The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-09
LOCAL NOTES.

4 First National Bank of Corvallis. Oregon.
The new shotguns and rifles are now
ready at J. VIM. Willis.
A large number of our ladies are in the
country for the purpose of picking hops.
| Go to A. F. Peterson, for Picture frames.
Best of moulding constantly on hand.
r. M. Thompson returned Wednesday
from Newport were he has been for the
past two months.
Agents, Agents, Agents Wanted for the
best selling goods and good pay. Call on
J. VIM. Wills, Corvallis, Oregon.
Rev. W. c. Kantner will preach in the
Congregai ional church on Sunday at ii a.
| M, and 73o p. m. Sunday school at 10 a
If you need letter heads. statements
cards envelopes you can get just what
You want at the GAZETTE office. Before
giving your order call and see our stock and
get prices.
Seasonable goods at Fish & Murphy's.
Lightning ice cream freezers,: Enterprise
cherry stoners, coal oilrand gasoline stoves,
nose, lawn sprlnkiefs.
PHEAsANTs WANrED.-A good price will
be paid for live Mongolian phsasants on de.
livery to G. A. Loud, at the Wigwam bar
Der shop.
J. G. Mohr, Of Corvallis, is in the city
looking around. He IS highly pleased with
what he has seen, and thinks of locating
here.-Statesman.
George Waggoner, jr., has returned from
Harrisburg, where he was engaged in max
ing the surveys for the route of the water
ditch which is to be dug to that city.
People living near the intersection of JEFF.
ferson street and the Oregon Pacific track,
want erosswalk at that point. They
now have good sidewalks there, but no
crosswalks.
The Linn county agricultural association
has made preparations for four days of rae
ing ON the 9th, 2sth 29th and 3Oth of this
month at the fair gr 'unds near Albany, and
the present appearances. indicate that
great success will be scored.
c. II. Mattoon, for long time resident
of this city, will manage the business of the
new grocery firm of Mattoon & Co., at In
dependence. The West Side says that
''the old gentlemon is spry and polite as
many thirty years his junior.
A number of threshing outfits have gone
from this state to Dakota to assist in caring
for the enormous grain yield of that section.
This is very peculiar state of affairs, but
the threshers say it will pay, and are agree
ing to pay expenses of crew and guarantee
ing sixty days work.
Mr.. Samuel Holmes, of New York city,
who is connected with the steamship bust
ness, in the city Saturday and Sunday,
accompanied by his wife. They were taken
to Albany Sunday evening by special
train and continued the trip to Portland
Monday on their way home
The true test of baking powder is well
known to every housegeeper. 1t is to try
it in making bread, cake. ETC., and we are
or tie opinion that it will be impossible to
remove from the minds of our housewives
the conviction long ago formed from the
application of this practical test, that the
Royal does make the best, tile most and
the most wholesome.
A telegram was received here the first Of
the week announcing the de"th of NJ. NJ:
Shaw, in San Franciso, last Sunday. He
had descended from cable car on Geary
stre t and in SO doing stepped in front of
another car which struck him on the head,
fracturing his skull. He lived only short
time after the accident. Mr. Shaw was at
one time engineer IN the employ CT the
Oregon Pacific railroad, and has relatives in
this county:
A pneumatic tired, ball bearing sulky
| arrived in Portland last Saturday consigned
to r. C. Smith, the owner of Prince H.
The wheels are only 90 inches in diameter,
SO that tie sulky presents an odd appears
ance; but it gets there several seconds
| quicker than the common sulkies. Another
one of the wheels is in Salem, and will ap-
| pear at the state fair. Que in Albany
| would draw more than the horses.
G.. A. Loud, proprietor of the Wigwam
barber shop, is great admirer of fine hunt
ing dogs and has just added to his kennel
the imported Llewellyn setter Belva Lock-
wood, paying Sl40 for her landed in this
city. He has also just purchased from A.
| C. Shallenberger of Alma, Neb., the two
Llewellyns, Dictator and Nancy Gates, the
two being delivered in this for $3.50. These
are the finest dogs ever brought to the Will
lamette valley. Mr.. Loud evidently in
tends to have the best which can be pro-
| cured and we believe he has it.