The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-05-26
BRIEF LOCALS.

Recovering ana repairing furniture
at Knights. - .
Novelties in the stationery line at
the GAZETTE Office.
For picture frames and fine mould
ings 60 to J A. Knights furniture store,
ahe cheapest and best place in town.
The undertaking department of
knights store carries complete line
of collins and caskets. Embaming.
Inks, pens, pencils, blank hooks, en-
velopes, plain and fancy writing paper
in great variety at the GAZETTE sta
tionery store.
Lawyers and clerks can find exactly
what they want in the GAZETTE sta
tionery stone. A specially made OF
type writer supplies.
Household help appears to be
scarce in this vicinity. An advertise
ment, for such service, in both local
papers brought but one applicant.
DR.. Thompson will preach next
Sunday evening as usual at the Pres
byterian church. Endeavor societies
at the usual hours A welcome to all.
Remember the public school enter
tainmen at the opera house Nay 81.
1t will be better than any heretofore
presented Money to be used for the
school.
For anything in the sewing ma
chine line go to J. WIN. Will. He
keeps the largest assortment of extra
parts. attachments, needles, oils, and
the best of machines at the latest re-
duced prices.
NVANrED-Everyone to know that
Peterson keeps the fest moulding and
makes the finest picture frames i'll town
as we'll as turning out the best job
work. Shop two blocks southwest of
public school.
The ladies of The Congregational
church will give "chicken pie" So
cial June 7. Ice cream and straw
berries will also be served. Let every
body get ready.
Screen yourself from the torment
ing fly. The Corvallis Screen Door
and Ladder Co. makes the best screen
doors and windows in the market
For sale at all the hardware stores or
at the factory in the addition.
Owing to the union services at the
Presbyterian church on Sunday at ii
a. m. there will be no preaching in the.
Congregational church at that hour.
Sunday school at 10 a. m., Y P S c b
at 6:45 p. m., and preaching at 7:45 p.
IN. Children's day will be observed
June 18th. A welcome to all.
The Cumberland Presbyterian as
sembly which has just flushed ses-
sion at Little Rock, Ark, selected
Eugene City, as the next place of
meeting. It was a contest between
Eugene City, Moberly, Mo-, Bowling
Green, KY, and Chicago. Eugene
City was selected on the 2d ballot.
J. H. Haskins, formerly agent at
Portland for the Benton county flour
ing mil, and who Was recently brought
back from Missouri, went to trial at
Portland last FRIDAY on charge of ap-
propriating some $2700 worth of wheat
belonging to the mill. AT the conclu-
sion Of the trial the jury retired and in
fifteen minutes returned a verdict of
not guilty.
On Monday Messrs. Seol and Volgt
devised a contrivance on which to
stand while painting about the outside
of the third story of the Occidental ho-
tel. Some part of the rigging gave
way, and Mr.. Seol fell to the ground,
sustaining severe injuries. Fortunate
1y Mr.. Voigt was able to cling to the
ropes until assistance arrived.
There will be grand picnic at
Ridders' grove, on Soap creek, the
first Saturday in June, under the aus
pices of Soap Creek Grange No. IA,
P. of III. H. E. Hayes, state lecturer
and other prominent speakers are ex-
pected to be present. A brass band
from this city will furnish music for
the occasion. Everybody invited to
be present with well-flled baskets.
The Corbett excursion train to Al
bany on Saturday evening conveyed
large number from this city and
points. between here and the bay.
The leading attraction was the person
ality of the champion pugilist, and it
did not count for muclr that the play,
in which he was the leading actor,
was mutillated and abbreviated to such
an extent that it was unintelligible.