The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-25
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The News of the Week as
Found by Our Reporter.

AasSS SNS"S ~ WssS ~ 49,
Found by Our Reporter.
See Nolan's all-wool spring sbits at
IS. so, $1,000, and $r7.oo.
Attend the Baptist Ladies' Aid Society
tonight at the hotel Corvallis.
H. T. Booth, prominent insurance
man of Eugene, was in town yesterday.
The first excursion of the season next
Sunday. Only $3.50 to Newport and re-
turn.
For copying, oddities, honest mate
rials and honest work, call on N. R
Adams.
Baby day on Thursdays at Under
woods gallery. Baby negatives made
free of charge. Over postof6ce.
D. c. Rose has year old n Jersey
The COW is gentle and good milkeT.
vogle can fit your eyes with beautiful
pair Of lenses aud choice of frames from
IS cents to $3.50. Try them.
The Gazette favors the re-enactment of
the clause in our assessment law allowing
allowing deductions for indebtedness.
q
J. w. Senft, special agent of the North
west Insurance Company, is i'll town
looking over the business of his agency
in Benton county.
Harry M. Holden and Mr. Matlock ar
1 rived here yesterday morning at 9 O'Clock
from Eugene, having come on their
wheels from that point, distance of 43
miles, i'll little over four hours.
A sample of barley, 70 inches in height
and we'll headed out, was brought into
this Office yesterday morning by Sol
King, which he claims is a fair sample of
a crop of several acres now growing on
his farm north of town.
Lawyers ]. Fred Yates, ]. R. Bryson
and w. S. McFadden, of Corvallis, were
at Toledo this week, attending circuit
court. Owing to the absence of Judge
Fullerton in Coos county. Judge Shat
was very light; few references were
made and one indictment was found by
the grand jury
The Corvallis carriage factory, under
the very efficient management of Mr.. c.
H Glein, is far exceeding the most san
guine expectations of the new owners.
All payrolls and bills are paid promptly
and orders are coming in reassuringly,
indeed. Dray loads of vehicles are pass
ing daily-in transit to all local and
southern markets.
! An opportunity will be afforded Cor.
wallis next Sunday by the Oregon Pacific
to spend some hours on the beach enjoy
ling the fresh, ozone. The weather is de.
1ightfui there now and.Ho one should
miss the opportunity. The train will
leave Corvallis at 7:3oa. m.; returning,
leave Newport at 6:3o. Fare for round
"trip, $3.50, including steamboat fare be
tween Yaquina and Newport.
| Senator B. F. Alley, of Lane county
! who alone succeeded i'll defeating th.
bill creating the county of Blaine, and tt
whom the residents of Benton county
feel under everlasting obligations TO
the success he attained, is in town, &C
companied by Geo. M. Brown, the repub
lican nominee for prosecuting attorney
Both of these gentlemen have been trav
cling in the different counties comprisin,
the 2nd judicial district, and say tha
wherever they go, indications are mos
favorable for a republican landslide.
Why the people of this county sl1ou1
be called upon to vote for Virgil Wat
tiers for recorder is a mystery. Whe
elected two years ago he was residing z
Yaquina. His home and his interest
, are there now. He has done nothin
. to build up the interests of this count,
. and if defeated in June, will move ava
from here either to Portland or Yaquins
So far as Mr.. Waters fitness for the o
fee is concerned the GAZETTR has Il
fault to find, but it believes that no ma
should be nominated for Office who r
sides outside of the county.
The Times has another of those spell
It's edition of last night again misquot
tie GAzErTE regar ling the infamous re
olution adopted by the democratic coun
convention. Files of this paper are ke
Constantly on hand that any taxpayer
the county may peruse what we ha
said on the subject referred to. In the
articles the sentiment is nowhere e
pressed that we are opposed to econom
In fact, we are heartily in accord Wi
any movement looking to retrenchme
on any line. Bat, as before, we ST
maintain our position that the resolutie
is scurrilous and an unwarranted attat
upon women and gross insult to eve
lady who has accepted clerkship in Il
Oregon legislature.
A McMinnvi1le dispatch. under date
: May II, says: Howard -Shadden, the
year-old boy burned in the Shadden rt
ideuce this morning, died today. H
abdomen was torn open by striking on
picket fence when he leaped from t
window A 6-year-o1d girl was al
burned to death, her head, feet al
hands all being burned off. The firem'
reached her bed by ladders, but found
vacant and they were driven back
the flames Scores of cartridges we
exploded in the fire, sending out bullt
/ and scattering the fremen. Net
Guild, servant girl, sleeping with t
little girl, jumped from the bed, screa,
ing for the little girl to run for her Iii
r She ran down stairs, through the fam'
1 alarming the other sleepers in time to
q cape.
r The nomination of Judge Lord for &c
|. ernor calls to mind an amusing and pt
q sibly prophetic incident that occurr
: some years ago on the Bull Run a
Sandy stage. He had been out on t
8 line and was returning to Portland, VIII
d the driver, Leon Cohen, being in SON
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