The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-29
BRIEF LOCALS.

Mrs. J. o. Writesman and daughter, of
Albany, were in town this week.
Mrs. Carrie Jameson, of Portland, is
visiting Miss Anna Allen and will remain
several weeks.
A receiver has been appointed to take
| charge of the sash and door factory of J..
G. Carson of Portland.
DIR. and Mrs. E. L. Irwin, of Albany,
are visiting at the residence of the latter's
| sister, Mrs. G. A. Waggoner.
Vog1e can fit your eyes with beautiful
pair of lenses and choice of frames from
rs cents to $3.50. Try them.
Preaching by Rev. w. H.. Dorward
Sunday at II a. IN. and 7:45 p. m. in G..
A. R. hall. Welcome to all.
Mrs. Jessie Lesh, former Corvallis
favorite, now residing i'll Portland. is VS.
iting relatives and friends in this city.
Sol. M. Stock was in Eugene Monday
to make arrangements for the presenta-
ton of Damon and Pythias in that city
on July sd.
Mrs. Emnitt of Salem, mother of. Ed,
the popular 0:-A. e: student, was here
Wednesday to witness the graduating ex-
ercises of which her son was a member.
Senator-elect Tolbert Carter and Rep
resentatives-elect Thos. H. Cooper and
John D. Daily have been in attendance
upon the commencement exercises of
the college this week.
I. M. Berry, who attended the agricu1-
tural college the first year of its exist
enGe which was in 1870, has been in Cor
Wallis this week renewing old acquaint-
ances. During the past seven years Mr..
Berry has been a warden in the peniten-
tiary at Salem.
Governor-elect w. P. Lord was here
Wednesday meeting old friends and also
for the purpose of familiarizing himself
with the duties of regent of the college,
which duties will be incumbent upon
him after taking the oath of Office to
which he was elected by such hand
some majority.
Last Saturday evening Mr.. w. Clifford
Nash entertained his pupils and their
friends to the number of about 80, with
recital. This was the second "Abend'
of series inaugurated some time since
by Mr.. Nash that is proving a source of
much pleasure and profit to his large
class of. students.
THE Evening Reformer'' is the name
of three column folio that will make
its first appearance next Monday even-
ing. The ubiquitous Bert Van Cleve
will WELD the pen, scissors and paste
brush while G. Moses Simpson will be
foreman of the composing rooms The
paper will be published under the firm
name and style of Van Cleve & Simp-
son, in whose efficient hands the journal
will no doubt meet with success.
Gus Hansen, a young man recently
from the state of Minnesota, met with a
painful accident last Friday while work.
ing On the pile driver at the Corvallis
mills. In some unaccountable manner
he placed his foot on a pile that was be-
ing driven and received blow from the
6oo-pound hammer that will lay him up
for some time. 1t is somewhat remark
able that the injuries sustained will not
! necessitate the amputation of the foot.
At no time in the history of Corvallis
was fire attended by crowd attired in
such variety of costumes as on last Sat
urday evening, when the home of the
japanese section men was destroyed, and
two Oregon Pacific box cars were burned.
The alarm was turned in near midnight,
at an hour when all our staid and sober
citizens are peacefully wrapt in the arms
| of Morpheus, but before the society-lov-
| ing folk had retired. As a result, many
| of the former arrived at the scene in
| their sleeping garments or part of them
| at least, while the latter came dressed in
decolette gowns. evening suits and patent
feathers. From this fact, about as much
| damage was sustained to the wearing
apparel of those who 1abored to extin-
guish the flames as was done by the
blaze directly.