The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-27

1he scene OF MS labors he expects tt
complete the bridge by the Sth of August.
Marion johnson celebrated his eighteenth
birthday on Wednesday, the 25th inst
This announcement is made for the bene
tit Of certain young ladies' OF questionabl,
age who insist in saying that he is only six
teen.
Dewberries are plentiful and are now sell
| ing at five cents per box and meet with fail
demand. The fruit is large and luscious
and because of its freedom from seeds, is
fast leaving its rival, the black berry, in the
shade.
| w. H. Burns heretofore agent of the
| Union Eacltic at this point, has gone to
| California to accept position on the South.
ern Pacific system. In the future the U. P.
and o. r. & n. business will be attended to
by w. L. Taft.
Leo Stock has painted sign for the out
side door of the lodge room Of the knights
of Pythias that reflects credit upon the
artist The painting is neatly DONG and in
: the arrangement of the design, artistic taste
/ of rare order is displayed.
Mrs. B. Korn, of Seattle, arrived yester-
day on the overland from San Francisco,
where she had been detained several days
on account of the strike. She intends re-
naming in Corvallis some time, the guest OF
her daughter, Mrs. Leo Stock.
A coterie of attorneys from abroad a..
tended court last Friday. Among them
were noticed Messrs. Strahan and Linthi
cum, of Portland, Messrs. Weatherford,
Finn, Nash, Yates, Curl and Watson OF
Albany, and GeorgelBingham of Salem.
Her BreRal, the great German statisti-
clan, has discovered that in 1900 years
there will be only one man to every 220
women. OF course, this information is only
of interest from the fact that there seems
to be no way of informing our descendants
In another column OF this paper appears an
interview with Attorney General Chamber
lain relative to the law permitting women
to hold educational Offices, which will be of
general interest, owing to the diversity of
opinion existing reg .rding the validity of
the act.
The county court of Linn county is TAX
ing effective steps toward the ex' ermina.
ton of the Russian thistle. A commits
sioner has been appointed for each district
with power to employ whatever means are
necessary for the destruction of this an
noying weed.
Mr.. ). G. Boswell, ane Of the best known
and most respected citizens of Brownwood,
Texas, suffered with diarrhea for a long
time and tried many different remedies with
ont benefit, until Cham berlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhea Remedy was used; that
relieved him at once. For sale by Graham
& Wells.
Mrs. Spangler, Mart and the Cripple
Alliance" are now camped on the Yaquina
about two miles above Nashville. The
change of base from Rock creek was made
at the earnest solicitation of the young
ladies. their former camping ground being
absolutely inaccessible for bicyclistz.
Mesdames Kreger, Wilkinson and ADAM
son were initiated into Ellsworth w. R c.
last Friday afternoon OF the corps men,
bers numbering thirty eight but seven were
absent. An excellent musical and literary
program had been arranged for the occa-
sion and after it's rendition refreshments
were served.
Eli. MilhoIlen, living on this side of the
river from Corvallis, had serious runaway
Sunday. He had just hitched up his team
to top buggy -Then they became fright
ened and ran away. They about two
miles down the road before the buggy WAS
overturned, after which they ran into
fence badly breaking up the vehicle and
The GAZETTE is in receipt of letter from
Edward Allen of Morrice, Mich, who
statss that he is completing his final arrange
m-snts for coming to Oregon and wants to
know if house can be rented in Corvallis
We answered him in the affirmative, but
did not forget to remark that there we're
only few houses left and that he should
come sarly and avoid the rush.
BeIknap springs is each year growing in
popularity with those who prefer the moun-
tain resorts to the sea coast. A party des
tined tor that point left here Wednesday
aud consisted of w. w. Bristow aud family,
A. w. Rose and M. p Taylor. M. P. Bur-
nett and wife, Mrs. c. H. Whitney of Ba-
ker City, !Miss Addie Schmidt and Henry |
Wortham left yesterday for the same place. ::
The Lynn City Items says: An Iudian
horse thief was discharged by United
States commissioner at Klamath, Or, the
'ther day, upon the Interpretation of an
Did Indian custom, that one Indian may ap-
'ropriate another's goods and chattels. pro
'ided he afterwards makes satisfactory res.
tuition. He proved that he had followed
he unwritten Indian law.
Mrs. Jane Harris. who resides sn Muddy,
bout nine miles south of town, was the
uest of her niece, Mrs. Charles Lee, last
Owing to a severe attack of
heumatism in her feet this is the first time
hat Mrs. Harris has been in town for
Yer twelve months. Aside from the pain
nd difficulty of walking caused by the dis
ase. her health is exceptionally good this
In the window of the GAZETTE office may
e Seen a vial containing specimens of the r
y the egg of which produces the grain