The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-07

MT. JaIneS COuuSr anu iaIILlIJ nave uioF Gu
from their home in Washington to this city,
where they expect to make their future
home Mr.. and Mrs. Connor were raised
in Benton county, and their many friends
are glad to welcome them home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Humphrey stopped
over Sunday in Corvallis on their way home
to Eugene, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B..
| w. Wilson. They had spent Thanksgiving
/ with Mrs Humphreys sister. Mrs. Hoven-
den, at Hubbard. Yesterday they left
Eugene for California to remain until
February.
| Members of certain family residing in
Corvallis have a large, life-sIzed surprise In
store for them; aud it won't be an agree
able one, either. 1t may not come to a
| focus for a week or two, bnt unless we are
very much mistaken, some spicy reading is
assured readers of Corvallis papers before
the holidays.
Thos. Samuels left at this office last
Wednesday Peerless potato weighing p
pounds. 1t was a sample of a crop grown
by D. M. Bartlett in Kings Valley, which
averaged little over 1000 bushels per acre.
The reputation of Mr.. Bartlett for truth
and veracity is above reproach, SO this
item may be read without questioning its
truthfulness.
Eff. Willis and Miss Mollie Yarnell
were married last Thursday in San.F
cisco. The groom is the travelling salesman
of the Coast Carriage & Wagon Company,
and the bride spent several weeks in Cor
Wallis recently as pupil in stenography of
Mrs. Phoebe Woodford, and formerly
resided in Eugene.
At meeting OF Valley Lodge, No IL, K.
of P, held Monday night the following oih
GERS were elected for the ensuing term: g.
c., Moses Craig; V. c., J. G. TunnicIiff; P.
s., G. Headrick; M. of W., J. NJ. Porter;
K. of R. & s., Leo Stock; M. of F., +. L.
Miller; M. of E., VIM. Wright; NJ. OF A,
Jessie Spencer; J. g., J. D. Howell; o. G.,
M. P. Burnett.
The store of A. Hodes will be ready for
occupancy in few days. The building has
undergone extensive repairs and now pre-
sents most attractive appearance with its
new glass front and tastefniy papered walls.
At present carpenters are working on the
counters and shelving and Mr.. Hodes
| expects to move into his new quarters in
time for the holiday trade.
). K. Fleck and family arrived here Mon
day morning on the steamer Eugene from
Polk county. They brought with them
their household effects and farming imple-
ments, and will reside on the 30 acre tract
of land recently purchased of the Kitsons at
cost of 1000: The tract is portion of
the Horning donation land claim upon which
Mr. Kitson erected handsome residence
last year.
| At Pioneer they are erecting a big der
rick The mast and boom are each three
| long. 1t sits on solid pier of rock thirty
feet high from the ground and is capable of
forty tons. A new sixty horse power engine
will be put in. They are employing thirty
! GtiicC blSl ouo SAiCS W. ioei S+Ai Q
of dimensions and twenty cars rubles daily.
Lincoln Leader.
The Oberer Lance footrace came off yester-
day afternoon IN a snow storm. Minions
of the law threatened to postpone the race
by gobbling up the stakes under an at
tachment served on the holder, but only
secured SIS of it. Lance gave Oberer 7
feet Oh the outcome and won by IL feet.
defeat. Some witnesses of the race say
1t was because Lance could run the faster,
but we presume they were biased.
| The grand jury of the circuit court Of
the United States, for the district of Ore
gon, has found an indictment against O.
Hodglns for interfering with revenue of
ticer in tha discharge of his duty. Hod.
gins was arrested yesterday by U. S. Dep
uty Marshal Humphrey and gave bonds fol
his appearance in the sum af $500, witt
VIM. Macksy and John Long as sureties
The complaint against Hodgins in Actin:
Commissioner Holgates court being for thu
same offense as that for which he was in
dcted by the grand jury, the case wal
dismissed.
The S. P. railroad company has given oul
fruitraisers a very low rate on dried frui
to be shipped east, and the offer has beer
accepted. The fruit is loaded Oh the car
here and taken to New York for the yer,
reasonable figure of one cent per pound
Two cars of 10000 pounds capacity eacl
were brought down Tuesday morning, an'
as we 90 to press the work of loading i
going on. There will be enough drie'
prunes to fill the two cars. Though tn
price received this year is not what it uset
to be, it is yet sufficient to pay good prof
on the investment, and our prune raiser
are generally ercouraged.-Yamhill Inde
pendent.
The choral society, under the efficien
leadership of Mr.. w. G. Nash, is maxim
rapid progress with their work. While th
music is quite difficult, nearly all tn