The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Week as
Found by Our Reporter.

Dr. j. M. Gam OF Monroe was In toWl
Wednesday.
W. A. Wells was in Portland Wednesday
and Thursday.
Ed. Getz has gone to San Francisco on ;
few weeks visit.
vogle has fine line of jewelry for the
December trade.
At Spencer's you can get the stcraze'
haircut-alle same football.
Jesse Spencer and 'Tam" Case are grad
uated tonsoriali ARTISTS. See them.
]. L. Underwood, the photographer, j:
able to be out again. Same thing-ls
grippe.
George Avery and B. F. Irvine, of the
Times, returned from Sprague, WASH, OIL
Monday.
M. s. Woodcock has been confined to hi
room several days this week on account o.
sickness
The Marine band intend giving prom
enade concert in the opera house in the
near future.
Mrs. Rose Selling left yesterday for Sar
Francisco where she intends. making an ex-
tended visit.
Pete Callahan has been laid up this week
with an attack of Ia grippe, but at this date
is improving.
VIM. Crees and wife returned Tuesday
from an extended visit among friends and
relatives in Pennsylvania.
Three thousand dollars is being disbursed
among the creditors of the Frantz Bothers
estate by w. E. Yates, the assignee.
Numerous complaints are being made of
the treatment of the thorses used by the
street car company. Better add another.
Oliver Gates, formerly of this city but
now Of Portland, entered the mechanical
course at the agricultural college this week.
Fifteen men are now employed in plant
ing trees on the farm of the Excelsior
Prune Co., located in the Belknap settle
ment.
George Fish has rented a dwelling of
Conrad Myer and will move to Albany
about the first of the onth.-Albany Tele-
scope.
A. W. Rose left Corvallis last Monday
for California. where he will remain for sew
eral weeks in hopes of benefting his fail.
ing health.
The cheapest place to by everything in
the line of stoves, tinware, furniture, ETC.,
both second hand and new, is at the Second.
Hand store.
Con Sullivan went out Tuesday look.
ing for an Oregon Pacific train that got
lost in the snow between Mill City and De-
troit. He found it.
w. H. Currin, manager of r. M. Wade
& Co.'s establishment in this city, is able to
be at his postgof duty again after brief
spell of la grippe.
Corvallis has an indebtedness of ST., 200
and thinks her back is broken. Albany's
Indebtedness is now about $l35, 200.
How about her back?
The Albany Telescope of last week says,
''E. 81. Stock, popular young merchant of
Corvallis, is in the city in. attendance at the
Y. M. g. A. convention"
George W. Riley is employed in the store
of s. L. Kline. Mr.. Riley is recent ar
rival from Chicago and is a brother-in-law
of Thos. Samuels, of this city.
Rev. George Gillespie of Dallas has been
in Corvallis this week assisting DR.. Thomp-
son. in conducting the week of prayer ser.
vices at the Presbyterian church.
The Orpeum Musical Club, which is com.
posed of several young Corvallis musicians,
are in receipt of a New Year greeting from
the North Star orchestra, of Chrisman, Ill. |
At their meeting on Wednesday night the
Agassiz societyiwere Favored with an inter. |
esting scientific paper ON ''The origin |
and distribution of animal life," read by |
Prof .F. L. Washburn.
F. B. Francisco and wife arrived in Cor
Wallis Tuesday from Iowa and have tempor-
ally taken rooms over the reading room.
Mr.. Franciscois gentleman of means and
Intends locating in Corvallis.
1t is the correct thing. to ALWAYS be in
fashion! One of the latest fashions that
has reached Corvallis is new style of dres-
sing the hair-a la football. Go to Spen- |.
GERS barber shop for full particulars.
G. 81. Pearse has served hisr connection
with the retail establishment of 8. L. Kline
for reasons better known to himself. Mr..
Pearse has been employed by Mr.. Kline for
the past seven years, during which time he s
has made many friends. IL
Brakeman Van Horn, on the freight train l
on the Oregon Pacific, on Friday was Il
knocked aft the train by striking against the
bridge at Eddyville, falling in the creek. +
He sustained serious injuries, but it is r
thought he will recover.
The music furnished for the I. O. o. F,
installation ceremonies by the orchestra !,
of Prof. Rosebrook, John Spang-
ler and daughter Ora, with Charles Pearse
rs leader was a rare treat to the music Elov-
ing people of Corvallis.
From parties in this city who attended
party given by the Albany social club in 6,
that city last Friday evening it is learned .
that an enjoyable evenings entertainment :,
was had, and that the young men com