The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-10-12

gives concert here next Thursday evening
the s. +. Chronicle says: ''Their Opening
number, aTyrolian song, absolutely electri-
fed the audience, and they were called ou
no less than six times. In response to the
fifth encore they sang the 'Suwanee River. ;
a well-known U. B. minister, stopped
at farm house IN the southern part of the
county for dinner. When the meal had
been finished he walked to the we'll for q
drink and then fell dead. The deceased
was brother of Mrs. James Edwards and
was highly respected. +. .'..., -.........
The Thirteen Club has reorganize0 for the
winter. Tn the absence of Mrs. c. c.
Hogue from the city, Mrs. H. t. French
was elected to fill the vacancy. They
have begun their course of reading with
Millions Paradise Lost, which will be sup
plemented after a time by some other work
probably the History of Art. .....
The Presbyterian Synods of Oregon and
Washington have adjourned, and DR..
Thompson has returned and will occupy his
pulpit next Sabbath morning and evening.
The evening service will be at $780, during
this month. Short sermons on the living
topics of the day will be given, which will
be helpful to all, especially to the young. =.
| Ed Brookwater, engineer at the carriage
factory; met with an accident last Saturday
morning, from the effect of which his right
hand is now carried in a sling. The ends
of his second and third fingers were caught
in the shaper and mashed to Jelly as far
back the first joints. The injured mem
bers were dressed by DR.. Pernot, who
hopes to save them both. ''!
Miss Ida Rays Kindergarten is progress
ing nicely. She now has sixteen little tots
under her care. They. always seem eager
to begin the days work, and invariably ar
rive at school on time. This work nsists
of sewing, weaving, moulding fine clay, with
some little time devoted to reading and
writing. Several. of them have already
learned their A. g. C's, and can read and
spell ... .r...... ....
J. G. Lowry, of Bradford county, Ohio,
arrived in Corvallis Tuesday by the Yaquina
route from California, where he had been
visiting since leaving home last April. Mr..
Lowry is cousin of our fellow -townsman,
here until spring. If suited, he will pur-
chase farm and locate in Benton county
permanently. His family is still in Ohio
aud will remain there until location has
been determined upon.
The Scotia has been discontinued on the
Yaquina route, and the steamer South
Coast placed on the line in her stead. She
arrived in Yaquina, Wednesday, with full
that of the Scotia and Receiver Clark ex-
poets to retain her on the route permanent
ly, to run in conjunction with the Homer
Each ship will leave port every five days,
thus affording better shipping facilities than
have been enjoyed for some time. -
Pay rolls and vouchers of the Oregon Pa
cific for September amounted to nearly 81
500, and will be paid in full. During the
month six thousand new ties were put in.
Besides this the Santiam bridge and several
others on the coast division were repaired.
1t has been Mr.. Clark's constant aim to ex-
pend the surplus earnings of the road in
betterments. By this means, he is enabled to
disburse several hundred dollars in this way
each month until now the line is in better
condition for traffic than it has been for a
long time.
P. M. Abbey, the popular host of the Bay
View House at Newport, purchased horse
and buggy IN Albany Tuesday and the fol-
afternoon he was found by Thomas Egln
about one mile south of Blodgett station ly-
ing beside the road with badly sprained
ankle and suffering from numerous bruises,
caused by the horse running away and
throwing him out. Mr. Eglin conveyed
him to the residence of Mr.. Meyer, at
Blodgett, where he took the train for New.
port yesterday afternoon. The conveyance
was badly demolished and the horse is still
at large. t.i ..'i .,@ t''''".'.s-t -'-.'.
VIM. Briscoe is in receipt of letter from
his son, J. G.. Briscoe, dated at Yokohama,
Japan, and written on board the U. S. man
of.war Petrol, Sept. 18th. The Petrol was
to sail the following day for Corean waters,
where she will assist other u. S. ships in
protecting American interests. The young
man enlisted in the naval service some
months ago and was first given place on
board the cutter Adams, which was
stranded some months ago in the Behring
sea while on the lookout for poachers, but
after the accident the crew of the Adams
was transferred to the Petrol, where they
are still retained -.Ftt, Hti5tt-..s' s. Il
John Weider, of Empire City, who recent
ly entered the college at this place, left Mon.
day for San Francisco. Some years ago he
was unfortunate enough to break his right
hip bone, from the effects of which he has
since been a constant sufferer. On entering
the college. he was assigned to duty in one