The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03

Hogue this evening. Refreshments
will also be served. A cordial invitation
is extended to all. Come and spend Il
pleasant evening.
The many friends Of Mrs. Arnold,
at this her childhood home, are pleased
to hear of her agreeable situation at
Baltimore, Nd, where she is persulng
artistic vocal culture. Her sons Jack
and Harry, too, are bending to their
studies in different institutions Of
learning.
Portland Dispatch Thursday: Judge
Fullerton has completed his business
in department. No 9 of tho circuit
court, and left for his home in South
ren Oregon. He takes with HIM the
commentator of the bar for his i'm.
partial administration OF the law while
on the bench here.
Miss Ida M. Stuart, of Albany, was
welded last Saturday evening to Mr..
T. A. Edgar. The bride is the sistet
Of G: J. Stuart the genial young rail-
road agent, well known in this city,
and Mr.. Edgar is employed as one of
the managers of the encyclopedia
britannica enterprise of the Oregoni-
an company.
The noble stced whose duty it is to
haul the mail back and forth between
the post@office and the depots, yester-
day took IL little speefo of his own,
doing some lively bucking, kicking
and attempting to run, until the
youth who drives him brought hun
up in his wild career by steering him
into fence. No damage.
The Bay country has been pretty
we'll represented in Corvallis, Salem,
and "way ports" during the week.
Functionaries ohthat realm have come
out to take u glance at various inter
ests, including county division, federal
appointment "solidifcation," Oregon
Pacific railroad prospects, etc., and so
forth. BY the way, the Bay is blessed
with as solid, intelligent and good look
ing a set of tnen as any section can
trot out.
The Agassiz Scientific Society meets
Wednesday, February sth at s p. NJ,
in the Botanical laboratory Of the Ag-
ricultoral college. You are cordially
Invited to be present. and take part in
the proceedings. Members will bring
specimens and present notes on litera-=
ture and work of interest in their several
departments Of study. The principal
paper of the evening will be by Mr..
Chas. Pernot on ''Smokeless Fuel"
Robert Zimmerman is iii limbo in
Polk county again. He worked for a
farmer near Independence and borrow
ed his employers shotgun, as he said
ito take few hours hunt" He didn't
come back and it soon transpired that
a watch and q razor were missing be-
sides the shotgun. Search was instl-
tuted and the fugitive was traced to
Albany, where he was caught and
taken back to the scene Of his misde-
meanor.
The fire bell turned out au alarm
again Monday, and us usual the de-
partment was On its way to the scene
of trouble in praise worthy o,der. 1t
proved to be only a burning flue in
the residence of Mr.. Stock, which was
readily subdued without the aid OF the
fire companies. While it is well to be
duly prompt and vigilant to keep the
upper hand of the fiery demon; and to
be called out by dozen frultless
alarms to avert one calan1itous fire
the expediehcy Of ringing that fire bel
over every trivial spark that appears
in the city, is decidedly questionable
1t dampens the ardor of the willing
fire lads, and naturally trains their
senses to indifference that may prove o.
mlschievious consequence at some crit
| ical period.
IF those exceedingly erudite anc
highly logical "editors" WHO make it
point to malign and falslfy tile Kee
ley institute, had the least information
on the subject to which they address
their poll-parrot babbling they woul'
| find no room In their intelligence TO
the assertions they are making Th'