The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-10-13
FROM ALL THE WORLD.
Items of Interest About People
and Things Carefully
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at 233 ,so5.
The Columbian liberty bell will ring
at the California midwinter fair.
A gentleman must kiss every lady
he is introduced to in Paraguay. 1t
is the custom of the country.
James Barkey. aged 35 years, has
been arrested at Walla Walla on a
charge of attemptingto rape four
year-old girl. -
Upwards of 5000 lives were lost by
cyclone in Louisiana last Friday. Be-
sides great loss of life, untold damage
to property of all kinds resulted.
The populists of Leavonworth, Kan.
nominated a lady, Mrs. Eva M. Black
man. for coroner, after man, who
was first named and declined, saying
he did not like the Office"
The Metropolitan Arena club, of
Vlcksburg. Miss, has telegraphed Cor
7bett and Mitchell, offering purse of
$50, 900 to have them fight in the
arena. 1t will seat $4,000 people.
At South Bend, WASH, the city
clerks salary was reduced from $50
to SIS per month, the city attorneys
from $50 to $25, and the position of
nightwatchman and fire engineer
abolished.
Since August 20 there have been
forty-two hank suspensions in the
United States. Iowa leads all the
other states in the number of suspen
sons, s; and Illinois and Kansas fol-
fow, with each.
The Rev. B. D. Zweizig of Reading,
Penn, married his twenty three hum
dredth couple on Thursday and gave
them handsome present in token of
the event. 1t isto be hoped he got
the customary fee, however.
- Mr.zsJohn Young Of Bird sbafg,
Penn, who celebrated his eightieth
birthday on Sunday last was Que Of
fifteen children, nine Of whom are
astilI living, and is the father of sixteen
children, of whom also nine are living.
For ,he six months ending June 80
there, was net loss of .1,Ol6 in mem-
bership in the New York department
of the Grand Army, The, death rate
is assuming sucE large proportions that
few G. A. R. posts are able to keep
their membership from decreasing.
. . This greatest depth under water ever
reached by driver is believed to have
been attained by, Captain John Chris
tianson, who went down 1876 feet be-
low the surface recently at Elliot Bay,
Washington. He remained at that
depth in his armor, for twenty
minutes without inconvenience.
The population of Noble county,
Ind, are said to be. in possession of
conclusive evidence to show that John
Connors and Eva Flint, who were ar
rested at Kendallville last Wednesday
in connection with the Lake Shore
train robbery, wers two of the partici-
pants nthe distgbutiolr of the booty.
= Buffalo, N. Y, has the honor Of
reckoning among her citizens llneal
descendant Of Christopher Columbus,
the discover Of America. His name
Is sAiexias q Goiurpbus,~and last Satur.
day he celebrated his l04th birthday
anniversary. Alexius was born on
the Isle of Orleans, near Quebec, Cah--
ada, wlssre, his. grandfather had settled
aftera hi&- lmmigiaeion from France.
Alexius' father, Peter, was ship
builder, and Alexius followed the same
occupation, first in Canada and later,
ia iBufae. For many years he also
conducted a farm, and most of The old,
mans time is devoted to gardening.
Although lO4.> years Old, he is ,ye-I
naFkably we'll preserved, and appearsl
strong enough to round out another
decade. ...,fov,.e,1
In the United States district court
at San Francisco Oct. 9th, Patrick G.
Gleason, former resident Of Oregon,
libeled the Oregon Pacific Railway
Company's steamship Willamette VAL,
ley for 5000, which he alleges is due
him as damages resulting from unjust
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officers of the steamship while aboard
her as passenger. The papers reciteo
that Gleason boarded the Willamette
Valley at Yaquina, Oregon, Friday,
August 4thi having in his; possession a
frst-class ticket emitting him to, cabin
passage; that when the steamer put to
sea the captain and purser declared
his ticket invalid and elected him from
his cabin; that on coming aboard he
deposited $240 in gold coin with the
purser, and when elected from his
cabin he offeredto buy 4 steerage pas
sage and authorized the Jpufser to take
the price>of the same from the amount
he had on deposit. A7 This Gleason
.swears they refused to do, but confined
him to the forward part: Of the ship;
and gave him no provisions from that
time on. He claims to have suffered
from stArvstion and exposure, and
asks damages insc equehces 3 Agent
Vaughn told the company's side Of
the story, as follows: "When the Ore