The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-21
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
A Few Simple Things You
Mayn't Have Been Told.

An incipient Chinese riot last Saturday
brought few dollars into the pockets of
officers. According to one side, it was the
result of = quarrel between highbinders and
independents. A highbindsr was sentenced
in the justice court, and an Independent at
ths police station. In the justice. court, the
defendant, when asked if he wanted Z. law
yer, replied: "Me no want lawyer; me no
want Judge; me no want trial; me no bust.
moss here" The prosecuting witness testi.
fed that the defendant hit him with chair.
When asked il he stuck back, he replied:
"He hlt me fust ! had malice, he no had
malice" Perhaps he meant excuse. A
Chinese witness called for the state testified
that he was present, but saw nothing, knew
nothing, could swear TO nothing, which led
Prosecuting Attorney Yates to PROFOUND
this conumdrum: "Do you know the diff.
ference between yourself and lawyer?'
The witness gave it up, and Mr. Yates said,
"a lawyer lies for money, and you lie for
nothing" The defendant explained in his
behalf, that during game, he held up
chair to protect himself, and the prosocu.
ting witness ran against 1t. The justice
thought this very reasonable view, and
tinod the prisoner only $500.
1 am informed that there are lots Of
''society," and entertaining affairs going on
in town, if one knew where to find thom.
This week there have been, or will be, the
college program, Thursday night; four or
five small parties. tea, revival, this sal
vation army, mandolin club, three Shake.
speare clubs, the choral rehearsal, tho
''highly select" whist club, the moot legis-
lature, six prayer meetings, private dane.
ing party, tho Normal A. A. entertainment,
ladies' whist club, the Maids of the Mist,
and some others that have sluded my mem.
ory. Variety is the spice of life.
The Times reporter had another dream
concerning the Straga murder, the other
day. This time there is mysterious hint
regarding woman. The reporter has beon
reading the Deadwood Dick series, or Old
Sleuth, the Detective. He touchingy
depicts the weird. Hark to this! eff, on
some dark, wild night, when the rains are
falling in torrents, and the bowling winds
ara bearing along the tortured screams of
the damned, then she-ths mysterious wo.
man-should meet face to face with the
ghost of the murdered man, she would scream
aloud and fall senseless to the ground"
What woman wouldn't?
4 lesson taught by the hard times is,
'sstay out of debt" 1t is the men who are
in debt that do the most growing. The
men who have nothing, get along about As
well "a ever they did; and in corporation
government as we'll as commercial, we OBJ
xerys much the samo conditions. Albany,
during the boom, eclipsed Corvallis. Inn
provemsnt was the eternal cry, and she
could hardly buy and sell fast enough. Now,
Albany has am expensive if complete electric
light plant that she cannot afford to MAN.
tain; and many other improvements are
lAnguishing for want OF cash. She has
debt of about 5000. .OC0; taxes are high and
hard to collect; business Is stagnnnt. The
finances of our city government are in good
shape; our streets are lighted as we'll as
town of this size can well afford; business
" fairly good, notwithstanding some tremen-
dious bad luck, and our oity Indebtedness is
less than 1000. Keep out of debt.
WHoIT Is.