albany will be placed in its po-
sition on the 2Sth of this month, on which
occasion special excursion train will be
run from Portland to that city for the
accommodation OF the ministers in attend
ance upon the Presbyterian assembly at
Portland.
DR.. Thompson went to Portland yesterday
to attend the Presbyterian assembly in that
CITY. He will return tomorrow and hopes
to bring with him some of the distinguished
eastern ministers who are attending the
assembly for the purpose of filling his pull
pit in this city next Sunday and the Sun.
day following.
Fl. F, Fisher, of the Corvallis Touring
mills. is building 70, 200 bushel warehouse
MT Peoria. The foundation has already
been commenced but the work has been
greatly retarded by the inclemency of the
weather. It will now be pushed forward
as rapidly as possible and it's early com.
pletion is certain.
At the county teachers examination held
in this city Wednesday of last week twenty
five applicants were examined. Of this
number five secured first grade certificates,
two secured second grade and sixteen
third grade. Three failed to receive certi-
fcates. The superintendent was assisted