The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-15
BRIEF LOCALS.

Attend the Xmas ball. You'll not regre
Vog1e has fine line of gold pens, war
ranted.
Ladies, buy your mems holiday goods a
Nolan's.
Ali mems suits at cost at Mi11er's cloth
ing store.
Bargains in childrens c1oaks at the
Ladies Bazar.
Holiday goods in great variety at the
Ladies Bazaar.
| Ladies, buy your mems holiday goods al
Nolan's. Best stock in town.
| Vogle has a fine line of jewelry for the
December trade.
All mems suits and overcoats at cost al
Miller's clothing store.
An elegant line Standard silverware al
Ed Griffoz' Jewelry Store.
Greffoz takes the lead in fine silver
ware. Go and see his stock.
| Capt. VIM. Rose has been complaining
considerably of ill health of late.
Former price gents cork sole calf shoes
$3.75, now $500 at J. H. HARRIS.
Among the many troubled with lagrippe
the past week was Mr.. j. II. Harris
Get ready for the Christmas ball in the
opera house. A good time will. be had.
Miss Lena Briggs, is home again after g
pleasant visit of a week with friends in
| Salem.
Mrs. Ralph Dawson will be a guest of Cal
ifornia friends during the balance of the
| winter.
Corvallis Lodge No ID A. F. & A. NJ will
publicly install its officers during the holi-
days.
Prof. Rosebrook visited his old Toledo
home for couple of days, returning
Thursday.
Editor Train, of the Albany Herald,
came early Friday morning to attend the
railway sale.
w. s. Llnville was unable to be at his
post of duty in Kline 'sastore on Thursday
on account of sickness.
The Washington and Oregon editorial
associations will visit the midwinter fair
in a body on February S.
Go to Hodes & Halls Pioneer coffee
saloon for your Xmas candies. They
have the best stock in town.
Prof. Will Stock, former resident of
Corvallis, is now the manager of an extern
sive drug store in Colfax. Wash.
Why not have a special policeman on
duty to preserve order during public enter
tainments in the.opera house. Think of it.
President Bloss and Professors Coote,
Craig, Washburn, French, Smell and Letch-
er attended the farmers institute at Hills
boro.
Mrs. Belle Horner presided over Miss
Bergen's department in the public schools
Wednesday during a temporary illness OF
the latter.
The GAZETTE is ftHseif oyd, oI.e lay in or
der TO give our readers full information con
ce.ning the o. P railway sale and the foot
ball score.
Mrs. Will Holgate, who was said to
be dangerously i'll is reported by her physi-
clan, DR.. Applewhite, to be considerably
improved.
Emile Schano, Hood River, member of
the state board of horticulture, sent Prof
Dumont Lott large box of fine apples one
day this week that were certainly beautiful
specimens.
Miss Lottie Shipley is now in Portlan
where she will remain for several months
giving instructions in music. She is a
musician of considerable ability and deserv-
ing of success.
Zeph Job returned from Jefferson on
Monday. accompanied by Mrs. Job, who had
been detained on account Of sickness. She
returned somewhat improved III health and
we are pleased to state Is still gaining
strength.
Uncle Will Henkle was said ito be in
very poor health during the fore part of the
week when it was feared by his friends that
his life might end at any time. A later
report states that he is on the improve,
however.
On Monday, last, Luther Smith, the pop
ular young salesman of Simpson, Huston &
Co. 8 establishment. reached his majority
and the event was celebrated by neat sur
prise at the home of John Lenger by his
many young friends.
Rev. w. w. Ferrier, who has been en-.
joying the pleasures of Corvallis societY, fo r
a few weeks past, has goue to Poraknd,
seeking new charge in the service of the
Congregational church. While here he was
the guest of his brother-in-law, DR.. L. c..
Altman.
E. E. Wilson is becoming a taxidermist
of no mean ability and is now at work on a
large panther skin. By the way, Ed. has
more accomplishments than this. Besides
! being an energetic and able attorney at. law
he is darned good fellow.
The Daily News announces a weekly is.
sue about the first of the year. Henry's
energetic attempts to supply ''long felt
| want" ought to be appreciated, and if a
weekly" venture is made, from humani-
tartan standpoint we wish him success.
The proposition to plant Usage hedge
along the river front by the farmers of both
sides of the river seems to be one of the
feasible plans of protecting the tracts of
land traversed by the raging Willamette.
Farmers and other land owners will do
well to investigate this plan. Think of it.
A barber is a barber
And will forever be,
And I'll tell you bye and bye
How the barber fixed me.
went to his barber shop
As you know gentleman would
I asked the barber if he'd shave me;
He said he thought he could.
jumped into the barber chair
And covered up my head
While Spencer, the famous artist,
Removed my brushy beard.